Recent content by MarcelV

I also never calibrated out of the box from China. I have flown it here in Los Angeles and 1200 miles away in New Mexico. I can't see any reason to calibrate it unless the software warns there is an issue. If I do it right then I haven't changed anything, and if I do it wrong I could be...

I have not calibrated mine even once. It has been flown in Los Angeles and Albuquerque without any problems. It flies a straight line (or straight enough at least).

I am new P4P+ owner as well, in terms of insurance I do not believe there is a legal requirement to have insurance, however I think it is a good idea to do so (as you will be liable for property damage or personal injury caused by your drone). What I did was become a member of the AMA, and the...

The ThinkTank Heliport is a great bag. I got one 3 weeks ago for $40 more than they are selling it for now (and the call it Black Friday). I have considerable extra space.

A good thing to try if you are having trouble with firmware is to use the DJI Assistant 2 desktop application and connect the drone directly to your computer via USB. The app will prompt you to upgrade the firmware once it connects to the drone. I used that method out of the box and had no...

For those with Premiere Pro CC you should have access to install SpeedGrade in your CC app. SpeedGrade may not be as popular as DaVinci, but has a lot of more advanced features than default premiere and has a seamless workflow using the Lumetri Effect. So corrections done is SG are native in...

Thanks John Locke I have seen a lot of training options out there and not sure what places/people are really legit. Thanks Meta4 too! I did see that apart about not calibrating the compass unless it says so. A lot of people look askance at that, but I figured I would go with what DJI...

I have to admit something, I suffer from TDNS: Total Drone Newbie Syndrome. But I started treatment a couple of days ago when I took my new P4P+ out for the first time. It is my first quad ever. Back in early October I ordered a Mavic which seemed like a good first drone choice and being the...

Cameras shooting in MPEG will always have a sharper image when standing still as the compression can work at maximum efficiency and cram lots of image data into the 100mb/sec. If you are shooting at 30fps the 100mb is used to store all the images in that group of frames (apparently 30 frames on...

Sure, I agree that we are getting a nice camera perhaps cheaper than we would if it were not bundled with a aerial platform. But if the software encoding is not up to par with the quality of images the camera is capable of, then I do have an issue with that. It should be correctable via...

Well, the "pros" don't want you to know this, but lots of lower end codecs are used to acquire footage that ends up on TV etc. In the case of drones the reduced cost of not hiring a full on helicopter and Space-Cam setup far out ways any "lower quality" footage concerns. The new Inspire 2 can...

From what I have read and seen elsewhere this is due to a problem with the h265 compression as implemented by DJI. All of these MPEG-4 based codecs use a GOP (group of frames) compression scheme where the full data is stored for the first frame in the group (called an I frame) and then from...

Keep in mind that the maximum write speed of the P4P is 100Mb/sec, small "b" mean bits. That is equivalent to 12.5MB/sec, big "B" means bytes (8 bits). So any card that can write 12.5 MB/sec is sufficient for the P4P. Something to look at is the Read speed as that will affect the time to...

What editing software do you have access to? Premiere CC15 and later on Mac support H265 (also sometimes referred to as HEVC). Your system will probably not be able to playback native H265 files without skipping frames though. Transcoding to ProRes is fine, note that you want to keep the same...

P4P+ came in yesterday from Advexure!! Great service from them. Now I gotta find time to get it charged and tested. After Christmas I am going to NM where my inlaws live right up against a large national forest area. It will be cold, but a great open place to fly. Sayonara shipping thread!