Shanghai Drone footage - DJI Mavic 2 Pro

DKAerial · May 4, 2019

Hey guys,

just back from my vacation in China, where I took some great footage of Shanghai.
This city is just amazing:

If you have any questions about drone flying in China let me know.

Feedback welcome!

Thanks!

Air_Joe · May 4, 2019

Great footage!
Nice music and very nicely edited video to go with it!
Thks for sharing..

Phantomrain.org · May 4, 2019

Fantastic opportunity you had and the results were fantastic. Its over whelming how much the eye has to try and take in , but I fell in love with some of the buildings. Going to change how I do the xmas lights this year on my house well done.
Adding the wind in the music was a really nice touch. We are very prone to doing that on our videos also.

MPone · May 4, 2019

Very well done! Any drone restrictions flying in Shanghai city?

DKAerial · May 4, 2019

MPone said:
Very well done! Any drone restrictions flying in Shanghai city?

No (except airports and government buildings), but it can change very quickly. Always chek the DJI no-fly Zone map, for China it is very accurate.
Only limitation your drone needs to be registered in China, even the DJI App will check if you are registered otherwise you are grounded.

MPone · May 4, 2019

DKAerial said:
No (except airports and government buildings), but it can change very quickly. Always chek the DJI no-fly Zone map, for China it is very accurate.
Only limitation your drone needs to be registered in China, even the DJI App will check if you are registered otherwise you are grounded.

Thanks for the info. How do I go about with the registration?

DKAerial · May 4, 2019

MPone said:
Thanks for the info. How do I go about with the registration?

This site explaines it pretty good: How to Fly and Register a Drone in China | Updated 2019 Regulations
Biggest problem is you need a chinese mobile phone number., no other chance.
I was lucky that a chinese colleague helped me out.

MPone · May 4, 2019

DKAerial said:
This site explaines it pretty good: How to Fly and Register a Drone in China | Updated 2019 Regulations
Biggest problem is you need a chinese mobile phone number., no other chance.
I was lucky that a chinese colleague helped me out.

What happens if I did not register with the CAAC, would I be able to launch outside the NFZ?
It's kind of impossible to register without a Chinese phone#.

Hauptmann · May 4, 2019

Absolutely fabulous work!!! The music and wind a wonderful effect. At the pause in the middle of the video, I thought was the end. But then came the spectacular night scene! You really raised the bar with this one!

BTW, the Shanghai Financial Center (your opening shot) was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox to have a round hole at the top. The Shanghai mayor objected because it reminded him of the rising sun on the Japanese flag, so the round hole was redesigned with a rectangular one. I always thought it should be called the "YKK Building" because it reminds me of a zipper pull.

Very, very well done.

DKAerial · May 4, 2019

Hauptmann said:
Absolutely fabulous work!!! The music and wind a wonderful effect. At the pause in the middle of the video, I thought was the end. But then came the spectacular night scene! You really raised the bar with this one!

BTW, the Shanghai Financial Center (your opening shot) was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox to have a round hole at the top. The Shanghai mayor objected because it reminded him of the rising sun on the Japanese flag, so the round hole was redesigned with a rectangular one. I always thought it should be called the "YKK Building" because it reminds me of a zipper pull.

Very, very well done.

Thank you so much!
YKK is a good one

When I saw it, it reminded me of a bottle opener.

Hauptmann · May 5, 2019

DKAerial said:
Thank you so much!
YKK is a good one When I saw it, it reminded me of a bottle opener.

That would open a big honkin' bottle of Tsingtao or Pearl River!
What camera settings did you use for your night shots? Your exposure was spot-on!

Deleted member 94047 · May 5, 2019

This is top notch work, the night shots were spectacular (but then, so were the day time shots). Excellent work and thanks for sharing.

DKAerial · May 5, 2019

Hauptmann said:
That would open a big honkin' bottle of Tsingtao or Pearl River!
What camera settings did you use for your night shots? Your exposure was spot-on!

Yeah I was also suprised by the output of the night shots.
Settings were: ISO 400, f 2.5 and 1/50
I just tweaked it a bit in PremierePro, but no denoiser or something.

fellersk · May 5, 2019

PJTDrone · May 5, 2019

Gorgeous shots. When I was there a few years ago, the pollution was so bad you couldn’t see more than a few blocks. Now it looks clear.

eckydrone200 · May 5, 2019

Absolutely fantastic footage.

jpyang · May 5, 2019

Very beautiful and amazing shots. How high were you flying when you filming the YKK building? What’s the height limit there? Did you use any of the intelligent modes?

DKAerial · May 5, 2019

jpyang said:
Very beautiful and amazing shots. How high were you flying when you filming the YKK building? What’s the height limit there? Did you use any of the intelligent modes?

The maximum altitude in China is 120m, but I took off from another building to get the height. But considering my actual altitude from ground it was definitely close to 500m.
I did not use any intelligent modes, I rarely use them.

BillPod · May 5, 2019

Absolutely gorgeous! Very well done.

jpyang · May 5, 2019

DKAerial said:
The maximum altitude in China is 120m, but I took off from another building to get the height. But considering my actual altitude from ground it was definitely close to 500m.
I did not use any intelligent modes, I rarely use them.

Thanks!