Recent content by JimWest

I'm not looking for trouble. I'm a news photographer and looking for a photo. This is my job (freelance, self-employed). I will certainly take pictures of the protest on the ground with my Canon, but showing the detention center in the background tells the story much better. I also like freedom...

A private prison has opened a large immigrant detention center in rural Michigan. I plan to photograph a rally against the detention center on Friday. The problem is that the center itself is in the woods, and not visible from the public road where the rally will be held. I likely can get a good...

I have gotten approval through Drone Zone to fly in a 0 grid on the approach to Detroit City Airport. You'll need at least several days and maybe more to get approval. I asked for 50 feet, which was the height of the building I was photographing, and they gave me 100 feet. But I had to watch...

Do you have any interest in selling the remote controller separately?

Silly me. I thought any phone would work!

Sometimes it says "Image transmission stopped (or lost?). Return to home?"

Thanks. Doesn't seem to help. I'm thinking its not likely to be my Pacer.

Thanks, slup. I always use the bottom USB connector. And the phone is brand new, so debris in the connection seems unlikely, but I will clean it out to be sure. Signal strength: I also got a pacemaker about five weeks ago, and I'm wondering if it can interfere with the drone signals. The...

I'm using a Mavic 2 Pro with DJI Go 4. I have a new phone -- Pixel 7a -- and now the picture from the drone is intermittently disappearing on my phone. All the controls seem to work--the gimbal still moves as commanded. But frequently the picture on my phone freezes (in b/w) so I don't have a...

I use the Go4 with my M2P and was able to update on Friday and then fly normally in what used to be a Geofenced area.

Fingerless gloves.

The geo-fencing is DJI's own thing. It's separate from LAANC. See: DJI FlySafe

I had a brief issue this week with my M2P. I was landing on a concrete path, but it got a few feet above the ground and just stopped. I moved it back onto a dirt surface and then it was happy.

The New York Times today has a story about American Oystercatchers going after drones at Jones Beach on Long Island that lifeguards use to spot sharks and swimmers in distress. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/nyregion/nyc-beaches-drones-angry-birds.html?searchResultPosition=1 The story...

The New York Times had a good feature on this last week, explaining how GPS works, where its being hacked, and the importance of a backup system: Why GPS Is Under Attack. It says the main GPS hacking is in conflict zones, understandably. Israel is a big hacker, along with Russia. Less of a...