In your initial post, you asked “Is this just part of the life of having a drone or is this something that warrants my concerns?”. You have received some very good feedback above and I’ll answer this question with a simple NO. This shouldn’t...
It's highly likely compass bias was your problem. I've had issues starting the drone in certain places on the patio, which has embedded rebar. I've avoided the issue there by holding the drone at waist level while starting it. But I...
I'm assuming you had a good GPS fix and a home point had been established before takeoff.
Before takeoff, did you confirm that the compass heading shown on the screen agreed with the actual direction the drone was pointed? If the drone is...
There is no reason whatsoever to be using any normal ND filter for aerial still photography unless you are wanting to deliberately create motion blur, which can easily be created in post anyway. A graduated neutral density filter is another...