We’re back to drones again. Those shiny flying or moving creatures that take all those nice action videos of whatever personal or public events, airsoft events included. They are now taking a greater role in documenting our lives, especially the flying drones that come with four or more rotors. They are nice to look at, and even nicer to look at those awesome aerial footages of the airsoft action they take for us.

Now, if these drones are nicer to look at too and that's what DJI, already famous for their Phantom quadcopter drones, did with their latest creation. The DJI Inspire 1 looks beautiful and hopefully, as its name says, should inspire its owner to take some cool footages of the action, wherever it is.

DJI really went to great lengths in the design of the DJI Inspire 1 with the videographer in mind. Upon take off, the legs of the drone fold up which then allows the video camera that comes along with the drone, to have a 360-degree view of the surroundings with no drone landing legs getting in the way of a potentially great footage.

Just looking at it in mid-air is like watching a bird of prey ready for the hunt, in this case for a great video scene of an airsoft milsim major firefight happening on the AO below.

Now, mounted on the three-axis gimbal of the DJI Inspire 1 is a video camera that has a lens with a 94-degree field of view, can take 12 megapixel still images (with 7-shot burst mode) and 4K video at 30, 25 and 24fps. We could have wished for 60fps or better so we can do slo-mo in editing, but since we're just starting to grasp doing 4K, videos, the frame rates are already more than good enough to do some 4K video editing.

Stabilising the camera, the DJI Inspire 1 uses Optical Flow Technology that allows it to stabilise without the need for a GPS signal. Using a wireless transmitter, called the Lightbridge which will set you back further in terms of costs, you can get realtime high definition 720p video from the drone to a distance of up to a mile to your mobile device.

Just like the other high-end drones from DJI, the DJI Inspire 1 has dual controls operator controls. Two remotes are used with one being for the pilot for flight controls and the second one for the videographer. Two minds are always better --- one mind focused on piloting the drone and the other mind focused on the videos, then you have a good creative team for the aerial footages. Of course, you will have to purchase an extra remote that will set you back further.

We are not sure if DJI Inspire 1 also has the waypoint features that were introduced with the DJI Phantom, allowing the drone to follow set waypoints as flight route. What we have heard is that if there will be future upgrades, it might include a "follow me" feature which is now being demanded by drone videographers.

The DJI Inspire 1 is now on pre-order at the DJI shop with a target release date of 1 December 2014. The package with a single remote is £2,380 and for a dual remote it will cost £2,749.