Is Hover Camera Passport for you?

Hover Camera Passport is a delightful little gadget: It’s a foldable, portable drone that do not need FAA certification because they are below the FAA’s limit of 250 grms, this simply means that potential users of Hover Camera Passport will not have to register the camera with the FAA!

Pros 

• Simple to Use
• FUN

Cons

• Pricey
• A little to unprofessional
•  Need a better Camera here!

DESIGN

The Hover Camera Passport’s carbon fiber prop cages, they protect the propellers from run-ins with obstacles, which drastically reduces the likelihood of a crash. More important, though, the prop guards also protect the pilot from the spinning blades, which makes it safe to launch the drone from your hand, or even pluck it out of the air when you’re done flying. However,covering the propellers comes at the cost of increased weight and reduced efficiency.

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE

The complete package includes a protective and portable carrying case with strap, two batteries with a wall adapter that can charge both batteries at the same time, extra propellers, a USB cable, a bag.

CAMERA QUALITY

Hover Camera Passport features a 13-MP camera that is capable of shooting and delivering 4K videos. The camera comes equipped with a dual-tone flash that makes use electronic stabilization. The camera can also capture video using the 3-MP camera that is located on its underbelly. Apart from the enclosure, there is a guidance system that was made up of several sensors like the Sonar at the bottom. The camera is good but not great as it’s a fixed camera and uses a combination of software image stabilization and single axis motion to keep the image from shaking, now, this is not the best solution here and this does show in the finished videos.

SPECIAL FEATURES

The most impressive features are the two that make use of the Hover Camera Passport’s image recognition software: Face Track and Body Track — both of which are self explanatory. To use them, you simply tap on the face or body that you’d like to follow, and the Passport will do whatever it takes to keep the subject in frame. The software isn’t quite as robust or intuitive as DJI’s Active Track technology (which can track any object you select), but it’s pretty effective, and definitely one of the Hover Camera Passport’s best features.

iOS APP

The Hover Camera Passport has an accompanying app that gives you a fair number of controller layout options. You can fly with two virtual joysticks if you’re familiar with traditional controls; use the simplified layout if you just need to get the camera in position; or even turn on tilt mode and steer the drone around by tilting your phone in any direction. As with most smartphone-based controls, the Passport’s manual modes do feel a bit loose and imprecise.

CONCLUSION

The Hover Camera Passport can’t be on par with some high-end portable drones like Mavic Pro, Yuneec Breeze. But it’s just designed to snap selfies.It could follow you everywhere and makes for a fun travel companion though the 8mins flight time is not enough.

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