Phantom 3: Polar Pro Filters Polarizing and Neutral Density Filters One of the things that annoys the crap out of me about the Phantom 3 Professional is that it comes with only a UV filter to protect the lens. The photos it captures really suffers from the lack of a polarization filter, and in a lot of cases, neutral density filters. Another is how difficult it can be to remove said UV filter – the aluminum deforms easily – so take care removing. Use a rubber band around the edge and turn counter-clockwise – GENTLY! I did some research on the aftermarket options, and the folks over at Polar Pro Filters just happen to have a bunch of filter options for the Phantom 3 series. I’ve seen a few posts
Things that happen with Dye and Propellers when bored I saw a post on one of the Phantom 3 forums I follow about dyeing the stock white P3 propellers different colors using RIT fabric dye. I did a couple test runs with props that were on when a hemlock jumped out and swatted my drone. The results are above – I think that the blue came out better than the purple, but the purple was the first test I did. What I figured out with the blue is: Heat water to 160° F Pour into pyrex dish Add the dye, then add more than you think you need Stir it up and lay the prop in the dye walk away – don’t fiddle with it, pull it
Phantom Firmware: Follow Me to the Waypoint’s Point of Interest! Engadget reports that the DJI Phantom 3 series of drones (of which I own the 3 Professional) are getting a Phantom firmware update next week (7 Sept 2015) to fill some feature gaps (!!!) that have been widely panned by owners on a number of forums, and in blogs I read before purchasing. It was the one worry I had, but figured with DJI’s competition including the features as standard in their drones, it was only a matter of time until they pushed an update. So what was announced that will be added in next week’s Phantom firmware update? Waypoints – you will be able to set a number of waypoints for the drone to follow using
The tree jumped out in front of me … honest officer Flying the Phantom UAV around after work, playing with the controls, got a bit more comfortable so I took it up between 350 and 400 feet and out into the forest somewhere around 500 feet. Got a couple good images, which I cleaned up in On1 Perfect Photo Suite. First one of the sun setting over the Pocono Mountains, from 400 or so feet up, and the other of the house from out over the game lands. Oh? Did I mention a crash? Yup. I got a bit cocky and was trying out flying in a circle around a 7′ pole I have in the backyard for my weather station… and as I was going
Francis E. Walter Dam This morning, I got up and headed out to shoot some video and get some more flight time on the Phantom. Most of the parks nearby had activities going on, so I headed out to a quiet spot I ride my motorcycle to now and then for some ‘down time’ – Francis E. Walter Dam. The dam is an 1800 acre Army Corp of Engineers project with an 80 acre lake, fishing and boat launch. I didn’t take too many photos, the wind started to kick up and I didn’t want to take a chance of my drone crashing into the lake, suddenly becoming a whale … er… submarine, so after hanging out a bit, chatting with a couple guys fishing
I’m lookin’ at you lookin’ at me lookin’ at you… Still learning how to fly the Phantom and control it with fine grained actions. I took the bird up to the FAA limit of 400′ above ground, and then came down in a nice tight spiral till I stopped right in front of me and snapped a quick selfie: I had been playing with the camera settings in the Phantom 3 Advanced Android and iOS apps, and had left it on HDR which did not play great with the red shirt I was wearing – it was VERY bright.. so I had to convert from RAW to JPG to post … which was done in On1 tools, so I tweaked it a bit too.. Still
Phantom 3 – What went up … … didn’t crash 🙂 As posted earlier, I picked up my Phantom 3 the other day, and lo’ and behold, I have a vacation day today – funny how that happens 🙂 Today, I went to try and fly at Beltzville State Park, as I found a page at the DCNR website that said there was space for flying unmanned arial vehicles (UAVs) at the park … and there is, but you first must join a private club to use the space and they gave me the contact info. While I found that odd at first, after speaking with Brian from the Beltzville Flying Machine Society I got a better handle on it – BFMS leases the space and makes sure
First Flight @ Home So, I got a chance to take the Phantom 3 out before the sun went completely down and took a quick video from about 225 feet over the house and a bunch of photos at varying heights … Not a cinematic masterpiece by any means or stretch of the word, but hell, the damn thing didn’t fall either. The photos have not been edited, only resized for the web, the video was not modified other than fade in/out and the title. Now I need to learn to fly it more ‘smoothly’ and get some better video going [envira-gallery id=”4140″] [youtube=https://youtu.be/KavdOIFqLpA&rel=0&w=900]
Phantom 3 Advanced: Boys and their toys … Ok, I fully admit it, I have a need for gadgets… and I just got one of the best gadgets I’ve had in a while 🙂 I picked up the Phantom 3 over at Stroud Photo in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; a great shop and the people are amazing – helpful and they know their shit (unlike some other shops we could name). We ordered the Phantom on Monday, and today (Wednesday) I got a call that it arrived… I don’t think I’ve made the drive home faster ever (was that the sound barrier breaking that I heard?) After signing paperwork that says I wont sue DJI or Stroud if I do stupid with the drone and hurt myself or
Spent the morning yesterday walking around SoHo and the East Village grabbing food, photos and flashbacks.
