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Thanks for your review! I believe that the reason for the strange flight behavier of your quad in fast moves you mentioned is due to too soft mounted gyro and get irritated. I replaced the foam with thicker double-sided tape.
Hi, this was the firmware I actually installed at the end of the video. It fixed the 120fps freeze and the OSD still displaying when you turn it off. So the fixes I'm interested in - if possible - are the clunky looking frame rate if you use PAL in your FPV feed (NTSC seems smoother) and can we clean the image up, lessen the noise in the live output ?
As I mentioned in my review, I found the live video feed to be much smoother when using NTSC rather than PAL. I think the jerkiness is somewhat due to the frame-rate mismatch between PAL and NTSC. Because the camera actually does 30/60 and PAL is 25/50, using PAL for live video must drop frames and that produces a jerky output.
You’d kind of expect these 4K chip sets to be able to cope with the mix of the 60fps HD with 25/50fps SD. The manual did suggest PAL would give lower latency. Did you happen to test that one out?
Great flying and review, Wayne! 😊 The footage is beautiful! I really think that if FireFly makes a 2 lens camera based in this one... It would be a winner! 😃 BTW, I have a Hawkeye FireFly here, I'm going to use to record my videos. It's a really great camera as well!
Its your video card. a 6 year old computer cannot keep up with it. Had the exact same issue with my bosses DJI phantom at my work. None of the machines could render the video fast enough and he thought it was his camera. The HD footage from this is better than anything they've come up with in an enclosed camera. Awesome review as usual!! Sorry....I shouldn't say that's what it is in your case, but my experience was the low end video card being unable to render 4k that caused the jerkiness.
It's very curious the HD footage from this card.. .and bear in mine that I was only working in 1080p60. It's an old girl, my machine, but no issues with 4k from a DJI Mavir Air, or form the Tarsier... or anything except this video. My gut instinct is that there's something not quite right with the encoding that the codecs on Windows are just handling, while quicktime on my Mac is throwing a bit of a fit
I mounted my Tarsier on my last 5" (going 3" or smaller from now on ). The FPV cam is great, almost at Ratel level, I'd say, and the 4K recording is great. The user experience setting up, etc.sucked big time. Almost none of the China based companies have a clue about little things like good manuals, good firmware, good quality control, etc. Caddx is no better, but the product is better quality than this. Thanks Wayne, you sure are covering good stuff lately.
Yeah. The tarsier FPV camera was really good I thought. It’s a shame that getting the thing mounted in a 5” is such a pain. I would happily write some proper manuals for these guys but they don’t seem bothered. All about just rushing the next product out.
Noted, although I can't account for how much people get it or not. Fingers crossed if people upgrade the actual FC firmware they'll look at my video on it which goes on and on about removing props and really labours the point.
The budget involve with DJI developing their digital system is multiples of most FPV companies full year turn over. So the difference is pretty huge but expectedly so
You probably could put some heat shrink on the buzzer to prevent it from shorting the board. I've been working on building the Diatone r349, trying to get the Runcam Microswift 3 v2 camera and Rumcam vtx200 soldered to the right pads on the flight controller..I'm a newbie, but seems like to much of a headache to get it right. Yeah the cam was a little Dull looking at first but then it cleared up on your quad, I think!. There are better ones out there that looks good, but this one is doable. Thanks for sharing the mod review and great flight?
May I point out that both the runcam split series and caddx turtles have much cleaner FPV feed when powered with 5 volts. I have tried 4-5 products of this category, and I can only suspect that a sub par buck converter is on the board generating rippled voltages to the NTSC/PAL analog components. If I power it with 5 volts, which was the standard digital/computer-logic chip voltage before Intel/AMD went on the rampage of converting chips to 3.3 volt, the built-in buck converter is muted, so the analog feed draws power from the good BEC, producing clean FPV feed. The HD recordings are oblivious of the ripple noises because the digital circuit is immune from analog noises. I have corroborated my findings with Albert Kim. The bottom line is that we are forced to use 5 volts with this series of products. And since the Hawkeye can't be powered by 5 volts, it is just that, helpless and hopeless. If you were trained in the 90s to be an electronic engineer, there was a saying in the schools that 5 volt means 1, and zero volt means zero. When in doubt, give it 5 volts.
I find the scratched off chip stuff odd. Presumably there’s only a certain amount of chips on the market that can do this and people who know what they are doing can determine what it is.
