A Sunset Training Drone Flight

I am getting a bit of drone flying in everyday, and slowly, but surely I am becoming more confident with handling the MA2.
Here is some of tonight’s Sunset.

Perhaps one of these days I will develop some production values, and add some inane musak.

The videos with a few exposure adjustments:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-RrmjQQP/0/58e21995/1920/DJI_0023-1920.mp4

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-W5RXHx4/0/7923891c/1920/DJI_0025-1920.mp4

....and some stills:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-rd8zhpp/0/6ca284c2/4K/DJI_0027-4K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

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Regards,
Savageduck

On 12/06/2020 05:44, Savageduck wrote:
I am getting a bit of drone flying in everyday, and slowly, but surely I am becoming more confident with handling the MA2.
Here is some of tonight’s Sunset.

Perhaps one of these days I will develop some production values, and add some inane musak.

The videos with a few exposure adjustments:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-RrmjQQP/0/58e21995/1920/DJI_0023-1920.mp4

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-W5RXHx4/0/7923891c/1920/DJI_0025-1920.mp4

...and some stills:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-rd8zhpp/0/6ca284c2/4K/DJI_0027-4K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg


Wow, the control and stability is astonishing. You would struggle to
match that on a professional boom rig.

On Jun 12, 2020, newshound wrote
(in articlej5KdnXByx9STzn7DnZ2dnUU78InNnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk):

On 12/06/2020 05:44, Savageduck wrote:
I am getting a bit of drone flying in everyday, and slowly, but surely I am becoming more confident with handling the MA2.
Here is some of tonight’s Sunset.

Perhaps one of these days I will develop some production values, and add some inane musak.

The videos with a few exposure adjustments:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-RrmjQQP/0/58e21995/1920/DJI_0023-1920.mp4

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-W5RXHx4/0/7923891c/1920/DJI_0025-1920.mp4

...and some stills:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-rd8zhpp/0/6ca284c2/4K/DJI_0027-4K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

Wow, the control and stability is astonishing. You would struggle to
match that on a professional boom rig.

I am constantly amazed at what this thing is capable of. Here is a different training flight a few days ago.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-PPWrH4f/0/6b5160d4/1920/DJI_0016-1920.mp4

....and then back to last night’s Sunset flight. I backed up, and made a run at sticking the landing. Please excuse the condition of my back deck, its replacement is on my home maintenance schedule.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-Vj9GspT/0/c4a76859/1920/DJI_0028-1920.mp4

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Regards,
Savageduck

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor...577b/5K/DJI_00
24-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video? How about panoramas?

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On Jun 12, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in .35.198):

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor...577b/5K/DJI_00
24-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video?

If you can I haven’t figured it out yet. So at this stage of my climb up the learning curve, no.

How about panoramas?

The panorama feature is a part of the video mode, not the stills camera, and has to be selected via the controller. It then captures a series of individual frames which are stitched together by the DJI software. So capturing a pano interrupts any video, or stills action.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Jun 12, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Jun 12, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in .35.198):

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video?

If you can I haven’t figured it out yet. So at this stage of my climb up the learning curve, no.

How about panoramas?

The panorama feature is a part of the video mode, not the stills camera, and has to be selected via the controller. It then captures a series of individual frames which are stitched together by the DJI software. So capturing a pano interrupts any video, or stills action.

To show how the pano feature works I made a screen capture on the old iPhone I repurposed to use with the MA2 controller. This was from a similar pano I shot 2 days before the one shown in the above link.I was playing with various filters and I was not happy with the result I got from an ND8+CPL.

Sorry, no screen capture for the one above.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-SRTV3tL/0/ac075157/1920/RPReplay_Final1591845511-1920.mp4

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:45:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 12, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Jun 12, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in .35.198):

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video?

If you can I haven’t figured it out yet. So at this stage of my climb up the learning curve, no.

How about panoramas?

The panorama feature is a part of the video mode, not the stills camera, and has to be selected via the controller. It then captures a series of individual frames which are stitched together by the DJI software. So capturing a pano interrupts any video, or stills action.

To show how the pano feature works I made a screen capture on the old iPhone I repurposed to use with the MA2 controller. This was from a similar pano I shot 2 days before the one shown in the above link.I was playing with various filters and I was not happy with the result I got from an ND8+CPL.