At least the Astor Place Cube is still there, and kids still spin it `round (like a record baby).
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Spent the morning yesterday walking around SoHo and the East Village grabbing food, photos and flashbacks.
At least the Astor Place Cube is still there, and kids still spin it `round (like a record baby).
#nyc #eastvillagenyc #ig_nycity #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #astorplace #bnwphotography #bnwmood #ig_blacknwhite #street #moody #monochromatic #architecturephotography #bnw_mood #bnw_captures #bnwphotography #bnw_one #bnw_demand #blackandwhite #bw #bnw_life #on1pics
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Sunday’s at @themuseumofmodernart with @wanderful10 🖤🖤🖤
I needed a stand for my MacBook Pro to keep it out of the way when using it with my dual monitor setup
Sketched it up in Fusion 360 and printed in carbon fiber PLA on the BambuLab X1C
The STL is available on Printables and also making them for people who can’t print themselves DM for price and info
https://hoke.org/john/2023/08/macbook-pro-stand/
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Aug 27
I needed a stand for my MacBook Pro to keep it out of the way when using it with my dual monitor setup
Sketched it up in Fusion 360 and printed in carbon fiber PLA on the BambuLab X1C
The STL is available on Printables and also making them for people who can’t print themselves DM for price and info
https://hoke.org/john/2023/08/macbook-pro-stand/
@bambulab_official @printablescom #3dprinting #functionalprint @apple @cultofmac #macbook #macbookpro #desksetup #deskaccessories #laptopstand #homeoffice #homeofficedecor
More fun with the Mavic 3 Pro and @steelstacks_pa. It`s been a while since I actively flew drones and getting out (almost) every day to relearn the muscle memory to manually fly and shoot video at the same time. Yes - I know you can automate the flying but if you cant do it manually when things go wrong it can turn out REALLY badly.
I edited the video for online viewing in Adobe Premier Rush. I will probably end up moving back to Premier Pro unless someone has a better suggestion for editing and manipulating the video streams in post.
#video #dji #mavic3pro #drone #dronestagram #dronelife #djiglobal #aerialphotography #steelstacks #bethlehempa #bethlehem #lehighvalley #dronesofinstagram #igdrones #igdroneshots #droneoftheday #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #paphotographer #ig_pennsylvania
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Aug 22
More fun with the Mavic 3 Pro and @steelstacks_pa. It`s been a while since I actively flew drones and getting out (almost) every day to relearn the muscle memory to manually fly and shoot video at the same time. Yes - I know you can automate the flying but if you cant do it manually when things go wrong it can turn out REALLY badly.
I edited the video for online viewing in Adobe Premier Rush. I will probably end up moving back to Premier Pro unless someone has a better suggestion for editing and manipulating the video streams in post.
#video #dji #mavic3pro #drone #dronestagram #dronelife #djiglobal #aerialphotography #steelstacks #bethlehempa #bethlehem #lehighvalley #dronesofinstagram #igdrones #igdroneshots #droneoftheday #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniaphotographer #paphotographer #ig_pennsylvania
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Spent the morning yesterday walking around SoHo and the East Village grabbing food, photos and flashbacks.
At least the Astor Place Cube is still there, and kids still spin it 'round (like a record baby#NYC
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