Great video, Russ. I read the title wrong and thought it was a hyperlapse tutorial. My error, but happy I made it. I realize this is an old video, but great info and glad I watched. Can't wait for better weather here and getting out and doing some hyperlapsing and editing!
Great vid! Did you know you can now save the waypoint flight. So you can use one battary to figure out the flight plan. Then land drone switch to a fresh battary then take off. Go back to waypoint hyper laps. Then click on the tiny square page looking icon and load the saved flight. That way the possibilities are endless !!
Excellent review ... going to have to try this and post something now. Your presentation style is low key and I find that such a relief in this world of youtubers who think they have to shout , raise their voice and use the word ‘awesome’ a lot ... thank you
BRILLIANT Russ 👍🏻 Love you new Mic 🎙 & boom arm. The studio looks Great. You done very well with the footage editing 👌🏻 much Love & Respect from #iSpike Western Australia
One of the most amazing things about the mavic Air 2 is its HDR!! It is so good that most of the time you can get away with just using HDR for video and pictures and not even need to do post-production ( color-wise ) at all!! In other words technology is getting so good ( that it can see better than we can see using editing programs to make things right ) even mr have to have the best camera ( Camera buff ) BILLY KYLE has said pretty much the same thing about the HDR on the MAVIC AIR 2! The Air 2 is all about simplicity and spending more time in the AIR and less time in the editing room.. Truly amazing.. ;)
muzikmon2267 there is one small caveat with HDR. Being full auto with no control, I noticed in some situations it drops the shutter speed all the way down to 1/30 in order to properly expose the dark areas, which creates an unusable amount of blur in moving shots
Good one, Russ. Challenge accepted. I've had my MA2 since mid May but have not used the Waypoints feature in hyperlapse because I just figured I'd wait until someone like maybe 51 Drones showed me how it's done. Very cool feature.
I used to really love the D-Cinelike color profile in the Mavic Pro 1, and i'm glad it's included with the Mavic Air 2. I need to try a hyperlapse with the MA2, thanks for the tutorial. Great video as always Russ..
I am aretired teacher and as I see it Your instructions are very clear nd helpful. As I haven't bought MA" yet that s what I can say. But let me add Thank You!
Great video again always on point... I just got my Mavic air 2 and I have LumaFusion in my iPad Pro so I would like u to do a editing video on LumaFusion thanks
I have watched many of your videos. I am on the fence between the Mavic Air 2 and the Mavic Pro 2... I am a photographer and the quality of the film is very important to me. Do you think it is worth getting the pro 2 to get better sunsets/sunrises?
Kathy, I can't answer for Russ, but hands down the Mavic 2 Pro has, by far, the better camera. BUT! The Mavic Air2 using HDR for sunrise/sunset is absolutely outstanding and can potentially be better than the Mavic 2Pro. On my channel, I have an example, June Sunset Over The Water Cooler (don't want to drop a link in here) of Mavic Air 2 HDR at sunset.
I was first drawn to that Hasselblad camera (with a one-inch sensor) on the Mavic 2 Pro, but I went with the Mavic Air 2. I am new to drones, and I felt better starting out with a drone almost half the cost. One day I will own a "Hasselblad".
Russ, i like your videos very much. The one about Zing especially and the one where you tested the lifting power of Mavic drones. It would be nice to have videos of other drone delivery of ultra light payloads ideas for consumer grade vehicles ! Thank you for your work. Andrés from Santiago, Chile.
I have to avert my eyes before I find myself purchasing this drone. 🙈 The MA2 is very tempting and its hyperlapse looks quite ...(wait for it)... cinematic!
Hey! Another great video. I enjoy them all! I too would like a good tutorial from you on use of LumaFusion. I've got a 2020 iPad Pro and have been considering the purchase of LumaFusion, but would like to be able to get a feel for how it works prior to purchase. Thanks and keep up the great work!
