Comments on: Using Drones Without FAA Approval for Photos or Video is Illegal

By: Jimmy Reynolds

Jimmy Reynolds — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:09:00 +0000

Another reason i’m really stoked to be living in South Africa

By: Rob Roy Mcgregor

Rob Roy Mcgregor — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:22:00 +0000

Where are you? I have an idea. ~ RobRoy @ http://www.robroymcgregor.com

By: Robert Simpson

Robert Simpson — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:23:00 +0000

Illegal to fly a quad with a camera on it in the US? Dang dude … home of the free indeed. I think Davis DeLo got it about right (look for his statement above)

By: angrydronebusiness

angrydronebusiness — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:52:00 +0000

You can’t get a certificate unless you’re a government agency or research facility and even then you can’t accept money for flying. They don’t make it possible to comply. That’s the pain. Won’t happen until 2014-2015

By: angrydronebusiness

angrydronebusiness — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:50:00 +0000

Chase, Disney, every production house in Hollywood, TV commercials, and the list goes on. A lot of people and companies have chips on the table. It is silly. The FAA wont be able to keep up with the explosion of this industry until they stop focusing on shutting operations down and focus on making regulation happen faster. Idiots.

By: twolights

twolights — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:54:00 +0000

Amazing how many laws and regulations come out on a daily, weekly, monthly basis around the world to “protect” us… Surprisingly enough, looks like we are all growing apart more and more, less and less communication, more issues between people, races, genders, religious groups… moral and human beliefs lead to other issues…

I do not live in the US, and my country has it’s own issues as every country, but seriously… i wonder if there is another country like the US in terms of “control Freak” and preventing people to just have minimal freedom with a bit of sanity. Are we going to pull out the “scare mode” argument ? someone could attack with a photo Heli ? take photos of critical sites ?? If only we could refocus on good human nature and remember that when babies and children… we are/were not like that… maybe that would remind us that our thoughts are based on beliefs and what our environment leads us to believe… we might then be able to reduce many laws, regulations, and crap from all over the place.

By: Jens Marklund

Jens Marklund — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:48:00 +0000

What’s the cost of getting one of these certificates? And do you need one for each shoot?

I mean, if you’re not caught during the shoot – I doubt anyone could prove it’s been shot from a “drone”.

By: Kyle Sanders

Kyle Sanders — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:00:00 +0000

cameras + r/c aircraft under 5lbs within line-of-sight are not the issue – charging for the services thereof are. In the same fashion, having a private pilot’s license and taking a few friends up vs charging people for a sight seeing tour may be practically the same thing, they have a very different tone to the regulators.

By: Robert Herrera

Robert Herrera — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:42:00 +0000

Wait.. Didn’t I see a video by Chase Jarvis using a drone to shoot some video using the D7000 when it first came out? OOH Lucy, you in big trouble now!

I think this is silly. I understand if we (photographers) where flying an object that reaches high altitudes, but a few feet off the ground?

By: Mike Traynor

Mike Traynor — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:54:00 +0000

A friend of mine owns a drone company, and I remember him talking about this. I believe it also has to do with airspace, and reserving airspace, being licensed to fly in it etc. So whether it’s a hobby or not is probably not the issue, at least in that regard.