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    DJI PHANTOM 5 - Why This Drone Will Never Happen

    IMHO, the only advantage of Phantom 4A/Pro if we compare with M2P, is the global/mechanical shutter. And it is important only with quite limited field of drone usage - a.e. mapping/3D modelling (because the drone travels a bit during the rolling exposition, and the precision suffers). For the...
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    Video formats? MP4 vs Mov - 24 vs 48 or 30 or 60?

    The h265 is a lot more demanding in terms of computer performance - of course, you can allways go the proxy editing way, but it adds some more hassle to the process. So, unless You are about to get out maximum from the shiny new Hasselblad camera on the new M2 pro (on this bird, you can use the...
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    Syma x5c Still Fun

    Aye, for me Syma was the first drone. It is still good for practice, and I fly occasionally indoors with x5c. Though, the motors need to be replaced time-to-time, but they are dirt cheap and straight forward to replace.
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    Tiny Earth with Phantom 3 Standard

    I like the new Litchi’s automatic pano function as well, but, in my experience, it doesn’t works seamless allways (it is called “beta” feature, so no offense on dev there - it is a work in progress) - the preview download ends often with timeout. (my setup: P3A+iPadPro 9.7”) And, I would like...
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    Close Encounter with an Eagle

    Great shot, and a bit scarry experience. I was once in similar situation as well, and was really afraid about the outcome because of the protected specie involved and reservation not far from the flight location. Being not a specialist, I could not find out the reasons of eagle’s interest -...
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    Upgrade my tablet

    No need to go for 9,7” pro - the new 6th gen iPad is at very attractive price and newer processor -I use 9,7” Pro 128GB WiFi + Cellurar myself, and its very good, but 2 years passed allreaduy. Pro has a better screen (P3 gamut etc), but that’s not very close related to flying. So, my 2 cents...
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    Best possible video quality with P4P?

    Martymullin - it should be maxed out at 25 (the lower fps) because, if we consider a fixed bitrate (non-VBR) video, those bits divides to frames - lesser frames means more bits for each frame. Of course, there are zillion other factors, and, at the end - the subjective perception, which is a...
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    Why I'm disappointed in DJI...

    The Battery issue is simple - bigger drones can fly longer because of better weigth/rotor area proportion : https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-why-bigger-drones-can-fly-longer
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    Best possible video quality with P4P?

    It depends from various aspects in taking the footage (shutter speed/angle) editing and end destination, artistic ambitions, etc.,, but, if we keep mathematic first, then Nr. 4 in Your list - 4K/24(25) fps. Because the max. bitrate of the camera is limited, so, a.e., You have 2 times more...
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    Goggles for phantom 3 SE

    Hi! I suppose, the most budget-friendly option would be one of those smartphone-holding googles (dirt cheap, but various in quality) + Litchi. But - idk nothing about DJIGo’s support of this kind accesoires. I’m Flying Litchi only, and tested the googles. Mostly, I prefer to Fly normally...
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    Is the Mavic Air really that good? A photographer's opinion.

    The true story comes out not so much from tools, but from the man behind them - without a great narrative and good cut, even the most expensive tools are worthless. And, in our particular field, the skill of using those tools is sometime more important than image quality - composition/framing...
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    DJI Mavic Air has been released (taking pre-orders now)

    Max length of the device = 160mm, thickness = 6,5 to 8,5 mm So, otherwise, You should opt for 3pp adapter.
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    external hard drive for P4P ??

    Hi! The Lightning to SD card adapter (Lightning to SD Card Camera Reader) plus micro SD to SD adapter (cheap SD card like thing, where You put in the micro SD from the bird, sometimes comes with microSD) will do the thing for iPad. But I’m using that setup only when far away from home for...
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    Learning to fly a Drone using SYMA x5c-1, extra batteries

    Hi! I started with Syma X5C, too, and fly it occasionally, mostly indoors when the weather or other circumstances forbid to go out with my P3A. It is a very good training (Phantom, unless in ATTI, ir by far more easy to fly because of the authomatic holding od place and heigth). I have 7...
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    IPad Mini Updated to 11.2?

    11.2.1 on iPad pro 9,7” , Litchi 2.0.0 - no problems, all great. Don’t think on mini any difference.