@@nia6849 Mavic Air is not a reliable drone on the mountain, due to loss signals. I will recommend Phantom if there is no size issue or Mavic Pro 2 if you need to carry with your trail.
Most intelligent thing said in the video was "I think while I'm emotional, I can't make any decisions". I like that you took the time to cry and to get out the emotions from the experience. I enjoyed that you even were making jokes to help lighten the mood. However, most importantly, you recognized that you needed to get out the emotions and move on from the experience (including mourning in all black) before making any drastic life decisions.
The biggest thing is learning from one's mistake and so not to repeat the mistakes. No need to beat up yourself when unfortunate things happen no matter how big as we can try avoid all unfortunate circumstances but our foresight is limited. These are merely material things you lost, these losses can easily be replaced unlike other things such as one's health and loved ones. So dust yourself off and smile and enjoy what's ahead!
you can contact the DJI if it was the software bug of DJI system and report the issue, they may give you a new drone for free. that was my experience. My drone was suddenly drop into the lake due to a technical issue.
Dear Claire,I felt so sorry for you. It is good that you can cry out loudly. It will release your emotion. It is not healthy to bottle ip up. You will certainly be able to buy another one in no time at all. As long as you are safe and sound and healthy, you can recover the monetary lost in a blink of your eye. Keep Happy and Healthy. Justin is God send good companion for you in your sad and happy situations. Keep up your Up Beat Spirit !
Don't apologize for your behavior on this vlog. It's understandable. What a downer and my heart goes out to you for all that loss. I hope that you're doing better and recovered and that you will continue to travel and share with us.
Maybe the dumb hoore should apologize for effectively littering. She should then be thankful that she wasn't charged $20,000 for rangers to retrieve her trash. So the f you mean "don't apologize"? Channeling your inner europid eh? One of these days your kind will get the beating you deserve. Btw, her fake exclamations playing to the camera was also cringe to watch
Randomly starting watching your vlog of Mountain Hua, initially I wondered why you're in such hurry to finish one place after another. I jumped back to the start of the journey seeing the trip plan there, which covers almost all major attraction of China, then I realize why the plan is so compact. Those places took me 10 years to visit them all in several separated trips. Each time we got one week or so. You guys journey not only bring back my memory of China, but also remind me how my parents and I managed to cover west and east coast in 2 weeks in US. When you're in a foreign country and being pushed by the compact travel plan, if you happens to be a goal-oriented person, mistake is just inevitable. I understand why you cry and laugh at the same time. Losing mavic would probably make you depressed for the rest of that day, but losing lens right after just make whole things dramatic. You know it just isn't your day.That's when that you started making fun of yourself by saying that gold line "The good news is my bag is gonna be lighter from now on."
Ouch that's tough, sorry for your losses. First thing I did with my mavic is turn off all OA and service and wifi when I take off, and auto updates when I have a good stable software version. OA is the source of many problems and f-ups tho.
Yup, I have had my share of mishaps in China. I learned to take my time and start up all my gear at my hotel, before going to my destination. I missed lots of drone footage because I didn’t register, didn’t update, broken SD card and dead battery. Glad you could laugh and cry about it.
@@uniquejing you dont get what i meant. try to fly a drone in no fly zone area, you might be in jail. how about you fly your drone in beijing and make a video about it.. if you get away with it, than what you said is true. and come back and give us the link.
Please forgive me, I couldn't help myself but back here and watching this vlog for the second time. I still couldn't stop laughing, even though I felt all your pain and feeling sorry for your $2000 lost. Love all your videos.
I feel your pain, just started flying my mavic mini and it took an allergic reaction to a tree. At least I found it after 4 hours of wandering through a forest. Currently praying to the god of superglue to fix the broken arm. Have you started flying again?
