Recent content by WildcatDave

I went ahead and picked up an Air 3S combo from Amazon, to go with my Air 3. Their holiday return policy covers me till the end of January and if I don't see any improvement, which I don't expect, by then I will open it up and have a backup drone. For what I do, as long as these drones don't...

Look how confusing this is for all of us. What a ridiculous mess. I am likely going to purchase a spare drone on Dec. 22nd just to be sure... Doesn't the US governement have something better to do with my tax money???

It just dawned on me that the ban looks like it specifically lists importing of new drones into the United States. Does that mean brick and mortars and places like Amazon will be able to continue to sell existing stock after December 23rd assuming the band goes into effect, which it looks pretty...

Thanks for the opinions and inputs everybody. The person that offered the slightly used model, I appreciate the offer. I always buy new, it's just how I do it through my business. I'm the same way with vehicles as well. Probably could save a bunch of money if I was willing to buy stuff that had...

It looks like that drone ban is going to happen. I shoot professionally with an Air 3 and I'm considering picking up an Air 3S so that I have a second drone in case one fails, as it looks like buying DJI products after the first of the year in the US is not going to be possible. Does this seem...

Since you have to sign into your account every couple months or so, couldn't they just forcefully have those servers shut down and without the ability to sign in your drone won't launch? Seems like that would be a pretty easy thing for them to do to basically kill every DJI drone.

First I would check with the facility if you can do a test run before you have to do any future real shooting. And play around with the different manual video settings. In the end I ended up leaving it on auto and got impressive results. That being said the venue was very dark but the stage was...

I did try to launch a few days ago before the FAA authorization, just to see if it would even let me. I had no flying planned just booted the RC2 and drone to see what it would do. I received a message on the RC2 that it was a no-go. I will be flying adjacent (about 500' away from) the base...

I will by flying a couple of days in May over a property that is near an Air Force Base. I was able to get authorization through the "FAADroneZone.com" website (and a few phone calls - the rep was very friendly and helpful). I am trying to figure out how to input that to my Air 3. When I goto...

In August we held a Fetish Ball ("Scorched") in Tucson. These will likely be annual or bi-annual events - it went very well! I was brought onboard to do drone video (most of which was indoors with no GPS). The Air 3 had zero issues flying in a very dark theater that had large AC units trying...

It had ZERO issues. I was quite pleased (amazed) how well it hovered and moved without any GPS. Videos are smooth with no noticeable difference compared to outdoor flight. Once or twice (over the six hours I was using it) it would drift a tiny bit. A quick tap on either stick would get it to...

Hey guys I thought I would report back after finishing up the event. I shot a little over a hundred clips in considerably low light in a large theater for with performers. I left the camera on auto the entire time as everything exposure-wise looked good on the screen. Doing some pre-test shots...

Thanks for the info about the SRT file - I have seen those. I am quite familiar with camera settings (ISO, SS. Aperture, etc.). I have been a professional photographer for over 20 years - just new to the drone side of things as relates to video. Been a stills photog, this is my first video...

Gotcha. I really don't think 30fps is workable at all. I expect we need to capture at 60fps for this event. There will be "athletic" performances that need to be clear. And they will want to do some slo-mo for effect as well. Currently using "Auto" settings as I did not seem to get better...

Right, I stated that I couldn't go to 30 FPS because of necessity for 60 FPS and that I understood It would allow a lower shutter speed which is more light on the sensor. Thank you for reiterating that but I was clear on that point. My significant question was when you shoot at 1080p does it bin...