I was testing a new filter too - PolarPro ND4/pl, though I did not run a direct comparison (fail..). With the filter fitted the camera seems a bit front-heavy, I thought maybe I would add some counterbalance weight on the back of the camera to even up - anyone else tried that?

Not great video editing I'm afraid, but the area was scenic. The place is called Gradbach Hill, in the South Pennines UK. A warm sunny day.

You got some nice footage of the countryside.

You do not need to balance out the drone because of an ND filter.

Wow! Awesome video. Thank you for sharing! Keep it up!

it is really great being able to see so much of the world through the eyes of the forum users and drones.

nice video and scenery

Another gorgeous peek, into the world of the forum members. Awesome.


Thanks for taking the time to post and share your work.


RedHotPoker

great place and footage there ChrisLX200. Imagine the work to produce those fences, it'd sure bite into flight time.
That wasn't you jogging along the path was it

Nice footage     

Great footage, beautiful area.  

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed your flight footage. Keep it up. To the skies!

sky wombat Posted at 2018-6-13 02:08
great place and footage there ChrisLX200. Imagine the work to produce those fences, it'd sure bite into flight time.
That wasn't you jogging along the path was it

Thanks and er. No. I don't do jogging! :-)  My eldest daughter + two dogs can be glimpsed at one point in the distance, she said the drone flew over her at one point sounding like a swarm of Bees but the dogs didn't react at all.

Thanks to everyone else for watching too, I admit it was far from the professional job others are producing and it was just a manual controlled flight - I'm getting to grips with Litchi which will improve things greatly I think!  Of course now we have a Summer storm moving in tomorrow with very high winds which will prevent flying for a while until everything calms down again.

If you are talking about the camera being front-heavy while the aircraft is powered off that is not a big deal.... as long as the camera itself can initialize while powering on. And you do not hear any whining from the brushless motors u are good to go.... if it can't initialize then you have a problem... I do think you should do this  with a bigger camera setup like the Inspire 2

Jimmy hoffa Posted at 2018-6-13 13:49
If you are talking about the camera being front-heavy while the aircraft is powered off that is not a big deal.... as long as the camera itself can initialize while powering on. And you do not hear any whining from the brushless motors u are good to go.... if it can't initialize then you have a problem... I do think you should do this  with a bigger camera setup like the Inspire 2

The camera gimbal initialises OK and the results are very good, so no performance issues. On the other hand, anything you can do to make life easier for the tiny motors can only be a good thing (IMHO). There isn't a lot of space behind the camera but I think a few grams of lead sheet stuck on the back will do the trick. I will experiment (maybe today - def no flying in 40+ mph winds here!)