SONY exhibited at COMMERCIAL UAV EXPO 2022.
Hi my name is Eldene we’re at the commercial UAV show here in Las Vegas and we’re showing
off the Air Peak the Sony Air Peak the really unique features of the air Peak is that it’s 100
off the Air Peak the Sony Air Peak the really unique features of the air Peak is that it’s 100
built by Sony the only thing that we don’t build ourselves is the Grimsy T3 gimbal but this one
is manufactured specifically for Sony cameras uh with a unique interface that you have full control
while you’re using the MPEG system so a couple of quick specs on the air Peak we build it from
the propellers to the propulsion system Sony’s the largest sensor manufacturer in the world so
there’s obviously many sensors on here we’ve got stereoscopic on all sides so it’s an extremely
safe drone to fly it’s also very responsive and very fast one of the things with the stiffness
safe drone to fly it’s also very responsive and very fast one of the things with the stiffness
of the propellers and the high velocity propulsion system it’s very stable in very high winds so even
if you get into a high wind situation the Drone is not going to dip a balloon as it stays itself
but it can actually balance and that’s good for a number of different reasons which I’m going to
get into the different applications into in a second so the main function with using the air
Peak is being able to integrate or into our system with the alpha cameras right now we have a lot of
Peak is being able to integrate or into our system with the alpha cameras right now we have a lot of
different cameras that obviously have a lot of different purposes so everything from the alpha
one which can shoot up to 8K video 50 megapixel Stills up to 30 frames a second then we have the
Alpha One the 7s3 the fx3 those can all do a high frame rate video with low light sensitivity so up
to 120 frames per second 4K video obviously everything in between it as well in intra and
the beauty about being able to get that kind of video in 8k or 4K is it can be integrated into
workflows specifically in production so if you’re in a Hollywood production and you’re using maybe
a cinema line camera in fx3 and fx6 and fx9 you can integrate that look and feel and the same
a cinema line camera in fx3 and fx6 and fx9 you can integrate that look and feel and the same
color grading the same s-log picture profile for instance distance from your aerial footage into
the ground footage without any issues including your lensing options which is really fantastic
now for still photography we have the 61 megapixel R series we obviously have the 50 megapixel Alpha
One and those can be used for multiple purposes either for photography but in a situation like
we are at commercial UAV there’s a lot of industrial applications so whether it’s tower
we are at commercial UAV there’s a lot of industrial applications so whether it’s tower
inspection or architectural or infrastructure inspection it could be a photogrammetry having
a higher resolution camera gives you a lot of other benefits so time is money it’s going to
save you time because you’re going to take fewer photos you’re going to be in the air for shorter
periods of time you can go from side to side a lot quicker because you’re taking fewer images
periods of time you can go from side to side a lot quicker because you’re taking fewer images
at a higher resolution so you’re getting higher quality higher resolution in shorter time space
and that also means you’re stitching for your files together so a lot of benefits with the
different payloads so the benefit the main benefit here is being able to switch those
different payloads so the benefit the main benefit here is being able to switch those
payloads out depending on your your use case on your industry so whether it’s film and production
whether it’s photography whether it’s commercial or industrial use case the air Peak fits into all
of these categories now quick talking about the flight controllers we can have single
of these categories now quick talking about the flight controllers we can have single
op or dual op or even automated flight so in a single operator you’ll have the Epic controller
utilizing iPad with Sony’s software you can fly using the fpb or POV camera and then control the
attached camera that’s below by simply switching between the two screens the beauty of having an
integrated system with the with the grimsy and the Sony is you have full camera control so it’s
not a case of setting and forgetting setting a position going out and letting your camera
not a case of setting and forgetting setting a position going out and letting your camera
do its thing and then bringing it back and hoping you get the shot you can actually go and do touch
Focus there’s peaking displays you can do manual focus uh you can then control your uh exposure
Focus there’s peaking displays you can do manual focus uh you can then control your uh exposure
or if you need a controls for instance your aperture shuttle or ISO so there’s a lot of
integrated camera control directly from the flight application now the Dual dual Opera excuse me the
Dual operation application would be utilizing two controllers one would be controlling the aircraft
as a pilot and the second would be controlling the camera and then the third application would be an
automated flight so you could set a mission uh you could either a program emission or you could
fly a mission and save it and then re-flight that mission again and there’s multiple benefits for
fly a mission and save it and then re-flight that mission again and there’s multiple benefits for
that let’s say I’m doing a tower inspection I can have the admission set to go around a tower or if
I’m doing a movie production I can have a blocked out shot that we can fly that and see the mission
and then tell the air Peak to go and fly those missions automatically and while it’s flying in
autonomous mode I can then control the camera so a lot of benefits of doing either single operation
dual operation or even automated flight with an operator and then finally while we’re here
dual operation or even automated flight with an operator and then finally while we’re here
we’re showing off some prototype units behind me it’s a new rtk kit that we’re coming out
with with antenna a module that fits onto air Peak it’s Clips or it bolts on really easily
you can simply upgrade your own air Peak at will with a base station we’ve got an extended life
batteries that are coming plus a battery station which can store up to 10 batteries it can charge
up to eight four at a time in sequence so you can you know make make sure that you’re always
optimized with fully charged batteries before flight it has an intelligent system to decharge
optimized with fully charged batteries before flight it has an intelligent system to decharge
batteries as well for transportation so those are new uh accessories that we’re going to be bringing
to the market pretty soon so that’s it it’s LD nodia from Sony air Peak here at commercial UAV
