Recent content by Ralph thompson

In CANADA, in the early days of commercially available quad copters (2011), a distinction was made by the Regulator. Someone who flies a drone remotely is an Operator, as a distinction from a Pilot who is hands on sitting inside a ‘plane and flying it. As a pilot, I’ve always respected that...

I’m not in the US but would suggest u treat it like any other business, if u are confident u have connections, clients, opportunities, the motivation & drive and have done your homework (all costs, subscriptions, insurance, travel, etc equals one years revenue) and your opportunities do not...

Operator license and drone registration are two different things. Drone registration in Canada is $10 Cdn but the license cost depend on whether yr basic or advanced plus if you've taken the flying test and it's definitely not free. If your not Canadian then its more complicated.

Remember if you are using the telephoto camera on the Mavic 3 Pro, you will have to track the movement otherwise the sun will move out of the frame. In the past I’ve used a 500mm lens on a tripod & it’s surprising how quickly the sun move through the frame. You need to get solar filter Mylar &...

Nice exposures, great flying. Thanks

Why would you do this? whats the benefit of using a drone? Effectively, the sun & moon are at infinity so whether you photograph it from 0' alt or 400' alt, it will look the same. Plus if photography is your thing, then you're using an inferior camera to capture an amazing event. Use a full...

Meta4, think u meant all Mavic 3 class drones.

A technique used by we folks who live in cold climates and spend a lot of time photographing outdoors on the coldest days of winter, is to put cameras and drones in plastic garbage bags before bringing them indoors. Then leave them unopened for an hour or so to let everything warm up. Result no...

Yes the M3 batteries can power other devices through the USB port on the side. Don't plug in the power supply, insert battery into charger and turn it on. Plug in power bank or other USB device to the side port. Just got mine, it's great, thanks Mobilehomer. You can discharge batteries to...

If your priority was photo quality then the m3 séries have a better 4/3 sensor (with the wide angle lens). I went from the Inspire 2Pro to M3 & definitely not as good for stills, the M3 is still good & better for video(higher bitrate). Compared to a full frame DSLR or mirrorless, the m3 is...

Great thanks

Mobilehomer, I don't see the M3 charger with a discharging feature, do u have a link please

If its a real estate guy and he doesn't already have multiple drone operators at his finger tips who would be happy to do this as an adjunct to their regular photography and video business, then he ain't much of a real estate agent. Today drone work is just a small add on to the photography...

In my experience this starts to occur with older batteries that have been recharged a lot. With my Mavic3 Classic and fairly low time battery usage, even in Montreals cold climate, it doesn't occur but when I look at my Mavic 2 Pro from a year or so ago, with batteries up to 80 and 90 cycles...

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