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Sony RX100iii as aerial mapping camera

Posted by Shawn McCracken on February 10, 2015 at 9:02am

I am looking for feedback on using the Sony RX100iii as an aerial mapping camera. Currently we use the Canon SX260 with occasional blurred shots and lower-res/quality than we would like. The RX100iii looks like an excellent replacement but I am hoping for some feedback before making a purchase.

Thanks!

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      • Sylvain.M > Reuben February 23, 2015 at 11:15am

        Bonjour Reuben,

        Thanks for the answer.

        If i can use your cable for trigger QX100, i juste want trigger the cam by Pixhawk.

        You have an email?

        A bientôt!

        Sylvain

  • Denny Rowland February 17, 2015 at 11:30am

    I have to say that the image quality from the RX100 111 is excellent I think to make a mapping camera one needs to shoot a target grid and then create a specific lens profile to correct for linear distortion at a set zoom setting. 

    • Shawn McCracken > Denny Rowland February 17, 2015 at 6:11pm

      Thanks Denny. I think for video and photo features to weight you just can't beat the RX100iii. I have also looked at the Sony QX1 but the record features are sub-optimal and once you add the lens you don't appear to be saving that much weight. I have a Nex5t and will probably pick up an RX100 in the near future.

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    Hugues February 14, 2015 at 8:26am

    It is very easy to trigger the Sony RX100 III with a direct cable connection. The RX100 has a special micro USB port that is called a "multiport". This is more than just a micro usb.

    With the stratosnapper2 from littlesmartthings (http://alpha.littlesmartthings.com/stratosnapper2/) and the direct cable for the Sony RX100 they also provide, you do the following:

    -Plug the direct cable on one end at the "wire" port of stratosnapper 

    -Plug the other end of that cable to the multiport of the Sony camera

    -Plug a servo cable between the output of your receiver (or via your flight controller, such as pixhawk or APM if you use those) and one of the servo control input of stratosnapper

    -Program a switch of your transmitter to raise a high PWM value on that servo cable connected to the receiver

    When you will activate the switch, it will raise the PWM value high on the receiver's corresponding channel, that will go into the input of stratosnapper; stratosnappert then outputs a focus+shutter signal to that special multiport on the Sony camera.

    And you thus get a perfect in focus picture result, everytime.

    Further, if you connected the servo cable via your flight controller, you can ask it to trigger pictures based on traveled distance or elapsed time...

    • Peter Arnold > Hugues February 21, 2015 at 5:48pm

      Hi.   I'm new to all this but have a RX100 plus a D800 and plan to put a drone together for still and video. Can I please get some guidance on the following?  Can you get live data back from the  RX100 and what gear is needed to get the live data back from the camera and control the camera? 

      Thanks Peter

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    • Paul Meier February 12, 2015 at 1:49am

      @ Habitat Estudios Ambientales s.l 

      Please could you tell me how you control the camera.

      Thanks, regards

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        • Paul Meier February 14, 2015 at 2:21pm

          Thank you for your reply, that's what I also have found out so far....., so it's a wifi range issue and a interference problem with the normal 2.4 Ghz RC.

          I did not find anything about USB control, do I know it is possible with other Sony models.

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