Hi Russ. Have really enjoyed your videos! I believe you mentioned in one of your videos a separate video that talked about f-stops and how to choose the best ND filter for use on a Mavic Air 2. Will you kindly direct me to your video where this is covered? Not sure if you also mention this in your video, but what are your thoughts about ND/PL lenses and a CPL vs a CPL and a VND. I'm wanting to do some drone fishing and will be out over the water quite a bit. Thank you for your help and advice.
excellent video. Although I will have to say that the HDR mode is nearly as good is cinelike with post-processing. Where are exactly are the way points stored? So we can use them repeatedly
Hey Russ good stuff man! I have question. How were you able to color correct all if those time lapse photo all at once instead off doing them one at a time? Would love to see a night time lapsenfrom you.
I am editing only with LumarFusion. But using all the time the normal color mode of my Air 2. It would be great if you can create a tutorial for LF and D-Cinelike!!
I think you’re mistaken about what caused your windmill to not stay centered, wind shouldn’t affect anything other than maybe jerkiness in the shot. It wouldn’t affect the direction the drone is facing, especially not by that much. Here’s my take on this, after playing with the HP mode extensively: 1. The way you’re manually flying from waypoint A to waypoint B has no bearing on the root the drone will take. I noticed you were trying to keep the windmill centered while flying manually but that does not matter. You might make small adjustments while flying that you’re not even realizing (like slightly increasing the amount of rotation you’re giving it with the left stick to keep it centered). When executing the HP, the drone will just consider the start position and the end position. What was the start heading, what’s the end heading and how long it will take to transition between these two. Using these it will calculate the rotation speed (e.g. 2 degrees per minute) and just start doing that. It will do the same for all axes on which you made changes. But the transition will be perfectly gradual from A to B. 2. If you use multiple waypoints, in order to avoid jerkiness when changing direction, the drone does a bit of an arc to transition from the A-B movement to the B-C movement, which can also mess your scene a bit if you’re trying to keep something centered at all times.
I used 4 waypoints for that scenario, and I also set the camera position. The day before, I did the exact same sequence using the train trestle, and the final hyperlapse came out the exact same way that I set it. The only variable the next day, was the wind.
I would love a tutorial on how to edit drone footage I have done some editing in this same editing software in school so I know the basics but would like to know more
Do you color correct before you put the videos together? Or after you gave out them all together? If after edit, there will be several blocks of videos that require editing, any simple way to edit it? Copy or paste settings?
Do you archive the original D-cinelike footage, as well as save the color corrected version? Or do you overwrite the original with the corrected version?
Hello, great video. I have the Air 2 and it is awesome but when i use RTH or even manual land on the landing pad it drifts a lot and on auto-landing i have to take control cause it misses the pad, not always but 50% of the times. The Mavic Pro did not do this. Any ideas?
Hi Russ, totally off this subject, on the map of a DJI go 4 app, I noticed a pin drop but never seen any info on the matter, Anywhere, could you cover this sometime. Regards Frank
Hi Russ always very informative 👍 Thanks I have a Question how many anti collision lights is required by the FAA to fly at night recreational Mavic air and Mavic air 2?
Hey I was in a rush to get some drone footage of cyclists I knew doing the pmc and during that rush I accidentally turned on my Mavic air 2 with the gimbal protector on which I know is bad but I saw right away and landed and took it off the gimbal seems fine it can still pitch and yaw from the controller well and stabilize videos the same to my eye still I don’t know If I broke anything or if it’s okay
Hi Russ. A shout out to your videos and recommendations that are included within the videos has been extremely helpful for a newbie such that I am. I did want to ask have you ever tried Dronelink. I have been playing around with it but can't really use it yet as DJI as not released the SDK files (only the Mavic Mini and Mavic Air 2 have not been released) which Dronelink uses. I did get word that Dronelink now has the SDK file for the Mavic Mini and soon will release it in an upcoming update. The software will do an automatic mission that you set the parameters beforehand then it uploads it to their DJI compatible app to fly the mission with. It's very inexpensive at $20 one-time fee. Maybe a video in the future on this topic?