Hi Claire, to launch DJI drones in China, you've to use a local Sim... OR... use VPN on your phone to deceive the app that you're in another location! You can fly, but can't see the map terrain on the DJI Go. I intended to get a local sim card for flying my drone in China, but had a hard time buying one as you'll need a local person's ID to register the SIM. Figured using VPN was easier...
I would cry, too. The most expensive lens I lost was a $485 Canon EF 85mm f1.8. I put it in my hoodie pocket that had no zippers to close it. I leaned out on a rock over the ocean in a way to better photograph a model. I leaned too far to the left and so the lens fell into the ocean. :( Your phone asked for a phone number? Your phone sounds hacked. Was it?
People were all looking back at you when you went all OMG on that puppy lolllll And btw, sorry for your loss, but please be cautious next time flying a drone in mountaneous regions, because it is very hard to clean up the debris....Mountain cleaners literally need to risk their lives for that, because the topography is very tricky. So please please be careful.
Actually, in Zhangjiajie, there is a dangerous work that spidermans got down with wires and collect all fall-outs at the bottom regularly. At least the good thing is your drone's battery may not pollute the land there.
The reason why DJI requires a local number is to ensure that you've got the permission to fly a drone in certain areas. Anyways I'm sorry for your loss
It takes less than 10 dollars to get a Chinese number. You can throw it when you leave. Or you can get a US sim from China telecom/Unicom US which would provide you both Chinese and US numbers
I feel sorry for you! I crashed my Mavic in the canadian rockies it fell off the cliff near a huge waterfall. It took me 2 hours to climb down the cliff and get it back. Now my mavic 2 has way much more noise when it flies now….
I am sorry for your loss but this really reminds me of the girl who had a melt down in a car where she shouted to her friend: "SHOW ME SUPPORTTTTTT!!!!"
You are soooo adorable. Love your videos. I can't stop watching them one by one. Sorry for your lost...but I really can't help laughing when I find Justin laughing while you were crying
It's heartbreaking. I had my Spark crashed to the ground when I tried to fly it out from my hotel balcony. 14 floors below!!! And guess what, I got myself a Mavic Pro after that. So, which new drone have you got yourself then? Cheers!
Sorry that you lost your drone and lens. I lost my Mavic at Mt. Fuji in a large lake. I know the feeling. You are correct about drone flying. It is getting harder and harder.
Sorry for your loss... I also lost my favorite hat in Zhangjiajie when I was 12 and led to tons of tears and cries. Just hope the monkeys made good use of that....
The Avatar mountains in the Zhangjiajie National Park called you back the next day, and you listened, returning for another opportunity, not to conquer the mountains, but to conquer yourself. Our frail and feeble minds cannot always perceive the 'Beyond' revealing Itself in the slight details of our everyday. It's curious how in the previous video your own words foreshadowed the knowledge of what was coming. "I hope the issue with the drone doesn't plague me the rest of the trip." As they say, language exerts hidden powers like the moon on the tides. Thank goodness, you learn your lessons and recover from losses well. Moreover, one never knows what worse luck your bad luck saved you from. Thank you, Justin Black for being a friend and a great travel companion. You lightened up the whole ordeal, and I ended up laughing about it, myself.😄 "Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck.” - Og Mandino
When you dropped the expensive gears off the cliff, you should notify park officials to where, when, what types of equipment lost, they might be able to find them for you, it may takes several days.
oh man.. that sucks.. I was once a self funded documentary filmmaker as well. That would be a worst nightmare.... I remember being close to being robbed in Marseille, and on the overnight train crossing the border of Spain and France. Good news is, you will always have this adventure story for the rest of your life :)
Last year I lost my drone in the lake. A big white gull just carry it off and drop it into the lake. And all my friends are laughing. Well sometimes you just need to pay the price.
Here in Canada one can subscribe to a SIM card with a Chinese phone number for only CAD$1.99+tax per month, which you can actually use in China -- 2.5 cents per minute outgoing and free incoming calls. It's not even an issue worth "cracking" !
oh my, sorry for you. but in china you can always ask for some help, it may help you get your Memory card back at lest. even people dont speak english they will know you need help and find some one who can speak, make phone calls for you etc. and its for free. some times you can also try service line in china, it may not work, but some times it may surprise you. it depends on policy in different countries, and it will not replace u a new one (dji, and caused by their bugs). but it may help u get a new one with low price. i have some chinese equipments buy in france and i called chinese service and they did help me.
So sorry to see the misfortune with your equipments. I was there in oct 2018. I saw 2 tourists dropped their cellphone off the cliff whilst taking a selfie. I saw their look of horror & devastation. (Apparently it’s a common mishap according to one of the park patrols.). Maybe it’s the mountains’ way to tell us to just enjoy its glory & magnificence without any distractions. 🤔
You have my full sympathy; as an amateur photographer I could understand your shock of losing a $1000 lens. Say, do you know of an insurance company that would cover you precisely against the loss of, or damage to, the photographic equipment while taking a travel abroad?
I use tcp insurance and they are great, I just had so many accidents before this trip that I was afraid they would drop me if I claimed another so I ate the loss in the interest of keeping the insurance that I like.
@@ClaireTrips You should talk to them. I don't think they will drop you. Your premiums might go up temporarily. You should have still have them cover it. That is what you're paying them for.
Damn, that's quite an expensive trip. remember to set your drone before each talking-off, make sure it will fly back automatically when it lose control.
Dude, stumbled upon this video. Dang, i wasn't laughing, i would have been so disappointing in myself, then maybe later, i would have a good laugh. Sucks, so, did you get a new drone or, a new lens?. I will certainly hope DJI has updated this, so it happens to no one else.
Awww...I feel your pain Claire. I would cry too. But you trying to stay positive was too cute. This incident is too relatable. We are humans, so it is understandable when we are extra clumsy on some days. It was terrible luck for you that day.
I had the same issue with my Mavis air in Guilin. It would prompt for a chinese phone number and would drift. I didn’t get to use it that year. For zhangjiajie I worked out how to use the Mavis air in China. Use a separate phone with no SIM card, turn off WiFi on the phone when flying. Obviously download the maps required at your hotel first. Hope you get flying drones again. 😎
I'm sorry for that disaster,but I really didn't know I need to be sad or laugh,cuz you're the first guy Iv ever seen crying while laughing😂😂😂Hope you've bought the insurance for your equipment...
That's such a shitty situation, I haven't updated my firmware on my Phantom in quite a while because I'm scared of some malfunction that might occur within the new firmware
I am feel so sad for the national park not for her. the new more garbeges in such beatutiful valley could never be cleaned. becuase nobody can access bottom of the valley
I sold my Mavic Air for a Mavic Pro 2. Countless times I had issues with that fricken drone (video quality isn't great and it's noisy as F), so many times I couldn't fly for some BS reason. So although this was costly lesson, if you buy another drone, defo get the pro or pro 2, much better drone even though I acknowledge this particular issue is software related, way less issues and far more stable and reliable!
DJI is a Chinese company, maybe is cheaper then the US if you bought it in China. I remember there is one DJI store on Nanjing Road, in Shanghai where you visited it.
If you are going to buy a drone again, it will have to be DJI because it's the best, for now at least. I can tell from your brief description you didn't do it correctly. You should 1st. wait till GPS is functioning before taking off，2. use auto take off, 3. RTH height set to a number that's not too high but higher than nearby highest objects. 4. set to auto RTH if control is lost, so when you encounter anything unexpected, just turn off the remote and the drone will fly back by itself. I have two DJIs for over 3 years and always obey these simple rules, so I can always have my drones back no matter what happens, like phone frozen up or dead etc.
Sometimes I get home and look at all my footage and I realize...I only have footage. I don’t remember actually experiencing the place I was at cuz I was filming the whole time. Trying to enjoy it through the viewfinder isn’t the same as enjoying the actual memories. I know you’re a professional photographer so maybe it’s even more important to have that beautiful trip just for you, in your head to review whenever you want.
I have the opposite problem. When I don't film I lose the memories within the year. I traveled all through South America and only have small chunks of foggy memories from those trips. When I do film, the memories stay with me in a much more solid form forever.
Poor Claire! I feel sorry for your loss... I am also a TH-camr and I can imagine how you felt about it... hope you will get this back. Nice videos btw! ;)
lens once told the drone, you jump i jump.
hahaha omg that lens is free now
OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Post of the year😂😅
Too funny 😂🤣🤣🤣😭😭
like Rose and Jack? Titanic?
Justin laughing like crazy while you are being a cry baby.. Thats when you know he is your true friend..
Yah..
i feel so sorry for you, but i can not stop laughingXDDDD
Haha that's ok, Justin couldn't stop laughing either and he was there for the whole thing
Me too.... 😐 sorry
Mavic Air sucks badly anyway. Skydio2 is a great uncrashable drone.
me to .........
@@nia6849 Mavic Air is not a reliable drone on the mountain, due to loss signals. I will recommend Phantom if there is no size issue or Mavic Pro 2 if you need to carry with your trail.
I'm trying to figure out whether you are crying or laughing the whole time.
In Chinese we call this 哭笑不得
@@lbc8932 真的是哭笑不得
我觉得她在笑。
Chinese saying:losing money will delete disaster.That could be why 😄
Most intelligent thing said in the video was "I think while I'm emotional, I can't make any decisions". I like that you took the time to cry and to get out the emotions from the experience. I enjoyed that you even were making jokes to help lighten the mood. However, most importantly, you recognized that you needed to get out the emotions and move on from the experience (including mourning in all black) before making any drastic life decisions.
Yes, I second that! Thanks for mentioning it.
Yep there's really nothing you can do at all, it already happened. You just have to suck it up and move on and not let it ruin your day.
The biggest thing is learning from one's mistake and so not to repeat the mistakes. No need to beat up yourself when unfortunate things happen no matter how big as we can try avoid all unfortunate circumstances but our foresight is limited. These are merely material things you lost, these losses can easily be replaced unlike other things such as one's health and loved ones. So dust yourself off and smile and enjoy what's ahead!
3:24 That's a feature not a bug. It requires your phone number to pin point you personally, because all phone numbers are real-named.
you can contact the DJI if it was the software bug of DJI system and report the issue, they may give you a new drone for free. that was my experience. My drone was suddenly drop into the lake due to a technical issue.
Dear Claire,I felt so sorry for you. It is good that you can cry out loudly. It will release your emotion. It is not healthy to bottle ip up. You will certainly be able to buy another one in no time at all. As long as you are safe and sound and healthy, you can recover the monetary lost in a blink of your eye. Keep Happy and Healthy. Justin is God send good companion for you in your sad and happy situations. Keep up your Up Beat Spirit !
“ good news is that my bag is going to be lighter “ 😝
Report to DJI, they will give you a new one.
wait long long
It's not a drone defect, it's the law agreement which ensures you have a legit number to be able to film there
@@teogeorge3987 sounds Malaysian🤣🤣
@@teogeorge3987 better than nothing
Don't apologize for your behavior on this vlog. It's understandable. What a downer and my heart goes out to you for all that loss. I hope that you're doing better and recovered and that you will continue to travel and share with us.
Maybe the dumb hoore should apologize for effectively littering. She should then be thankful that she wasn't charged $20,000 for rangers to retrieve her trash. So the f you mean "don't apologize"? Channeling your inner europid eh? One of these days your kind will get the beating you deserve. Btw, her fake exclamations playing to the camera was also cringe to watch
And you just earn my subscription because of losing over $2000.
Roll, roll, roll your lens
Gently down the cliff
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Money is but a dream!
Sorry for your loss but love your positivity & transparency.
I’m so sorry! And also thank you... I’ve been having a bit of a China day myself so I really appreciate this video!
Randomly starting watching your vlog of Mountain Hua, initially I wondered why you're in such hurry to finish one place after another. I jumped back to the start of the journey seeing the trip plan there, which covers almost all major attraction of China, then I realize why the plan is so compact. Those places took me 10 years to visit them all in several separated trips. Each time we got one week or so.
You guys journey not only bring back my memory of China, but also remind me how my parents and I managed to cover west and east coast in 2 weeks in US. When you're in a foreign country and being pushed by the compact travel plan, if you happens to be a goal-oriented person, mistake is just inevitable. I understand why you cry and laugh at the same time. Losing mavic would probably make you depressed for the rest of that day, but losing lens right after just make whole things dramatic. You know it just isn't your day.That's when that you started making fun of yourself by saying that gold line "The good news is my bag is gonna be lighter from now on."
Ouch that's tough, sorry for your losses. First thing I did with my mavic is turn off all OA and service and wifi when I take off, and auto updates when I have a good stable software version. OA is the source of many problems and f-ups tho.
The reason why each card can only be used by one person is to prevent someone from selling tickets at a high price.
Yup, I have had my share of mishaps in China. I learned to take my time and start up all my gear at my hotel, before going to my destination. I missed lots of drone footage because I didn’t register, didn’t update, broken SD card and dead battery. Glad you could laugh and cry about it.
hahaha, poor Claire. show this video to DJI and they probably will give you a new one.
she might be lucky.. in case this place is no dronce place.. she might be in jail.
Djone Tan Your ignorance makes me laugh, china is one of the most safety countries.Western media has been misleading you for so long.
@@uniquejing you dont get what i meant. try to fly a drone in no fly zone area, you might be in jail. how about you fly your drone in beijing and make a video about it.. if you get away with it, than what you said is true. and come back and give us the link.
@@jonitan76 People need to follow the law no matter where you are. Try to fly a drone here in NYC or DC, it will be the same.
Djone Tan 看你顶的视频，你肯定是看的懂中文了，每个国家有每个国家的法律，禁飞区是为了军事保密，其他国家一样有，也同样不允许无人机。北京大部分地区一样允许无人机，很多宣传视频也用到了无人机，这种视频比比皆是
You can buy another in China~ It's cheaper a lot and better quality
她都说了别买大疆全是bug，你还让别人买
H2uss G 你以为只有大疆？
但大疆有bug是正常的，因为开发版本发布后直接上线，很多时候都不经过测试。
不过即使这样，跟别的对比，大疆还是最好的。
请问她的空拍是怎么不见的？
那还有比大疆做的更好的吗
@@黄联兴 她的大疆一直提示她输入一个中国电话号码, 时不时弹出来. 然后她航拍的时候, 果然又出现了, 然后就失控了, 掉下去了. 关键是, 同时她的包拉链没有拉上, 镜头也掉下去了... 损失, 原地翻倍
Felt so bad for Claire and poor poor girl. I hope things get better after this yah... take care!
Please forgive me, I couldn't help myself but back here and watching this vlog for the second time. I still couldn't stop laughing, even though I felt all your pain and feeling sorry for your $2000 lost. Love all your videos.
I really don't get why people record themselves emotionally like this.
I feel your pain, just started flying my mavic mini and it took an allergic reaction to a tree. At least I found it after 4 hours of wandering through a forest. Currently praying to the god of superglue to fix the broken arm. Have you started flying again?
Time to get the DJI Mavic mini, no registration required. Check YT for more info.
Hi Claire, to launch DJI drones in China, you've to use a local Sim... OR... use VPN on your phone to deceive the app that you're in another location! You can fly, but can't see the map terrain on the DJI Go. I intended to get a local sim card for flying my drone in China, but had a hard time buying one as you'll need a local person's ID to register the SIM. Figured using VPN was easier...
