On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:25:17 -0400, Alex wrote:


I'm surprised how steady that video is. They have come a long way.

These days they can manipulate the image digitally, fixing on a spot
so "steady" is not an issue as long as you can keep it in frame.

On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 8:47:31 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:25:17 -0400, Alex wrote:


I'm surprised how steady that video is. They have come a long way.

These days they can manipulate the image digitally, fixing on a spot
so "steady" is not an issue as long as you can keep it in frame.

That's not what's happening here. Not only is the drone locking in on GPS coordinates and staying there, the camera's gimbals are also stabilized to provide a steady picture. You can see the effect of that early in the video when I'm ascending. The dark "halo" that appears in the top of the frame is actually the camera guard. It's a black bubble that snaps on with a cutout for the lens view. As the gimbal rotates up to compensate for my jerky movement the camera get a glimpse of the edge of the cutout. I'm going to spend a few minutes with a Dremel tool to fix that.