the other day i was messing mith a camera trying to sort out a new lens and jello,,,, was just in atti to see how hard it was to hit a second story.... it was tough to fly but you could easily get used to doing it. this was just filmed in 108024p, you could do it in 108060p and crank down the speed to 30-40% and have flicker free hd...
Excellent stuff Kloner!!
Well I have to make some observations about your roof: it is in replacement condition and should be evaluated by a licensed roofer. I would guess it to be 20+ years old and beyond its useful life!! The 1st portion you show in the video with all of the exposed fiberglass interior membrane (white in the video) must be facing south as thats the typical failure mode for the portion of the roof receiving the most sun. I would have wanted to look more closely at the white flat roofed portion at the back, it looks like it was coated maybe 6 to 8 years ago, would have to see it more closely but it probably needs to be cleaned, prepped and recoated. Typical coating would last 3 to 5 years.
So what I want to do is obviously doable, just need to decide on the platform and camera system. Appreciate that I tend to incorporate pictures in my inspection reports, not video. That said it would be best to have the platform be able to do both.
Here is an area on the roof where the litter needs to be clean off. Not easy to see in the picture but the neighbor had a large tree removed that overgrew this house, but the litter from that tree had never been removed.
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Here is an example of a distance shot giving context to a broken tile, in my inspection software I would draw a circle around the tiles in the valley and label it broken tile.
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After that I would show this close-up
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So in continuing to do more and more research I have a couple of questions maybe you can answer:
1. I'm seeing where 5.8Mhz is less likely to work behind walls, roof sections, etc. Kinda like if you would have dropped around to the backside of the house in your video to look closer at the white roofed section, what do you think? I'm seeing where 2.4Mhz would be less likely to drop out? I guess the issue would be controlling the platform with 2.4Mhz and the video with 5.8Mhz so you could atleast get your bird back if the pictures started dropping out? Maybe the issue of dropping out in the context of your video is mute as the distances are not that great?
2. As you can tell from my pictures it would be best for me to be able to zoom. I did not see any reference on this forum to the use of CHDK (
http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php) to remotely control cheap point and shoot, expensive DSLR, or camcorders via RC to activate the shutter, zoom and many other photo setup features like monitoring battery life of camera, longer exposure times, ability to get RAW files, etc. Did I miss something on the forum, has this option been discussed?
I am currently using a Canon A2300 with: 16M Pixels, 28mm wide angle lens, and 5X optical zoom that weighs 125 grams versus the GoPro 3+ at 73 grams and I could remotely operate the tilt of the Zenmuse H3-G2 gimbal and the zoom of the A2300 using RC. In my case when I'm doing inspections I have the A2300 set to the lowest resolution as can be seen from the pictures I include in a PDF report. Maybe I could shoot at a higher resolution from the platform and then crop and drop to a lower resolution to insert into the report?
Then the issue is what would be the best low-cost platform that would allow me to gimbal mount on a tiltable gimbal the heavier point and shoot camera and not produce significant jello with the 5X zoom? I'm thinking the DJI Phantom 2??
Also it appears there is a known bug with the A2300 version of CHDK that does not allow the A2300 to auto-focus while zooming so I would have to find an alternative camera but I think we are looking at less than $100.
What do you think guys??