Hi, sorry for jumping in but I just want to express the joy of filming with the P2V. I pinky swear I'll go through the entire thread later.
I got the F2V on the 11th and by the time firmware was installed and all batteries were charged the sun was already down, so I took it to a nice empty space, did the compass calibration dance , marvelled at how stable and responsive the bird is and realized just how noisy ISO 400 can be. It was really easy to test-fly after sundown when the leads are really easy to spot and there is no sun glare on the phone's screen.
Not 24 hours after getting the quad I threw caution out the window and headed to a small port not far from home to do some shots over water (GPS mode and always taking of after satellite lock). It was nice and sunny with barely any wind at all at ground level, on the ohter hand the intense glare from sunlight rendered phone screen almost useless.
This is my first time flying an outdoors quad. I used Defisher for a more cinematic look and edited in Sony Movie Studio, applied a little too much contrast probably. No digital stabilization (it either makes little difference or looks really weird).
Got to test the stock FPV range, seemed to be about 400 meters.
I know spooking the seagulls was a real rookie move but the quad is quite further above them than what it seems. In later passes I went even higher and slower and they didn't seem to mind.
http://youtu.be/UVrcEukzclg
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