The new DJI Inspire 3 can work like a hovering dolly with repeatable waypoints and 1 cm accuracy.

The cover story of FDTimes April 2023 Issue 120 is the new DJI Inspire 3. Read all about it — pages 4-10 in the free online PDF.     https://www.fdtimes.com

That’s Claudio Miranda, ASC out of focus on the cover. He shot a  2 1/2 minute launch film for the new Inspire 3. It is a spirited sand-and-sandals epic chase through an ancient Roman marketplace.

EXT. Imperium Romanum Market – DAY.

Wide crane shot moves into CU of a pickpocket snatching the purse from a vintage vegetable vendor. Wait, wait—this cannot be a crane shot because the camera keeps moving along a narrow alleyway. Centurions pursue pickpocket, jumping over carts, skirting columns and obstacles, under beams, through a torch-lit interior, culminating in a fun anachronism of an ending as the camera soars from extremely close to very, very wide.  read more…