Recent content by SparkPete

If low noise is very important for you, get a Parrot Anafi. There is nothing in DJI‘s portfolio that comes close, not even the Platinum. Well you sacrify other things ... I say this as a guy who owns a Spark, Air and Anafi.

... forgot to mention, you get true course lock and home lock as well with the mod app.

Frankly I tried all ways to use my iPad 4 mini with the Spark controller incl. a couple of holders and finally came to the conclusion, that a larger phone ergonomically makes more sense for me. Plus the screen on recent iPhones or Galaxies is much brighter than the screen of the iPad mini. That...

As others mentioned: Tap & Fly and gesture control though the latter is nice to impress other people especially the younger ones. Pause is necessary in emergencies though I‘d trade it for the way it works on my Parrot Anafi immediately, where any command with the stick immediately cancels...

I‘d go with the mod app because of easy FCC mode switching and Mavic flight modes. Go with 4.1.22 if you do not use an OTG cable otherwise 4.1.14 or 15. If you are tec savy patch it yourself. That way you can install all 3 plus the latest GO4 app in parallel with working maps. Just make sure...

Well if you are not interested in taking photos and videos of cause you can fly with just the controller. Otherwise it doesn’t make sense without any feedback about what you are capturing. As others mentioned you don‘t have a flight log, so in case of a fly away you have little chance to find...

I have a gimbal protector but frankly I think you don‘t need one if you carry your Spark in a case. And without a protector you cannot forget to take it off which happens occasionally and leads to a gimbal overload error. On the other hand prop holders can be convenient if you use a case as the...

As you mention the mod app, I assume you are on Android. Why not install both? On my Galaxy I have Mod apps 4.1.14, 4.1.15 and 4.1.22 and latest regular GO 4 (for my Air).

Tried the Litchi beta on Android yesterday. Waypoints and orbit now works with Spark. :D OTG cable was still connected from my prior flight with the GO4 app and to my surprise OTG worked with Litchi beta as well. I think prior versions didn‘t support OTG. Bad surprise was, that Litchi beta on...

As you are using Android I‘d also recommend to use Mod app. Much quicker and more reliable to get into FCC mode than the fake GPS approach. Plus you get all the flight modes from the Mavic Pro like cinematic, orbit, waypoints. Don‘t see any good reason to use the official GO4 app and permanently...

Yes, as long as you keep the batteries comfortably warm. ;)

Fullauto is really surprising. Would have expected pumping exposure on every explosion. And what did choose for the Air. Have the same combo Spark + Air. Won’t be able to get those shots in my country as night-flights need a commercial permit, which is out of my reach.

Beautiful. How did you nail exposure? What were the settings? Did you shoot in dlog with the Air and correct in post?

Don’t think so but it wouldn’t matter. A CPL is a linear polarizer with a "quarter wave plate" on the back, which turns linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light. You need this if there is some polarizing component in the light beam AFTER the polarizer, like the semitransparent...

You can use the prop guards. The spinning propellers become invisible to the eye, so all you can see against the sky is the body and arms generating the x-shape. The prop guards though tiny on itself increase that shape significantly. Plus they have the advantage you can fly your drone into...