I would cry, too. The most expensive lens I lost was a $485 Canon EF 85mm f1.8. I put it in my hoodie pocket that had no zippers to close it. I leaned out on a rock over the ocean in a way to better photograph a model. I leaned too far to the left and so the lens fell into the ocean. :( Your phone asked for a phone number? Your phone sounds hacked. Was it?
People were all looking back at you when you went all OMG on that puppy lolllll
And btw, sorry for your loss, but please be cautious next time flying a drone in mountaneous regions, because it is very hard to clean up the debris....Mountain cleaners literally need to risk their lives for that, because the topography is very tricky. So please please be careful.
Actually, in Zhangjiajie, there is a dangerous work that spidermans got down with wires and collect all fall-outs at the bottom regularly. At least the good thing is your drone's battery may not pollute the land there.
The reason why DJI requires a local number is to ensure that you've got the permission to fly a drone in certain areas. Anyways I'm sorry for your loss
It takes less than 10 dollars to get a Chinese number. You can throw it when you leave. Or you can get a US sim from China telecom/Unicom US which would provide you both Chinese and US numbers
+hija.....thank u , thank u for been so genuine...and yourself...we love you exactly for that...i can be your mother and feel so proud for you.
I feel sorry for you! I crashed my Mavic in the canadian rockies it fell off the cliff near a huge waterfall. It took me 2 hours to climb down the cliff and get it back. Now my mavic 2 has way much more noise when it flies now….
The drone footage that you took and show in this clip of the Avatar mountains is absolutely stunning. You have a fantastic channel.
So sorry about the drone loss, although....would that lead to plastic and battery pollution in the park?
Claire: We'er fine, that's fine, i'm fine.
drone : OK. le'ts go.
I am sorry for your loss but this really reminds me of the girl who had a melt down in a car where she shouted to her friend: "SHOW ME SUPPORTTTTTT!!!!"
You are soooo adorable. Love your videos. I can't stop watching them one by one. Sorry for your lost...but I really can't help laughing when I find Justin laughing while you were crying
It's heartbreaking. I had my Spark crashed to the ground when I tried to fly it out from my hotel balcony. 14 floors below!!! And guess what, I got myself a Mavic Pro after that. So, which new drone have you got yourself then? Cheers!
Sorry that you lost your drone and lens. I lost my Mavic at Mt. Fuji in a large lake. I know the feeling. You are correct about drone flying. It is getting harder and harder.
Sorry for your loss... I also lost my favorite hat in Zhangjiajie when I was 12 and led to tons of tears and cries. Just hope the monkeys made good use of that....
Wanting Wei xdd
Man, the moneys there sure receive a lot of "donations"!
The Avatar mountains in the Zhangjiajie National Park called you back the next day, and you listened, returning for another opportunity, not to conquer the mountains, but to conquer yourself. Our frail and feeble minds cannot always perceive the 'Beyond' revealing Itself in the slight details of our everyday. It's curious how in the previous video your own words foreshadowed the knowledge of what was coming. "I hope the issue with the drone doesn't plague me the rest of the trip." As they say, language exerts hidden powers like the moon on the tides. Thank goodness, you learn your lessons and recover from losses well. Moreover, one never knows what worse luck your bad luck saved you from.
Thank you, Justin Black for being a friend and a great travel companion. You lightened up the whole ordeal, and I ended up laughing about it, myself.😄
"Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck.” - Og Mandino
When you dropped the expensive gears off the cliff, you should notify park officials to where, when, what types of equipment lost, they might be able to find them for you, it may takes several days.
oh man.. that sucks..
I was once a self funded documentary filmmaker as well. That would be a worst nightmare....
I remember being close to being robbed in Marseille, and on the overnight train crossing the border of Spain and France.
Good news is, you will always have this adventure story for the rest of your life :)
That’s the unluckiest series of events I’ve ever heard. I feel so sorry for you but on the bright side what a story!
I'm sorry to hear. I think you had the worst possible day for being a photographer.