16:50 theres no need to "compromise". just mount a racer nano for the FPV cam and use hawkeye to record teh HD. 3.5g more and you have best of both worlds.
That’s certainly a way around it. But I would feel like I’ve got these redundant features of the Hawkeye that I don’t need. Could just get a caddx tarsier instead (room permitting)
I actually have a tovsto agean V2 gps drone (P3 clone) c. 2014 using an 808 keychain cam on a gimbal with video out running to a 600mw vtx that surprisingly delivers amazing fpv feed . Way better than the Firefly 4k split. Lol Thanks for the entertaining review once again. 🤘😁👍
hi, thanx for the video. A suggestion for that video playback issue, try another player that uses hardware acceleration, i suggest VLC wich is pretty nice and free (im not a mac user so someone might comment with a better app)
VLC didn’t like it either on my Mac. I do find sometimes that some of these camera don’t quite follow the standard which windows seems to ignore but my Mac freaks out with. I haven’t tried h.265 which may do better
@@CurryKitten sorry that didnt work, there might be a setting in it to have it ignore the same way, or another app, but as a PC person all im trying to do is force myself not to tell you get a PC, oops : D
Hello. This camera can work both FPV and record at the same time, but I wonder if this can stream video through HDMI port and record at the same time. Nowaday, some FPV system use HDMI output to stream video as FPV
I've not tested the HDMI port at all. I presume HDMI would work when recording. For me, it would be more about the question of what sort of latency this would introduce. You'd also be talking about adding a digital FPV system in the mix, and really most would just buy the FJI air unit which already has it's own camera snd HD DVR anyway
It seems to be what this camera does instead of lens flaring when a beam of sunlight hits directly. I guess their must be some sort of purple coating on the lens for it to do that
What type of SD card should I use? u1 or u3? Can I use u1 for 4k recording? The FPV came to a halt when flying while recording. There is no problem if I fly without recording. I had to drop my drone. Because I can't see anything ... my god!
Hi! Can i replace the ribbon cable for longer and can you link to ebay if any? i need a longer cable because i would like to mount that camera in the delta wing
I must add that with any of these split type cams they are not good with dealing with PAL and it’s always better with NTSC because the video is always being processed at 60 FPS, that weird stuttering your feeling is because the frame mismatch with pal. Maybe someone already said this but try ntsc and I guarantee it will be smoother
I can deal with the fpv video for my purposes of long range mountain flying, but the whole package is definitely iffy. I've started flying with mine & have had some issues I'm not sure what the cause is.
@@CurryKitten I had my video freeze 3 out of 6 times, which stopped recording HD & I also couldn't figure out how to fix those files. Then I had a bit of smoke & a spark when I first plugged in & some black under the remote plug in. Also a total black fuzzy out for 5 seconds yesterday, but lost OSD also so not sure about that. Was having diagonal wavy lines in fpv video but I found my cap was broke today.
Curry, that frame flies crazy smooth with these motors (idk if the fc also has some merit, the tuning definitely has) what model are they, cuz they look very familiar.
The FC stack is a bit of a weird one, it's called the Fort F4 which came in a FuriBee X215 Pro-S quad (review here th-cam.com/video/efQh-nROk-o/w-d-xo.html) it's a pretty smooth flyer, which is why I chose it, and the fact that the FC and VTX are on the same board gives enough room to mount an alternative HD camera board like this one. That single FC/VTX will easily overheat and shutdown though unless you have some decent airflow going over it
The idea of a "split" camera is that it works as both and FPV camera and recording camera at the same time. A regular 4k camera you'd use to record only and have a separate camera for your FPV feed
Sorry Kitten, but the RunCam Split 4 is still the best analoge cam out on the market. Same price like Hawkeye split 4, but huge better performance in every way. By the way: HE Split 4 is also a very great cam, wich is no failure to got.
Hi. Im looking to improve camera quality of jjrc x9 by replacing camera module. It has a decent cam. But bitrate colors and iso nit that good. Compared to spart. Its is cheap. Im trying to get at least good quality. Please help
Hello, if you have to choose between this camera and the caddx turtle v2, only for hd vídeo, what do you prefer? I want to buy one hd camera and I am between this two models, but i will use another camera for fpv. Thanks.
