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One technique that I have found that makes pans much smoother in addition to the technique of using the thumb and forefinger on the control stick, is to move or "slide" the copter left or right as the pan is being made. Very much the same technique as would be used to circle the subject of a...

My favorite setting so far is 1080P 25 Narrow FOV with Medium detail settings. The Hard detail setting accentuates too much noise and moire. In my opinion soft is just too muddy. Adobe Photoshop and Premier Pro have lens distortion compensation filters that can process out much of the wide...

Actually, a higher bit rate, means less compression which typically means less processing power required on the part of the hardware. The speed of the storage card and any bandwidth restrictions writing to the micro SD card would be another consideration. Any Class 10 SD card however should be...

Here is the media info for two video recordings of identical lengths of time. One from GoPro 3+ Black Edition and the other the Phantom 2 Vision +. Of particular interest is the bit rate comparison. GoPro bit rate of 20.2Mbps vs 12.0Mbps for the Vision + camera. This is a substantial...

One of the things I have noticed is that the video quality produced with my Phantom 2 Vision + is that it is lacking in overall image quality compared the GoPro. I am shooting in 1080P. It seems the Vision+ camera has quite a bit more aliasing and artifacts as well as reduced color information...

I had the issue with my first Vision + and iPhone. I purchased the unit 4/25 received it a week later and discovered the problem. My purchase was through B&H Photo and they provided an exchange (It took about 1 1/2 weeks due to supply). The new unit works fine. From what I could tell, my...

One of the things I have noticed is that the video quality produced with my Phantom 2 Vision + is that it is lacking in overall image quality compared the GoPro. I am shooting in 1080P. It seems the Vision+ camera has quite a bit more aliasing and artifacts as well as reduced color information...

Some trains in Illinois shot with a Vision+ https://vimeo.com/96766857