I haven’t done Part 107 yet but I am contemplating it.
I’ve had 2 DJI Phantom 3’s two Phantom 4’s and two Phantom 4 pro’s and one DJI Mavic 3 pro. I have several very nice cameras, I’m a hobby photographer so I got the drones to enhance my abilities to get pictures in difficult places to shoot.
Drones are easy to loose, drown or break, I’ve done all of those things. I thought about it for a long time before I bought my first Phantom 4 Pro. It takes a very nice photo’s and the video unlike the Mavic 2 pro, has no jello.
When I got the Mavic 3 Pro I thought I would use it along with my Phantom 4 pro but the Mavic 3 pro takes such good pictures with it’s 3 built in cameras I just never get around to getting out the Phantom 4 Pro.
Some of the cameras I either have or had are Nikon D300, Nikon D3400, Nikon D700, Nikon D800, Nikon D810, Nikon D850, Nikon Z7, Nikon Z9, Phantom 3, Phantom 4, Phantom 4 Pro, Mavic 3 Pro.
I’m an old fart now so don’t see myself upgrading again, but that is what I always say.
My huge favorites are the D850, Z9 and Mavic 3 Pro.
Yes, I have lost a couple and broken a couple others to the point that I had to send away for replacement parts from China. Fortunately, these were toy drones. But I have had run both the Mini 3 and Mini 4 pro into trees, buildings and tree branches that made them crash. I broke one of the arms off of my mini 3, but it only cost about $20 to get a new motor arm shaft along with a couple of new propellors... I am too cheap to buy their DJI Care warranty.
The obstacle avoidance doesn't always work on the mini 4 pro. I had it in follow-me mode when it smacked straight into our garage as it was looping around me. I am not sure why it did it, but I think the sensors that detect objects as it is flying sideways are not as dependable as the ones that face forward.
I have several toy drones with GPS that can just go completely out of control if they use the GPS signal. And this is in a dangerous way. I would never fly any of them close to people, and under trees is pretty iffy.
You probably should get that 107... it should be pretty easy for you. It doesn't really matter that much however except that you are a little at risk if you post your videos on YouTube or similar. If for some reason one of them became popular it could cause problems. I have a how-to video that I put up without any preparation and it ended up with nearly 300,000 views completely unexpected. If that had been a drone video after Part 107 went into effect, it could easily have caused problems because it earned several hundred dollars.
I’ve become a Nikon person in the year or so.
These days I am not a really heavy duty photographer but I have a D3500 and P1000. The Z9 is one I might get.