Recent content by hank970

Of course, having the horizon cross the center of the frame violates the rule of thirds, but then rules are meant to be broken. I think you captured a beautiful scene. More importantly, you achieved the result you wanted. Great job!

I'm strictly a recreational flyer, have no commercial aspirations, and I know better than to sell drone images, post videos on You Tube, or take pictures of my neighbor's roof in support of his insurance claim. I take pictures (mostly stills) from an aerial perspective for my own enjoyment as a...

The east portals of the Beavertail Tunnels on I-70 in DeBeque Canyon, a few miles up the Colorado River from Grand Junction, Colorado. The tunnels provide a shortcut across a loop of now-abandoned roadway which follows a large meander in the Colorado River. Still accessible from I-70, that...

Bravo!

The resort is located on the Sandia Reservation about one mile north of my son's home in Albuquerque. My launch point was near the reservation boundary a half-mile or so south of the casino. Flashing Firehouse Mini-Pro strobes made it easy to see the drone in the gathering darkness. There was...

The strategy is Ready, Fire, Aim, now exemplified by various announcements that we'll be walking back this and that outrageous tariff because our foreign trade partners aren't and won't be buckling in response to what they perceive to be loud bullying. It appears to me that our powers-that-be...

Did you struggle also to read the fine print about having to deal with customs clearance? I'm not familiar with customs procedures but suspect there would be duty charges once the combo package reaches our shores. And, because the combo is shipped directly from DJI in China, the customer...

A neighbor couple owns a border collie. Border collies are high-energy dogs and don't fare well if confined and forced into inactivity. And so, because the couple both work and can't give their dog the attention it needs, another neighbor, who's retired, often takes it upon himself to keep...

This is what confuses me: If I depress the shutter button halfway on my RC 2 controller when in auto-focus mode, a rather large yellow rectangle appears on the center of the screen, I presume to indicate the area of focus (and also exposure?). If, instead, I manually select a focus point by...

Tariffs, if any, are paid by importers at the port of entry. Whether or not some or all of those additional costs are then passed along to wholesale distributors, retailers, and consumers is the question. Some folks along the supply chain may absorb some of their burden to maintain good will...

Thanks for your response. In auto mode, absent any manual selection, is PDAF operable over the entire frame or only in the center of the frame?

I flew my Air 3 not long before sunset yesterday over some complex terrains -- lots of still-brightly illuminated, elevated rock formations separated by deeply shaded clefts. Rather than manually selecting focus points on the screen, I relied on autofocus, and results were almost uniformly...

Don't believe everything you hear. The person spewing that stuff, the one who has recently been so dismissive of Canada, has a long, well documented history of saying things that aren't quite accurate.

Another good reason to stay away from Florida: too many people, too many palmetto bugs, too many hurricanes, too much humidity, too many mosquitos, rising sea levels, and a crazy state government.