When building a photography drone, your options for selecting a camera are pretty limited. You can either use a GoPro (allowing for a reasonably sized drone), or you can move up to mirrorless and DSLR cameras, which require a much larger drone. Searching for something in between, I looked to modern smartphones as another option for a drone camera. Since the gimbal market has already recognized the potential in smartphone cameras, I thought things would be as easy as strapping one of these gimbals to a drone frame. It was not. Watch the build log to learn more: