Are you getting any Christmas goody’s for your drone 2018

Porky · Mar 24, 2019

Yeah looks good here too but a chill day with Mrs P for me

enjoy your flying dad

old man mavic · Mar 24, 2019

Porky said:
Yeah looks good here too but a chill day with Mrs P for me enjoy your flying dad

here we go son, went up a place called penyfan pond and guess what was there, some wind turbines so took a couple of pics for you @Porky

Porky · Mar 24, 2019

Dad those photos are magical, love them. I especially love the wind turbine ones

well you beat me to it with those ones dad Thumbswayup

I think you must have a wind turbine photo in your “photo portfolio” yeah I’ve got one but they are to far in the distance

We’ve got them just up the road from me but I want to drive to them, then fly. Might even try the hyperlaspse out but will need to read up on how to do it first.

Weather here has been absolutely brilliant today so lots of work was done in the garden.

Edit: what drone took those photos dad?

old man mavic · Mar 24, 2019

Porky said:
Dad those photos are magical, love them. I especially love the wind turbine ones well you beat me to it with those ones dad I think you must have a wind turbine photo in your “photo portfolio” yeah I’ve got one but they are to far in the distance

We’ve got them just up the road from me but I want to drive to them, then fly. Might even try the hyperlaspse out but will need to read up on how to do it first.

Weather here has been absolutely brilliant today so lots of work was done in the garden.

Edit: what drone took those photos dad?

my baby the MPP no 8 ND FILTER 1080p AT 30fps i got some brilliant video as well, but took the pics for you so i could put them on the forum, they are not bad as they are straight off the card from the drone,as you know the thing always amazes me when i get home and view the footage,to see how clear it is i just love flying it a great bit of kit thanks for your comments son @Porky

Porky · Mar 24, 2019

old man mavic said:
my baby the MPP no 8 ND FILTER 1080p AT 30fps i got some brilliant video as well, but took the pics for you so i could put them on the forum, they are not bad as they are straight off the card from the drone,as you know the thing always amazes me when i get home and view the footage,to see how clear it is i just love flying it a great bit of kit thanks for your comments son @Porky

It's only what you deserve dad, lovely photos

would deffo love to see some of your vids of your countryside

I used a grad Nd 8 on one of my church photos, that’s one reason why I started up a thread about filter cleaning, I’m having a mare with it at the mo

old man mavic · Mar 24, 2019

Porky said:
It's only what you deserve dad, lovely photos would deffo love to see some of your vids of your countryside

what i like is the stuff that you can see from the drone that without it you would never know it was there,it opens up a whole new perspective of the surroundings that you would not get to see

Porky · Mar 24, 2019

old man mavic said:
what i like is the stuff that you can see from the drone that without it you would never know it was there,it opens up a whole new perspective of the surroundings that you would not get to see

yeah I know what you mean, I wonna try the hyperlapse thingy out, when I do I’ll post my disaster on here for you guys to see

Chip · Mar 24, 2019

old man mavic said:
my baby the MPP no 8 ND FILTER 1080p AT 30fps i got some brilliant video as well, but took the pics for you so i could put them on the forum, they are not bad as they are straight off the card from the drone,as you know the thing always amazes me when i get home and view the footage,to see how clear it is i just love flying it a great bit of kit thanks for your comments son @Porky

old man mavic said:
here we go son, went up a place called penyfan pond and guess what was there, some wind turbines so took a couple of pics for you @Porky View attachment 67075 View attachment 67076 View attachment 67073 View attachment 67074

Beautiful pix!

Love the wind turbines and the rolling countryside! Thumbswayup

Wales has some great scenery as well as rugby players!

Now you made me curious though about taking that exact same shot using the ND 8 and then a Gradient Blue (with blue half pointed towards sky) to compare. Do you have set of filters? I bought a new set for my M2Z but have not been able to use them yet. The factory original seems to be set with Loc-tite! What is the deal with that @Thunderdrones? Can you help me out?

Have a great Sunday! I had a blast myself flying three batteries yesterday!

what i like is the stuff that you can see from the drone that without it you would never know it was there,it opens up a whole new perspective of the surroundings that you would not get to see

So true and me too!

Chip · Mar 24, 2019

Porky said:
Chip, mnis, we both check our phones for “step count” but we’ve both got pedometers. I always beat the wife with step count cos I tire my one to the dog and let it do this 50,000 steps a day for me

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I need to get off duff immediately and get back to my old glory days....they were not that long ago.......

Chip · Mar 24, 2019

Porky said:
@Chip have you tried out the hypelapse yet, looking forward to seeing you vid then you can tell (show) me how to do it

Have not tried yet. I was waiting for you to explain it!

But I know it will be great to play with! In meantime, I thought you might like to see 2 shots which demonstrate zoom from just under 300 feet. I got to watch these two tugs steam in to port and then dock side to side. It would have been perfect for hyper lapse had I known what I was doing.

Porky · Mar 25, 2019

That’s cracking chip

now that zooooooooooooooooooooooooom is bloody good.

