Drones

Personally  I  prefer  a  12 bore  under/over  with  solid  shot  

Personally when I walk in the countryside I like to hear the countryside ,not some artificial noise 

I think I'll make a saving and keep the money for a few extra and hopefully peaceful holidays. 

Tractors, chainsaws etc? 

We have covered many many miles on foot both countryside and coastal pathways all over the UK, noise isn't really an issue, more the awful littering we see, oh and dogs not kept in close control or on leads, which is our biggest bug bear.

I've done some test videos and photos  and I'm really excited to try out my Drone for Ariel photos and " Active Track" videos just to mention a couple of possibilities. 

I'm away next week, I'll try and post the odd picture if possible to see if I can change minds. Hard work possibly, but years ago as a member of a Rc flying club, taking ariel photos with disposable cameras was a sought after goal, now it's here in HD I'm super excited.

I’m interested to know if you operate your drone with due regard to the law and safety of others, W&M?  Do you carry public liability insurance?

Welcome to CT W&M, the natives aren’t all like this, some are tame & welcoming👍🏻. DJI Mavic is a pukka Drone, I’d like the air time to be better before I bought one but it’s still better overall than than the GP Karma. Happy flying👍🏻😊

Be nice if we could see your efforts. For moving pictures I think you would have to establish a YouTube account and then you can post the link here. 

How do you control the camera? Do you set it at the start or do you have a remote way of doing it?

David

Hi David.

The Mavic Air is a good entry level Drone, but still has very good capabilities.

The Drone itself has an internal sd card which is used to store still pictures and video.

Whilst flying the Drone you connect your smart phone to the controller, this provides flight information and real time video of what the camera is seeing via a Wi-Fi link, this video (not stills) then can be recorded in lower resolution to the mobile device and shared via WhatsApp.

You activate the record function at any time in flight via a conveniently placed button, and like wise for stills.

The camera can be remotely angled up and down from the remote, but all other placement functions are by flight, with inbuilt presets for various shots, boomerang to name one. The camera has the usual digital programmable functions, or auto.

You are quite correct about a YouTube link, I'll give it a go. Years ago I used video editing software for my hi8 video camera, there is basic free suites out there, but I intend buying software to edit my videos into something more pleasing, a future project.

There's plenty of YouTube videos on Mavic Air and various mavic drones, if photography is a hobby then have a look.

Totally amazing.

This is believe it or not a low resolution video, we went put for a walk with our friends, at the start of the video you may catch a glimpse of myself! Sorry

https://youtu.be/sjPXhcooF2U

Hi, 

Its ok, people express themselves in different ways, no offence by me taken.

This is my first Drone, it's got to be 24 years since I last flew Rc planes, 'bug well and truly bitten.

😀

Drones have revolutionised wild life photography and conservation haven't they? Most of us have had a benefit from them.