December 1 on the California Central Coast

On Dec 3, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Dec 3, 2020, Whisky-dave wrote
(in ):

On Wednesday, 2 December 2020 at 04:40:54 UTC, Savageduck wrote:
It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72ºF (22.2ºC). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-HKqNQ35/0/9f478b3f/1920/DJI_0124_MP4-1920.mp4

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Regards,
Savageduck

Nice.

FYI and anyone else when I download it as a MPEG-4 it is still 640X360 Elemental H264 , 30 FPS , 26.9MB 1.40 Mbits/s
With firefox and same with safari .

Still impressive though. Now wondering about sound there was none . Was that an editing or filming choice as I wonder if the niose cancelling was excellent or you chose not to have sound.

It was simpler to post without sound, and being primarily a stills photographer, I have yet to expand my video editing, and production skills to even bother with audio, even though I am aware that the addition of audio would enhance the viewer’s experience.

As to the size, all I can say is I am sharing a full resolution link to a 3840x2160, 60 fps, 3.76 GB MP4, SmugMug file, intended for simple viewing in a browser, rather than a download.

From that SmugMug URL you should have, via a right-click on the video presented in your browser been able to download a 1920x1080, AAC H.264, 60 fps, 151.3MB MP4.

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Savageduck

In article
.com,
says...

This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he sails among the moored yachts.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-d66fs66/0/e2490ab1/1920/MB%20Sail-E_mp4-1920.mp4

The white boats have blown highlights. I wonder if a drone with
a larger sensor (for instance 1") would not have this problem.
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Alfred Molon

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On Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:40:33 -0800, Savageduck wrote:

From that SmugMug URL you should have, via a right-click on the video presented in your browser been able to download a 1920x1080, AAC H.264, 60 fps, 151.3MB MP4.

I'm not seeing that. But I'm only interested out of curiosity. If I right-click on the video
as it plays, I get the option to download, but no options as to size, quality, etc.

But very nice video at the quality I see!

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croy

On Dec 3, 2020, RichA wrote
(in ):

On Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 23:40:54 UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72ºF (22.2ºC). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-HKqNQ35/0/9f478b3f/1920/DJI_0124_MP4-1920.mp4

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Regards,
Savageduck

Does flying over water ever unnerve you, given the value of the drone?

When I first started I was aware of the risks of flying over water, and a bit wary as a result. Over time I have become much more confident with both the tech & capability of the drone, and my slowly improving flying skills.

My scariest flight was #4 from my back deck when I got a bit overconfident, and lost the signal between the drone and my controller. The auto return to home kicked in, and I was saved from a crash into the signal blocking hill by the obstacle avoidance sensors in the drone.

The video linked below demonstrates that scary, near miss incident.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-Jv5psp9/0/4b99207a/1920/NearMiss-1920.mp4

I guess communications is pretty reliable with them now, plus they have built-in "homing beacons" and the like.

My drone, a DJI Mavic Air 2 has a pretty good proprietary “Occusync 2.0� controller communications system rather than WiFi. The GPS is very good, so the “Home point� at take off is established with GPS, and a bottom scanner. For the linked flight I had 16 satellites locked.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Dec 3, 2020, croy wrote
(in ):

On Thu, 03 Dec 2020 06:40:33 -0800, wrote:

From that SmugMug URL you should have, via a right-click on the video presented in your browser been able to download a 1920x1080, AAC H.264, 60 fps, 151.3MB MP4.

I'm not seeing that. But I'm only interested out of curiosity. If I right-click on the video
as it plays, I get the option to download, but no options as to size, quality, etc.

Correct. I was merely referring the file size, & resolution of the downloaded file, you would/should not see those details as an option in any download dialog.


But very nice video at the quality I see!

Great! ...and thank you.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Dec 3, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in . com):

In article
.com,
says...

This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he sails among the moored yachts.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Work/i-d66fs66/0/e2490ab1/1920/MB%20Sail-E_mp4-1920.mp4

The white boats have blown highlights. I wonder if a drone with
a larger sensor (for instance 1") would not have this problem.

I was a bit lazy, and shot in auto exposure, 4K/60 with an ND4 filter. Where I should have shot that 4K/60 with manual exposure, and probably an ND8, or ND16 filter.

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Regards,
Savageduck

In article , Alfred
Molon wrote:

The white boats have blown highlights. I wonder if a drone with
a larger sensor (for instance 1") would not have this problem.

that's an issue with exposure, not sensor size.

On Dec 3, 2020, nospam wrote
(in ) :

In . com, Alfred
Molon wrote:

The white boats have blown highlights. I wonder if a drone with
a larger sensor (for instance 1") would not have this problem.

that's an issue with exposure, not sensor size.

Yup! That was shot with auto exposure when I should have shot with manual exposure with appropriate settings, and probably an ND8/16 rather than the ND4 I used.

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Dec 2, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Dec 2, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in om):

In article
.com,
says...

It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72?F
(22.2?C). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This
is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor...920/DJI_0124_M
P4-1920.mp4

Very nice. I wish I could go there over Xmas. Instead it looks
like we'll be stuck here in the lockdown (Austria just closed
their border, so to go to Italy you'd have to drive over
Switzerland).

I believe that France just closed its border for those wanting to visit
alpine ski resorts.

This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he
sails among the moored yachts.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor.../MB%20Sail-E_m
p4-1920.mp4

So was that guy unskilled, or so skilled that he likes to get very close to
things?

Nice videos again btw, and you’re clearly getting better at smoother
movements.

On Dec 3, 2020, Bill W wrote
(in ternal-september.org):

On Dec 2, 2020, Savageduck wrote
(in iganews.com):

On Dec 2, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in om):

In article
.com,
says...

It was a beautiful, cloudless, and Sunny day today, and a balmy 72?F
(22.2?C). So it was perfect for a drone flight with the Mavic Air 2. This
is Morro Bay, California, flying from Tidelands Park.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor...920/DJI_0124_M
P4-1920.mp4

Very nice. I wish I could go there over Xmas. Instead it looks
like we'll be stuck here in the lockdown (Austria just closed
their border, so to go to Italy you'd have to drive over
Switzerland).

I believe that France just closed its border for those wanting to visit
alpine ski resorts.

This is a little further along in that flight following a sail boat as he
sails among the moored yachts.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Air-2-Wor.../MB%20Sail-E_m
p4-1920.mp4

So was that guy unskilled, or so skilled that he likes to get very close to
things?

I think he had a pretty good idea of what he was doing. He got close to some, but didn’t hit any. He also knew enough of the local bay waters to know when to tack to avoid the shallows.

Nice videos again btw, and you’re clearly getting better at smoother
movements.

Thanks. You know how it is with most things, practice, practice, practice.

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Regards,
Savageduck