Recent content by akdrone

I agree on the Air 2s. It will fly in windy conditions that will leave the mini on the ground and the variable aperture is super, super useful if photography and videography is a consideration. No question in my mind. I have a Mini 4 Pro, had a Mini 3 Pro, have a Mav 3 Pro and several others...

Of course I recommend shooting DLog. No question about that. I have used the Dobo Mavic 3 LUT with success. Which LUT is best can sometimes vary based on the brightness of the scene, the colors involved etc. so I'd suggest looking around for various LUT's and downloading a few free ones and...

You might look into non-dji insurance. I have DJI care for all my drones but I also have a State Farm insurance for some of them cause it's cheap, like under 100bucks a year. My drones aren't part of a business, I'm just a wealthy retired high school teacher... wait...never mind.

to add to fizzbang's comments, if you have a nice scene with no super white areas (clouds...snow...white roofs) or dark shadows then shooting 'normal' will be just fine for most people if little is needed in terms of color balance or post processing. Shooting DLog is the video equivalent of...

You have a non-dji guy doing the repairs and then question DJI reliability when something fails after a repair? I have 6 DJI drones and have had occasion to send 4 back at various times for my mistakes and a warranty issue and DJI repairs have been spot on each time. Individual experiences...

first off you'll want/need to set things to Pro, not auto. Next you may simply have to get an ND filter set because you can only control the ISO and Shutter speed since the Aperture is not variable. Lock in the ISO to a low value like 100 and see what shutter speed you get and then choose an...

dunno how good the antennas might be. I just know I can fly far beyond vlos with no issue so they are of no interest to me. as long as I can get 3 or 4 miles away at 2500 feet....I figure I'm good.... (joke, folks...)

I can imagine drones being very cost effective but have no clue as to how often or effectively they can actually be used...

None of the filters we get for our drones compare in quality to filters for cameras. Not even close. Much like the lenses on our drones, the quality control is not super high or the costs would be much higher for our drones and the filters. The filters, I'm quite sure, are a huge profit margin...

It depends on the ISO available and aperture. If you are using an ND filter with video you would be doing it to get motion blur. Not much other reason. If that is the case your shutter speed is being set manually, quite low like 1/60 and when you go from wide to tele if your Aperture is already...

The telephoto lens is a slower lens. I’m not sure what the aperture is. Maybe F4 or 4.5 or something like that. Therefore, an Indy filter that gave you a proper exposure with the wide angle lens might give you the wrong exposure when you switch to the telly lens. This would be more likely with a...

That was an excellent summation.

Yeppers. I do that trip often. The actual cost of this hobby is, for me, gas. That was about 500mi or so and it's a common run...

You might enjoy the other videos I have on our state at https://www.youtube.com/@digibud/videos. There's quite a bit there...it's just a small non-monitized channel.

It really is a great train ride. It gets nearly fully booked much of the year.