Recent content by SethB

“That cinematic blur…” is the blur we got used to seeing in films. It looks like natural motion. However, such blur will be rarely perceptible in most drone video because most lenses are wide angle, most subjects are not moving fast, and most flying video is not done with high speed. Except...

The OP is in Prague, I’m unfamiliar with regs there, but certainly not required to have a pt. 107 certificate. I do have mine… Is that Topaz sw one of their AI products? I see great reviews for the latest Topaz line!

I am running an Air 2s with the original Smart Controller, it is great! The cam looks like the Hasselblad of the Mavic 2Pro, but does not have variable aperture, and is not labeled Hasselblad. My primary purpose is video, I have not done a close comparison of stills quality with the Mavic 2P. I...

Yes! Ideally, your clouds/sky image would be just as wide (in degrees) as your full moving pan. This is a common issue in creating content with game engines, and 360 assets are readily available. You’re looking for search terms like “360 skybox image clouds”. Yes, the images are called...

Did Mr. Newdrone leave a paper trail at Amazon? Yes, he did. This is relevant because FAA is now engaging with FBI on some investigations, as reported around the L.A. wildfires. I think this means that sales records could be acquired that link an unregistered drone to Mr. Newdrone, just from...

Welcome! Part 61 certificate holders have a no-cost portal to take the Part 107 exam! This would save you something like $175 plus/minus in exam fees. You would need to confirm… https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/become_a_drone_pilot#ech

Default is that the owner of imagery is the creator. An employee who creates work as part of their employment- owned by the employer. A contractor who has a work-for-hire agreement with the employer - the employer. Without other agreements it is the creator. HOWEVER, it's customary that if...

You can make your own 3:2 guides on clear plastic and tape them to your display.

Spectacular!

As I wrote above, no amount of armchair quarterbacking after the fact will be definitive in the absence of information from Lure County emergency management, who were way too busy in total mobilization to provide their side of the story in the brief “gotcha government“ news cycle. Yeah, that...

Use DJI Fly for those drones, not DJI GO4. @Felix le Chat is entirely correct, GO4 is legacy software for older drones. Doesn’t work for anything newer than Mavic 2 series and original Mavic Air.

@Zbip57 I really appreciated the clip with moving the mat in your post #16. That demonstration really tells the story, and I believe it validates your theory about the drone flying the Chinese river gorge. The next question that comes up for me is whether that behavior would repeat at an...

There’s a lot that could be further debated about who did what, when, and why. A pilot who is freelancing and not part of incident command and airspace management is a potential liability. I myself am sympathetic to the emergency responders who are trying to make the best decisions they can...

The goal of color correction is to eliminate discrepancies between the way we perceive a scene with direct eyesight and the look of the photo or video clip. Primary tools for color correction are color balance, exposure, contrast, blacks, shadows, highlights, whites. Secondary tools apply the...

Manual control of white balance is the place to start. See if you can get the color temp the sonys’ white balance is set at, plug that into your settings… it should be a whole lot closer than what you’re getting now!