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  1. Firefly

    Night flying.....

    Thank you Mikef53. If you just get the basic understanding of how shutter speed and ISO affect the picture you'll be fine. Just play with it. Like i said. I just watched some YouTube and a few articles on Pinterest. Even if you dont fully understand it, just put the quad in a low hover, and...
  2. Firefly

    Night flying.....

    Thanks mikef53. You are correct! There is no night flying in the US. Fortunately where I flew at the ski hill there is enough ambient light to see the quad at 100ft. It was always in my line of sight. I did it more to take the video and check out the camera than just to fly. I was impressed at...
  3. Firefly

    Night flying.....

    At night, you have to put the camera in manual mode. This will allow you ro manually adjust the shutter speed and the ISO. The video I took was my first ever night flight. I just got the Q500 off the ground in a hover, and adjusted the shutter speed and ISO until I got what looked like a decent...
  4. Firefly

    Night flying.....

    Finally got to fly before I closed the hill for the night!
  5. Firefly

    Well that made me pucker!!

    BTW Trapper! Did you draw the wrinkled smiley face in the snow on your pond? I just looked at your pic, and it looks like a old man smiley face on your pond! :) Things look so much different from the air! Cool Stuff! :D
  6. Firefly

    Well that made me pucker!!

    Be careful! They should put THIS IS NOT A TOY! in bigger print of these things! My first night with my bird home just before Christmas, I decided to get everything calibrated. Once I had the compass calibrated I thought to myself at 10:30 at night that I could fire it up! I set it on the patio...
  7. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    Hobby Town Lake Geneva, WI 262-729-4053 [email protected]
  8. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    I have no idea. Mine doesnt have that cable. The connection to my Q500 is in the gimbal mount. It makes the connection when you slide it onto the quad. Any parts I need i get from a friend of mine who sells Yuneec through his Hobby Town store.
  9. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    Thanks NRRTRAINS. Hopefully that cures the problem. Soon as i get the chance to fly again I'll know! Fingers crossed!
  10. Firefly

    Cold Weather Flying

    I live in Wisconsin. I flew mine the other evening in 15 mph winds and it -4 deg F. The Q500 handled it well. Actually impressive how steady it was. I flew for about 15 min untill my fingers couldn't take any more! Today I flew 3 flights on the frozen lake. It was a high of 16 deg F and about...
  11. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    It does take nice pics when you can see them!
  12. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    I think i may have fixed it! I was thinking there may be something up with the CGO3 firmware. I tried re-installing it, but I was doing it wrong. The CGO3 will not recognize the update on the card if the version in the camera is the same as what you put on the card. Sooo.. when you put the file...
  13. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    Fingers and Toes! When it does work, it takes beautiful videos. Nothing more disappointing than thinking you have some good footage only to find out you really don't.
  14. Firefly

    CGO3 camera SD card problems

    I have had the same issue. Mine always detects the SD card, and puts video files on the card, but when you play them in a video viewer like Real Player, only half of them will play. The other half will say they are corrupt and not play. I've tried other SD cards and video players. I've taken...
  15. Firefly

    Video on card corrupt

    Thats awesome. Thank you. The owner of the hobby shop where i bought my bird is a friend of mine. I'm hoping maybe he has a little insight as to whats going on. He's out of town till tomorrow afternoon. I have never seen such a thing. I cant figure out why it would write one file just fine and...