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    RC charging weird after .700

    Yes. I've had the same experience. After use, reset and recharge the counter resolved correctly. My assumption was the readout is incorrect, not the actual charging. I'm on .500 so This is not an issue related to .700
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    Sailing in Auckland, New Zealand

    Out for a sail on a beautiful autumn weekend. Wasn't much breeze, but all the the better to pop up the Mav for a spin! Location: Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand PolarPro ND-PL8 D-Cinelike Shot 4K 30 FPS Rendered to 1080p iMovie (manual colour correction) I'm really getting into my...
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    SANGOMA - An aerial film over Southern Africa (DJI Mavic Pro)

    Also - I know you'll be familiar with it but I like to use Vimeo over YouTube for sharing... lower compression and higher resolution... shows the work off best!
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    SANGOMA - An aerial film over Southern Africa (DJI Mavic Pro)

    Hey David, First things first... WOW! Stunning. I love the music, it's fantastic. Your edit is beautifully timed. The footage of the kite surfers in the crescendo is perfectly selected, and the sunset shots at the end close it out with goosebumps. I'm really clutching at straws to offer...
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    Surfers and Sunsets in Piha, New Zealand

    Hey MP83, yeah sure thing. Shooting: - 4K 30fps MOV - DCinelike - picture style -1 0 0 - 100 ISO, between 60 and 120 fps - PolarPro NDPL-8 filter There's no colour grading per se on the edit, just auto balance in FCPX. Any serious editor would say that's too harsh, but I liked the pop for this...
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    Surfers and Sunsets in Piha, New Zealand

    The west coast of New Zealand faces the setting sun, and the waves. This autumn evening, a storm was rolling in... sea, cloud, light, magic.
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    GIVEAWAY: DJI Mavic Hard Case by Freewell Gear

    When shooting video, the best shots are those where you fly quickly in a relatively straight line... left or right, forward or backwards. Panning seems great when you're shooting it, but views poorly because it's not how our eyes work. When we "scan" a view, our eyes actually jump from one...
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    Rangitoto Island, Auckland, New Zealand

    Hey team, New pilot, three weeks in... wanted to share a little mission we took last weekend on my cousins little sailboat. This is shot in 4K and rendered down to 1080. Still struggling with exposure (getting the right lock) and some movement smoothing, and I forgot to fly away from the...
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    Checking in from Auckland, New Zealand

    Hey team, Hello from Auckland, New Zealand! New to the Mavic... just under three weeks since my favourite toy arrived. I'm recently into piloting, after borrowing a friends Phantom 4 for a few weeks over the summer. Here's a little film I shot last weekend over a volcanic island in Auckland...