GoPro Returns to Drone Market With Ultralight Hero10 Bones Camera

pcmag.com:

GoPro is getting back into drones, but in a much different way than it did with its doomed Karma quadcopter, a project it abandoned in early 2018. Instead of making an aircraft, a task that proved to be a bit outside the company's wheelhouse, it's going for a camera this time, a stripped-down version of the Hero10 Black called the Hero10 Black Bones.

It may seem like an odd choice for those not in-tune with the drone world. After all, the integrated cameras on drones like the crowd-pleasing favorite DJI Air 2 are quite capable in their own right, and purpose-built for aerial imaging and video.

But there's more to drones than cinema and landscape imaging. A healthy market of hobbyists build and fly do-it-yourself models. These ultralight, handspun drones are the ones behind viral long-take videos that go well beyond what the most famous of famous filmmakers have done with oners—it's not out of hand to compare the head-turning bowling alley video tour or a recent flight through the Tesla Gigafactory with the oner that opens Touch of Evil.

The GoPro Bones is made for these types of drones. It includes all of the same imaging and video tools as you find in the Hero10 Black, but in a much lighter, pared-down package. The name itself, Bones, is in reference to the trimmed design, not an homage to doctors Leonard McCoy or Temperance Brennan. Bones weighs just 54g, a full 99g lighter than the Hero10 Black.

To make weight, the Bones removes many features we think of as necessary for a camera—the rear screen is gone, a throwback to older GoPros that didn't include a screen at all, and the Bones is not waterproof or ruggedized. And, to really let you know this one is just for drones, the Bones doesn't have a battery. It draws power