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    Change.org Petition: Cruise Companies, please reconsider the ban on bringing Drones aboard

    Last time I went on a cruise ship, there was airport-style security when boarding, including an x-ray and opening of bags. I don't know if they necessarily would stop you from taking the drone, but certainly they would notice it.
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    Change.org Petition: Cruise Companies, please reconsider the ban on bringing Drones aboard

    Petitions are nice, but what speaks even louder are paying customers. After your cruise you will certainly receive a follow-up survey. Be sure to mention the drone policy as a factor in whether you'd take another cruise with them or recommend their cruise to a friend. I can understand them not...
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    Mavic Battery Clearance - Target!

    That's great! I hope you have a Target Card to get an extra 5% off that.
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    Extreme newb scared to fly mavic

    Interesting. I just followed the link again and can still click on any section under Contents and view the videos, without being logged into the site. The instructor's original post here saying it will be free for 3 weeks is dated June 30, BTW: Free two-hour Mavic Pro video course
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    Extreme newb scared to fly mavic

    > A tutorial for the app would be awesome. Especially for a newb like myself DJI Mavic Pro: Tips, Tricks, & Techniques This is a 2-hour course on using the Mavic, with a lot of the lessons being in the app. The teacher of the course posted on this forum a few days ago that the whole course was...
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    Should I be having second thoughts?

    The biggest fear I have for most expensive camera equipment that most consumers buy is that it'll spend most of its years stored in a closet until it becomes obsolete. I've only had my Mavic Pro for a few weeks now, but so far I am loving it. The camera is at least as good as most high-end...
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    Free two-hour Mavic Pro video course

    Thanks for making that! It looks like that was more carefully written and delivered than most of the videos I've seen, and I appreciate it as a photographer who's just getting started with my first drone. (Although, this is a tiny issue, if you can still edit things, the DJI Battery Charging...
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    What a difference -1 makes....

    It looks like the big, important differences there are the sun and the exposure, not the sharpness tweak. The top image is lit by soft light, as if the sun were hidden behind a cloud. You can see very soft shadow areas under the trees, but none of the shadows are very clearly defined. The...