I shot three different locations in Iceland today. On the third one a couple of odd things happened.
I had noticed on my protective filter that ships with the H+ that there was a very fine (hairline or thinner) black line coming from the edge of the filter since the day I received it. It was on the edge and crept very slightly into the glass. I thought it was a manufacturing remnant so I thought I would take a soft cloth to rub it off. It turns out it was a crack in the filter and my very gentle rubbing of it caused it to crack the length of the filter...it's trash now but perhaps I'll save it for my next unboxing video. The next field issue was of a more serious nature. I launched at an area of small waterfalls and deep blue water pockets along a stream. I touch the screen to initiate video, the camera did not shoot video. I tried to switch from video to still and it would not do that either. Thinking perhaps it was a card issue I landed and placed and formatted another card. I launched and tried again and nothing happened. I brought it down again and that was the end of my shooting for the day. Once back at the house where I'm staying I tried it again and it worked fine. This sort of intermittent nonperformance makes it virtually impossible to properly diagnose. I'm not sure if there is a way to reload firmware if there is I haven't found out how to do it. So this is quite concerning to me to have such a major issue of intermittent camera operation and the inability to switch from video to photo. Talk about total paralysis...I sure hope this never happens to any of you or if it does that Yuneec begins investigating what's causing it. Ok it's time to do an unboxing of some fine Icelandic chocolates and relax.
I had noticed on my protective filter that ships with the H+ that there was a very fine (hairline or thinner) black line coming from the edge of the filter since the day I received it. It was on the edge and crept very slightly into the glass. I thought it was a manufacturing remnant so I thought I would take a soft cloth to rub it off. It turns out it was a crack in the filter and my very gentle rubbing of it caused it to crack the length of the filter...it's trash now but perhaps I'll save it for my next unboxing video. The next field issue was of a more serious nature. I launched at an area of small waterfalls and deep blue water pockets along a stream. I touch the screen to initiate video, the camera did not shoot video. I tried to switch from video to still and it would not do that either. Thinking perhaps it was a card issue I landed and placed and formatted another card. I launched and tried again and nothing happened. I brought it down again and that was the end of my shooting for the day. Once back at the house where I'm staying I tried it again and it worked fine. This sort of intermittent nonperformance makes it virtually impossible to properly diagnose. I'm not sure if there is a way to reload firmware if there is I haven't found out how to do it. So this is quite concerning to me to have such a major issue of intermittent camera operation and the inability to switch from video to photo. Talk about total paralysis...I sure hope this never happens to any of you or if it does that Yuneec begins investigating what's causing it. Ok it's time to do an unboxing of some fine Icelandic chocolates and relax.
