3 Tips to Become a Better Camera Drone Pilot!

One tip I'd like to give to all drone users is to attach your controller to a lanyard for attachment around your neck.. For some reason I've never seen anyone even mention this; very odd as I can assure you that it's a very useful and practical.

As someone who's been flying my drone for over a year now I never once realised how useful that histogram was. Just had to guess if I had my shots too over or underexposed. You learn something new everyday, thanks 51 Drones!

I agree with you, that we should aim to land on hand/palm first then, only grab it. I did a mistake by doing the opposite. It was so bad, the propellers cut my fingers and I instantly lost half of my finger nail on my middle finger. Just a MINI 2 is enough to cut your nails off. Thank you for the tips! Keep up the good work! 👊🏻☺️

Wife and I stayed at Woodlands On Fall River in Estes Park. It was amazing. The Stanley Hotel tour, and any hike overlooking Lake Estes is a must. Enjoy.

There are lots of drone channels but yours and Ian in London are the best. Thanks Russ for really clear, simple tutorials 👍

Thanks Russ. Sage advice as always. Appreciate you sharing your time and experience with us. Largo, FL

Thanks for the time you spend teaching new pilots such as myself tips and tricks and how to be safe and legal.

This channel is a must watch for new drone users.

Thanks Russ for another great video. I try to improve every time but sometimes it may be a month between flights. What helps me is getting my drone out aways and start doing large figure eights, after a couple of circuits, I start making the eights a little tighter and tighter. Thanks again for the info.

Good summation of some top of mind drone tips, Russ. Great tips for less experienced UAV pilots wanting to step up their skills.

Thanks Russ, great tips as always.

Thanks! Will definitely use this info.

Excellent Video and Excellent Advice Russ. Thank You.

Excellent Russ, thank you. Planning is soooo important :)

Thanks Russ Happy Flying!

As a new Drone flyer and considered an old man at 54 doing this- I find that I must fly every single day, sometimes during light rain to get more and more comfortable even if it is just around my block- Oh and I also practice night flights as much as I can- with all my lights and beacons and safety gear-

Thank you. Very useful... I wish I had this l8 months ago when I started flying my Air 2S... Now I can only confirm how valid and relevant these issues are. On the other hand, I would still like you/us to go a bit further into arriving at a correct exposure and the practical challenges we may face in our daily drone work regarding exposure... I had tried to use the frame/rate-to-speed ratio in PRO mode, changing various degree of ND filters to slow the speed to the desired value to get correct motion blur, and I have also been using the histogram. However, in practice, once the drone is up with a specific ND filter, there is little you can change and the exposure may be drastically changing during the flight (like sunset going from full brightness to orange and below the horizon in less than 20 minutes), but also with each turn of the drone. And that includes a POI and orbiting shots, or POI going from low to high or vice versa. So I have kind of settled for AUTO mode and trying to keep the histogram happy by adjusting the EV quickly.... I still use ND filters to ty to be in a vague ball park for speed, but obviously have no real control over it in auto mode.... So how do I make quick adjustments in PRO mode keeping the frame-rate-to-speed ratio at ideal? How do I handle changing conditions turn-by-turn or in the course of a single-battery flight? How do I keep the numerous clips of the same subject in a sequence look consistent? PRO mode has no exposure lock. Only AUTO has it. How do I use exposure lock like a pro? Thank you for all your videos....

Thanks Russ

Great content, thanks! Have fun in Estes, we have seen some large herd of elk there in the fall. While they may be up in the park during the summer, it was an amazing scene outside our winds at the Stanley Hotel to see some 30+ lounging on the lawn/parking lot.

Thanks again Russ. Another great video. Hand launch is my favorite. Have a great holiday.