Are there other cameras that would use the same connector that could potentially be used if I wanted to upgrade the camera without modifying the drone too much, or is the removal of the cable permanent?
I’ve been having a blast and hope to see how far I can push the Journey for what I want to do. At the moment I’m at the point where I’ll have to build the sonix firmware with the function needed to trigger the camera to take a photo during a mission, but after that the next improvements other than tweaking settings would be getting an optical flow sensor from a FB of one of the other models and improving the camera quality/stability (Both of course would void the warranty 
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I’m not assuming the final result would of course be exceptional, just adequate, and I see myself eventually building one for that purpose from scratch if I decide to get deeper into the hobby.