Recent content by SamC

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    Anywhere near Rockville,Md ok to Fly?

    Nice job in doing the research first hand. Not everything you read on the internet is true, even though it may have been well meaning.
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    Prop Balancing

    Does anyone have any experience with the low noise propellers ? Do they work ? Is there a performance reduction ?
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    P4P Settings for Video at Night

    Thanks schockwave199. I will have to go home and look at mine again because I don think its nearly as good as yours turned out. Any chance you could share your camera and resolution settings ?
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    P4P Settings for Video at Night

    Yes, I fully understand the implications of a higher ISO, and thank you. Unfortunately, in the area that I am filming I don't have enough light to even get close to a proper exposure without f2.8 (the most open aperture, a shutter speed of 1/50th (twice my FPS), and ISO 3200. I could...
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    P4P Settings for Video at Night

    I've experimented with some video at night in my suburban area. It does not have lights like a downtown/cityscape, but nonetheless I was expecting better noise performance than what I got. I'd like to know what settings people are using at night. I use FCPX, but I don't have a 3rd party noise...
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    First Drone Footage!

    Stunning. Outstanding job.
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    Mavic vs Phantom 4

    I believe that the Mavic features and market positioning allows DJI to enhance the P4 significantly and come out with a P5 soon. It should be a real step up in picture/video quality, and they should position that product a bit more in between the current P4 and where the Inspire is now. I think...
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    Mavic vs Phantom 4

    Is anyone talking about the fact that you seem to have to use a smart phone to view where you are flying. Now, I have he luxury of using an iPad mini that fits very nicely in my P3P RC. I would really hate to lose that nice big screen and go to my iPhone with the Mavic. Thoughts ??
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    Mavic vs Phantom 4

    Where - I see them on B&H for $1199 still - Just today.
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    Issues with Litchi App lately?

    I read that if you are doing an orbit and lose connection that it will continue to orbit until critical battery levels and then land. Do you know if you can recover by flipping to the P mode ??
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    Night flying

    Dirty Bird - your video is awesome. I live in Baltimore and have a P3P. Great job (sorry that this is not on topic, but had to comment your night video).