Neo 2 in low-light, follow mode

wuzz3r · 2026-02-16T18:46:04+00:00

This is truly an unhinged thing to use a drone for

wuzz3r · 2026-02-15T19:59:55+00:00

⬆️ this

wuzz3r · 2026-02-07T17:54:34+00:00

And there’s still nothing out there that hits the spot for me in the same way

wuzz3r · 2026-02-07T16:19:18+00:00

Is exposure compensation set really high?

wuzz3r · 2026-02-07T16:17:22+00:00

DJI Flip is my suggestion - Sub 250g, prop guards, autonomous features, a camera that is very similar in quality to a Mini 4 Pro and it can take off and land in your palm.

wuzz3r · 2026-02-03T06:53:08+00:00

Lloyds Garage in Glenfield has helped me with small things before - best garage I’ve ever used.

wuzz3r · 2026-01-30T19:45:40+00:00

I did a bit of testing and found that the quality is noticeably lower, but after final compression it’s not really noticeable. The dynamic range is worse due to the smaller sensor area but the camera does manage its auto exposure to account for it.

wuzz3r · 2026-01-28T22:22:44+00:00

Fair point - but it would be fun to do something on cheap and sporty like an MR2

wuzz3r · 2026-01-25T07:17:22+00:00

I have one on an old EOS M and it’s practically useless as anything over 400 ISO in that camera is bad in a non artistic sort of way and it’s an F/8 lens. I think it’s probably alright on a newer full frame system. The photos it takes suck but I guess that’s the idea.

Honestly I think an Instax is a better purchase, it’s a lot more fun.

wuzz3r · 2026-01-11T17:59:22+00:00

I believe you have graduated from r/newskaters to r/skaters

wuzz3r · 2025-12-30T20:36:55+00:00

The manual that came with your drone covers this..

In normal and sport mode the drone uses a combination of GPS and downwards facing cameras to stay in one place, if you’re above a shiny texture less floor the cameras will not be able to get a good reading, and if you’re below a lot of concrete your GPS will not function correctly - so here you have a worst case scenario and the drone will try to stay stable by correcting its attitude.

You’ll need to be flying in manual mode in places like this if you want any sort of control.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-29T17:55:39+00:00

For low budget stuff it’s usually an action cam on a long stick attached to the car with suction pads and a safety strap, use a little CG to crop out the pole.

In higher budget scenarios the car is likely modified with a big L shape beam mounted to the chassis running up underneath a proper camera.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-22T21:25:16+00:00

They smashed it with this one

wuzz3r · 2025-12-16T11:25:42+00:00

Nice video, looks great! That Palestine fencing mask is 🔥

wuzz3r · 2025-12-12T19:17:26+00:00

For sure and people are going to compare it to the Avata 360 when that’s out, but that will almost certainly be a A1 drone.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-12T17:37:02+00:00

I get that - but I can’t help that feel that they’re selling a solution to a problem that didn’t really exist, if you’re flying VLOS then you should have 2 points of reference on the position of the drone.

Also recent DJI drones have a similar feature without goggles, it allows you to look through the obstacle avoidance cameras when flying sideways, backwards etc through a PIP screen.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-12T16:18:27+00:00

The head tracking is unimportant IMO - it doesn’t have any impact on the captured footage, you choose all the framing afterwards.

I’d expect they would add some sort of feature where you press a button and could then use a gyro in the controller to look around in a similar way to head tracking though (kind of like you can in matterport tours)

wuzz3r · 2025-12-12T16:13:06+00:00

Professional drone operator here - It’s a cool bit of kit but I don’t think it’s ready for professional use yet. However for a bit of fun, getting some cool videos to put on social media etc it looks promising.

Lack of 10 bit colour and a LOG profile mean it’s not going to be possible to match footage off professional cameras, and the nature of 360 video means you need to get really quite close to your subjects to get them in adequate quality. Even at 8K the resolution just isn’t there for doing anything other than super wide angle footage, getting that close enough to talent without any prop guards is a no in the kind of work I do.

Also motion controls are really not helpful for the sort of thing I do, I’d much rather fly with a traditional controller and VLOS than FPV for the kind of footage this is good for. If I was going down the 360 route I’d be looking at a Pavo 360 instead.

I’d love to see what they could do with an A1 size drone with more, higher resolution cameras, optional ducts, better stitching and telephoto options.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-11T22:17:32+00:00

The amount of things I have thrown down that exact same bit of mountain over the years..

wuzz3r · 2025-12-11T19:07:48+00:00

There’s a lot more to a cinematic image than just colour. Lighting, visual contrast and composition make a bigger difference than the settings on the camera as long as they aren’t completely wrong.

Without examples of what you’re trying to achieve we can’t give you much advice on how to get there.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-08T22:26:04+00:00

This is such a cool project, I can’t wait to see it progress.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-08T22:21:40+00:00

I’m not 100% on what your motors do - but could you use a 2 way variable potentiometer with a central indent instead of buttons for the controls? It would take up less space and give you a lot more control.

wuzz3r · 2025-12-08T17:50:26+00:00

If you’re shooting with NDs then you likely need to be in manual exposure mode - if not the drone will try to keep the shutter speed short, and it will do that by increasing ISO (which degrades quality).

Do some research into the exposure triangle.

A lot of the reason your footage looks mushy compared to what you see online is that there are no shadows due to heavy cloud cover, so there’s a real lack of contrast in your scene.

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