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I fly my P4P for real estate business 3 to 4 times a week in a 100-mile radius from my home. If the wind gusts are over 35 mph I use the P4 because it's expendable now after 3 years of use. I calibrated the compass on the P4 a couple of years ago when the app said to, but I've never calibrated...

I use an older discontinued Nikon D300s on a tripod with a suppressed flash. I have three of these Nikons so if one is in for repair I still have a backup with me. I stopped doing panoramas many years ago. Today's home buyers are in a hurry and flip through the images quickly. They won't...

Well said!

I shoot around 15 to 20 homes a week, but I have an assistant who does all the photo processing. I don't do any video because of the time involved in editing. I use the drone about 4 or 5 times a week, for an additional fee, when the real estate agent requests it.

I've been a professional real estate photographer for over 10 years and using drones in my work for the last 5 years. My inside photos of a home are an HDR blend of five exposures, but my P4P shots are straight jpeg with almost no post-processing. I do use Lightroom to resize for the multiple...

Might not be a bad idea. I almost lost a job this week because I couldn't take off. It was an unlockable zone and I did everything I was supposed to on the DJI GEO unlocking site and got the OK. But, it didn't show up on the DJI Go app once in the area. I also tried while on site using my...

I agree. Flying for business can get you in very tricky situations. I haven't crashed in the last couple of hundred flights, but my earlier Phantoms met a lot of trees while learning.

After reading numerous threads, it seems everyone with a P4P has this issue. All we can do is hope DJI gives us a way to turn it off or set our own wind warning level.

I've updated to the latest firmware and I don't see anywhere in the settings that deal with wind advisories.

I'm getting a warning about high winds every few minutes even on a calm day. I see a lot of old threads on the DJI forum, but no solutions.

63.81 with a nice tail wind.

Just had this happen to me today for the first time. I've got 160+ flights with never a problem until today. I had only been up for a few minutes with 75% battery and suddenly my image looked like I was out of control. The P4 was still in view so I could fly back and land with no problem, but...

I've found you don't want to fly when the winds are higher than the top speed of your Phantom. Sometimes the job requires giving it a try, even if the wind is kind of scary. I've flown my P3P in 35 mph average wind and couldn't bring it back facing the headwind. I had to land on a gravel road...

I do the same. Sit in passenger seat with car running and heat on. this was taken last winter. 28 degrees and 16 mph winds. No problem. I keep everything warm on the front seat until I'm ready to fly.

When I used to use the Mini it would overheat in the summer, start to pixelate and then the screen would go black. It can't handle the combination of the heat and the power draw of the Go app. I now use an iPad Air 2 with zero problems.