My new drone's here!
$&%#!
Oh my god it's so small!
I love this thing already!
and without having to press anything, it comes and lands from right in front of me
How good is that?
first flight was successful one key lesson learned is don't fly when the sun
is that close to the horizon unless you have ND filters because it's going to
mean everything's blown out you can see in those photos that I took they look good
but a lot of the details are lost because the sun was that close to the
horizon and it causes overexposure all around the image so aim to shoot between
the hours of say 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. when the sun is overhead because
remember the drone captures everything beneath it so if the sun is above it you
will be problem free
okay so that was awesome the Mavic Air is the perfect hybrid between the Spark
and the Mavic pro so I wanna share with you guys my top three pros and cons for
shooting in asteroid mode with the Mavic Air the first pro is the size this thing
is so small it can literally fit in your pocket it really does make a difference
not having to carry around a big bag just like with a 360 camera the
smaller your camera the more likely you are to be able to take it out and get
awesome shots whenever you want not only when you have a big backpack with you so
the size is a massive win for the Mavic Air it comes with this case and
I love this thing it's so small so handy and very easy to transport your Mavic
air without it getting damaged the first con is the exposure as you guys saw I
was shooting around sunset and everything was fine when I was shooting
in close capturing me waving at the camera but as it went out into the tiny
planet the edges of the planet were clearly overexposed and it totally blew
everything out and it affected the darker areas of the image this isn't an
issue when you're shooting in the middle of the day and the Sun is overhead but
you will want to be careful whenever you have strong harsh sunlight and the sun
is on the side of the panorama one way to help combat this is buying ND filters for
the air they just clip on I'll put a link down the description to where you
can get them, I've got some on order from gearbest so that is a solution for
evening out your exposure the next pro is the ease of use this thing is so easy
to use I haven't flown a drone in about six months and I was able to pick it up
and fly straight away and get awesome shots the app is so easy to use it's so
intuitive it will take a bit of setting up to begin with linking the controller
and connecting the app to the drone but once you've gotten past that you'll be
able to take this thing out of your backpack and be shooting within two to
three minutes and a lot of the shooting modes do everything for you all you need
to do is just tap the screen and it will fly up and take a tiny planet fly back
down in front of you and wait for its next command it is so easy to use even
an idiot like me can fly this thing with ease
the next con of the Mavic air is to do with wind while it does do a good job at
fighting wind when you are shooting a pano with this thing you're taking
around 10 to 20 photos and if there's any wind whatsoever it will affect the
stitch so it will help going out on a less windy day and you may need to
retake your tiny planet a few times to get it just right I would say over 50%
of my asteroids ended up with stitching issues so it is something you will need
to redo and redo however it is worth doing that because you're going to end
up with an awesome result in the end so you just need a little bit of patience
the next Pro is you can do everything on your phone not only the shooting of your
360s and your drone shots but the editing as well you don't need to go to
your computer to do anything. Like with 360 cameras a mobile workflow is going
to save you so much time in the long run so it's really handy being able to edit
straight from the drone you can connect wirelessly to your phone download as
much footage as you want and edit right there within the DJI app and send to
your social media channels speaking of social media the final con is to do
with the aspect ratio when you upload to social media while the asteroid starts
is a 16:9 window as it's close on you and it zooms out by the
end of it it crops in to a square this is absolutely fine on Instagram if
you're shooting for Instagram it will go natively with the square format of
Instagram however if you're uploading anywhere else you're going to be getting
black bars come in from either side and turn it into a square this is kind of
annoying and I hope they fix this in a future firmware update I can see the DJI
drones are getting more and more 360 and pano friendly so hopefully they'll take
the hint and patch in the sides so the end of that movement isn't quite as
jarring overall I'd say this is the best drone I've ever owned it's so easy to
use you can do everything in minutes once you get the hang of it you do need
to practice a bit but once you have a basic understanding of the overall
workflow of the drone you'll be shooting amazing tiny planets and drone shots in
minutes. Just like with the spark the Mavic air also has sphere mode which
means it takes a 360 photo from the sky in all directions and stitches it
together into a high-res panorama I won't cover that too much in this video
but just so you guys know it does have it and that is another awesome feature
for us 360 photographers because it means you don't need a 360 camera and
you don't have to hoist your 360 camera up into the air and risk it falling off
and dying a slow explosive death! If you're thinking of picking up a Mavic
Air I've arranged some coupon codes for you guys to buy the Mavic air on its
own or the flymore kit on gearbest.com from what I've seen these are the
cheapest prices on the internet so check the description of this video and there
very well may be a coupon code I can't promise you it's going to last forever
but I'll try my best to keep updating it and keep giving you guys that really
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until next time be sure to capture your world in 360 and me, and Mavic Air
will see you in the next video!