Recent content by kbellis

@Yorkshire_Pud - Thanks very much for that, and yes it is helpful. But what actually gets me asking isn't completely answered by that chart. I'm using Dronelink v3.4.1 for Android and I believe that I possibly have a clue as to the frequent occurrence of the Weak Signal Issue that I reported on...

Hello, The 2 fore and 2 aft LEDs convey information I'm interested in understanding their meanings beginning with when the Mavic Air 2 aircraft is first powered on until it is powered off. I'm hoping that there is a legend or chart which describes what each light is communicating in all...

Seems like a good question to ask the folks that are issuing the firmware. Not sure how long it may take to get an answer, or if their answer will mean much. But I can share with you that when I bought my first DJI Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo, it became evident only after 2 out of the 3 batteries...

@eEridani - Your Smart RC controller sounds interesting! That wasn't included in the MA2 Fly More Combo box. In the Dronelink Android app, there is an EV lock, but I only played with it a little as it presented an issue I didn't want to deal with at the time. Thank you for helping to highlight...

That makes sense. Still **** frustrating having to go through a forensic necropsy in order to understand the allowed camera commands for the Mavic Air 2. More experiments to follow!

As for your point concerning displayed/ reported EV compensation vs. reality, you've nailed it. In my examination above (#8) that's exactly what I was trying to understand. Dronelink mapping mission Test4 was tonally improved, but no cigar. More tests soon after I've dealt with the replacement...

@eEridani - Thank you for posting the properties from the exact aircraft we're discussing and for the great side by side comparison of the FC3170's images shot last November and their Details. I agree with you that "looking at the hillside the brightness is the same across all three". Just to...

Thank you for taking the time to look at the meta, but the data that you've presented above is wrong and incomplete, please check and try again. Also, please provide the application that you're running to expose the meta as it looks quite nice. At first I wondered if the forum software did...

BTW, nice composite of that 3-row pano in Brisbane! Your method is working for you, and quite nicely! So you needn't change a thing in your workflow, nor am I lobbying for you to think about changing what you're doing. The full manual method that I have used for over 20 years has worked well...

@Meta4 - When you're stitching adjacent images, be they for any photogrammetric purpose, point cloud generation, creating an orthomosaic, or even a full 180x360 panorama, manual everything; i.e., ISO, white balance, focus, ƒ/stop, shutter speed, and zero EV compensation is absolutely essential...

Dronelink is pretty cool, but I should not have assumed everybody was already familiar with it, though I expect many readers are. Below are just the camera commands that can be used on drones. Not every command can be used on every drone. Some drones like the MA2, are able to receive and...

@eEridani wrote: "Do you really want to be changing exposure during a map run?" No, absolutely not. You're correct; all images should be uniformly exposed with the same white balance (and focus) too, and that's why I have fixed the shutter speed / ExposureTime, in this example, to 1/500. The...

Is there a comprehensive list of allowed camera commands for the Mavic Air 2? This question surfaces after my first few tests using Dronelink for mapping missions. Yesterday, I was able to fly the mapping mission so that the camera on the Mavic Air 2 shot the entire mission with a fixed...

@Saladshooter - Perfect! Thank you very much for this information - very much appreciated! Sorry not to have thanked you sooner, but yesterday turned out to not be so good after some general photography with the MA2 followed by a couple more mapping mission tests using Dronelink's manual camera...