Just got a Mavic Yesterday.... here's some footage

dinglehead · Nov 3, 2016

Hey all.

So I currently own both the H Pro and the Mavic.... here's some footage I shot with the Mavic his morning... VERY cool little quad.

samsflite · Nov 3, 2016

I'm jealous, I'm off to Iceland followed by NY for a week at the end of this month. Would love to take my Typhoon H for some great shots in Iceland but feel it would be too large to carry across New York/get in and out of US. I only have three days in Iceland so who knows if the weather even plays ball.
The Mavic would be perfect to shove in hand luggage and not worry about whether I use it or not...

dinglehead · Nov 3, 2016

samsflite said:
I'm jealous, I'm off to Iceland followed by NY for a week at the end of this month. Would love to take my Typhoon H for some great shots in Iceland but feel it would be too large to carry across New York/get in and out of US. I only have three days in Iceland so who knows if the weather even plays ball.
The Mavic would be perfect to shove in hand luggage and not worry about whether I use it or not...

Its AMAZING how portable it is. Really changes the approach to all of this dramatically.

RiverRunner · Nov 3, 2016

Need to fix your color balance. Also you have the same tilted horizon I see in most Mavic video.

Dariusmixich · Nov 3, 2016

Very nice video - I am jealous. The portability is just insane. I travel a lot for work and would be able to bring the Mavic on each trip. Only bring my Phantom on to the nicer destinations.

dinglehead · Nov 3, 2016

RiverRunner said:
Need to fix your color balance. Also you have the same tilted horizon I see in most Mavic video.

Yea the horizon is super easy to fix in the app - I just didn't notice while i Was shooting. The spot I turned it on at probably wasn't perfectly level.

RiverRunner · Nov 3, 2016

dinglehead said:
Yea the horizon is super easy to fix in the app - I just didn't notice while i Was shooting. The spot I turned it on at probably wasn't perfectly level.

I don't understand why DJI has such a problem with keeping the horizon level. This is not just a problem on the Mavic. My Typhoon stays level. Calibrate it once and done. Does not matter if your launch site is perfectly level.

QuadBart · Nov 4, 2016

Yeah, I don't get it. My Inspire and Phantom 4 also have issues with "tilted horizon". Its usually noticeable when I'm maneuvering around and stop. It does level out but it takes several seconds of hovering.

My H also gets that "titled" horizon from time-to-time as well, but seems less often and levels out pretty quick...

To the OP - Nice video. I didn't pre-order but will definitely be picking a Mavic up when they become available to my LHS. I like its compact size with full features that will be very easy to take on my motorcycle...

RiverRunner said:
I don't understand why DJI has such a problem with keeping the horizon level. This is not just a problem on the Mavic. My Typhoon stays level. Calibrate it once and done. Does not matter if your launch site is perfectly level.

RiverRunner · Nov 4, 2016

QuadBart said:
Yeah, I don't get it. My Inspire and Phantom 4 also have issues with "tilted horizon". Its usually noticeable when I'm maneuvering around and stop. It does level out but it takes several seconds of hovering.

My H also gets that "titled" horizon from time-to-time as well, but seems less often and levels out pretty quick...

To the OP - Nice video. I didn't pre-order but will definitely be picking a Mavic up when they become available to my LHS. I like its compact size with full features that will be very easy to take on my motorcycle...

I have a cheap $70 GoodLuckBuy gimbal with a GoPro held on with rubber bands. It is never really perfectly balanced. I have calibrated it once when I first set it up and have not had to calibrate it again. It holds level very consistently. It does have a second IMU. Maybe this is what DJI has left out of the Mavic.