Recent content by Ian Calhaem

If you study the battery capacity (flying time) of the Mavic Pro (21min per battery), the Controller battery life (quotes a 5-6 flights - say 2 hrs max) and the life of the CrystalSky monitor 4-5 hrs plus the ability to easily change batteries in the Mavic Pro and the CrystalSky, then it is...

I suggest that users should examine the EXIF data embedded in both the jpg and DNG files. IT IS WRONG! This is the reason that when a dng file is opened in Windows Explorer it looks so bad. The resolution is incorrect and Windows is doing its best to read bad data. If the file is opened in...

I have both the standard brightness of the 5.5 and the super bright Ultra. There is a significant difference between the two screens. I take a lot of still images and being able to examine the detail is worth having the extra brightness. HOWEVER - the CS is not able to view the raw images taken...

An update is seriously required for the CS. I have both 5.5 and the Ultra and although they are working they crash and lock up frequently. Also I have been unable to get some of the installed apps to work - eg the PDF viewer so that I can review the release notes!

I wonder if this is a coincidence? Litchi say that the latest firmware showing erratic behaviour does NOT affect waypoint mode, but I had an incident yesterday when flying a simple mission. I completed a circuit and the drone behaved perfectly. I then sent is round the same mission but with...

I am a brand new user of the Mavic Pro, but I hoped to be able to bring it and use it in Strasbourg the 1st week fo March. What are the rules about using a light weight drone in Strasburg? Can you tell me where to find out? thanks from New Zealand