Freewell All Day 8 Pack Review for DJI Mavic 3 Drone - 8 Second Exposure!

Looks good!

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 02:53
Looks good!

Certainly gave me some ideas.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 02:53
Looks good!

Certainly gave me some ideas.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 03:01
Certainly gave me some ideas.

Exactly

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 03:01
Certainly gave me some ideas.

There goes the Sunday theory.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 03:05
Exactly

If the weather improves I may take the M2P down to the beach and try it myself.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 03:05
There goes the Sunday theory.

Oh yeah.   but the forum is been really buggy for me today.    Lots of retry to reply to threads or undefined errors.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 03:15
Oh yeah.   but the forum is been really buggy for me today.    Lots of retry to reply to threads or undefined errors.

Yeah, just got one myself. No error, but it refused to let me reply. Both via the big textbox and the pop up form. .

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 03:15
Oh yeah.   but the forum is been really buggy for me today.    Lots of retry to reply to threads or undefined errors.

Something completely different : can I ask you to do me a favor?
I want to get more view hours on my tricks and tips channel.
But YT is not pushing it at all.
If you could play this playlist every now and then (skip the ads if they come, I just need watch time, I don't mind if you mute the volume either ).
I have a playlist of recent vids that should give me quite some viewing hours if you have a device playing (parts of ) that on a daily basis



If I get to 4000 watch hours in 365 days, my channel will be monetized and that should give me a bit more budget for new toys
Thanks in advance

Very informative video DA.    I really liked the long exposure images.  

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 03:33
Something completely different : can I ask you to do me a favor?
I want to get more view hours on my tricks and tips channel.
But YT is not pushing it at all.

I'll try and help out with your viewing hours also.  

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 03:24
Yeah, just got one myself. No error, but it refused to let me reply. Both via the big textbox and the pop up form. .

Did you get any errors?

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 03:33
Something completely different : can I ask you to do me a favor?
I want to get more view hours on my tricks and tips channel.
But YT is not pushing it at all.

Sure,  I can leave that playing on another device.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-13 04:33
Very informative video DA.    I really liked the long exposure images.

No Probs DT,   I found the whole idea inspirational.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-13 04:35
I'll try and help out with your viewing hours also.

That is super kind.
I will share some of the wealth that will be accumulated if it is enough to buy you two a beer or two

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 04:38
Did you get any errors?

No errors, just nothing.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 04:39
Sure,  I can leave that playing on another device.

Yeah, but only occasionally. Otherwise I think they will filter it out. (as suspicious behavior).
Unless you have a super secret way of hiding everything personal  for YT I guess.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 04:39
Sure,  I can leave that playing on another device.

And thanks on forehand!
If I ever get enough to buy you two (RDB also joined in) a beer, I hope we will find a way to arrange for this.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 04:45
Yeah, but only occasionally. Otherwise I think they will filter it out. (as suspicious behavior).
Unless you have a super secret way of hiding everything personal  for YT I guess.

I guess any playlist from this page - https://www.youtube.com/c/tricksandtipsnl/playlists

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 04:45
And thanks on forehand!
If I ever get enough to buy you two (RDB also joined in) a beer, I hope we will find a way to arrange for this.

We can have a virtual beer anytime.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 05:00
I guess any playlist from this page - https://www.youtube.com/c/tricksandtipsnl/playlists

True.
Maybe better even.

Ok now this thread is bugging.

The request is sent, but nothing happens afterwards.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 05:10
Ok now this thread is bugging.

See,   its not just my threads.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 05:11
The request is sent, but nothing happens afterwards.

thats reply worked ok.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 05:24
See,   its not just my threads.

Who started this one?

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 05:24
thats reply worked ok.

This one was without the reply form. Just in the lower section.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 06:03
Who started this one?

Oh yes very true.   

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 06:03
This one was without the reply form. Just in the lower section.

That been my goto workaround today,  but it appears not to always work.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 06:53
Oh yes very true.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 06:54
That been my goto workaround today,  but it appears not to always work.

True. Just sometimes.

thank you for sharing...

