Recent content by herein2014

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    Best player for 4k 60hz on computer

    4K 60Hz? Do you mean 4K 60FPS? On Windows 10 I have found the best player to be the Windows own media player. Up until Windows 10 I used VLC but with Windows 10 I found that VLC had problems playing some of the media files straight out of the camera from the P4P and my other cameras...
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    Just did my first paid real estate drone shoot

    I agree, charging the Realtor more makes no sense at all. I have the same price schedule for realtors as I do for individual home owners. Now I do charge more for commercial properties due to their special requirements (both aerial and from the ground) but even in that case, I would charge a...
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    How to achieve warp style effect

    It's called the Vertigo Effect and it's pretty easy to do. You just shoot in 4K or some resolution higher than your final resolution then in the clip scale out while dollying in or vice versa.
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    Will you be switching from Phantom series to the new Mavic 2 series?

    60p and 120p is simply the frame rate of the video, it has nothing to do with the shutter speed. At 60p you typically have a 1/120 shutter speed, at 120p you typically have a 1/240 shutter speed, both speeds are well below 1/2000 which is when the mechanical shutter is used.
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    Will you be switching from Phantom series to the new Mavic 2 series?

    You have it backwards, the mechanical shutter is used mainly for video and the electronic shutter is used for shutter speeds faster than 1/2000 which of course is for photography. Even DJI admitted in an interview that they developed the mechanical shutter for speeds slower than 1/2000 to...
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    Will you be switching from Phantom series to the new Mavic 2 series?

    There is a single reason I would not even consider the Mavic 2 Pro for any paid video work or when I am within driving distance of a photo or video shoot location; no global shutter. For me that's end of story. The worst part of every version of the Phantom before the P4 was that rolling...
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    Advice on Photo storage and Download

    As a pro photographer and videographer I also do not consider cloud storage a viable solution. The sheer file sizes that I work with render any cloud storage unrealistic. A single 4K project can easily chew through 250GB of storage or more. For photography and video I always bring a laptop on...
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    Image Stitching

    I use PTGui for all of my stitching projects. For commercial customers I have a whole workflow that starts with FastStone, passes through Lightroom, gets stitched in PTGui, finished in PhotoShop, and finalized in Paint.Net. Each tool along the way makes the final product appear more and more...
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    Converting DNG files to more common extension for canvas prints.

    12 posts and no one gave the OP the simple answer? You need to provide them a TIFF file. A TIFF file will ensure no loss in quality. Even a 100% quality JPG file will result in quality loss because it is compressed. With that being said, I have never heard of providing a DNG,CR2, NEF...
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    Advancing technology hurting the drone pilot career field?

    There actually are a couple of aerial industries that will pay those rates at least for now, and I'm pretty sure I know the one that Karlos-Kydd is referring to. I too work in that industry occasionally but there is not enough work there in my target market to be able to get those rates all the...
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    Approved waivers?

    True, hence the word "practically". Fortunately for me it looks like everywhere I typically need authorization is participating.
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    Are You Starting a Drone Business (or considering it)? ... How's it going?

    I am a professional photographer and videographer and added drones to my business about 4yrs ago. I still would not say I'm in the 'drone business', I'm in the photography and videography business who happens to have equipment that lets me get aerial video and photography when needed. In my...
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    Approved waivers?

    I have never tried the waiver route, I do have over 10 wide area authorizations though. They averaged about 70 days. With the new LAANC system in place that whole process will be practically obsolete anyway.
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    Adobe is getting fired. Video software help.

    I use the PP CC suite and have no problems with the footage coming from my P4P. It sounds like it's either your video card that does not support PP or you have some codecs that got mixed in with files that PP uses. I would check your settings in your P4P as well, it could be that you are using...
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    UAS Pilot Cert Renewal - Has Anyone Done It?

    Live for the general public, I was one of the first 333 holders in the country and was invited to take a beta 107. My card has an issued date of March 2016. It does not have an expiration date but the FAA is clear that they are only valid 2yrs from issuance.