Reaching for the skies with drones

Chinese startup sets sights on fast-growing market with huge aspirations, reports Associated Press in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

An amateur photographer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, drew crowds when he used a drone mini-helicopter made by China's DJI Technology Co to capture images of historic church steeples and other sights.

"I got some amazing photos with it," said Scott Richardson, a voice teacher who bought DJI's four-rotor Phantom 2 Vision+ model in May. "With a drone, you can hover three feet above the steeple and get a picture you cannot get any other way."