Recent content by wisefish

I have seen the jello effect in drone videos a few times but never in a a DJI drone. The issue was usually related to the gimbal assembly. Take a close look at the gimbal assembly; inspect the rubber dampeners for damage/debris, check gimbal mounting screws for tightness. Then calibrate the...

Ahhh yes...the ol' extended exposure hyperlapse trick could be just the move I've been looking for. I can't believe that never occurred to me before. My area is forecast to get lightning storms the next couple days, after a month of clear skies, and I will for sure be trying the hyperlapse...

I have 893 flights on my Air2S. The longest flight time I have had, looking at the DJI flight logs, is 26 minutes. That particular flight included the battery getting to 0% and resulted in it falling the final 20 feet onto a soft field (no damage). The issue this particular flight was that there...

Thanks to everyone for all the advice/tips/info. The pic I originally posted has already been super tamed down in Photshop and any more editing resulted in unacceptable quality loss. The reason I expose for 5-8 seconds is to hopefully capture that single +/- 0.5 second of lightning at some point...

I have been trying to get lightning pics with my A2S the last week with moderate success. I shoot in almost pitch black conditions at night, in full manual, RAW format, ISO 100 and shutter speed set to 8 seconds. Then I just take continuous pics and hope a strike happens when the shutter is...

My batteries that finally started to swell are 14 months old. They swelled enough that they weren't seating properly in the drone. That's when I decided to recycle them. I still have 8 good ones though. I buy the $50 "refurbished" ones from Amazon and have never had an issue.

2 of the 3 batteries that came with my flymore combo are starting to swell and so I'll recycle them soon. They have 131 and 143 charges and I fly in pretty extreme heat and cold.

I take 8 batteries when I go out to fly a cool location. I do a lot of hyperlapse and get enough pics for 15 seconds of video per battery. I have bought a total of 6 of the "refurbished" batteries off Amazon and they are a steal at $46. I have never had an issue with any of them and one has 217...

I use Adobe Premiere Pro but have been thinking of switching to Davinci Resolve due to price considerations. The only thing preventing me from making the leap is that the video stabilization tools are so good in Premiere Pro. I wonder how effective the video stabilization tools in Resolve 18.5 are?

The DJI Fly app does not allow the pilot to set the RC as a dynamic homepoint as mentioned a few times above. However, you can set the homepoint to be dynamic and track the RC using the LITCHI app. It's one of the reasons I bought LITCHI. Waypoint mission capability and the ability to turn off...

I use ND filters all the time when taking stills for cloud/fog hyperlapse videos. The correct exposure values called for, without an ND filter, are often in the 1/2000 sec. range or higher and I like to bring that down to a level where the clouds and fog look softer. The final hyperlapse videos...

John, I gladly signed the petition and thank you for initiating it. This is the reason I have not purchased my own M3E. I had a chance to test drive one awhile back and it was awesome. That camera is something else and stability in the wind is pretty stellar. But as soon as I started poking...

I have an Air2S and 8 batteries. I really enjoy creating hyperlapse videos but they take time and batteries. I can make a 15 second hyperlapse (+/- 375 images at 2 second interval) if I have a full battery at the beginning of the flight. I often use all 8 batteries in a session. A few batteries...

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I hand catch 99% of the time. The trick is to bring the drone down to chest height (in normal mode) and hover. Then put your hand (palm up) directly under the drone to make it slowly begin ascending (this indicates it sensed your hand). Then pull the left stick 100% down and itbwill slowly...