Subj : New (for me) drone
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Sep 01 2023 01:24 pm

  Re: New (for me) drone
  By: Digital Man to All on Fri Sep 01 2023 09:47 am

 DM> So I rushed over to Costco and purchased whatever DJI drone they had for
 DM> sale: the DJI Mini 3 combo (comes with a 64GB SD Card and some ND filters)
 DM> for $429. Without opening the box or setting it up or testing anything, I
 DM> brought it with us and the second day of the vaca, I took it out and flew
 DM> for the first time. Wow! It was so easy setup and fly and the photos and
 DM> videos are incredible (both 1080/60 and 4K/30). It weighs less than 250g,
 DM> which apparently is a magic number these days, so you don't have to
 DM> register with the FAA or use the RemoteID broadcast/transponder thing. I
 DM> took it up to 1000ft above sea level and flew over some neighboring
 DM> islands a few thousand feet away until the video feed started to cut out -
 DM> but that's way further than I could maintain FPV with my Phantom 3. And
 DM> everything was just much more slick and quicker/easier to start flying
 DM> each time. More fun!

That's cool.  I've thought about buying a drone and getting some photos & video, but I haven't really looked into it much yet.

Nightfox

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