{"id":38303,"date":"2017-07-09T16:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/?p=38303"},"modified":"2017-09-28T10:23:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T10:23:17","slug":"djispark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/djispark\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of the DJI Spark – Shot entirely with the DJI Spark!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I thought the DJI Mavic Pro was small, but it is quite huge compared to the Spark. This diminutive drone was announced a couple of months back, and I have finally managed to get mine. I bought the Fly More combo that comes with a natty bag, an extra battery, the essential controller, and some spare props. It came in Alpine White, as that was all that was available when it first went on sale. DJI kindly sent me another one (in sexy red) which made my idea of filming the entire video review of it using it possible.<\/p>\n

Previously, my reviews have been shot with traditional cameras intercut with shots using it. This was a challenge, especially with audio, but one I really wanted to do. The audio was recorded using the little Tascam DR-10 recorder and lav mic. It looks like a small radio mic, but it is a recorder with a micro sd card slot. You can actually loop audio out from it into a wireless transmitter so it can also be used as a nice handy little backup in case the radio mic cuts out at a crucial time.<\/p>\n

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I was also\u00a0able to get some shots of Julian flying the Spark and demonstrating the gesture control. There was no way I was going to attempt to fly two at once; whilst it could be done, it was not a good idea for too many reasons. By filming Julian using it, I was able to get some nice circling shots of him which looked great (all manual flying control of course in GPS, as there is no ATTI mode)<\/p>\n

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