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Thanks, Mike! I hope you are right. 2 of my 4 remaining batteries have had a lot of use. Can you recommend a good charger that will let me monitor the batteries and let me store them at the correct charge?

I have been a drone pilot from the first Phantom, through Phantom + and for the past couple of years with the Q500 4K. I do real estate stills and video and have done a tone of both. Because of vacation I had not used the bird for about a month and had not charged the batteries in that time...

Hi All, This forum is great. I really appreciate all the input and this review of the Inspire was thorough and professional. I have a Q500+, which I use for real estate videos and stills. I am pretty happy with the camera, which is much better than my last P3. How much worse is the CGO3+ than...

Naturally, I can't speak to the H, but the Q500 is one very tough bird. For one reason or another, I have had serious crashes 4 or 5 times; all 4 props broken, landing gear broken and each time the camera has parted ways with the bird. After each crash I had her up and flying (and shooting)...

The thing that drives me nuts-est about the Q500 is the delay on the U & D Gimbal Control. Going straight up (or up and back) while keeping a property centered is made difficult because of the lag. Will the H have the same lag? I understand the P4 does not have it.

A small spirit level. To keep the camera !evel in flight it must be level when the Q is turned on, so I find level on the round and put the front of the landing gear on either side of the level. Never need to level in post.

I removed the included filter because it was obviously just cheap plastic. I have never used UV filters on my Nikor lenses; why degrade good glass. I hear that an ND filter is necessary for good video in sunlight, but don't see the lack of quality without one. And I'm pickey!