Who has flown their maiden flight

Gotters · Sep 3, 2018

not quite my true maiden flight, that was in my garden, this was later the next day but is a little but nicer to look at

shame how youtube and compression kills the 4k footage you see on the SD card but still looks ok for something all shot on auto with no colour correction (cos I don't know how yet !)

Gooseman · Sep 3, 2018

Shot my first 'serious' clip in DLOG at 800ISO, 2.8/50th. It's a little bit grubby, but acceptable perhaps after some work in grading. It was getting pretty dark, by the time I'd finished I was getting low light warnings. I think I didn't help myself by under exposing by about a stop, so I had to dump a lot of exposure in post to make it look like I saw it. Never a good idea, but I was erring on the ETTR rule. That, and shooting in DLOG not a good combo in the late dusk.

When I output from FCP X it trapped me in NTSC. Not sure if this is a FCP issue or I've not set the M2P to PAL (Cannot for the life of me find that switch in the app. But it is late!)

**Update**
Tried again today in better light (actually almost too much, so need those NDs to ship) and it's pin, with no apparent aliasing, no eighth frame issues and looking good in both FOV and HQ. My pilot skills need a LOT of work though. No idea how I managed to get even this minute's worth of ok clips!

(and this is how Youtube can ruin it!)

Gooseman · Sep 3, 2018

kaitiura said:
View attachment 44942 View attachment 44943 View attachment 44944 View attachment 44945 Ordered day of release, delivery the following Tuesday, updating firmware on drone, controller and batteries, brushing up on best settings, features, etc and working have all kept me from flying until this morning. Got a few shots in The vineyards above the Sonoma Valley, CA, where I've been working the last few days.

That last shot is sublime. Nicely done.

supergimp · Sep 5, 2018

Mine arrived yesterday. After charging and doing the requisite firmware updates all I had time for was to hover in my backyard and take some beauty shots.

MadScientist · Sep 5, 2018

Not counting my garden practices and trying to avoid the several large trees in our garden, I finally found a good open space in the Wiltshire countryside to practice my flying skills. My daughter goes horse riding and the school has kindly allowed me to practice in the very large fields on their property (as long as I don't fly anywhere near the horses). Pic of some Wilshire fields below.