Taipei 101 , > 500m tall

Wendell · May 1, 2017

Zoso · May 1, 2017

Very nice . Did you use RTH for the night landing ?

Fedya · May 1, 2017

Night shooting is very difficult.

Wendell · May 2, 2017

Zoso said:
Very nice . Did you use RTH for the night landing ?

After gaining some experience, I landed manually.

ckl · May 2, 2017

Great quality of the night image. What settings did you use ? Did you focus manually or did the Mavic managed to focus sharply ? When I tried a night flight lately the focus did not manage to work

Wendell · May 2, 2017

ckl said:
Great quality of the night image. What settings did you use ? Did you focus manually or did the Mavic managed to focus sharply ? When I tried a night flight lately the focus did not manage to work

Hi CKL,

For night flight, you have to be very careful. the sensors will not work properly.

1600 iso is the highest you can go. if you go up to 3200 iso, there will be a lot of noise. However, if you don't mind the grain, 3200 will be fine as well, and very bright.

Slow shutter speed, and fly slowly.

I used auto focus, but whenever I recompose my shot, I do a re-focus. to avoid focus shift during my shot.

Wendell · May 2, 2017

Zoso said:
Very nice . Did you use RTH for the night landing ?

I flew from an open park nearby, so it was wide and open. Landed manually, using the compass view to align the aircraft towards home location.

Fedya · May 3, 2017

Wendell said:
Hi CKL,

For night flight, you have to be very careful. the sensors will not work properly.

1600 iso is the highest you can go. if you go up to 3200 iso, there will be a lot of noise. However, if you don't mind the grain, 3200 will be fine as well, and very bright.

Slow shutter speed, and fly slowly.

I used auto focus, but whenever I recompose my shot, I do a re-focus. to avoid focus shift during my shot.

Clear. Thanks for the advice.

ckl · May 5, 2017

Thank you indeed.
I'll have another go soon with more attention to those points

SteelFlyer · May 5, 2017

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I will be in Taiwan in a few weeks. I've been debating whether or not to bring my Mavic. What are the rules there for flying?

Wendell · May 5, 2017

SteelFlyer said:
I will be in Taiwan in a few weeks. I've been debating whether or not to bring my Mavic. What are the rules there for flying?

You should bring it every where you go. Taiwan has No Fly Zones, so if you cant take off, you know that you are at the wrong place. Just be careful not to damage property and you will be fine.
Have fun.