I'm not super-strong towards one over the other, but I think I got better results from the Hawkeye, whilst the turtle has been a bit hit and miss. Meaning that it depends a lot on the platform you put it on as well as anything else.
The bell is till top right on my set up AND next to the subscribe button. _both were clicked long ago_ Not keen on this camera on this showing and given the mixed bag of reviews to date I wouldn't be in the market
Yes. There is still a public path that leads in from the traffic lights by the roundabout. It’s a bit of a walk and I think won’t be there for long. But it’s doable at the moment
It wasn't lag in terms of where I was going, that was ok. It seemed to just be jerky, like a really crappy video. Very odd. xjet (and a few others) suggested this was an issue with running FPV in PAL (50fps) whilst the HD was recording at 60fps
CurryKitten it's a shame really as every single split type camera has issues that just out me off. Until we can get footage worth using in an edit I think I will stick with external HD cameras.
You should build yourself a so called cheaterKwad, with two 4k split cameras. Not only you can have the most incredible fpv footage, you can directly compare two systems to each other.
Ah, I see you've now experienced the joy that is cheap, soft, and mal-formed button-head screws. I'm all too familiar with them on my 3D printer kit and it makes me want to pull my hair out.
A brand noob here, I'm watching all these videos about FPV and such, thinking I want a quad someday soon. My burning question is what should I be expecting for image quality? Amazon, Banggood etc offer very cheap cameras, less than 20 bucks! Even fpv goggles are reasonably priced, but what will one get at these price points? Is it going to be a shaky blurry mess or will it be like watching a 3Dmovie at IMAX? The former I presume. Seriously, can someone speak English and give a noob a simple explanation as to what to hope for. Obviously the image quality must be reasonable or you wouldn't be flying yourselves. If your flying and you hit something can you tell if that object was a farm animal or the neighbours wife? Judging by many of the comments below your video Wayne, most viewers seem to be well versed in fpv "quading", some are offering their own opinions, some offer support with suggestions of what you could try to "fix" the camera in question and some seem to be judging you, even the haters speak their own language "bro". 2500 views, 137 likes, I wonder how many of those viewers are noobs like me and don't understand much of what you "pros" are saying and so don't bother hitting the like button. Bruce did some amazing videos explaining the basics of electricity and other relevant subjects, now I know what an ohm is. WEEEE! I will hit the like button, I do appreciate you guys encouraging the growth of the hobby and you do offer amazing content! Every evening I rush home from work to tune in. Thanks to all of you for all of your hard work. What the hell is a UFL? These acronyms need to go, PAL.
Hi Kevin, thanks for you comment. You illustrate very neatly some of the difficulties involved in making videos about a subject that can be quite specialized: How can you balance content that targets an audience at both experienced guys and new pilots. Too technical and the noobs don't get it, and too basic and all the experienced guys turn off. I try and get the balance, but it's not always right. So you'll find me not explaining TLAS (Three-letter-acronyms (do you see what I did there)) for example - although most people learn them very quickly. But you do give me an idea that having a webpage or something with some sort of "FPV Glossary" might be an idea... watch this space. As to the quality of cameras, don't buy stuff that you can't at least see multiple reviews on where they use the camera in the way you want to use it. Cameras don't have to be expensive, but they certainly aren't all created equally. Best balance of cheap and good of things I've looked at recently is the Foxeer Arrow Mini (review is here th-cam.com/video/5p-sk1x5PNY/w-d-xo.html) the image you can see in that video is what you are getting via your goggles.... of course, goggles aren't all created equally either. Cheap googles, if box goggles and with a resolution of at least 640x480 can actually look pretty good - but cheap goggles with a lower resolution should be avoided.
@@CurryKitten Thanks Wayne, believe me I appreciate your even handed content. Obviously I've never attempted to produce any video of any kind, the equipment and tech required must be overwhelming not to mention cost. I hope more people realize what it takes to do what you do, you make it look easy. It looks as though some of us (viewers) do, including Hawkeye.
@@CurryKitten 4K has no higher bit rate and not more details than 2K7. I didn't check the photo function, but the video read out is not 4K, it's just blown up. you find that often. The manufacturer needs the trigger word 4K for marketing. The chip set of cheapos is not capable of the 4K bit rate. Either they compress the material to death with blotches, or they read out a smaller format/use a smaller sensor. Anyway not bad for the price. Tho the focus and parallax of this thing is very sensitive. I printed a rubber-mat between main board and case in order to adjust and get it sharp over the whole image.
