Karma

GoPro Announces Updates On Karma Drone

As we all know, the GoPro Karma was recalled last fall due to issues with it’s reliability and it’s sometimes falling out of the sky. GoPro has recently announced that the issue has been resolved. The issue had to do with the battery’s placement causing the drone to instantly shut down and drop like a rock from the sky. Following the struggle of the public relations nightmare thi...

GoPro Karma Recalled

Just days after releasing its first drone, the Karma, GoPro has announced a recall of the product due to safety and performance issues. Several videos online show the Karma suddenly losing power and dropping from the sky like a brick. GoPro is concerned about the safety of its product and will be issuing a full refund to all Karma owners who ship the Karma back to them. To read more about this dev...

The Story Behind the Name “Karma”

With the recent announcement and now shipping of the GoPro Karma, many have wondered where the name came from. In a recent interview about the drone, GoPro’s CEO, Nick Woodman said “We believe that when people share experiences, those experiences become more meaningful to the people that capture them, GoPro enables people to share experiences in such a way that the people who are receiving t...

Behind the Scenes with GoPro Karma

A couple of days ago, the GoPro Karma went on sale to the general public, which is quite exciting to the millions of drone nerds out in the world. However, as we open up the shiny boxes and see all the new gadgets and gizmos, most of us don’t realize the amount of hard work and logistics that goes into creating a product like this from scratch. This article on engadget, is a great behind-the...

DJI Mavic Drone Shipping Delayed

Wow! What an exciting month it has been for drone pilot with the announcements of the DJI Mavic and the GoPro Karma! However, if you are hoping to get your hands on one of these drones in the next couple of weeks, you may be in for a rude awakening! The DJI Mavic is not going to ship out until the end of October (at the earliest) and the GoPro Karma, while available for order today, won’t sh...

GoPro Karma Software Is Key To Success

The GoPro Karma was announced last month to much excitement and fanfare. After its launch, DJI took some wind out of GoPro’s sails with their own launch of the DJI Mavic, which by all accounts, beats the Karma in many key areas. However, GoPro is not out of the race yet. They are promising a wide variety of software options that will help make Karma more useful as part of action camera ecosy...

DJI Announces the Mavic

September has been an exciting month for drone enthusiasts! Earlier this month we saw the announcement of the new GoPro Karma drone. And, as if right on cue, yesterday saw the announcement and unveiling of the DJI Mavic, a quadcopter designed to compete directly with the GoPro Karma! The Mavic was announced at a large event very reminiscent of an Apple product launch. With guest celebrity (at leas...

Hands On With the GoPro Karma

With all the buzz about the new GoPro drone, the Karma, we are bound to see some great videos with hands on reviews, test flights and more. In the article Sean O’Kane with the web site “The Verge” takes Karma to the top of a mountain in Squaw Valley, California and takes it for a test flight. As he says in the article, the Karma is easy to fly, but he crashed it anyway. This brin...

GoPro Announces Karma

Today, GoPro finally announced the long awaited Karma drone. The Karma is compatible with the GoPro Hero 4 and the new GoPro Hero 5 cameras. It is foldable and the gimbal can be placed on a hand held device for smooth hand held shots as well as amazing aerial drone footage. Karma will be available for purchase starting on October 23rd and is priced at $799USD. For much more about Karma, including ...

Amazing Video from GoPro Karma

Have you seen this latest teaser from GoPro about their new Karma drone? This video shows a library scene with one continuous shot where the camera moves through a variety of book shelves, past laptops, around people and avoids many obstacles that would be difficult to maneuver with an ordinary drone. GoPro is planning a press event on September 19th. We are all ears! Check out the video here: htt...

GoPro Karma Drone Expected To Release Soon

GoPro CEO, Nick Woodman is once again dicussing GoPro’s drone offering by saying that it will be released some time in the first half of 2016. The GoPro Karma is expected to compete with the recently released DJI Phantom 4 and the 3D Robotics Solo drones. It is not expected to come with a camera, but rather, to be backward compatible with several different GoPro cameras, and, of course, be c...

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