p.5 #1 · Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
conrad2nr wrote:
An 8 image pano stitch, the Phantom 4 Pro is one of the best offerings for regular consumers and even pros once you can carry it. The sensor is MUCH better than the other offerings but comes at a little more cost. It's worth it though, especially at higher ISOs.
love the night pano. however, it is under my impression the current reg. only permits drone operation w/in 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset. feel free to correct me if have misinterpreted the reg.
sorry for asking on this image-only thread as i cannot locate the discussion-only thread.
P.S. the 30 minute rule is only for commercial operations...recreational flying can be done at night (with some sort of light on the drone so it can be kept in sight):
p.5 #3 · Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
wsalopek wrote:
The drones (recreational or commercial) can't be "over" people. Horizontal distance is not specified...so 1 foot is, technically, enough.
A commercial flyer CAN fly over people, but only if they get an exemption from the FAA.
there current exist an faa notam (notice for airmen) placing a temporary-flight-restriction (tfr) on uas operation over sport events or stadium. one can obtain a flight waiver, but i would imagine you will have to jump through the roof for one. imho, if you are not in constant communications with the airspace atc, then you shouldn't do a fly-over w/out a flight waiver.
reference link: https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/uas_regulations_policy/media/Sports_TFR-UAS_Handout.pdf
p.5 #6 · Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1)
My previous drone was Yuneec Q500 4K and it had much wider lens. I took ~10 photos with it as the lens is just too wide for anything practical landscape photography outside total wilderness (assuming photographer prefers to avoid mobile links, TV masts etc.). Also camera suffered lens quality issues - I replaced the camera 3 times and never got lens, which would not be blurry badly atleast on one corner (see blurriness on bottom left corner of these images as example).
