Recent content by lenzwizard

For what is is worth I have flown over Philly. Using common sense and not flying close to buildings. Most of all staying away from Center City for a few reasons. 1. Med-Evac choppers come in to the hospitals very quick and there are several hospitals and other buildings with helipads. 2. Common...

I would experience this from time to time with the first Mavic Pro. I never got a gimbal overload error but I would get the same thing that you're experiencing with the gimbal going crazy. The only way I could seem to correct it would be to bring the aircraft back and land. Then I would turn the...

My experience with the MP2: The very first flight I used up two batteries and the ambient temperature was in the high 80s. I noticed after each battery the mavic was pretty warm to the touch. But the aircraft seem to fly fine and the camera recorded video with no problems at all. The next second...

I am a professional photographer and I have had the same problem for years when working on location. (with my photography I have an outspoken assistant who deals with people and shews them away) With my Mavic it doesn't always happen, but it happens often. So of course flying my drone is no...

While I agree with previous comments that "most police officers are not going to confiscate" in the larger metropolitan areas the law enforcement agencies are getting up to speed with the drone ordinances and laws. At the same time more an more law enforcement agencies (including local police)...

Thanks for sharing your story. Certainly an odd and scary situation and something to consider. I myself have done this very thing of landing away from where I took off (usually back to where my vehicle is parked). Most times I have shut the drone down after landing although once right after the...

Simply put if your making money of any kind it is considered "commercial use" of a drone and you need to be commercially licensed or certified and in most states you'll need commercial insurance as well. Now on the other hand it is up to the FAA to enforce it the license not the insurance. Will...

I have State Farm personal articles policy for my Mavic Pro. $54 here in New Jersey. My agent wrote the policy for the whole bundle. Everything in the box is covered, the controller, the batteries and even the case. She assured me everything is covered for theft and any kind of damage or loss...

I updated this morning Monday Jan 15th and the first flight was ok, but my phone died due to lack of charge. Second flight a few hours later did not go well. Flying low and slow in the backyard just for capturing video for practice edits the Mavic disconnected from the controller and just...

I had always felt the same way. I would do updates with no problems at all. But... today Jan, 15th 2018 I wanted to fly in my backyard to get some video for editing. I had some new editing ideas, I also wanted to see what 1080@ 96 fps looked like (never used that option before). Got the Mavic...

I am in New Jersey and I have a State Farm "Personal Articles" policy as Stride8 mentioned. I bought the policy the day the drone arrived. $54 for the year and it covers the drone for pretty much everything as long as I am not using it commercially (making money). I have not had to file a claim...

How many batteries did you go through during th How many batteries did you go through during the course of shooting the wedding?

Thanks for sharing and again very nice work on the video.

Very nice work. Would you share the camera settings you used?