Could not live with that fpv image myself. Awful imho. Glad I watched this so I know to NOT get this camera. Tarsier looks better .... I have just flown the larva X and that is how I want all my fpv feeds to look now with the runcam nano 2, DVR was ok too but not hd ...
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Thanks for your review! I believe that the reason for the strange flight behavier of your quad in fast moves you mentioned is due to too soft mounted gyro and get irritated. I replaced the foam with thicker double-sided tape.
Dear Sir,Thanks for your review! We will improve it!
That would be great. If you guys can let me know when you make a change then I’d be happy to gland retest it.
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Hi, this was the firmware I actually installed at the end of the video. It fixed the 120fps freeze and the OSD still displaying when you turn it off. So the fixes I'm interested in - if possible - are the clunky looking frame rate if you use PAL in your FPV feed (NTSC seems smoother) and can we clean the image up, lessen the noise in the live output ?
I have had the little bell ticket for all notifications from your channel and a few others for literally a couple years now thanks
Thanks dude :)
@@CurryKitten no problem
As I mentioned in my review, I found the live video feed to be much smoother when using NTSC rather than PAL. I think the jerkiness is somewhat due to the frame-rate mismatch between PAL and NTSC. Because the camera actually does 30/60 and PAL is 25/50, using PAL for live video must drop frames and that produces a jerky output.
You’d kind of expect these 4K chip sets to be able to cope with the mix of the 60fps HD with 25/50fps SD. The manual did suggest PAL would give lower latency. Did you happen to test that one out?
Great flying and review, Wayne! 😊
The footage is beautiful! I really think that if FireFly makes a 2 lens camera based in this one... It would be a winner! 😃
BTW, I have a Hawkeye FireFly here, I'm going to use to record my videos. It's a really great camera as well!
Yes. The recorded footage is nice but I can’t cope with that FPV feed for regular flying. A 2-lens system would work.
Its your video card. a 6 year old computer cannot keep up with it. Had the exact same issue with my bosses DJI phantom at my work. None of the machines could render the video fast enough and he thought it was his camera. The HD footage from this is better than anything they've come up with in an enclosed camera. Awesome review as usual!! Sorry....I shouldn't say that's what it is in your case, but my experience was the low end video card being unable to render 4k that caused the jerkiness.
It's very curious the HD footage from this card.. .and bear in mine that I was only working in 1080p60. It's an old girl, my machine, but no issues with 4k from a DJI Mavir Air, or form the Tarsier... or anything except this video. My gut instinct is that there's something not quite right with the encoding that the codecs on Windows are just handling, while quicktime on my Mac is throwing a bit of a fit
I mounted my Tarsier on my last 5" (going 3" or smaller from now on ). The FPV cam is great, almost at Ratel level, I'd say, and the 4K recording is great. The user experience setting up, etc.sucked big time. Almost none of the China based companies have a clue about little things like good manuals, good firmware, good quality control, etc. Caddx is no better, but the product is better quality than this. Thanks Wayne, you sure are covering good stuff lately.
Yeah. The tarsier FPV camera was really good I thought. It’s a shame that getting the thing mounted in a 5” is such a pain. I would happily write some proper manuals for these guys but they don’t seem bothered. All about just rushing the next product out.
I don't always update my firmware, but when I do I do it PROPS ON... 😎
live dangerously . :)
This is only the firmware to the camera so doesn’t involve doing anything with the flight controller so safe to have props on (IMO at least)
@@CurryKitten That distinction may be lost on newcomers to the hobby. As an influencer you have a duty of care to promote safety (IMO at least)...
Noted, although I can't account for how much people get it or not. Fingers crossed if people upgrade the actual FC firmware they'll look at my video on it which goes on and on about removing props and really labours the point.
You know, on one side we have DJI, on the other still dealing with this technical masterpieces...I don’t get it. Thanks for the review!
Good China vs cheap china lol
The budget involve with DJI developing their digital system is multiples of most FPV companies full year turn over. So the difference is pretty huge but expectedly so
You probably could put some heat shrink on the buzzer to prevent it from shorting the board. I've been working on building the Diatone r349, trying to get the Runcam Microswift 3 v2 camera and Rumcam vtx200 soldered to the right pads on the flight controller..I'm a newbie, but seems like to much of a headache to get it right.