Sorry, no screen capture for the one above.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-SRTV3tL/0/ac075157/1920/RPReplay_Final1591845511-1920.mp4


If I didn't live almost under the flight path ...

You make me jealous.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Jun 12, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ):

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:45:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 12, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Jun 12, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in .35.198):

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video?

If you can I haven’t figured it out yet. So at this stage of my climb up the learning curve, no.

How about panoramas?

The panorama feature is a part of the video mode, not the stills camera, and has to be selected via the controller. It then captures a series of individual frames which are stitched together by the DJI software. So capturing a pano interrupts any video, or stills action.

To show how the pano feature works I made a screen capture on the old iPhone I repurposed to use with the MA2 controller. This was from a similar pano I shot 2 days before the one shown in the above link.I was playing with various filters and I was not happy with the result I got from an ND8+CPL.

Sorry, no screen capture for the one above.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-SRTV3tL/0/ac075157/1920/RPReplay_Final1591845511-1920.mp4

If I didn't live almost under the flight path ...

You make me jealous.

You should get yourself a *Mavic Air 2*. I am really enjoying this as something new to keep me occupied.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:51:11 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 12, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ):

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:45:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 12, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Jun 12, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in .35.198):

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video?

If you can I haven’t figured it out yet. So at this stage of my climb up the learning curve, no.

How about panoramas?

The panorama feature is a part of the video mode, not the stills camera, and has to be selected via the controller. It then captures a series of individual frames which are stitched together by the DJI software. So capturing a pano interrupts any video, or stills action.

To show how the pano feature works I made a screen capture on the old iPhone I repurposed to use with the MA2 controller. This was from a similar pano I shot 2 days before the one shown in the above link.I was playing with various filters and I was not happy with the result I got from an ND8+CPL.

Sorry, no screen capture for the one above.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-SRTV3tL/0/ac075157/1920/RPReplay_Final1591845511-1920.mp4

If I didn't live almost under the flight path ...

You make me jealous.

You should get yourself a *Mavic Air 2*. I am really enjoying this as something new to keep me occupied.

You might see my problem in
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sehg2mfgek...0Path.jpg?dl=0
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On Jun 13, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ):

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:51:11 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 12, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ):

On Fri, 12 Jun 2020 07:45:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jun 12, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Jun 12, 2020, Joe Makowiec wrote
(in .35.198):

On 12 Jun 2020 in rec.photo.digital, Savageduck wrote:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-g7mB74B/0/24d6577b/5K/DJI_0024-5K.jpg

I really like the pano.

Can you grab stills while you're recording video?

If you can I haven’t figured it out yet. So at this stage of my climb up the learning curve, no.

How about panoramas?

The panorama feature is a part of the video mode, not the stills camera, and has to be selected via the controller. It then captures a series of individual frames which are stitched together by the DJI software. So capturing a pano interrupts any video, or stills action.

To show how the pano feature works I made a screen capture on the old iPhone I repurposed to use with the MA2 controller. This was from a similar pano I shot 2 days before the one shown in the above link.I was playing with various filters and I was not happy with the result I got from an ND8+CPL.

Sorry, no screen capture for the one above.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-SRTV3tL/0/ac075157/1920/RPReplay_Final1591845511-1920.mp4

If I didn't live almost under the flight path ...

You make me jealous.

You should get yourself a *Mavic Air 2*. I am really enjoying this as something new to keep me occupied.

You might see my problem in
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sehg2mfgek...0Path.jpg?dl=0

That is a little awkward.So no flying from the back yard for you.
I hope the house doesn’t rattle too much at certain times of the day. :-(

Here is what the controlled airspace around me looks like. My closest potential problem areas are the two military bases at Camp Roberts, a California National Guard base which has an active airfield, and Fort Hunter Liggett, which has a special use airspace type, Military Operations Area (LOW A MOA) which intermittently restricts altitude for civil aviation , and sUAS (civilian drones) during operations via NOTAM notification, and even that is not a huge problem. Even though we have some military aircraft occasionally flying over, and around us, that hasn't happened yet. What is more likely is a no fly notification due to local CalFire aerial tanker fire fighting operations, especially since they have a big attack base at Paso Robles airport.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-QCpZV5S/0/6c7aea24/5K/screenshot_398-5K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-XQxBbTx/0/936d6cd5/5K/screenshot_400-5K.jpg

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Regards,
Savageduck