Recent content by Erk1024

For really big, complicated or problematic panoramas, I use PTGui. For smaller ones, Lightroom works OK.

Thanks! 🙏

You can shoot panos with the main lens and the 70mm lens and that helps a lot to bring up the image quality. Can't send up big, heavy lenses with the drone, so we have to find ways to work around the limitations. But with panos, you can get pro level results. Brackets plus panoramas are even...

Those are fantastic shots. And I agree that the 70mm camera is great. It punches way above it's weight for a 1/3" sensor. Also the lens is nice and sharp. But you do have to keep the ISO low.

Yes. These were lower light situations, so I was shooting f/2.8. Of course there is no choice on the 70mm camera--it has fixed aperture. That shot of the Hard Rock was 1/5th of a second. I couldn't use brackets for those shots because the light colors were continuously animating, cycling through...

Hy Donzo98 My recommendation is to use ISO-100 and just use longer exposures. The lenses are fast enough that it works fine for any daylight, golden hour or even blue hour photos. These are small sensors and they get noisy in a hurry. f5'ish is the best aperture for the main camera, BUT if...

I think this is correct! It's what they said on TLDR (You Tube channel). That the 34% was on top of the current 20%

28mm seems like a good choice for the main camera. Easier to stitch, and the lens could be sharper / less distortion. Not sure it's worth upgrading from the Mavic3 Pro though. What's the unique selling point? I'm not sure I want the built in ND filter--just more layers of glass (or plastic) to...

Good idea! Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Hi Dale! This was shot at ISO-100, f/2.8 (no choice), exposure 0.6 seconds using the 70mm (equivalent) camera. I shot it using the panorama mode. The software only allows the 360 mode with this camera, which is odd. I should have manually shot it with brackets instead. I think the image quality...

LOL. Works great as a gimbal dash cam! Serious snow you're dealing with there.

This is a shot of Miami Downtown shot from the Rickenbacker Bridge side. I got stuck in a traffic jam and arrived very late--long after sunset. I'll probably try again at some point. Shot with the Mavic3's 70mm lens. I SHOULD have bracketed the shots. Not my best work, but I thought it was worth...

That's a cool wide shot! Nice 360 shot of the water tower as well. Fun! :)

I think it's better to get them down from 100% sooner rather than later. When they are at 100% the chemical reaction that degrades them happens faster. 3 years sounds about right for a battery that was kept at full charge to start bulging. Also if the plastic covering on a bulging battery is...

FYI, This is more likely to happen if your batteries are kept charged at 100% for long periods. Better to store them at 80% or lower. I think 65% is optimal, but anything in the 30-80% range is good. If I charge up my batteries and then don't end up using them on a flight, then I take the...