http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/technology/personaltech/review-the-phantom-2-vision-photo-drone-from-dji.html?src=dayp

Five years ago, the DJI Phantom 2 Vision would have seemed like a
science fiction film prop or a piece of surveillance hardware flown only by the
sexiest of superspies. But it is the first camera-carrying drone you may want to
own — and you could do that without spending thousands of dollars.

This drone is an intelligent, remote-controlled air vehicle that can fly far out
of direct line of sight of its operator. It can record great video and photo
stills from a thousand feet in the air over whatever “target” you can imagine.
If it loses the connection to its remote control, it can even use GPS to fly
automatically back to its launching point and land by itself. It is just like
what you see on the news, only smaller, with about 20 to 25 minutes of flying
time and less aggressive missions.