Frontliner 2020 Posted at 12-13 19:12
thank you for sharing...

No probs Frontliner 2020.   

Just ordered a set yesterday...

The guy narrating the Freewell filter video misspoke about the  polarizing filter. He said by turning it, you are adjusting the amount from off to full. It may appear that way on a specific surface but what is actually happening is you are changing the angle of a sources reflected light to be removed. A reflection coming from above (or below) onto a horizontal surface will require a rotation of +-90 degrees compared to one from the side on a vertical surface

This really misses the point all over the place. I'm not quite sure the presenter really understands polarizing filters and their use. That sounds like a bold statement but while he does point out the the issue of an image shot with a polarizer will show a dark area in the center if the shot is done with a wide angle lens 90deg to the sun, he then goes on to show an image of houses where he explains the sun is in back of him but the polarizer is allowing the viewer to see through the windows and makes for a deep rich color in the grass. Nonsense. I'm happy to be proven wrong but a polarizer...polarizes light...and that only happens when the light is coming from a reflected angle with the greatest polarization (from the sun, typically) happening at 90deg and ...none...at 0 or 180 degrees.  I will admit that there may have been some light coming from clouds that were in turn reflecting the sun light so there may have been some light in that image particular image that could be polarized, but look at a car windshield with glare from the sun shining from your left with and then compare it to the windshield viewed without a polarizer. The polarizer will have a huge effect. Look at it with the sun in back of your or directly in front of you. No effect.  Bottom line is a polarizer works on light reflections coming from an angle. Using a polarizer on video shot with a wide angle lens can be fine...if in general you leave the darn sky out of it. The video explained the problem but glossed over the issue shooting video with something like "take care in planning"....well...even if you plan to shoot in one direction and never move the camera lens from left to right, on a sunny day you still end up with a dark area with lighter sky on either side if you are using a wide lens like the M3 standard lens. If sky is involved, polarizers, for the most part, have no place on video shot with wide angle lenses although they can be useful in other ways. Still images and video without sky can work wonders but you really can't shoot wide angle video with sky and a polarizer without  a dreadful dark/light sky issue. He implies that polarizers get rid of glare shooting through windows and "works on everything...grass...leaves on trees..." but the innocent purchaser will be shocked when they take a picture with the sun in back of them and find the polarizer does virtually nothing. The presenter also glossed over the use of ND filters saying you use them with video because you want to shoot at a shutter speed of 50 when shooting 25fps because that combination would let too much light in so you need an ND filter so you can "get that really nice slow smooth footage".  I say he "glosses over ND filters" because their use isn't for "nice slow smooth footage..." it is so you can create motion blur, the kind we are used to seeing with cinematic film, as opposed to the sharp motion blur free frames you get shooting at 60fps with shutter speeds of 1/500 or some nonsense. Saying you want "nice smooth footage" implies you kind of -always- are looking for that but if you are in a drone shooting from 4oo feet at the ground or almost anywhere, shooting with ND filters will do virtually nothing for you. Shooting with a shutter speed double the fps is a common thing because motion in the foreground and quick moving foreground objects (think fight seens) will then create an appropriate motion blur - the kind we are used to seeing from movies done with film. Picture yourself filming a car from the side and your drone flying through the are, as you zoom by things between you and the car. The objects will all have a nice motion blur if you can shoot a shutter speed 2x your fps but that becomes meaningless if you are shooting the ground from 400 feet. The presenter makes both ND filters and polarizers to be much more useful on a day to day basis than they really are. Both are meant to be used for very specific situations in very specific ways and this video does a poor job of explaining their uses and limitations. All in all a very disappointing video from my perspective; probably a great one from the company's perspective. Correct me where I'm wrong.

DAFlys Posted at 12-13 04:40
No Probs DT,   I found the whole idea inspirational.

  

Montfrooij Posted at 12-13 04:41
That is super kind.
I will share some of the wealth that will be accumulated if it is enough to buy you two a beer or two

No need to do that.  Anyway, beer fridges are all fully stocked.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-15 13:06
No need to do that.  Anyway, beer fridges are all fully stocked.

Good to know.