Recent content by CoastalBird

I use Airmap. It works well, and it's free. The grid overlays are especially helpful in planning flights with clients.

OMG! That's terrible.

The other thing to look out for is people on the ground. Tall buildings are generally present in densely populated areas, and with the obstacles they present and variable winds often found among them, you should try to leave some extra room for error and unexpected gusts. Sounds like you were...

Is it possible that you're seeing the effects of re-compression from online video services? I'm not saying that the X5 has no issues due to a relatively low bitrate, but I don't think watching a video on YouTube or Vimeo is really the right way to judge how susceptible any camera is to such issues.

In my footage, it doesn't happen with the X3 like you're suggesting. Noise, yes. But, I don't see flicker when I've locked AE and ISO.

Do you mean the sudden iris/ISO changes due to auto-exposure on the X3? You can lock your ISO and exposure, and then it won't do that.

Really nice - thanks for sharing. I take it this was filmed with the X5 (and DJI Lens), and not the X5R? I see a new shock absorption plate is required to dampen the bigger camera. Did you do that yourself, and was it a big deal?