West over the Panhandle last night
Sony Exmor camera, no filter, EV -1, Mavic Pro drone at 240ft.
@Stonekettle hey Jim, how much did your drone cost you? I'm really tempted to get one but have no idea how much a decent one should cost.
@RattusInsanus It depends a great deal on what you want to do with it.
I use mine for photography. I wanted long flight duration, ease and flexibility of control, advanced flight software capability, and most importantly a high quality camera (Min 4K with RAW format). And I wanted something that could fit in a backpack or smaller.
That's not cheap. But compared to, oh say, any of my Nikons, well.
I went with the Mavic Pro. I've got about $2000 into it.
@Stonekettle thanks a lot for that info! I'll check into the Mavic Pro!
@Stonekettle I'm really glad to hear you're a Nikon person. You went up another notch in my estimation. I have a Nikon D7100 with about six good lenses. I'm looking to use it for photography as well. My motto in photography is, "Go big or go home." Lol Took this shot with my Nikon D80 when I first started out. It's been a fun journey. https://octodon.social/media/BKrFVRLFRnUpxRf69Nk
@RattusInsanus You can get the basic Mavic Pro drone with one or two batteries for about $900.
I wanted more batteries and rapid charging that would charge at least 3 batteries at the same time in ~30 minutes, plus charge the RC. And I use a dedicated Android high quality tablet for the video control.
So, like I said, little pricey.
Avoid the Karma. Good cameras, shitty drone.