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Egika
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Flight distance : 379593 ft

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I find it really difficult to judge from the FPV camera view how close the Mavic is to obstacles like tree branches or similar.
I know the lens is a 28mm equivalent wide angle that would show objects like being further away than they really are.
If I like to get close to objects for filming without touching them - How do you do this?

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DroneFlying
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When I first got my Mavic I spent some time deliberately flying it close to nearby obstacles and comparing the actual distance between the two to what I saw through FPV; that and just general experience seem to have made me better at judging those distances.

"I know the lens is a 28mm equivalent wide angle that would show objects like being further away than they really are."

For me, at least, it's the opposite: the FPV makes things seem closer than they really are, and that's probably a good thing because it causes me to fly more conservatively. For example, when I reviewed a video I took flying between two trees, the distance between them seemed almost impossibly small, though I clearly remembered that the Mavic had ample clearance.
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DroneFlying Posted at 2017-1-29 16:56
When I first got my Mavic I spent some time deliberately flying it close to nearby obstacles and comparing the actual distance between the two to what I saw through FPV; that and just general experience seem to have made me better at judging those distances.

"I know the lens is a 28mm equivalent wide angle that would show objects like being further away than they really are."

For me, the first few times I was standing few feet  between the several trees. As I try moving around kept an eye on how the distance appears in the goggle and without the goggles. Later I start hovering above trees and try to descent and judge the distance with and without googles.

It all about getting your brain to get used the illusion but practice practice before you start taking chances.
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