4K Zoom Camera

A 3.5× optical-zoom lens with autofocus lets you read fine detail without flying close to delicate, fragile or hazardous structure — keep a safe standoff and still resolve a weld, a coating edge or a hairline crack. Wide for the general sweep, zoomed for the close work — no lens changes, no extra passes. Autofocus handles most shots, but when one needs it you can take manual control of focus, exposure and more, right in Scout Operator while you fly. And with the tether feeding continuous power, there’s no battery clock: take the time you need to get every shot right.

The 2-axis gimbal tilts the full ±90° — straight down at the floor, straight up at overhead welds and the deckhead. Many drones can’t look above themselves; in a confined asset, the ceiling is half the inspection. And the LEDs aim both up and down, so the view is lit whichever way the camera points — no dark ceilings when you tilt to look overhead. Pan comes from rotating the drone, so the camera always holds a steady, level horizon on the part you’re reading.

The 4K Zoom Camera mounts in a dedicated payload bay with a standard camera-and-gimbal interface. It’s the only camera payload we offer today — but the bay is built to carry what comes next: thermal, long-range telephoto optics, higher-resolution sensors, or a combination. When a new payload arrives, it drops into the same Scout 137 you already own — no new platform, no new training. The platform grows with your inspection needs

The HD feed streams to Scout Operator (the drone app) the moment the drone powers on — the operator sees what the camera sees, with full lighting control on the same screen. Drop a point of interest from the controller as you fly: it captures a 4K photo and pins it to its exact position in the asset, highlighted so it’s easy to find again. The SLAM 3D map runs throughout, so every photo, the video and the drone’s position are recorded together, located in the asset. In Scout Portal you navigate straight to any POI, measure it, and pull it into the report. And because each one is positioned, you can return to the exact same spot on the next inspection to track how a defect develops. Add Scout Companion on a second tablet and the inspector follows the live 4K feed during the flight, validating each capture while the drone is still at the spot. It ships with the UTM payload.