Recent content by SimonD

"All charged up but nowhere to go" I like that one! I thought my day was bad but opportunities like yours are scarcer. I did manage to get some practice footage of 2 bridges in the end so not a total waste and clocked up another 35 minutes flying time.

Had a really frustrating day trying to get a simple shot/s of my Vespa, simple close low dolly shots and a few other closeups, I needed a whopping 10 meters of airspace. Checked NATS on the 1st location, a church and all was clear, it's miles from people and buildings, I was just going to use...

I have some Newer filters and a sun shade so I can set the exposure better, just been waiting for a decent flying day, tomorrow's my best shot but sods law I have have something else planned. I did a bit of handheld test footage and the newer filter look fine and got my shutter speed down nicely.

Yeah first thing I ditched were the prop guards from the case, I can fit my sun shade and other bits in that space now, I shove my iPhone into the pockets.

I bought the: RLSOCO Hard Shell Carrying Case for DJI Mavic Air Fly More Combo From Amazon after reading the reviews and comparing others, it's superb, there are cheaper similar ones but the divider is worth the extra as it protects the drone perfectly and has pockets on the other side. RLSOCO...

I can see it's value of RTH as I get more used to it, but the default height caught me out, I was low flying and the battery warning went off, selected RTH and it shot up really high, I will tweak the settings next time.

13/ Mavic Air and brick walls don't get on - 1st crash while trying to tweak settings ? (thankfully the Mavic won that battle and no damage)

Glad this thread came up, coming from a photographic background and using DSLR for video I am a big fan of 24fps but found it too jerky on dolly shots with the Mavic Air, so set it to 30fps but I have since changed and slowed down most of my controls and gimbal settings and also ordered some ND...

So after a week I've learned so much already trying to get the best footage from the drone, some of my assumptions busted and previous filming experience out of the window. 1/ I already knew as with any photographic device Manual Settings are a must but a few settings I have had to consider...

Thanks, another lesson learned :)

I tried this on my SD card though it would only do it at 1080p, I haven't colour graded it yet so it's just raw flat profile so excuse it's dullness but it came out well:

Thanks for taking the time to reply, plenty of useful tips there, landing pad is my main need after my first 2 sessions of using my Flymo which chomped the grass and snagged around one of my props. I am using a large garden kneeling pad while I choose a proper one. I have NATS and it's been...

Hiya mate, good to see a friendly face on here :) I was looking at filters, now I don't usually skimp on optics with my photography but really skinted myself out on this combo bundle and travel case, are the cheaper Newer 6 pack at £25 all that bad? with such a small lens area I wouldn't have...

Vague but I read 'somewhere' that battery life improves after the first few charges, my first flight the batteries didn't seem to last long at all but that could have been the wind (15mph ish) and recording at 4k. Is this true or do you have any battery saving tips for longer flights? I am...

Well I managed to fly my MA for the first time the other day, locations are a lot harder to find than I expected (Shrewsbury Shropshire) but I found a bridge about 10 miles away with a public footpath so set up there near a river. Immediately discovered I either needed a landing pad or longer...