Recent content by Mike Mas

Not certain how many guys have seen the AMA’s recent press release concerning the new FAA’s “Off The Cuff” rules and regulations regarding the recreational use of drones in the US. While we are all aware there are problems with regard to their use and safety - registering drones with an agency...

Absolutely - DJI is going to the bank on all these new pilots into thinking this is some type of miracle aerial platform - the whole Inspire package is drastically over-priced - for the price of the X5 camera alone they should be giving you the Inspire and the X5 and it would still be over-priced!

Beautiful scenery and super shots - hey look that's the problem with Drones today and the thousands of self-proclaimed experts out there, most of them don't understand the complexity of getting the shot - they all think this automation (waypoints - selfie - follow me) is going to do everything...

Good stuff - If i were doing your shot since you used the Inspire, I would have sat in ATV as a passenger with the trans between my knees and just flew it forward. You can see the terrain (turns trees etc.) ahead of you in that manner A lot of your dipping with the machine showing up is...

Kirk, Thanks for the images and the work to get them - the only problem is you shot the images possibly at the same height but there is different fields of view i.e. all the X5 images are larger than the X3, so of course they would have a bit more detail. In addition, it seems most all the X3...

So far I've been able to just tighten the front mounts to remedy the problem - the rear set is a bit wider than the front - as I mentioned just tighten the wraps a click or two at a time so you retain the vibration isolation. Thanks

Improving your Inspire 1 - I felt the Inspire gimbal this would be a good subject of an open discussion - In this post, we’ll talk about some of the inherent problems of the Inspire gimbal mount and a few remedies. My First Glimpse - When I first seen DJI’s Inspire1 Pomo and witnessed the...

Chnjab Nice job on describing the machines! Mike

It's sort of dumb not to allow follow me with any of the DJI lineup. The best follow me is the Yuneec 500 you can place the machine right on the deck and it works perfect yet on the Pro Inspire you can't use it Hello!

I'm not understanding - you don't need an X5 to shoot DNG files!

Very Nice job - my only recommendation is you try using cyclic for your minor turns to follow the coarse - No big deal but on your opening shots hole 2-3 down the straight-aways I can see somewhat abrupt yaw corrections as you approach to the holes. Also slow down your rate on the cameras...

I'm happy it's working for you however unless you're doing billboards 16 mp has little value. Comparing the same exact shot from a P3P, X3 and X5 at our faculty there was virtually no difference in fact the P3 seemed to have improved clarity. I'm not de-valuing the X5 just saying for most...

With regard to quality of the shot there really will be no difference between the Inspire and Phantom 3P I've seen actual comparisons of the P3P X3 & X5 and there really is no difference shooting subject at that distance. What you're getting with the Inspire is the retractable gear and the...

Pretty nice - as the other poster mentioned some of the exposures were off but not a bad first project keep at it! Regards

Thanks for the reply - no I pretty much flew the entire job by the sticks! Thanks - Mike