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Eric Cheng

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I was part of a great interview on Monday on some cliffs overlooking a beautiful Northern-Californian beach. The waves were breaking in tight sets, and the aerial view straight down was spectacular. Shot in Adobe DNG raw using a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ quadcopter.

It turns out that you *can* stuff a DJI 2.4G Bluetooth Datalink (buy) and an iOSD mini (buy) into the shell of a Phantom 2. This flagship Phantom 2 is configured with Ground Station support, a Zenmuse H3-3D 3-axis GoPro gimbal, GoPro with Ragecams lens mod, and Boscam TS353 5.8G 400mW FPV transmitter. The radio has ...

Here are a few sample raw Adobe DNG still pictures from the new Phantom 2 Vision+, for your evaluation. The download is good for 14 days. Photos were taken from right above the Wynn’s swimming pool, insured and with permission, during a media event.

[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 ...