Recent content by Jeff K

If you compare them side by side with your nose a few centimetres from the screen, you can see it - but sit an average viewing distance from a 50" tv and you won't see much difference between 1080p and 4k. Steve Yedlin, cinematographer of "The Last Jedi" wrote a great white paper for American...

Being new to flying drones, I'm always over-anxious when I'm flying my Spark - I really can't afford to replace it if I lose it or break it - but I find the adrenaline rush you get when you actually manage to complete the mission and bring it back in one piece is worth every second of anxiety...

Yes, I’m always hesitant to add anything extra to the Spark, especially to the camera. I’m surprised it didn’t make any difference though. Not sure if it’s just coincidence but thinking about it, I haven’t had any real issues with the sun and haze or propellor flicker since I put an ND filter on...

If the sun is coming from the wrong angle then potentially yes. It can eliminate that flicker you see on the screen as the light comes through the blades. It can also do what any other sunshade would do and help reduce flaring and haze if the light hits the lens at too acute an angle. I’m not...

I power on the Spark, then the remote, then connect the app once the remote has connected to the Spark.

The app updated for me yesterday but it works fine with both my OTG cables.

It’s the option that will give you the best quality. You only get three choices. Use the footage at 30p, conform it to 24p for an 80% slow down, or fake it and have the NLE / a plug-in invent the extra frames. You can probably get to 50% speed through software without it looking too bad. As a...

Hi all, I was just answering a question elsewhere in the forum when I realised I hadn’t stopped by to introduce myself. I’m a first time flyer and loving the Spark although I’ve mostly been pottering around in the local park and I haven’t really taken it for a serious flight yet. I’m still at...

Edit 24p, conform the 30p to that. Now you’re playing back at 80% original speed. Not super slow but smoother than the original 30p.

I feel you pain. I'm having a similar time here in Tasmania.. Today the wind was only 16kph (10mph) but it was gusting at 67kph (40mph). Looks like that's going to continue through into next week. Don't feel quite so bad when I see the wind where you are though...

I think any iPad mini from 2 onwards would work but the Mini 2 is probably going to be working hard to run the app and be on the borderline of being left behind by the Go4 app requirements.

The Spark shoots 1080p video which equates to a roughly 2MP image. Your only option for higher resolution is to take stills. Or upgrade to a 4K capable drone like one of the Mavics which will give you roughly 8MP per frame.

in the case of this exmple, the ideal filter would be an ND64 but Polar Pro dont make one so the calculator can't suggest more than an ND32. That means correct exposure is going to be at a shutter speed of 1/120 or thereabouts. The only thing this affects is motion blur, the ideal being a 180...

I’m only new to the Spark so I’m only just playing with the camera settings - and I rarely use auto exposure on any camer - so I am a bit vague about how you lock the exposure using the user interface but I’m assuming it does have it because exposure lock is one of the options you can set for...

Hmmm... apparently the forum software won't let me edit on a Mac. Anyway, they sell the adapters separately which s great. Looks like a MavMount is the way to go.