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Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

06/06/2020 03:27:02 PM · #1

Last week Mark Wiley was kind enough to ship to me his Mavic Air drone so I could take it for a spin:

Suffice it to say, that was like dangling Toblerone in front of a Chocaholic, and 2 days after it arrived I ordered a Mavic Air 2 from B&H, which (amazingly, arrived overnight :-) I've been jealous of drones for a long time, there are SO many landscapes I want a higher vantage point on...

Wish me fair winds and golden hours :-)

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

06/06/2020 03:30:54 PM · #2

very cool, I have been looking into drones

Lydia

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

06/06/2020 03:57:54 PM · #3

If only Ken would stop by... He'd have a great visual for us of you with wings... airborne.

06/06/2020 04:45:15 PM · #4

10-4 good buddy! There's a Bear in the air!

Welcome to the club! Mark was really helpful with advice when I was considering my first drone purchase last year. I now have both a Mavic Mini and an Autel Evo. Be careful of the wind you fly in. I got my Evo caught in a strong wind and almost lost it over downtown, then upon landing it got caught in an updraft and crashed up. $320 in repairs, most of it for a new gimbal/camera.
My Evo adventure, for your amusement

Does the Air 2 use the Fly app? My biggest disappointment with the Mini was the limited number of devices the app would work on. I was aware it didn't shoot RAW but didn't know about the app limitations. I was fortunate to have one of the phones it worked with but could not use my 7" Galaxy tab as a controller screen.

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06/06/2020 05:49:29 PM · #5

Yes, it uses the DJI Fly app. It's all I know, so it seems fine to me :-)

+ OUCH!!!

First image:

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Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS

06/12/2020 12:49:50 PM · #6

Here's the view of Skinnequit Pond and Nantucket Sound in a misty rain from 400' above my lair :-) You can click on "see full size" if you want more detail. Danged good camera for such a teensy thing, innit?

MargaretNet

Apple iPhone 15 Pro

06/12/2020 12:52:42 PM · #7

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Nice to see that you have a new toy ;)

digifotojo

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Canon EF-S 18-55mm 3.5-5.6 III

06/12/2020 03:18:30 PM · #8

Drones are great! We should all have one!

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

06/12/2020 04:17:26 PM · #9

Originally posted by digifotojo:

Drones are great! We should all have one!

Then we'd be Drone Photography Challenge :-)

GolferDDS

Canon EOS R5

06/12/2020 04:31:14 PM · #10

That�s not fair! ;)

06/12/2020 04:47:57 PM · #11

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Then we'd be Drone Photography Challenge :-)

It's just another kind of camera. Once more members have them, it will be harder to get a high scoring shot with them.

pgirish007

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70 2.8L II

06/12/2020 08:47:28 PM · #12

you are going to love it! I have been using it all the time. I am in Airport zone so figured out how to unlock (legally) D

Sigma 18-250 f/3.5 - 6.3 DC OS HSM

06/12/2020 10:04:00 PM · #13

Originally posted by pgirish007:

you are going to love it! I have been using it all the time. I am in Airport zone so figured out how to unlock (legally) D

My second purchase was an Autel Evo. No geofencing.

Ammie

Nikon D500

06/13/2020 08:38:19 AM · #14

My hubby owns a Mavic Enterprise dual and I took this

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Kroburg

Nikon Z6II

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S

06/13/2020 08:39:30 AM · #15

I both love and hate drones. The images you can take with them are breathtaking and offer a completely different view on a landscape. The problem is, more and more people have them and they are mostly used in the beauty spots on Skye (and elsewhere in Scotland). I really get crazy from the constant buzzing you can hear constantly. For me going to those places is about relaxing or getting pictures, but no relaxing with all those drones in the air. Even more so, the sound of these drones have an impact on the animals: our dogs, the many sheep that are always present and the many birds that are nesting on the rocks near those beauty spots. So I really think that using drones in places like that should be forbidden.

06/13/2020 12:25:42 PM · #16

Originally posted by Kroburg:

I both love and hate drones...Even more so, the sound of these drones have an impact on the animals: our dogs, the many sheep that are always present and the many birds that are nesting on the rocks near those beauty spots. So I really think that using drones in places like that should be forbidden.

I hear you. I'm aware of this, it is one of the reasons I have not gotten a drone sooner, is the potential for intrusiveness. Regardless, here on Cape Cod we're not allowed to fly them at the National Seashore, and in America in general they are restricted from the National Parks, at least. I need to study up more... On the plus side, when you go way high they can barely be heard, it seems. At least that's true of the Mavic Air 2...

06/13/2020 12:41:46 PM · #17

I wanted to fly one in Palo Duro Canyon when I was there in January. Couldn't find any signs prohibiting it or anything on their web site, but I asked a park ranger and was told no. Turns out that where I was hiking, nobody would have noticed or cared, but I left it in the car.