Phantom 4 Pro

Anthony Viscomi · Dec 26, 2017

Mr Wings said:
I gotta admit, I do like that spark. but its just the quality of the footage. I think I'm going to get the P4P and just sacrifice the portability. I may regret it but only time will tell. Theres an offer on atm with getting a P4P and a free battery, so saves me £180

I would leave the Spark out of your decision making process for a number of reasons.

Brojon · Dec 26, 2017

Mr Wings said:
I gotta admit, I do like that spark. but its just the quality of the footage. I think I'm going to get the P4P and just sacrifice the portability. I may regret it but only time will tell. Theres an offer on atm with getting a P4P and a free battery, so saves me £180

No, if you're a photographer you will not regret it. In fact the foam case that it comes in actually fits in my Givi 52L topcase on my motorcycle. I timed it and slapping the props on the P4P doesn't take away much from a deployability standpoint at all. In fact the most time is spent rigging the remote with display. The foam case has a slot in the front that will hold an iPad mini making it pretty much a self contained carrying solution. Too bad Dji didn't do something similar in providing a case - that bag with the Fly More is acceptable but gets in the way when you want to deploy because it's fidgety in how stuff fits. It is however no questions compact.
There's even graduated ND filters for the P4P - not quite as dark as I would like, better than none. You'll still want the neutral density with polarizing filters to keep the shutter speed down.
Not so much for rolling shutter but to achieve that "cinema" look (which is a natural blurring in movement).
FYI the sweet spot in aperture appears to be f4-f6.3. Others have demonstrated quite a bit of diffraction at f11 although I confess I think those folks are pixel peeping.

Callum · Dec 26, 2017

Mr Wings said:
I gotta admit, I do like that spark. but its just the quality of the footage. I think I'm going to get the P4P and just sacrifice the portability. I may regret it but only time will tell. Theres an offer on atm with getting a P4P and a free battery, so saves me £180

Out of curiosity where are you buying from?
I had been saving for a RX10 IV but seriously tempted to pull the trigger on a P4P now as well.

Amazon have the pro for £1380 at the moment.

Mr Wings · Dec 27, 2017

Callum said:
I don't think you will regret it mate, if image quality is important it's a good decision. P4P is great fun to fly as well.

You will prob end up with both within a year anyway.

So I got one today. Not used it yet but I'm hoping to get some use out of it tomorrow. It didn't come with a bloody cable for my iPhone though, cheek of it haha.

I ended up getting it from Argos. £1380 with a free battery and a 64GB memory card, Plus I got a further £105 with my works discount.. TOUCH

Mr Wings · Dec 27, 2017

Brojon said:
No, if you're a photographer you will not regret it. In fact the foam case that it comes in actually fits in my Givi 52L topcase on my motorcycle. I timed it and slapping the props on the P4P doesn't take away much from a deployability standpoint at all. In fact the most time is spent rigging the remote with display. The foam case has a slot in the front that will hold an iPad mini making it pretty much a self contained carrying solution. Too bad Dji didn't do something similar in providing a case - that bag with the Fly More is acceptable but gets in the way when you want to deploy because it's fidgety in how stuff fits. It is however no questions compact.
There's even graduated ND filters for the P4P - not quite as dark as I would like, better than none. You'll still want the neutral density with polarizing filters to keep the shutter speed down.
Not so much for rolling shutter but to achieve that "cinema" look (which is a natural blurring in movement).
FYI the sweet spot in aperture appears to be f4-f6.3. Others have demonstrated quite a bit of diffraction at f11 although I confess I think those folks are pixel peeping.

Thanks for the heads up with Aperture. I see theres a ton more options with this drone compared to the Mavic. I'm going to have to watch some information videos on YouTube

Callum · Dec 27, 2017

Mr Wings said:
So I got one today. Not used it yet but I'm hoping to get some use out of it tomorrow. It didn't come with a bloody cable for my iPhone though, cheek of it haha.

I ended up getting it from Argos. £1380 with a free battery and a 64GB memory card, Plus I got a further £105 with my works discount.. TOUCH

Didn't realise the argos deal had an extra battery. Cracking deal