Recent content by Joe Gray

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    Lost my drone in Bangkok ((

    I know BKK very well (I lived there for a while), the other poster is right, you lost signal behind the tower and crashed due to incorrect RTH, mine would be set pretty high in BKK! The other thing I know is a few BAHT will get you anywhere, you either didn't offer enough or didn't offer it to...
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    Photo Quality?

    There's nothing wrong with your camera - mine is equally as poor at stills. I have to run my images through Photoshops shite-lens-fixer to pull back sharpness and process a fair bit in LR to get something worthwhile. Wouldn't print much over A4, maybe A3.
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    Anybody use Carbon Fiber Props ?

    I feel I'm getting longer flight times & quieter flights with the DJI CF ones, this is just anecdotal and could be for any number of other reasons. The CF ones don't seem to screw on as easily as the plastic ones. I think the plastic ones look better, also the CF ones pick up scratches easily.
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    Idiot attempts world record at 3.4 Km/11.000 feet

    I wonder if he could have executed a CSC command at 3.4k, then re-started the motors around 1k, and had a safe landing? He might have been able to go even higher as a result ;) Maybe he could have attached a remote controlled parachute & GPS tracker as well.
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    Batteries

    The price difference isn't worth the risk, there is some sort of logic board in the DJI batteries that would have gone through extensive testing prior to release. Would a clone have gone through all that R&D and testing? Does it respond in EXACTLY the same way as the DJI under all circumstances...
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    RAW vs. JPEG

    Thanks for the Tip, I'll check again... I'm on LR5 latest version of Camera RAW (I checked the update a week ago)... so it's weird I don't have it. Perhaps I should move to Creative Cloud..
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    Are many of you guys planning on sticking by the Phantom 3 Pro after 4 is released?

    No, it's not enough of an upgrade. The next drone will be something that can carry a DSLR.
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    Anyone encounter hostility while flying your drone?

    Yeah once. I was flying my drone through compton filming drug dealers @ about 2m range (hard to tell with a wide angle lens). Apparently they didn't like my drone, especially as I'd decked it out with flashing red and blue lights.... they chased it right off the block. I was very sad :(.
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    RAW vs. JPEG

    I'm a photographer, the DNGs are terrible from this device. They have a little more latitude than the JPEGS sure, & it is worth shooting in DNG, but the images have zero sharpness out of the box (I have to use a deblur mask in Photoshop to get any detail). ISO over 100 is pretty poor as well...
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    Bad Press for Drones

    RC helicopters and planes have been available for many many years, do you ever see a scare story about those in the papers? No! It's new tech so the backwards media likes to demonise them. The word 'drone' is also synonymous with various weapons of war .... but then again so is helicopter, it...
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    Do NOT fly in high winds

    I always do a quick test in every direction to see how the wind is impacting my max speed, then adjust accordingly. I find the lower the better, also flying in ATTI can help. There are a lot of videos where people struggle to get back, personally if I cocked up I'd look for somewhere safe to...
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    Gimbal Disconnected Mid Flight : 1 Week Old Phantom : Proof?

    Thanks for the reply, I've double checked all connections (it's only a week old, no crashes or hard landings), there is some ribbon separation however I've seen pictures of that before on the forums.
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    Gimbal Disconnected Mid Flight : 1 Week Old Phantom : Proof?

    Yeah I think you're right, the store will give me a replacement if I return it within 21 days, I just need to be able to prove the fault... all I have at the moment is a single screenshot! I'm hoping there is some way to pull it from the logs as it happened a lot. It also happened yesterday...
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    Gimbal Disconnected Mid Flight : 1 Week Old Phantom : Proof?

    Also, it didn't come up as a notification or warning, I had to dive into the menu to see the status!
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    Gimbal Disconnected Mid Flight : 1 Week Old Phantom : Proof?

    My 1 week old Phantom 3 Advanced has started to act up. I noticed I still had a video feed & full tilt control however I lost the ability to take pictures mid flight, all camera (shutter, ISO, etc) were showing as N/A on the screen. I checked the status menu and it said 'Gimbal Disconnected'...