Tag: aerial video - Eric Cheng
Eric Cheng

Tag: aerial video

Flying a DJI Phantom 2 at Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland. About 10 days ago, I had the great fortune of spending a day close to the Holuhraun eruption at the Bardarbunga volcanic system in Iceland. The eruption sits right up top of the largest glacier in Iceland, and has been spewing out lava in large ...

I get asked a lot how I mount my FPV monitors to my radios. My favorite mount for the Phantom radio is the 3D-printed Rave Aerial Video mount, which snaps into place using the radio’s antenna and rear metal handle. It locks in solidly, and is perfect for the Black Pearl 5.8Ghz Diversity Receiver / ...

The incredible pace of aerial-imaging technology

Earlier this week, DJI announced the Zenmuse H3-3D 3-axis gimbal for GoPro HERO3 and HERO3+ cameras. Traditional, 2-axis gimbals correct against unwanted movements in pitch and roll, but don’t have a 3rd motor for correcting movements in yaw (turning from side to side). When shooting video from a camera mounted on a 2-axis gimbal, twitchy ...

Updated getting started with aerial imagery guide

Hello, everyone. I updated my Getting Started Guide for Aerial Imagery Using Quadcopters. The summary is below, if you don’t want to read a long article. For both video and stills, you want the the $869 DJI Phantom 2 with Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal (plus GoPro camera). For stills only, you want the $1199 DJI Phantom 2 Vision, which ...

How to make killer videos from your multicopter or drone. I wrote an article awhile ago for Make Magazine about getting started in aerial video, and it just made issue 37, which is all about drones. It was before the DJI Phantom 2 came out, so take every instance of “Phantom” you see in the article and replace ...