When did this rule come out about flying at night? I thought as a recreational flyer you cannot fly at night at all? If you try to get laanc approval.. it's always rejected no matter what at night!! It doesn't give you an option to say I have a faa-approved light to get nighttime approval. What am I missing?
You can fly at night, see link below. You can fly at night with FAA-approved lights but yeah apps like AirMap don't let you fly in controlled airspace at night no matter what. It's either a feature that isn't added into the app, or there's some regulation buried somewhere (that I can't find) that bans all recreational night time flying in controlled airspace. Rule 6 says no flying at night without lights (aka you can fly at night with lights) www.faa.gov/uas/recreational_fliers/ However, AirMap's website on Rule #5 says don't fly at night: www.airmap.com/rules-to-fly-recreational-drones/ I'm submitting a support ticket to AirMap to get their explanation so we can all have an understanding and operate within the law.
@@chrisharris_arizona So basically if I put a lume cube on my drone.. I can't get permission anyways.. Or do I ignore the rejection and fly anyways.. Thanks for the explanation but I'm still confused on what I can and can't do.. What about the kitty app? Not a fan of that one little confusing. Also the kitty app gives you way more automated information in your text message..
@@muzikmon2267 I sent AirMap a support ticket to get an explanation (hopefully they contact FAA). So I don't know what to tell you other than you can fly at night OUTSIDE of controlled airspace with lights on and don't need permission from AirMap or KittyHawk (still use them to check if you are in controlled airspace though!!!). NEVER fly when you get rejection from the apps when wanting to fly in controlled airspace...that means that Air Traffic Control does not know you are there and will be a major issue for all of us if something bad happens when someone flies unauthorized and causes near misses or damages someone or some thing.
@muzikmon2267 I finally got some clarification! Recreational flying at night with lights is permitted as long as it is not in airspace where LAANC authorization is needed between civil sunrise and civil sunset. AKA the FAA doesn’t want recreational flyers flying near airports at night in controlled airspace...completely understandable. But you CAN fly at night with lights outside of the controlled airspace areas. You CAN fly in controlled airspace during civil twilight with lights with LAANC authorization...so in most places a half hour before sunrise to half hour after sunset. I tested AirMap out (just for authorization) and said I was going to fly at my local sunset time and said I was flying for 30 minutes and it was approved. I then tested it to where I was going to fly 1 minute after my local sunset time and flying for 30 minutes and it rejected it as the 30 minutes of flight would then be 1 minute after civil sunset. Here is a link to the FAA LAANC rules document. Page 24 of the PDF (page 16 in document) shows a table of what USS’s (apps like AirMap or Kittyhawk) are obligated to do. The 2nd row says to block LAANC approval at night. But once again, outside of these areas you are good to go with lights! www.faa.gov/uas/programs_partnerships/data_exchange/laanc_for_industry/media/FAA_sUAS_LAANC_USS_Performance_Rules.pdf#page20 I hope this clears it up for everyone!
@@chrisharris_arizona Yes it does thank you!! but what stinks is that there's so many airports everywhere that's almost impossible to find places that are not controlled airspace.
Great video! I just bought the mavic air 2 as my first drone and I have tried some timelaps posted on Instagram @jostein_76. My question: if I want to do timelaps with waypoints, is it possible to make a path of waypoints then save/ store them, change battery and then do the recording of the timelap?
Hello I'm 63 years old living in Iran!? I'm very impressed to have one!? But so broke with what is going on in the world!? Do you have any giveaway cameras..??! Thanks..god bless you and your company.
Why minimal to no horizon on you hyper lapse? Do you find it more steady with way points than corse lock? When I do corse lock it seems very jumpy. Last 10 second of video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rQEbg1YVVqU.html