Drones are basically taking over your life. With prices coming down every day, nearly anyone can fly and film with their own drone. Not that price is an issue for the likes of Howard G Buffet – the grandson of super-investor, Warren Buffet.

You’ll never believe which drone he bought, given the fact that he could afford US military drones if he wanted.

Check this out, from Forbes:

“It’s the easiest thing,” says Howard W. Buffett, who, granted, is no ordinary hobbyist. The 30-year-old grandson of Warren Buffett is president of Buffett Farms Nebraska. With his dad Howard G. Buffett, who is Warren’s elder son, Howard W. grows corn and soybeans on 400 acres that sit 50 miles north of Omaha. His billionaire grandfather famously bought the tract for a song — $280,000, to be exact — in 1986, and wrote about lessons from his stellar real-estate investment in this year’s letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) shareholders.

The young Buffett was perusing a tech blog in April when he read about the DJI Phanton 2 Vision+ RTF Quadcopter, a four-rotor flying camera that he figured could help him “tell a story of a mid-sized farmer practicing conservation-based agriculture.”

He bought the Phantom 2 Vision+. Compact and light enough to fit in his backpack, the drone required just two test flights before Buffett, four days after getting it in the mail, set it aloft above his acreage. By himself, with no crew or assistant, he maneuvered the UAV by remote control and shot 80 minutes of video. “It doesn’t record audio, so I did the narration afterwards and laid it on post-production,” Buffett explains.

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The Phantom 2 Vision + is now available in South Africa. This latest version has a camera stabilizer. Info on where to get it, below.

the all-new DJI Phantom 2 Vision + with stabilizer

According to engadget:

DJI’s back with a “plus” version of its airborne craft. The refreshed gadget includes a new three-axis gimbal (compared to single-axis stabilization) for smoother captures, more than double the WiFi communication distance (700 meters, or about 2,300 feet), a 50-percent boost in maximum flight speed (to 15 meters or 50 feet per second) and a 90-degree tilt that lets you shoot subjects directly below.

There’s also an integrated GPS system that enables you to set an autonomous path or keep the Phantom in the same spot in winds of up to 25 miles per hour, while the DJI Vision app lets you preview footage and access altitude, distance and battery strength during shoots. DJI is also releasing a firmware update for all Phantom drones that lets pilots avoid flying near airports or user-generated no-fly zones.

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If you want one in South Africa, the guys over at dronephoto.co.za have just received new stock.

Check out the video below to see how incredible it is.