Couldn't help jumping in! I got into helicopters for the same reason as you. My intentions are to fly cameras for a profit. I run a computer graphics / screenprinting / sign shop, and this will fit right into the services that I already offer.

However, even a high dollar ship with gyros and CoPilot still has to be landed, prefferably not on someones car, or worse on their head! You will need lots and lots of practice just to make the helicopter stay in one place. All the gyro and copilot will do is make the 'copter more user friendly. It will still drift around, especially if there is any wind blowing. You will also have trees, power lines, light poles, etc. to deal with. Yes,a good heading lock gyro and CoPilot will make the craft more stable, I intend to do that on my camera ship. But the CoPilot and gyro can't steer away from an oak tree! You really need to crash a less expensive helicopter a few times to see what we mean......

Good luck to you, we are all here to help if you need us!!!