Yeah the cam was a little Dull looking at first but then it cleared up on your quad, I think!. There are better ones out there that looks good, but this one is doable. Thanks for sharing the mod review and great flight?
im happy to use it for hd only, in place of a go pro, while using a ratel for fpv feed.
May I point out that both the runcam split series and caddx turtles have much cleaner FPV feed when powered with 5 volts. I have tried 4-5 products of this category, and I can only suspect that a sub par buck converter is on the board generating rippled voltages to the NTSC/PAL analog components. If I power it with 5 volts, which was the standard digital/computer-logic chip voltage before Intel/AMD went on the rampage of converting chips to 3.3 volt, the built-in buck converter is muted, so the analog feed draws power from the good BEC, producing clean FPV feed. The HD recordings are oblivious of the ripple noises because the digital circuit is immune from analog noises. I have corroborated my findings with Albert Kim. The bottom line is that we are forced to use 5 volts with this series of products. And since the Hawkeye can't be powered by 5 volts, it is just that, helpless and hopeless. If you were trained in the 90s to be an electronic engineer, there was a saying in the schools that 5 volt means 1, and zero volt means zero. When in doubt, give it 5 volts.
i'de like the hawke eye in a mobius type case.
I guess this exists I reviewed a Hawkeye (q6 I think) camera ages ago which worked quite well. I still have it mounted on a plane
I wonder if the scratched-off chip is the same as on the Tarsier. Will try the Tarsier next with ND filter. It's a no-brainer.
I find the scratched off chip stuff odd. Presumably there’s only a certain amount of chips on the market that can do this and people who know what they are doing can determine what it is.
16:50 theres no need to "compromise". just mount a racer nano for the FPV cam and use hawkeye to record teh HD. 3.5g more and you have best of both worlds.
That’s certainly a way around it. But I would feel like I’ve got these redundant features of the Hawkeye that I don’t need. Could just get a caddx tarsier instead (room permitting)
I actually have a tovsto agean V2 gps drone (P3 clone) c. 2014 using an 808 keychain cam on a gimbal with video out running to a 600mw vtx that surprisingly delivers amazing fpv feed . Way better than the Firefly 4k split. Lol
Thanks for the entertaining review once again.
🤘😁👍
Yep. I used to use the little 808 for several models and it worked really well!
I think mounting this camera as a second camera and not using it for fpv is best 😁👍👍
Yeah as another has mentioned. It’s lije a cheap hd a era which is really difficult to mount :)
hi, thanx for the video. A suggestion for that video playback issue, try another player that uses hardware acceleration, i suggest VLC wich is pretty nice and free (im not a mac user so someone might comment with a better app)
VLC didn’t like it either on my Mac. I do find sometimes that some of these camera don’t quite follow the standard which windows seems to ignore but my Mac freaks out with. I haven’t tried h.265 which may do better
@@CurryKitten sorry that didnt work, there might be a setting in it to have it ignore the same way, or another app, but as a PC person all im trying to do is force myself not to tell you get a PC, oops : D
man! the FPV is so dark, can’t really do acrobatic with it but i suppose it’s fine for long range cruising.
It’s ok if you don’t get into close proximity of stuff. But that’s half the fun of flying acro
Nice video thanks for the info. Do you have any night time footage by any chance?
The tarsier v2 fpv camera is the best camera out there
Hello. This camera can work both FPV and record at the same time, but I wonder if this can stream video through HDMI port and record at the same time. Nowaday, some FPV system use HDMI output to stream video as FPV
I've not tested the HDMI port at all. I presume HDMI would work when recording. For me, it would be more about the question of what sort of latency this would introduce. You'd also be talking about adding a digital FPV system in the mix, and really most would just buy the FJI air unit which already has it's own camera snd HD DVR anyway
Hollister needs to sponsor this man!
I’m open to offers. I always need more T-shirt’s :)
What is that purple reddish stripe appearing in the middle of the screen. Camera HD looks good . I may purchase that 😋
It seems to be what this camera does instead of lens flaring when a beam of sunlight hits directly. I guess their must be some sort of purple coating on the lens for it to do that
@@CurryKitten could it be a filter to polarize the light in?
What type of SD card should I use? u1 or u3? Can I use u1 for 4k recording?
The FPV came to a halt when flying while recording. There is no problem if I fly without recording.
