Recent content by BobaFut

Drones are just a cheaper way to get that sweet sweet aerial footage of the chase to pass along to the media to frame the story like an action movie.

I find Skydio's close ties to US law enforcement, effectively trying to become the "official drone of the US Surveillance State" to be more problematic than DJI's tenuous ties to the Chinese government.

I'd settle for the ability to use waveforms/false color and preview LUTs. At the very least, anything with a "Pro" label on it should have basic video exposure tools!

Why is that a fair assumption? Visitors are allowed on the base, VIPs, press, and many others are given tours...*satellites exist.* This is all happening out in the open air. What about private or commercial planes that fly nearby that give a view onto the shipyard? While there are systems...

Ahhhh gotcha. I see what you're saying after rereading. I got hung up on the "bringing up the shadows" part and read that as shooting to underexpose. But yes, we're on the same page!

There's never one right answer, but with LOG footage (on any camera, not just DJI) you generally want to err on the side of overexposure (what I would call "exposing to the right of the histogram" which seems to be the reverse of how you have it?) because bringing up shadows introduces a lot of...

I say this in the most positive way possible...no one cares. The FAA isn't coming after you because you took some photos of some roofs after a storm. Any quibbles with the way you're operating your drone in terms of recreational vs 107--at least as you describe it--is just extreme hair-splitting.

You might consider using an ND rather than upping the shutter speed, particularly if you'll be mixing such footage with other footage, just because it might look kinda funny. The 30fps/125s footage (86.4-degree shutter angle) will look extremely sharp and so might stand out with 30fps/60s...

A Mavic 3 will be shooting 10-bit whether it's outputting H265 D-Log or D-Log in ProRes. ProRes just has less compression, so it requires less processing power (and preferred by industry pros for that reason, particularly shops that use Macs), but there's no difference in colors and you'd...

I don't understand the distance videos on YouTube, it's just not an interesting topic to me. Even if BVLOS was allowed and with no limits, my willingness to risk losing my drone will run out waaaay before it starts nearing its maximum range. I don't think the FAA does or should care about...

I've never needed to worry about this level of fine-tuning, but the way I would approach this is to use an ND that is more matched to the 3x lens and keep the ISO as low as possible with that, with maybe a bit of breathing room. Then on the primary lens I'd just use ISO to match the exposure...

You might want to read the rest of my post before wagging your finger at me.

Except that permission is not theirs to grant? I'm not saying one shouldn't ask, or that asking isn't good practice (I wouldn't but that's just me), just that the stadium has no authority to refuse under the circumstances outlined by the OP. Edit: I'll add that I think the OP handled it well by...

This was my thought as well, although I think in reality it would only apply to you selling the images and/or using them commercially and not simply taking them (IME stock footage sites generally let you sell this type of stuff but the end use is limited to things like educational use). But of...

Just don't? Like seriously, that's really all I can say. If you aren't sure how to do it, then you probably shouldn't be doing it in a high-stakes situation like this. There are pilots/companies that specialize in indoor flying and have the insurance and all that to go along with it and it's not...