I know I’ve said it before but those tug boats are cool, could watch them all day working Thumbswayup

Ain’t got a clue where to start with “hyperlapse” I was hoping you could shed some light onto the subject. Looks like we’ve got a lot of this to do,
Think it would be cool getting a hyperlapse of wind turbines then I’ll move onto the ships being loaded

Porky · Mar 25, 2019

How you liking the zoom chip? Enjoying flying it, any different to your other mavic?

Chip · Mar 25, 2019

Porky said:
How you liking the zoom chip? Enjoying flying it, any different to your other mavic?

Yes, absolutely loving the thing! Flew 6 batteries this weekend. My favorite upgrades besides Zoom lens itself include:

5+mph speed increase in sport mode (I use it all)
3+ more minutes flight time (although I'm still conservative and try and always return at 25%+)
Multi-directional obstacle avoidance
Remote light on belly
Looks and feels more robust
Neat all in one gimbal lock and camera bubble protector

I am flying it just the same as MP (99% over water) but now taking way more photos than video thanks to your influence!

The only thing I can see for sure appearing on my Christmas List 2019 Edition is that smart controller. I already cheated and bought the ND filters, leg extenders, 2 extra batteries and car charger!

Porky · Mar 25, 2019

Christmas come early for you, lol, yeah the SC does look like a nice bit of kit

my CS works very well in the sunlight, first time in full sun last weekend, perfect. I know the SC has the same screen brightness as my CS, 1000nits, brilliant in the sun

Glad you’re enjoying it, more photos huh, cool... looking forward to seeing them buddy.

There’s something about water, keeps pulling me back to it, love everything that happens on it like reflections, boat activity, etc...

That’s one reason why I thought about doing something different, churches, Smashing old architecture, that what I like about them

but as I live on the water front that’s always gonna be my number one favourite. I need to travel around taking church photos but water... well that’s walking distance for me.

Hyperlapse, looks like we’ve both got to learn that then, good though cos we can both push each other into doing it

Porky · Mar 25, 2019

Found this on our good old friend YT, gives us a better understanding chip

Now it’s just sorting out the post side now

charliesRig · Mar 25, 2019

Porky said:
Nice one Charlie, what was wrong the your drone?

this is the video from the other day mavic twice exited GPS mode then flew to the church I hit the return home and it came home but was not happy would not hover then 28% were i set my low battery warnning @ 2:00 I took it and Brought it home
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mnis · Mar 25, 2019

charliesRig said:
this is the video from the other day mavic twice exited GPS mode then flew to the church I hit the return home and it came home but was not happy would not hover then 28% were i set my low battery warnning @ 2:00 I took it and Brought it home
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Oh Charlie, that did not look good

Was there any damage to the MP, or did it turn out well?

charliesRig · Mar 25, 2019

Mavic looks OK
I fly MA props I looked them over
They have a couple of nix
I might have to take
"old man mavics"
advice and go back to stock Mavic props
see if Mavic will settle down....

But with all the random GPS drops and the controller to check app warning
I think might have other issues..

I check compass & Imu calibration
And they looked ok.

I think the go4 app is sketchy
I recently upgraded to firmware 040-500 and it seem good two flights in .....now I'm not to sure?
.
I look on the map and my flight window is a lot smaller now then it was last yr
I don't want to believe my disconects (GPS drops) are from the upgrade and or go4app
But Could it be.??
My viewer is a Nexus 7
Could now after the upgrade can't handle the new software.?

Maybe I'll try a fly without go4app just bird and controller
.
I welcome any feedback
....cR
.

mnis · Mar 25, 2019

charliesRig said:
Mavic looks OK
I fly MA props I looked them over
They have a couple of nix
I might have to take
"old man mavics"
advice and go back to stock Mavic props
see if Mavic will settle down....

But with all the random GPS drops and the controller to check app warning
I think might have other issues..

I check compass & Imu calibration
And they looked ok.

I think the go4 app is sketchy
I recently upgraded to firmware 040-500 and it seem good two flights in .....now I'm not to sure?
.
I look on the map and my flight window is a lot smaller now then it was last yr
I don't want to believe my disconects (GPS drops) are from the upgrade and or go4app
But Could it be.??
My viewer is a Nexus 7
Could now after the upgrade can't handle the new software.?

Maybe I'll try a fly without go4app just bird and controller
.
I welcome any feedback
....cR
.

I think the Mavic remote control is independent of whether you fly with or without a smartphone and DJI GO.

Presumably, the older firmware had GPS problems, or there was GPS interference in the area where you flew...

Chip · Mar 25, 2019

charliesRig said:
this is the video from the other day...

Sorry to hear MP took sick. Not sure what that might be aside from mag interference. The only 2 problems I ever had with mine involved gimbal shake/calibration and magnetic interference. If you need props though I would be happy to contribute two pair, I seem to have quite a few extra. BTW that vid is south end of Quartemaster harbor, right? I did double take because I know that neighborhood and marina quite well! Small world!