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Drone Flies Into an Active Volcano [video]

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Re: Drone Flies Into an Active Volcano [video]

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Post by mberning »

Killah911 wrote: post #99
mberning wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that you think glitch mob is dubstep leads me to believe that you are extremely out of touch.

Actually, I happen to like glitch mob, not for all occasions though. I wasn't referring to this video in particular but a string of armature videos (UAV ones as a matter of fact) that either featured techno/dub step/other high tempo music which overwhelmed the visual experience. This video was quite amazing to me. Hence I assumed the accompanying track to be in poor taste given the visual experience. I apologize if I…

To be fair your response to OP was worthless to begin with. Nobody cares if you don't like the creator's taste in music. I can assure that the audio from a drone mounted gopro is worse than any music added in post production.

Re: Drone Flies Into an Active Volcano [video]

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Post by lucasnemeth »

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #7
Killah911 wrote: post #6

Footage got better by turning the sound off. I wonder if editors in general have poor taste in music or are simply trying to convey their excitement thru dub step background music.

Just curious, which music would you use? This happens to be important to me, so some analysis would be appreciated. EDIT: Assume only a visual feed was available, no audio.

suggestions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_jwv2QMtAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrYgm5MML58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOat_xsGUOw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WHdNub6Agk

Re: Drone Flies Into an Active Volcano [video]

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Post by natch »

Florin_Andrei wrote: post #83
natch wrote: post #8

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I would frankly like to hear the sounds of a spewing, gushing, burning volcano, even if it's underneath the (also very fun to listen to) sound of the drone itself and all the wind noise. It doesn't seem like a huge leap in intuition to realize that this would be exciting to hear even if the environment is noisy.

Drones are very noisy. Unless you take special precautions, the sound from the camera is going to be mostly rotor buzz.

Which as I mentioned is a really cool sound that I would like to hear.

Re: Drone Flies Into an Active Volcano [video]

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Post by jonknee »

tlrobinson wrote: post #79
jonknee wrote: post #73

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The props are made of plastic (I have a similar unit as the person who made the video, I just don't live near a volcano). Coincidentally, I actually ordered a spare set today: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1013324-REG/dji_part3_...

Would you recommend DJI Phantom or are there other up and coming hobbyist drone manufacturers worth looking at?

It's still pretty new, but I have really enjoyed it. I have the Phantom 2 (not the Phantom 2 vision which comes with a camera) along with the gimbal and GoPro. The stability is astonishing. I have gotten a good hang of flying it, but haven't yet taken it on a trip so I just have videos of around town (in Florida, so there could be worse places to shoot in the winter).

It's still a little bit wild west in that you can tell the companies are still targeted at selling to RC hobbyists. The Phantom is good in this regard as it's ready to fly, but if you want first person view (FPV) that's still a chore (there are a ton of options and it's pretty much up to searching forums for people who have strong opinions on everything). I'd like to just toss some money at a company that provides a complete FPV solution along with up to date and easy installation instructions... Alas.

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