You never know what might be lurking right around the corner from your house.
The Official Drone Thread
- Thread starter Silver Surfer
- Start date
-
- Tags
- drones photography travel
You never know what might be lurking right around the corner from your house.
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
This thread is going to be all about drones. Information on new releases, reviews, what you have, what you would like help/info with, drone shots and drone footage.
I'll start it off with my introduction:
I'm located in Richmond, VA area but I'm a world traveler
Been into drones for about 2 years now
Currently own a DJI Phantom 4 Pro & DJI Mavic Air
I also own a clothing company, which I won't promote, but we also have DJI Mavic Pro & DJI Spark on the roster.
Here's a few of my latest shots, but I will upload more photo and video once I take them off our page. I hope we can keep this thread thriving, as I know a lot of us are into drones these days
@shutterguy @LV Koopa @Kamikaze Revy @It is a mystery @el_oh_el @RetroGrade @Piffiztheanswer @Thoughtspeak @Based_Beazy @thernbroom @Rose Gold
I'll start it off with my introduction:
I'm located in Richmond, VA area but I'm a world traveler
Been into drones for about 2 years now
Currently own a DJI Phantom 4 Pro & DJI Mavic Air
I also own a clothing company, which I won't promote, but we also have DJI Mavic Pro & DJI Spark on the roster.
Here's a few of my latest shots, but I will upload more photo and video once I take them off our page. I hope we can keep this thread thriving, as I know a lot of us are into drones these days
@shutterguy @LV Koopa @Kamikaze Revy @It is a mystery @el_oh_el @RetroGrade @Piffiztheanswer @Thoughtspeak @Based_Beazy @thernbroom @Rose Gold
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Shot with Phantom 4 Pro - Salvador, Brazil
My boy flying his Mavic, so I took a pic with my Phantom
My boy flying his Mavic, so I took a pic with my Phantom
It is a mystery
Tory Lanez Stan
What specs are most important when copping a drone?
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
depends on what you're going to be using it for... but if i had to say in general
SIGNAL STRENGTH... if you can't control your drone, can't find it, can't bring it home, can't record home point, doesn't have failsafes, etc etc etc.......... then anything else it can do is worthless. you want dual bands (2.4, 5.8), and a long range of at least a mile... preferably over radio signals
camera quality.. no point in doing all this if your footage looks like crap. you want 1080p minimum at 30 frames. watch some video to compare low light, bright light, distance, etc
size... i bought my mavic air after trying to lug around that phantom 4 on vacation. while everything is better on the phantom, unless i'm doing local shoots, it's a bytch to carry around. TO ME, it was worth it to spend 600 less, with a slightly lesser camera, than try to carry a 40 pound backpack everytime i wanted to go out
battery length. 30 mins is great.. but some might get you 10-15 mins.. now considering you need time to get it up, get your shot set up, shoot the shot, and get it home safely.... 15 mins quickly turns into 5-6 minutes of actual shoot time, before you got to bring it home and stick in another battery
after that its all speed, software, extra features.... those are the main stays
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
Koh Phi Phi, Thailand... Shot with Mavic Pro
thernbroom
Superstar
Cheers will upload photos later did you register your drone?
Took my spark out for the 2nd time on my holidays and had a crash in the field full speed
Took my spark out for the 2nd time on my holidays and had a crash in the field full speed
i was lucky no damage 
thernbroom
Superstar
Last edited:
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
sure i didCheers will upload photos later did you register your drone?
Took my spark out for the 2nd time on my holidays and had a crash in the field full speed
i was lucky no damage
just don't do anything that would require them to look into your drone. b4ufly is a good app that'll give you no fly zones and weather conditions
Piffiztheanswer
L'immortale
Still want to cop a DJI spark.... been putting it off too long..
thernbroom
Superstar
It's a great way to start i mean look at the picture i posted above. I would advice you to get the remote controller and a extra battery (flight time is only 12-15min). I have three in total.
The guy I started the brand management business with has a Mavic Pro.
He also has the FAA certification which helps with getting certain gigs.
He recently landed a job doing realty shots and they required the FAA certification.
Be careful with flying these drones. It isn't as simple as buying one and flying it where ever you want.
I've read a few horror stories about people being fined for flying where they aren't supposed to, or without clearance.
Heard they were even catching people from videos they uploaded online and tracking them down.
Maybe some exaggerations there a bit, but the reality is, if you get caught the fines can be heavy.
Get educated on when, and where you can fly the drone before going crazy with it.
The government is supposedly working on an app that will allow drone pilots to get nearly instant airspace approval for flights 200 feet and below, which 200 is high as hell as is and would be sufficient for most people unless you were trying to shoot in a big city with huge buildings.
I have experience with the Mavic Pro and the Phantom 4.
Both great drones. I prefer the Mavic Pro for the portability, and the camera is great too.
I don't feel cheated in comparison to the Phantom.
He also has the FAA certification which helps with getting certain gigs.
He recently landed a job doing realty shots and they required the FAA certification.
Be careful with flying these drones. It isn't as simple as buying one and flying it where ever you want.
I've read a few horror stories about people being fined for flying where they aren't supposed to, or without clearance.
Heard they were even catching people from videos they uploaded online and tracking them down.
Maybe some exaggerations there a bit, but the reality is, if you get caught the fines can be heavy.
Get educated on when, and where you can fly the drone before going crazy with it.
The government is supposedly working on an app that will allow drone pilots to get nearly instant airspace approval for flights 200 feet and below, which 200 is high as hell as is and would be sufficient for most people unless you were trying to shoot in a big city with huge buildings.
I have experience with the Mavic Pro and the Phantom 4.
Both great drones. I prefer the Mavic Pro for the portability, and the camera is great too.
I don't feel cheated in comparison to the Phantom.
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
where's this?
thernbroom
Superstar
Scotland , currently travelling Europe will be in Ireland tomorrow have some great spot's I'm going to check out with my drone
not my pictures but i be here tomorrow
