First real flight with the Mavic 3 600 FW.

GPS lock is noticeably faster, but still not to the level of Mavic 2 or pre-Dec 10 2021.
I had to get to the air to speed things up. I'd say it shaved 30.. 60 seconds of the wait time.

Today we had some notion of clouds in the sky, hence the reason I went out for a quick flight.

The light was so-so, this is the best pano I got.



And, of course, everyone's favorite, upper camera manual grid pano x7



Thanks for stopping by!

Hello there DarthSLR. Good day and thank you for sharing these beautiful Thousand Oaks sunset photos that you have captured. Great work and keep flying. .

Thank you!

Nice work. Good to know that, for you, the GPS lock time is improved. Others report less joy. Seems to vary with location.

Beautiful shots Darth.   

Blériot53 Posted at 3-26 00:41
Nice work. Good to know that, for you, the GPS lock time is improved. Others report less joy. Seems to vary with location.

Thank you.
Yes it has improved. Some. Went from D to C. Still nowhere near A.

DAFlys Posted at 3-26 01:04
Beautiful shots Darth.

Thank you! I take what I can.

DarthSLR Posted at 3-26 07:26
Thank you.
Yes it has improved. Some. Went from D to C. Still nowhere near A.

Did you see this thread?  I  thought it was very enlightening.

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=261996

Amazing shots Darth.    Nothing beats a west coast sunset.

Blériot53 Posted at 3-26 07:42
Did you see this thread?  I  thought it was very enlightening.

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=261996

Yessir, I did and commented.
Basically, we M3 owners have been blatantly ripped off with not even so much as a sorry.
We were promised Ferrari, yet were given Ford Edsel.

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-26 09:26
Amazing shots Darth.    Nothing beats a west coast sunset.

Thank you! Glad you enjoy!

These two panos are awsom! My favourite is the second one, the first looks too much as HDR, second one sky is just I like. Thanks for sharing both beautiful shots!

DarthSLR Posted at 3-26 09:47
Yessir, I did and commented.
Basically, we M3 owners have been blatantly ripped off with not even so much as a sorry.
We were promised Ferrari, yet were given Ford Edsel.

Haha. I'm old enough to remember those. I don't think they made it to the UK market though.  Died a death afer a couple of years' production didn't they?   Didn't ruin Ford though. And I doubt the Mavic 3 will ruin DJI

DarthSLR Posted at 3-26 09:47
Thank you! Glad you enjoy!

My pleasure Darth.    Keep up the amazing work.

P3KoYoT Posted at 3-26 10:25
These two panos are awsom! My favourite is the second one, the first looks too much as HDR, second one sky is just I like. Thanks for sharing both beautiful shots!

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 3-26 07:27
Thank you! I take what I can.

You seem to have the weather for it out there.

DAFlys Posted at 3-26 23:32
You seem to have the weather for it out there.

Few days of year, sure. Clear skies most of the time.

Very nice to see!

Montfrooij Posted at 3-27 22:56
Very nice to see!

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 3-28 06:05
Thank you!

You're welcome!
Now if I would have these views, my motivation for flying would be much more prominent....

Montfrooij Posted at 3-28 06:33
You're welcome!
Now if I would have these views, my motivation for flying would be much more prominent....

They have sunsets/sunrises where you are, no? Or some other weatherly phenomena,.. ;)

DarthSLR Posted at 3-28 08:52
They have sunsets/sunrises where you are, no?  Or some other weatherly phenomena,.. ;)

Not that often that they turn out very nice.
And when it happens, I'm usually too late.
Plus I would need a good point to capture it.

Montfrooij Posted at 3-28 09:02
Not that often that they turn out very nice.
And when it happens, I'm usually too late.
Plus I would need a good point to capture it.

• I say we get about 30 decent sunsets here per year, so 10%. Your situation can't be much worse.
• Use your computer/phone/tablet to warn you about sunsets.
  I have my iPhone set to warn me 5 min prior, which is typically enough for me the way the light plays out around here.
  I'm sure Androids can do dynamic alarms as well.
  In some cases, if I see the making of an awesome sunset, I start earlier, like 15-20 min in advance, but that's maybe 2-3 times a year.
• As for the "good point"... Ain't the elevated vantage point of the drone good by itself? Even 400 AGL is something you don't get to experience very often IRL.
  

Jussayin'

DarthSLR Posted at 3-28 09:29

I say we get about 30 decent sunsets here per year, so 10%. Your situation can't be much worse.

Use your computer/phone/tablet to warn you about sunsets.
I have my iPhone set to warn me 5 min prior, which is typically enough for me the way the light plays out around here.

I think you're right.
It's mostly about not having time to be there and not knowing when they 'will' be there.

Montfrooij Posted at 3-28 10:40
I think you're right.
It's mostly about not having time to be there and not knowing when they 'will' be there.

I guess launching from your doorstep is not an option?

DarthSLR Posted at 3-28 11:43
I guess launching from your doorstep is not an option?

Looking at the window is.
Somehow I am usually busy and don't look outside until it is too late.
Or I don't have my batteries charged etc. etc.

Excuses, excuses, mon ami

DarthSLR Posted at 3-28 12:38
Excuses, excuses, mon ami

I have a thousand of those

amazing views!

MM Pilot Posted at 4-3 12:21
amazing views!

Thank you! We can get lucky sometimes.

DarthSLR Posted at 4-3 19:06
Thank you! We can get lucky sometimes.

absolutely!

Very nice pano

Dominik__W Posted at 7-20 09:02
Very nice pano

Thank you!

DarthSLR Posted at 7-20 16:51
Thank you!

You're welcome