Last year I lost my drone in the lake. A big white gull just carry it off and drop it into the lake. And all my friends are laughing. Well sometimes you just need to pay the price.
feeling sorry for you and can feel the pain losing canon 135mm 2L lens :( it was totally a nightmare
Here in Canada one can subscribe to a SIM card with a Chinese phone number for only CAD$1.99+tax per month, which you can actually use in China -- 2.5 cents per minute outgoing and free incoming calls. It's not even an issue worth "cracking" !
oh my, sorry for you. but in china you can always ask for some help, it may help you get your Memory card back at lest. even people dont speak english they will know you need help and find some one who can speak, make phone calls for you etc. and its for free. some times you can also try service line in china, it may not work, but some times it may surprise you. it depends on policy in different countries, and it will not replace u a new one (dji, and caused by their bugs). but it may help u get a new one with low price. i have some chinese equipments buy in france and i called chinese service and they did help me.
you don't always have enough time when traveling! you need to choose what to lose when traveling!
That little puppy was adorable I'm same way walk buy people wave mabe give a small smile but I see puppy like him I go into got to inter act mode
So sorry to see the misfortune with your equipments. I was there in oct 2018. I saw 2 tourists dropped their cellphone off the cliff whilst taking a selfie. I saw their look of horror & devastation. (Apparently it’s a common mishap according to one of the park patrols.).
Maybe it’s the mountains’ way to tell us to just enjoy its glory & magnificence without any distractions. 🤔
You just reminded me how I couldn’t tell if a girl was crying or laughing 😅
understand your feelings. I also dropped my canon 580 flash from the bridge into the river when shooting in the dark.
What's wrong with crying? Good way to get out emotions. Better than being angry. -- Glad you didn't fall off the cliff.
Grace Gratitude & Grit!
this is the reason why i've always wanted a drone to take amazing scenic videos but then my anxiety is telling me this would happen to me..
The first time watching someone crying while laughing..
Guess you haven't watch Joker yet then.
sorry for your loss. better luck next time.
Cute little puppy 💝
I once tripped over a pipe on a canal tow path and wiped out a £500 Nikon lens and a iPhone 7 so I feel for you
I feel so bad but I have just laughed so hard.
Bless you.
Ps randomly found this channel and love it.
lol, welcome!
Every time I feel depressed from my work, I come here to see Clair's cry. Thank you, Doctor Clair.
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You have my full sympathy; as an amateur photographer I could understand your shock of losing a $1000 lens. Say, do you know of an insurance company that would cover you precisely against the loss of, or damage to, the photographic equipment while taking a travel abroad?
I use tcp insurance and they are great, I just had so many accidents before this trip that I was afraid they would drop me if I claimed another so I ate the loss in the interest of keeping the insurance that I like.
@@ClaireTrips You should talk to them. I don't think they will drop you. Your premiums might go up temporarily. You should have still have them cover it. That is what you're paying them for.
You could've contacted DJI they are in Shenzhen.. I swear if you provide some sort of log of the bug, they would love to replace you a new one.
same for crashing my lens in Beijing! then bought wrong lens there, and quickly found another lens there. Hoping memory is better than your loss
I can sympathize with your loss. My wife recently lost her purse with over $2500 worth of contents at the Beijing airport.
Damn, that's quite an expensive trip. remember to set your drone before each talking-off, make sure it will fly back automatically when it lose control.
Dude, stumbled upon this video. Dang, i wasn't laughing, i would have been so disappointing in myself, then maybe later, i would have a good laugh. Sucks, so, did you get a new drone or, a new lens?. I will certainly hope DJI has updated this, so it happens to no one else.
It's gonna be ok... Your gonna look back and laugh at this one day.
Awww...I feel your pain Claire. I would cry too. But you trying to stay positive was too cute. This incident is too relatable. We are humans, so it is understandable when we are extra clumsy on some days. It was terrible luck for you that day.
did you pick the trash or leave it behind in the nature?
