Lens Choice, by Little Dipper

I have an Operational Authorisation which was a PfCO until Jan 1 this year and to stick to CAA rules about separation from uninvolved people and, although the rules have changed this year about 50m plus from roads, structures and vessels, I selected a dji 50mm prime lens as well as keeping to a 60-70m distance. This is 150m for other operators. Unless they are flying a tiny sub 250gm drone. In fact the new rules seem to have caught a dose of Covid lockdown complexity but we soldier on.

The 50mm lens makes your subject appear much closer than it actually is which compensates for having almost a Usain Bolt distance between you and your subject.

New DJI FPV kit released this week

Flying with FPV goggles in a sort of virtual reality with high speed acrobatic shots is the craze this year and you’ll see a lot more of that on Top Gear and the Red Bull Channel but the filmic ease of a very exact shoot of a long object like an old pier is hard to beat.

FPV throwback
Having said that I can’t wait to add the kit featured in the picture above to my repertoire. I learned to fly on rc helicopters which were a nightmare as they were always rushing somewhere. They have no gps control like drones which if you take your hands off the inputs stops and stays there until you tell it otherwise. Helis crash into the ground at every opportunity.

RC Helis of old remind me of the FPV kit and I predict a lot of people will be dusting the drone on a regular business until they really get the hang of it.

I’ll let you know how I get on!

Stop press
No sooner had I finished this article these pictures of a brand new aforesaid dji FPV fly by goggles drone popped up.

Pics courtesy of 2.4 GHZ

Post written by Little Dipper.

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