I had to drop my drone. Because I can't see anything ... my god!
Hi! Can i replace the ribbon cable for longer and can you link to ebay if any?
i need a longer cable because i would like to mount that camera in the delta wing
Hi, yes you can, and banggood has longer cable to buy too; thanks
@@hawkeyefpv_official The cable is just a common off the shelf component, not proprietary, so you should be able to find many options.
Jeremiah Davis yes you’re right!
I must add that with any of these split type cams they are not good with dealing with PAL and it’s always better with NTSC because the video is always being processed at 60 FPS, that weird stuttering your feeling is because the frame mismatch with pal. Maybe someone already said this but try ntsc and I guarantee it will be smoother
This is an interesting and was mentioned before. I’ll try and have a go at both on the Foxeer camera to check it.
I can deal with the fpv video for my purposes of long range mountain flying, but the whole package is definitely iffy. I've started flying with mine & have had some issues I'm not sure what the cause is.
What sort of issues have you been having ?
@@CurryKitten I had my video freeze 3 out of 6 times, which stopped recording HD & I also couldn't figure out how to fix those files. Then I had a bit of smoke & a spark when I first plugged in & some black under the remote plug in. Also a total black fuzzy out for 5 seconds yesterday, but lost OSD also so not sure about that. Was having diagonal wavy lines in fpv video but I found my cap was broke today.
Curry, that frame flies crazy smooth with these motors (idk if the fc also has some merit, the tuning definitely has) what model are they, cuz they look very familiar.
The FC stack is a bit of a weird one, it's called the Fort F4 which came in a FuriBee X215 Pro-S quad (review here th-cam.com/video/efQh-nROk-o/w-d-xo.html) it's a pretty smooth flyer, which is why I chose it, and the fact that the FC and VTX are on the same board gives enough room to mount an alternative HD camera board like this one. That single FC/VTX will easily overheat and shutdown though unless you have some decent airflow going over it
What's the difference from normal unsplit cameras 4k?
The idea of a "split" camera is that it works as both and FPV camera and recording camera at the same time. A regular 4k camera you'd use to record only and have a separate camera for your FPV feed
@@CurryKitten Thanks
Great review!
Sorry Kitten, but the RunCam Split 4 is still the best analoge cam out on the market. Same price like Hawkeye split 4, but huge better performance in every way.
By the way: HE Split 4 is also a very great cam, wich is no failure to got.
Hi. Im looking to improve camera quality of jjrc x9 by replacing camera module. It has a decent cam. But bitrate colors and iso nit that good. Compared to spart. Its is cheap. Im trying to get at least good quality. Please help
always solid content
Hello, if you have to choose between this camera and the caddx turtle v2, only for hd vídeo, what do you prefer? I want to buy one hd camera and I am between this two models, but i will use another camera for fpv. Thanks.
I'm not super-strong towards one over the other, but I think I got better results from the Hawkeye, whilst the turtle has been a bit hit and miss. Meaning that it depends a lot on the platform you put it on as well as anything else.
@@CurryKitten Ok, thank you very much.
thanks video. How long is cable?
I think (because I forgot where I put it) the cable is 8cm long, although you can get 15cm ones as well from Banggood
@@CurryKitten Thank you!
The bell is till top right on my set up AND next to the subscribe button. _both were clicked long ago_
Not keen on this camera on this showing and given the mixed bag of reviews to date I wouldn't be in the market
It must be a browser thing.ive seen it in different places
Are you still allowed in that field? Not flown since last June!
Yes. There is still a public path that leads in from the traffic lights by the roundabout. It’s a bit of a walk and I think won’t be there for long. But it’s doable at the moment
I've seen 2 reviews on this so far and both say there is to much lag, I'm glad I didn't buy it now...
It wasn't lag in terms of where I was going, that was ok. It seemed to just be jerky, like a really crappy video. Very odd. xjet (and a few others) suggested this was an issue with running FPV in PAL (50fps) whilst the HD was recording at 60fps
CurryKitten it's a shame really as every single split type camera has issues that just out me off. Until we can get footage worth using in an edit I think I will stick with external HD cameras.
Cool. Thanks.
You should build yourself a so called cheaterKwad, with two 4k split cameras. Not only you can have the most incredible fpv footage, you can directly compare two systems to each other.
Ah, I see you've now experienced the joy that is cheap, soft, and mal-formed button-head screws. I'm all too familiar with them on my 3D printer kit and it makes me want to pull my hair out.
