Thermal Infrared camera advice

[Bene]

Hi folks,

I am looking for a good TIR (Thermal Infrared) camera to attach on the UAV in order to monitor agriculture over field crops.

So, I have found TIR cameras from FLIR and OPTRIS. Do you have any other brands and models to suggest me?

In addition, I need to have TIR and RGB cameras attached on the UAV at the same time. What drone do you think it would be better for my needs? Phantom, Matrice, Inspire...

Thank you very much in advance.

Kind regards,
B

[SAV]

Hi Bene,

The DJI M210/M210 RTK supports two cameras at the same time (TIR and RGB).
https://www.dji.com/matrice-200-series/payloads#subNavBar

Note that for precision agriculture, you might not need a full TIR sensor. A multispectral camera might do the job. It allows you to the compute NDVI. You could then use the dual sensor payload from Sentera which can be attached to a DJI Inspire 2 or DJI Matrice 200:
https://sentera.com/sensors/

... or this one from Parrot which can be carried by a Phantom 4 (Pro) or even a DJI Mavic Pro :
http://global.parrot.com/au/companies/sequoia/

Regards,
SAV

[julia]

Hi Bene,

I think the type of camera you need will strongly depend on your application. I only have experience with FLIR cameras but what I could suggest is that if you only want images and to see relative differences in temperature or not super accurate temperature information then go for a FLIR Vue Pro (R). Otherwise if you need very accurate temperature information for e.g. scientific research then use a FLIR A655 or A65 although they require a bigger UAV and more technical skills when it comes to mounting etc.

Best,
Julia