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  1. Av8Chuck

    What's better then a gopro?

    You should never use autofocus with AP anyway, or auto anything for that matter. Maybe Auto ISO if your in a challenging high contrast situation. I think the NEX's are much better than the GoPro and still small enough to fly with a quad, though with a 3-axis gimbal you'd be better off with Hex...
  2. Av8Chuck

    Show what you filmed - Post Your Video Here

    That was great. You have to love anything produced by a company called "yellowbellytell!" Here's my contribution to Planes, Trains and Automobiles...
  3. Av8Chuck

    Greetings from Utah

    I don't see why not. Welcome.
  4. Av8Chuck

    GH4 is shipping

    Doesn't the Metabones Speedbooster work with the GH4? A Panasonic rep at NAB said that it did.
  5. Av8Chuck

    GH4 is shipping

    What was DJIs "sneaky announcement"?
  6. Av8Chuck

    Want to Buy MRV for Fun and Photos around $1000 +/-

    I'm not a fan of DJI but I have to admit its pretty hard to beat the Phantom. I use the SuperX controller which I think flies much better but it doesn't have all of the bells and whistles the Phantom has. I have not flown this but you might want to check it out...
  7. Av8Chuck

    Want to Buy MRV for Fun and Photos around $1000 +/-

    Have you checked out the Phantom 2? Regarding flying at higher density altitudes, if your just flying a GoPro with a 2-axis gimbal it should fly fine. It will be a little soft but the NAZA seems to perform better and the Phantom will smooth out nicely. However if your heavy, using a 3-axis...
  8. Av8Chuck

    How does this keep happening... what can we do about it?

    Do you know that he didn't have permission to shoot this? I just did a shoot at a major International US airport and did about 10 aerial shots. The people on the airliners that were taxing by could certainly see what we were doing and if any of them caught our flights on their cell phones and...
  9. Av8Chuck

    How does this keep happening... what can we do about it?

    I hope you guys don't think I'm a jerk but I didn't really see anything wrong with that video. He didn't appear to fly over people, with a fisheye its hard to tell but it appeared that he was below 400', and he didn't seem to fly erratically. If I were flying a helicopter that low up the river...
  10. Av8Chuck

    How does this keep happening... what can we do about it?

    That video was apparently already taken down. As a commercial pilot I can tell you that there is absolutely no mention of RC or commercial AP from RC in the FAR/AIM which means that this doesn't fall under the jurisdiction of the FAA. The likelihood of a mid air collision between an RC and...
  11. Av8Chuck

    Spidex V3 quaternium brushless gimbal

    Where do you get that gimbal? I checked out their website and its a bit confusing figuring out what's what?
  12. Av8Chuck

    Show what you filmed - Post Your Video Here

    The aerial is great these comments are more general rule of thumb kind of things for video production. Dissolves denote a change of location or time, I know people think their artsy but they really slow down the pacing which might be one reason it feels a bit long. Some of your shots were a...
  13. Av8Chuck

    GH4 is shipping

    Not sure what this was supposed to prove other than you should never shoot in auto white balance. The color balance was off in almost all of the shots. Also if your shooting RAW white balance is not as critical, pick the one that's closest to what you want so you can work with it in the...
  14. Av8Chuck

    Show what you filmed - Post Your Video Here

    This is a back handed compliment, your footage is so good that its often hard to tell that its aerial, its like your on a 400' tripod and your just doing slow, easy pans and tilts.
  15. Av8Chuck

    AP Businesses: Three Social Media Platforms You Can’t Afford To Ignore

    Not sure I understand your point? There's a lot of hyperbole in the original article, a lot of "statistics" and statistics can be interpreted anyway someone likes, but we live in an ever increasing connected world and its a bit naive to think that social media is not having an impact on...
  16. Av8Chuck

    XAircraft Super x on qav 400

    I don't know who Mr, Spalling is but I know a little about it. http://www.iplayerhd.com/player/c88119f6-cd22-4684-be9e-d689dd62ff85
  17. Av8Chuck

    AP Y6 Options

    It is a little pricey, however, it flies almost as smooth as the HFPro, its as responsive as the OPCC, the position and hold and altitude hold is better than DJI's, the software is simple and very stable and customer support is pretty good. I had three Open Pilot CC FC's, I like them a lot...
  18. Av8Chuck

    AP Y6 Options

    What camera are you hoping to fly? I'm not impressed with what I've seen of the 3DR RTF Y6, granted its all second hand information. I have not flown one or seen one flown in person. Depending on you aversion to building something I'd recommend this frame...
  19. Av8Chuck

    XAircraft Super x on qav 400

    Looks pretty stable. I think you should have been more worried about his driving, either that car is gutless or he didn't know how to drift it at all.
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