Excellent videos -I love your work .
I once got my newly-purchased iPhone max 512g stolen, along with a wallet filled with CC and a few hundred dollars. So I can feel for you.
Does the drone battery cause pollution to earth?
OMG I met the same cat near the bridge in April!
I had the same issue with my Mavis air in Guilin. It would prompt for a chinese phone number and would drift. I didn’t get to use it that year. For zhangjiajie I worked out how to use the Mavis air in China. Use a separate phone with no SIM card, turn off WiFi on the phone when flying. Obviously download the maps required at your hotel first. Hope you get flying drones again. 😎
I am so sorry, but I laughed so hard😭. If you ever stop by Philly, you can take my DJI Mavic drone that I haven't been using for 2yrs....
Lol I may take you up on that
Sorry for your loss of equipment, since you in China, getting a phone number is not that hard i believe...
yes, it's the same in every country, buy a sim card in airport pls, that will help saving some money too.
If my pilot cries like that, I'll get the fuck off the plane right away.
Just imagining the lens rolling off a cliff in China moments after losing the drone 😂😂 love your videos!
I'm sorry for that disaster,but I really didn't know I need to be sad or laugh,cuz you're the first guy Iv ever seen crying while laughing😂😂😂Hope you've bought the insurance for your equipment...
That's such a shitty situation, I haven't updated my firmware on my Phantom in quite a while because I'm scared of some malfunction that might occur within the new firmware
I am feel so sad for the national park not for her. the new more garbeges in such beatutiful valley could never be cleaned. becuase nobody can access bottom of the valley
I sold my Mavic Air for a Mavic Pro 2. Countless times I had issues with that fricken drone (video quality isn't great and it's noisy as F), so many times I couldn't fly for some BS reason. So although this was costly lesson, if you buy another drone, defo get the pro or pro 2, much better drone even though I acknowledge this particular issue is software related, way less issues and far more stable and reliable!
DJI is a Chinese company, maybe is cheaper then the US if you bought it in China. I remember there is one DJI store on Nanjing Road, in Shanghai where you visited it.
What mic do you use?
If you are going to buy a drone again, it will have to be DJI because it's the best, for now at least. I can tell from your brief description you didn't do it correctly. You should 1st. wait till GPS is functioning before taking off，2. use auto take off, 3. RTH height set to a number that's not too high but higher than nearby highest objects. 4. set to auto RTH if control is lost, so when you encounter anything unexpected, just turn off the remote and the drone will fly back by itself. I have two DJIs for over 3 years and always obey these simple rules, so I can always have my drones back no matter what happens, like phone frozen up or dead etc.
5:28, sorry for your loss, but I just couldn't help laughing
Sometimes I get home and look at all my footage and I realize...I only have footage. I don’t remember actually experiencing the place I was at cuz I was filming the whole time. Trying to enjoy it through the viewfinder isn’t the same as enjoying the actual memories. I know you’re a professional photographer so maybe it’s even more important to have that beautiful trip just for you, in your head to review whenever you want.
I have the opposite problem. When I don't film I lose the memories within the year. I traveled all through South America and only have small chunks of foggy memories from those trips. When I do film, the memories stay with me in a much more solid form forever.
While you were hugging the Panda's, did they offer you a sweet deal on camera lenses they found on the jungle floor?
thank god you did not trying to climb down the cliff to find it.
Oh no 😭 That sucks big time!
The environment is looking amazing though!
sorry about your loss! but will the DJI warranty cover the drone?
Nope
Hope you get replacement drone and lense soon. Keep your spirit up...
WOW! insane mountain views!!!
Poor Claire! I feel sorry for your loss... I am also a TH-camr and I can imagine how you felt about it... hope you will get this back. Nice videos btw! ;)
i cant stop laughing, im glad im not the onlyone that fucks up camera gear for fun lol
good news there is $400 Dji drones now.