Recent content by Xanth

Honestly, the folded Mavic is easier to stick in a pocket than the all-pokey-outy Spark. The difference is in the ability of the Spark to be in the air immediately after turning it on. Though, even that is something that I think the Mavic could do if DJI added the functionality to the software...

I agree with most of these observations too. Except the very last one, but that's subjective depending on how much disposable income you have. The original question of this post focused on what does a Spark give you that a Mavic doesn't, and implied in that is the proviso 'that's worth the...

Good points. I'm eager to hear what additional conclusions you come to after you've thoroughly tested it. Though my advice would be to hurry and come to your conclusions within 7 days of purchase.

I did some digging myself. First, at least half the time I was in gesture mode I had my phone connected as a controller and got 1440x1080. Apparently, I never took any gesture shots with the RC attached (because that would defeat the purpose). Second, I've never thoroughly tested gestures on...

OR you could just hit the land button, slide the slider, and put your hand under it. Voila!

I have! If you're not in gesture mode it fights with all it has, and I couldn't get it to shut down with the controller so I had to yank off the battery. One more thing. If you take it out of gesture with the controller and then put it back in, it won't hand land UNLESS you execute one of the...

I almost feel like the take-off and landing with your hand shouldn't be considered part of "gesture mode" since it doesn't involve any gestures. I can't see any reason why they shouldn't add that functionality to every quad with down-facing sensors. Actual gesture commands sans controller are...

And once I got around to using wifi, I didn't see a big difference between it and OTG.

That was my experience at first. By practicing while watching the front LEDs carefully I was able to get consistent results. Then when I looked on the SD card and found the shots were all postage stamps with random blurry areas, I said the same thing as you. Gestures are pointless, which for me...

I was told by a very knowledgeable person that DJI will use Litchi flying as a reason to invalidate warranty, DJI Care, etc. If there's any chance you may try to return your Spark, stay clear.

Please report how DJI responds.

I buy everything from Amazon...normally. They didn't get the Mavic's soon enough, and I assumed it would be the same for the Spark. Next time for sure. DJI.com is dead to me.

Can't say, but if you think it's going to make the Spark unusable then I recommend you act quickly. My experience with DJI today left me thinking that they're getting inundated with return requests. I've never been abruptly disconnected in a chat before, but when I started to list the many...

If it doesn't worry you too much, it would be interesting to know what happens if you don't have a controller attached. That said, DJI confirmed the low-res gesture shots in a chat today, and refused to call it a defect. Even though he said over and over that developers might change it in the...

That was my first instinct too, but over a few days their policy seems to be getting worse, so I found another way to offload it that'll set me back ~$50. It could be worse.