I’ve stripped plenty of bed heads before but I’ve never had a problem like these ones. It was like someone had superglued them in place!
11:06 looks like you are in australia lol
It does have a certain tropical vibe about it in that light, but not enough deadly animals for it to be authentic :)
CurryKitten hahahahaha yeah everything wants to kill ya here
A brand noob here, I'm watching all these videos about FPV and such, thinking I want a quad someday soon. My burning question is what should I be expecting for image quality? Amazon, Banggood etc offer very cheap cameras, less than 20 bucks! Even fpv goggles are reasonably priced, but what will one get at these price points? Is it going to be a shaky blurry mess or will it be like watching a 3Dmovie at IMAX? The former I presume. Seriously, can someone speak English and give a noob a simple explanation as to what to hope for. Obviously the image quality must be reasonable or you wouldn't be flying yourselves. If your flying and you hit something can you tell if that object was a farm animal or the neighbours wife? Judging by many of the comments below your video Wayne, most viewers seem to be well versed in fpv "quading", some are offering their own opinions, some offer support with suggestions of what you could try to "fix" the camera in question and some seem to be judging you, even the haters speak their own language "bro". 2500 views, 137 likes, I wonder how many of those viewers are noobs like me and don't understand much of what you "pros" are saying and so don't bother hitting the like button. Bruce did some amazing videos explaining the basics of electricity and other relevant subjects, now I know what an ohm is. WEEEE! I will hit the like button, I do appreciate you guys encouraging the growth of the hobby and you do offer amazing content! Every evening I rush home from work to tune in. Thanks to all of you for all of your hard work. What the hell is a UFL? These acronyms need to go, PAL.
Hi Kevin, thanks for you comment. You illustrate very neatly some of the difficulties involved in making videos about a subject that can be quite specialized: How can you balance content that targets an audience at both experienced guys and new pilots. Too technical and the noobs don't get it, and too basic and all the experienced guys turn off. I try and get the balance, but it's not always right. So you'll find me not explaining TLAS (Three-letter-acronyms (do you see what I did there)) for example - although most people learn them very quickly. But you do give me an idea that having a webpage or something with some sort of "FPV Glossary" might be an idea... watch this space.
As to the quality of cameras, don't buy stuff that you can't at least see multiple reviews on where they use the camera in the way you want to use it. Cameras don't have to be expensive, but they certainly aren't all created equally. Best balance of cheap and good of things I've looked at recently is the Foxeer Arrow Mini (review is here th-cam.com/video/5p-sk1x5PNY/w-d-xo.html) the image you can see in that video is what you are getting via your goggles.... of course, goggles aren't all created equally either. Cheap googles, if box goggles and with a resolution of at least 640x480 can actually look pretty good - but cheap goggles with a lower resolution should be avoided.
@@CurryKitten Thanks Wayne, believe me I appreciate your even handed content. Obviously I've never attempted to produce any video of any kind, the equipment and tech required must be overwhelming not to mention cost. I hope more people realize what it takes to do what you do, you make it look easy. It looks as though some of us (viewers) do, including Hawkeye.
don't buy it as FPV cam. use it as REC only (It's not a 4K, it's a 2K7) and keep your long flight times
Not 4K. How so. Is the sensor doing something odd to make 4K or something?
@@CurryKitten 4K has no higher bit rate and not more details than 2K7. I didn't check the photo function, but the video read out is not 4K, it's just blown up. you find that often. The manufacturer needs the trigger word 4K for marketing. The chip set of cheapos is not capable of the 4K bit rate. Either they compress the material to death with blotches, or they read out a smaller format/use a smaller sensor. Anyway not bad for the price. Tho the focus and parallax of this thing is very sensitive. I printed a rubber-mat between main board and case in order to adjust and get it sharp over the whole image.
Too much of sun reflection on hd footage
It's a curious purple effect isn't it
Looks like garbage. After Xjet’s review I decided then, but yours puts a nail in the coffin.
Could not live with that fpv image myself.
Awful imho.
Glad I watched this so I know to NOT get this camera.
Tarsier looks better ....
I have just flown the larva X and that is how I want all my fpv feeds to look now with the runcam nano 2, DVR was ok too but not hd ...
Not good enough is it. I've just got the Lava-X in, looking forward to testing it !