Recent content by 5000msl

Oh, now there's an idea - that Rotation component looks exactly like what I'm looking for. Thanks, Keule! I did watch a video of the presentation for Dronelink at the Austin Drone-up last October and it looked very interesting. My impression though is that it works by setting up a mission...

I have tried the pinch method, but I think my problem is that my hand is so unsteady (maybe because I'm an old guy) that I can't hold the stick steady for very long. I will try the pinch again and see if I can brace the rest of my hand on the side of the controller. Thanks.

Thanks for your reply, but you've misunderstood the subject of this post. My issue is not jitter, rather trying to keep a consistant speed throughout a long pan. It's been too cold for me to try the two techiques suggested above.

Awesome tip, MaxHam! I do use Tripod Mode quite a bit to get smooth video - had no idea the the little camera/tripod icon was a button. I've had Yaw dialed down, but not all the way as that's not great for flying. But with your tip to quickly get to that menu, I could position the drone, dial...

No kidding! Doesn't do much good to RTFM when the FM doesn't even have crucial information. I guess I should ask if you are aware that you can touch the icon at the top of the screen which shows status of the collision detector sensors - this brings up the sub-menu where you can turn them...

Awesome idea. Thanks, Brett, I'm going to give that a try. I've tried holding a rubber band and tried a little block to brace the stick and those didn't work that well. Pinching the card to the controller sounds feasible.

I am able to manually fly around an object fairly smoothly. Where I'm having problems is keeping the drone in one place and panning (rotating) the drone at a constant rate, such as to pan across a mountain range.

Can't really think of a way to use active track in a landscape pan situation, but glad it works for you.

Clever technique, though most of the time I'm both too close to get the wider shot and as I'm rendering in UHD I've no headroom to zoom or pan. I have taken DNGs and used them in a similar maner as you describe; that works pretty well, but is not the same as an actual pan with movement.

Chris, thanks for your thoughts. My problem seems to be in the middle - for example, I want to pan from one mountain peak to another, all is well, until the pan speed bumps up in the middle resulting in faster motion. I've tried to use the time controls in DiVinci Resolve to correct in those...

Yes, yes and yes, Chris, I've done all those things and done many trials. It may be that my dexterity, or the steadiness of my figers, is simply no match for the responsiveness of the machine. Thus, I am seeking advice on how to finagle any of the provided modes to my advantage.

I've tried all the tricks and techniques to acheive a smooth, steady pan (rotation) about a single point without consistent success. I've been practicing for over a year and am no better, sigh. Is there a variation on one of the built in quick modes, or a way to set up waypoints to acheive a...

I've been wondering the same thing. I see it's been a year since you posted, have you found a solution to this issue yet? I"ve tried all the tricks and even after a year of practice I cannot pan smoothly and consistantly from a single point.

This happened right after I moved files around on the microSD card (accidentally, as I stated in my third paragraph, above) while transferring to my MacBook Pro. I put all the files back in their original locations. The next time I flew was when this null mode first manifested. Don't know if...

My M2P fell into a photo mode on the last day of my trip where it did not save any photos (I shoot in DNG). Of course I didn't discover this until I got home and was downloading the last day's files. The videos were saved OK, just not the photos. Luckily I can grab screen shots of the video if I...