Recent content by Wing Commander Smyth

Oh might be worth following up by saying we were on Osmo RAW ..... so no vibration issues related to being used on a drone. Just incase people think the drone is causing excessive vibrations.

Just my 2p's worth, we've used the 45mm on 2 jobs (video/X5R) and had vibration issues. I think it boils down to your personal standard. For me it's too jerky to be happy (but we did smooth out most in post so it was used). But then client saw the raw footage and said "that's great!"....didn't...

I'm with @creativedogmedia. Used the 45mm for 2 video shoots now on the X5R and both times we get tiny jerks/vibration in the picture, almost like the lens is trying to stabalise itself. Not all the time, but enough to be a headache. Most can be smoothed out in post....but it's a risk. I...

Right - i'm gonna say it (deep breath) .... I can not see any sentence or circumstance described in my PFAW (Sept 2016) that says I can not fly directly overhead of things outside of my control, including congested areas, as long as I am 50m minimum away at any point. My 2 (a) is also different...

Oh yes, of course! I am sub 7kg.....so I can fly overhead! Brain hurts......

Phew! So I'm not going mad, you have no idea how many times I read and re-read that section, just to make sure! So even though it doesn't say I can't fly overhead....I still can't because of an ANO.......I need to find this! Why doesn't the CAA just email us all when operating rules are...

Here you go - what am I missing???

So hang on......I thought this was clear, but not anymore (classic!) So you can't set yourself at 51m all and go for a cruise over a village (for example) unless your flight path does not go over any house (good luck achieving that!)..... Here is a screen grab of my PFAW......ummm in a sec!

Interesting??? My PFAW 2016, issued 3 weeks ago does NOT have the word "overhead" anywhere in article 2-e...when was your PFAW issued???

Hi All Some friends of mine have a shoot on tomorrow, in Cornwall, and their SSD is in the hands of Royal Mail and nowhere to be seen. If anyone is interested in renting out their SSD to these guys, who are a 100% pro filming company, can you let me know asap. Many thanks!

Hi Alistair Happy to have helped. As you say, the tech is moving soooooo fast, something completely new will be an option in 6 months, a year, like HDR......what new fun that will bring!

Hi Alistair Its a great camera. It reminds me a bit of the DSLR revolution in video. They were not ideal, no ND, no built it XLR sound, you need a rig etc etc but the picture......was amazing for the money. Thats the X5R. Yes, its a bit of a pain in the process to get a finished picture...

I think it has changed MStacey. I've just had my PFAW renewed and sent through last week, and it states under article "d" ... "over or within 150 metres of an organised open air assembly of more than 1,000 persons" and for article "e"..."within 50 metres of any person, vessel, vehicle or...

Hiya Ok, so i'm away at the mo, but when I get back, I'll upload a sample .dng from a D-log shoot and the same from yesterdays "none" shoot and you can see first hand, would that be ok? Just to give you some back ground, my day job is using a Canon C300 camera, shooting log, colour...

Hi J Ok so this IS weird. Just done a full days shoot in 4K RAW, colour profile "None" and it looks a WORLD apart from all the previous stuff we have filmed in D-Log......so on my camera, with my settings, the picture profile definitely has an effect on the RAW image.......but for you it (and...