The best panoramic images need to be taken from relatively high vantage points. In recent years, that’s become easier thanks to remote control aircraft and helicopters that can hoist cameras aloft.
These machines have plummeted in price while their performance has sky-rocketed. Today, it’s possible to buy a decent quadcopter weighing 100 grams for just a few dollars and to fit it with a cheap camera that weighs less than 10 grams.
