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Drone Photography

  • 06-06-2018 3:13pm
    #1
    tusk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,893 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys.

    I recently got a DJI Mavic Pro sand have been flying very sparsely and conservatively based on the legal restrictions.

    Wondering how many people are actually abiding by these, as I'm always left feeling short when looking at other photographer's pictures who are clearly exceeding either the 120m height, or 300m distance.

    Any insights would be great. Do people just not care, or are they getting exceptions?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    Balfey1972
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 811 ✭✭✭Balfey1972


    tusk wrote: »
    Hi guys.

    I recently got a DJI Mavic Pro sand have been flying very sparsely and conservatively based on the legal restrictions.

    Wondering how many people are actually abiding by these, as I'm always left feeling short when looking at other photographer's pictures who are clearly exceeding either the 120m height, or 300m distance.

    Any insights would be great. Do people just not care, or are they getting exceptions?

    Cheers

    Tusk alot would seem to be operating drones without knowledge or just ignorance.

    Agreed that looking at a fair number of images and video about, not all would be getting approval.

    I have done the ground school training and have my Specific Operating Permission approved by the IAA. To operate in Class C space and go above the allowed 50 feet height you need to have pre approval with the IAA. I think there is a serious lack of awareness of what you can and can't do.

    Footage from a guy flying a drone over the Ed Sheeran concert in the Park recently. He said it was fine because a guard seen what he was doing and said it was ok.

    Operate and fly within the IAA parameters and that way you cannot be challenged. If you need to go outside this look at doing your training and get your SOP approved. It is not cheap but it's an avenue worth looking at.

    120m height and 300m DLOS does give you alot of options in Class G space, it is in the Class C space which is most of Dublin that is the restrictive.


  • #3
    Reati
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭Reati


    tusk wrote: »
    Hi guys.

    I recently got a DJI Mavic Pro sand have been flying very sparsely and conservatively based on the legal restrictions.

    Wondering how many people are actually abiding by these, as I'm always left feeling short when looking at other photographer's pictures who are clearly exceeding either the 120m height, or 300m distance.

    Any insights would be great. Do people just not care, or are they getting exceptions?

    Cheers

    There is a whole group of licensed operators who will see and rightly forward illegally shot material to the IAA for follow up. You'd be surprised by how short time it takes to track someone down from a photo online....

    Just follow the rules and don't ruin it for the rest of us.

    120 / 300meters rule is more than enough.


  • #4
    tusk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,893 ✭✭✭tusk


    Nice thanks for the info guys.

    Any links for the training and certification you mention?


  • #5
    Reati
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭Reati


    tusk wrote: »
    Nice thanks for the info guys.

    Any links for the training and certification you mention?

    Do you need to fly inside Dublin? Otherwise certification is mostly pointless unless you plan to start a business.


  • #6
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    Is it a case of using common sense? I fly one at 400m altitude once I know I'm not endangering anyone.
    I was working on a job recently that needed a fully licensed drone pilot. He insisted on ringing the Air Corp every time he was taking the drone up for a shot even when it was only flying 10 metres above the ground.


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  • #7
    Reati
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,926 ✭✭✭Reati


    Effects wrote: »
    Is it a case of using common sense? I fly one at 400m altitude once I know I'm not endangering anyone.
    I was working on a job recently that needed a fully licensed drone pilot. He insisted on ringing the Air Corp every time he was taking the drone up for a shot even when it was only flying 10 metres above the ground.

    No. There are set limits you do not fly outside of.

    Common sense within those. The point of "I'm not endangering anyone" doesn't hold up because you don't know you are endangering someone till it's a bit late :)


  • #8
    Effects
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    Reati wrote: »
    No. There are set limits you do not fly outside of.

    Common sense within those. The point of "I'm not endangering anyone" doesn't hold up because you don't know you are endangering someone till it's a bit late :)

    Flying over a large crowd vs flying over empty agricultural fields. There's a difference in risk alright.


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