Recent content by zanderlane

...whoa! - that just made me flashback to like 10-15 years ago when we had a lion eat a mountain biker and ripped the face off another on a popular local trail here in southern california - I remember my buddies and I put big eye stickers on the back of our helmets as the big cats always seem to...

...ok, so I got curious and did some googling - the concept's called "eyespot mimicry" and is used extensively by prey wildlife to defend from predators - so maybe adding some teeth ain't a bad idea!!!

...an old RC vet once told me an anti-bird strike tip: googly eyes - looks silly, but haven't had an attack in several encounters with hawks and raptors over the last two years...they would investigate but never attacked...I just figure it can't hurt and might actually help!

...here's another available option online:

...I fear someone may have been a little quicker to the party than you:

...we had a small brushfire near me last week...we are now under a TFR until august! - they definitely err on the side of caution, LOL!

...filters are actually pretty important for getting quality video in bright sunlight, otherwise you will be facing a shutter speed upwards of 1/1250th to get a proper exposure - this will give you a super staccato looking video and any props or prop shadows that sneak into the shot will be VERY...

...if the water is less than a hundred feet deep and it is recovered within a day or two, there have been accounts on this forum of full recovery by rice drying for a week (find a picture of the inside of the mavic; the inside electronics are covered in waterproof gunk!) and the gettrback for...

...I look it at like this: $ MAVIC = CAMERA PHONE $$ PHANTOM = POINT AND SHOOT $$$$$ INSPIRE AND ABOVE W/ X7, ETC. = DSLR

...I really dig the little individual soft/hard cases for fitting in with a bunch of other gear in a suitcase or larger backpack, but also totally love this small, rugged little backpack from Microraptor Pro Cases: ...light, small and easy to carry - can hold everything you need to fly in...

...foggy dawn over laguna!

...I read that the 60% noise reduction comes mainly during launch/landing - still attractive though for remaining as invisible as possible to avoid the dreaded civilian drone police!

...FYI: ok, I asked the google and it says that only parfocal lenses have a hard stop for infinity focusing, whereas most lenses are varifocal and will require manual adjustment at the end of the focus range - for canon, the parfocals are mainly prime L glass and forward focusing zooms - so I...

...hmmm, so can you further explain why the p4p appears to nail focus every time with a quick roll of the dial to max infinity setting? shouldn't the mavic be capable of the same dependable focusing capability? or are you saying that the p4p's hard focus point for infinity is actually a bad...

...yes, everyone knows hyperfocal distance is where to be for maximum depth of field - this does not change the fact that being able to focus past infinity so that NOTHING is in focus is just plain, what's the word...NEGLIGENT!? - silly ol' DJI...