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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDC_JbT1zSA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] I know I always say that no one wants to see your local park flying video… but here’s a video of me in the local park, doing a test flight with my re-built ADS 400Q frame running OpenPilot Revolution. Jimmie Fulton helped me to tune the quadcopter, which was fairly easily done by ...

Whoah. MidwestRob on Vimeo has skills! (video by MidwestRob, not by me) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKeb2_kX9dk?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Trey Ratcliff hosted #87 of his Variety Hour show today, which was about DRONES (in a photography context), or “the D-word,” as Russell Preston Brown refers to the term. The Google+ Hangout event included Trey, me, Colin Guinn (DJI North America), Thomas Hawk, Frederick Van Johnson, Barry Blanchard, Dave Veffer, and Peter Giordano. Russell ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hEROf7ldvE?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Adobe’s Senior Creative Director, Russell Preston Brown, has released a video tutorial showing how to remove perspective distortion in aerial GoPro HERO3+ images by using the Adaptive Wide Angle feature in Adobe Photoshop CC. This is different than only using a GoPro lens profile to do distortion removal because it can be adapted to fix ...

A lot of people have been asking me for comparisons between the integrated camera in the Phantom 2 Vision and a GoPro carried by an original Phantom. The images in this comparison use a GoPro HERO3+: Silver Edition. The Phantom 2 Vision’s camera is a 14-megapixel camera that shoots at 140° at full wide. The GoPro HERO3+ Silver shoots at ...

Here’s how I transported my DJI Phantom quadcopter when I went to shoot the redwoods video. The backpack is an Incase DSLR Pro Pack, and includes transmitter, 7 x 2200 mAH 3S batteries, full LCD-based FPV setup, carbon-fiber tripod with Acratech ball head, and normal camera. A soft bag with cinched opening is protecting the ...

My travel setup for the DJI Phantom quadcopter is a Nanuk 940 case with cubed foam. The case is $166 (shipped free with Prime) at Amazon, and I really like it because it’s built well, not insanely heavy (8.4 lbs, empty), and has easy-to-open, locking clamps. The Nanuk holds a TON of stuff, including the Phantom w/Zenmuse H3-2D ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY5v0EFNs2w?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] DJI gave me an evaluation Phantom 2 Vision, and I absolutely love the new cartridge-style battery system and props with integrated nut. The battery is a 5200 mAH 3S battery, which is 2.36x greater in capacity than the old Phantom’s battery capacity. This thing will fly for 25 minutes straight, even with the ...

Get Above It All | OutdoorPhotographer

Get Above It All | OutdoorPhotographer I wrote an article about aerial imaging for Outdoor Photographer in this month’s issue (December 2013), and it’s about how beginners can get a camera up in the air. The article is the first in a three-part series, so you can expect more in the coming months!