For all practical purposes, this range of operation is limited to a few hundred meters from the operator holding the radio controller unit, which is well-below the operation of manned aircraft capable of conventional aerial photography.
For all practical purposes, this range of operation is limited to a few hundred meters from the operator holding the radio controller unit. The operational range of the most common, electric-powered quadracopters is well-below the operational altitude of private and commercial manned aircraft that are capable of conventional aerial photography.