Two different drones - a phantom 2 with a GoPro and a phantom 3 pro.

It all intercuts interestingly.




If you're interested in the race, their site is: http://saynotodrugs.com/

Huge thanks to Gatorone30, Cam Simon, Jim Forte and James Rockwell for dedicating their time and getting GREAT shots.

Best,
Gavin

Good job Gavin .

I dunno, you can totally call out every GoPro shot; it's got that huge barrel distortion. It's why I never bothered with Phantoms until the Phantom 3 – its camera is everything good about the GoPro (good sensor) with none of the drawbacks (terrible interface, horrible barrel distortion, lack of exposure control).

NIce video! Say no to drugs!

lido_bmt Posted at 2016-1-27 16:02
I dunno, you can totally call out every GoPro shot; it's got that huge barrel distortion. It's why I ...

Quite true, if you are comparing the GoPro H4, as they use the same sensor. But the barrel distortion on the H4 is shocking. It puzzles me as to why few people use the facility built into GoPro Studio to remove the distortion.

Very cool, great cause, and looks like everyone had a fun day.

lido_bmt Posted at 2016-1-27 00:02
I dunno, you can totally call out every GoPro shot; it's got that huge barrel distortion. It's why I ...

Yea, you're totally right on that...also the the guy running with one somehow had it on the wrong settings (super low-res) and the guy flying one didn't take out the distortion like I had asked...all that aside, I'm super happy with the result - especially considering the "budget". I have two Inspires around, but there was so much shooting on the ground that I couldn't afford to be flying myself that day.

DJI-Tim Posted at 2016-1-27 00:17
NIce video! Say no to drugs!

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the result and so were the race coordinators.

Geebax Posted at 2016-1-27 00:20
Quite true, if you are comparing the GoPro H4, as they use the same sensor. But the barrel distort ...

You're totally right...I had asked the operator to change the settings and for some reason he didn't...anyway, I'll leave that for another day. The P3 Pro did wonders, though! It was flown by the bridge. It looks as good as an Inspire 1 to my eye.

DJI-Ken Posted at 2016-1-27 00:24
Very cool, great cause, and looks like everyone had a fun day.

Yea, it was pretty incredible. Glad you enjoyed it! Whatever happened with the Osmo trials? I was hoping to get my hands on one!

Morrisson Posted at 2016-1-28 09:23
Yea, it was pretty incredible. Glad you enjoyed it! Whatever happened with the Osmo trials? I was  ...

Don't know. I never kept track of it. I'll ask tomorrow.

DJI-Ken Posted at 2016-1-27 20:34
Don't know. I never kept track of it. I'll ask tomorrow.

Ok! Cool. I'm super interested and I do a lot of work like this. I'd love to shoot with one. I have a bigger Freefly MoVi for larger cameras but the Osmo seems REALLY cool for looonnggg shoots where I travel a lot.

Nice job! Really liked all of the different angles.

theronmalone Posted at 2016-1-28 16:48
Nice job! Really liked all of the different angles.

Thanks! I had six different people shooting...it made for full coverage!