Recent content by Steve Wells

I’ve struggled here. Twice now I’ve almost threw my Mavic3 up for sale and got a 3 meter selfie stick instead of a drone. Or fly with cameras tethered to kites vs drones. I calm down. But truely I’m flying less than i would have been without the very real 1 in 5-10 chance of conflict each...

Just don’t forget this is a Chinese company (read all the TikTok news recently? also a Chinese company). They regard privacy very differently that is expected in the western world. I don’t want to by chicken little but I’ve had an opportunity more than once to work with Chinese companies in my...

I’ve explored various options. I’m on an on iPad workflow and use a NVIDIA streaming box to preview on by 4K big screen TV without loss of resolution and store everything on a cloud backup (google drive). Typically i start doing a transfer from my SD card to my ipad and the copy it to a...

Hey thanks everyone. Point taken that 107.51 is only for controlled airspace and since I’m in the 0MSL lateral boundaries of a class D airport 107.41 applies which means if i want a waiver i need to request ATC authorization. Automated authorization always fails, so i assume I’ll need to...

Hey guys. I’d really like to fly in my back yard no higher than 20-30 feet for some vlog work for projects in my own back yard. I live about 1/2 mile from a class D civilian airport. I’m in a 0 MSL area. There is a tree I’ve estimated at 65 ft high about 250 ft closer to the airport than...

I’m that way but only if I’m not with a spotter. For me I noticed a feeling of vulnerability being held responsible for VLOS on a multi-thousand $ drone and at the same time someone(s) can just walk up to you and start talking, or even worse, being confrontational. It’s why i like flying at...

I’m using a iPad Pro 12.9” (old man eyes).

I am dealing with “old man eyes” and flying with a larger screen has been helpful for me. However the glare on my iPad Pro 12.9” screen is crazy outdoors so i started experimenting with flying from the vehicle. I still wanted the ability to keep a VLOS regardless and with a bit of messing...

Great footage. Is it true that the beta release (what is used here) was smoother. Because as the post starts , it feels like it flies like a pig.

I’ve resorted to using either using tracking, master shots, or shooting 120FPS to try to keep the camera smooth. I have got to believe they are doing to fine tune this over time at DJI, but fully agree right now its frustrating to try to shoot anything slow or smooth and have pretty much gave i...

I’ll be honest, i voted always but it was really after getting my commercial certification. The platform is so capable of flying 5000ft in the air and break through solid clouds and it comes so tempting. But I have found that there is a ton of things to explore with the camera vlos that...

Very nice. I’ve done a couple myself but required stabilization in post. Did you require any stabilization?

That video had me holding my breath. Way more bold that i am ready to be myself.

Your bottom photos is more like what i see all the time! It’s a perfect circle with no “flair” what so ever.

at 40 seconds (bottom center) and at 1:12. I have so much footage with the greet dot of death!