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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoXAMRQoIAA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Hello, everyone. Details are out about the new Phantom No Fly Zones and how exactly they restrict your flying. This new feature will be activated if you update your Phantom 2 series quadcopter to the newest firmware (3.0). If you do not want to be subject to this new restriction, you may elect ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKl2dza16U?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] DJI announced the Phantom 2 Vision+ today. It features an integrated, 3-axis-stabilized, 14-megapixel camera capable of shooting at 1080/30p (or 720/60p), and talks to an app on your smart phone to give you liveview from the camera as well as useful telemetry like battery life remaining. It also allows you to take pictures, ...

Some folks have been expressing concern (in the internet freak out sort of way) out about a page on the DJI website that says, exactly: “Intro: In order to increase flight safety and prevent accidental flights in restricted areas, Ground Station includes a No Waypoint Zone feature. Each No Waypoint Zone covers an 8KM (5 ...

I spent the weekend in Baja California playing with gray whales, which was amazing. While I was there, I sent a DJI Phantom 2 Vision into the air to take some shots of the area around Laguna San Ignacio, including salt flats and a mangrove system that is flooded with every high tide (and has ...

When I travel with my DJI Phantom, I usually use a Nanuk 940 case with pick ‘n pluck foam. It comes full of foam cubes that are partly stuck together, and you just rip out cubes to make space for whatever you want to put in the case. The Nanuk fits into overhead bin space in most airplanes, ...

One of the biggest improvements to the way I pilot came from switching from using only thumbs on the radio sticks to using a two-finger pinch on each one. I found that I was able to fly competently using thumbs if I was calm, but that I was often unable to tell where I was ...

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 ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Ib9SwC7EI?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] This fantastic, 3-minute Superman video was made by Corridor Digital using a DJI Phantom 2, Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal, and GoPro camera. Imagine what would have been required to make this video before inexpensive, GPS-enabled multicopters with gimbal-stabilized cameras were available! Including the FPV transmitter, receiver and display, the entire ship was probably less ...

Cannibal Rock: This might just look like an aerial view of an underwater rock, but experienced SCUBA divers will find the alternative viewpoint to be fascinating. Located in Horseshoe Bay (Nusa Kode) just off of Rinca Island in Komodo National Park, this dive site is called Cannibal Rock. It is one of the best dives ...