It's a relatively affordable, relatively friendly and relatively easy to fly quadcopter that arrives nearly fully assembled and is easy enough for a beginner to operate straight out of the box, even if we recommend you fly something cheaper first to get the hang of things. It has a decent quality, tilt-controllable camera that shoots 1080p HD video footage and 14 megapixel photos, and the camera delivers smooth footage thanks to a multi-axis stabilizing gimbal. But it has a bunch of other tricks up its sleeve.

If you want to take aerial footage from a quadcopter, DJI's Phantom 2 Vision+ (P2V+) is an excellent place to start. It's basically the cheapest all-in-one, ready to fly solution with a properly stabilized camera on the market – and if you've tried to take footage with an unstabilized camera drone, you'll realize why that stabilizing gimbal is so important.