Goytre Wharf South Wales UK

123taff · Dec 28, 2023

Here is a very quickly put together vid of my maiden flight with my new Mini 4 Pro.

It is the Goytre Wharf on the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, a leisure amenity local to me, a 250 year old vestige of our industrial past.

All free flying qith no auto or "trick" sequences.

platty · Dec 29, 2023

What an interesting place. Very interesting. Nice filming. Thanks for sharing it

JimSteadman · Dec 29, 2023

Perhaps the fault is with my computer, but the quality of the video varied widely - very choppy at the beginning and even more so at the end, but smooth and clear in the middle. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful area and good music. Thanks for posting.

mdallen · Dec 29, 2023

JimSteadman said:
Perhaps the fault is with my computer, but the quality of the video varied widely - very choppy at the beginning and even more so at the end, but smooth and clear in the middle. Nevertheless, it is a beautiful area and good music. Thanks for posting.

I experienced the same choppiness at the beginning and that was as far as i watched

Canalsman · Dec 29, 2023

mdallen said:
I experienced the same choppiness at the beginning and that was as far as i watched

Me too...

123taff · Dec 30, 2023

Ah Yes, when I had my maiden flight with the new M4P, I had fogotten to reset the resolution and filmed with 4K @ 60fps.
I usually record 1080p @ 30 Fps on the old M3P and have now set the M4P at the same.
The accidental 4K setting had consequences for the frame rate on the average computer although mine handles it well.
Lesson learned

IFlied · Dec 30, 2023

I also noticed the jitter in your video, and wondered why.
I don’t think it’s the “average computer”.
Not sure about the 60 fps, but -
Don’t give up the beautiful resolution of the M4P. Maybe stay at 4K 30, or better yet, someone else may know what’s going on

123taff · Dec 30, 2023

To be fair, I am going to go back up there next weekend (weather impossible at the mo) and take some more similar shots, initially at 1080/30 (like the old M3P) and maybe follow your suggestion and also do the same shots using 4K/30 (or similar combination) and then do a comparison post edit to see what is best to work with.
I may actually try the higher resolution on C mode and set the N mode at the 1080 res.