About

Gender

Male


Location

Anchorage, AK


About Me:

Colombian born, Alaskan raised. Commercial photographer by trade social entrepreneur by heart. http://avephoto.com


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Mostly in aerial photography & mapping for aesthetic cartography purposes. http://avephoto.com


Hometown:

Anchorage


Activity Feed

Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Ivan Stamatovski's blog post Complete mapping solution with Sony QX1 by Easy Aerial - update
"Ivan! So glad to see your flybot system going this route. I just got a QX1 working on my Iris and am far from satisfied with it bc it's really not an ideal set up.

It looks like you are you triggering the QX1 via remote cable. What kind of Fps are…"
Aug 10, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz posted a discussion in IRIS
Hey I'm back with a much needed update. It's possible to trigger the Sony QX1 mirrorless lens-camera w/o using API calls to from the Remote SDK. Think of this solution as a the good old analog way w/o out all the bells and whistles of using the…
Apr 20, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Jaime Machuca's blog post Using the Intel Edison as a Smart Camera Controller
"Hey all Jamie Machuca published the connecting aspect of this on instructables:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Intel-Edison-Smart-Camera-Trigger-f..."
Apr 20, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Jose Alberto Soler's discussion Should 3DR build an Inspire equivalent drone?
"They need to. I'm not interested in Solo because it's weight and its limitation on camera options. If they ever decide to integrate QX1 officially w/o Site Scan service then it would be worth while.

Hey did you ever get your Qx1 configured and…"
Apr 20, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Paulo Neves's discussion Sony Alpha5000 APM triggered and geo-tagged in Terrain/Surface Mapping
"QX1 does allow control over usb with its proprietary RM-VPR1 remote. Here's a break down of wiring.

e4e.ucsd.edu/news-and-updates/sony-qx1-triggering

Regarding 3D mount for mapping, my research points to a mashup of these two with some simple…"
Apr 20, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Paulo Neves's discussion Sony Alpha5000 APM triggered and geo-tagged in Terrain/Surface Mapping
"@Paulo hey thanks for existing and being willing to solve these kinds of problems.Best way to describe myself is as an entrepreneurial business owner with limited time. I've been working as a commercial photographer for 8+ years. 
1. In the past…"
Apr 17, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Peter M's discussion 3DR Solo for mapping/ survey/ precision ag
"Hey Burke I'm on the fence w/ solo. Atm I use an Iris with Canon s100 and have lots of research gathered for QX1. I already use QX1 for commercial photography applications on the ground.My issue with Solo is i dont understand the value of a closed…"
Apr 17, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Design files for IRIS+ now open source
"@Chris you rock! Thank you for keeping 3DR responsive to the community."
Mar 16, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Donovan Silver's discussion Beginner drone options?
"Donovan i got into drones by way of the 3DR Iris which is an all ready to go platform designed to work with gopro hero3+ and gimbal. I modified mine for mapping because as a photographer I've always wanted to capture the complex textures and shadows…"
Jan 29, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Andy Jensen's blog post Last-sell for many legacy 3DR product
"Im both grateful and disappointed with the news that 3DR has decided to compete in the consumer drone market that DJI has defined so well.When I got into the hobby I did so by way of Iris and felt a great sense of respect and admiration for the…"
Jan 29, 2016
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Azhar T. Pangesti's blog post Olympus AIR
"I went QX1 for mapping bc it can be hardwire triggered. For motion, the Blackmagic Micro Cinema camera is a solid minimal design with global shutter. Warning though, it uses professional level codecs so it's to know a little bit about editing and…"
Oct 7, 2015
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Jimmy Oliver's blog post Stop California Bad Drone Law
"@Gary please propose one of those many solutions to privacy. I'd like to hear it. The truth is, privacy is spectrum depending on the person and their perception of reality. No magicbullet here. As Americans, our sense of privacy is very skewed, we…"
Aug 29, 2015
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Martin Ol's discussion Mapping GIS/Orthophotos in 3DR SOLO
"Kudos Martin thats a good start. I map with my Iris using an S100 and I work as a commercial photographer.Two things that helped me get better final results1. Fly higher, this minimizes motion blur caused on frames affected by ground speed.It also…"
Jun 28, 2015
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Mr Flying Pizza's discussion Fool proof guide for newbies to avoid flyaways or disarm problems?
"I'll keep this short and sweet.fly aways occur bc people have little understanding of what systems are at play Solution - Learn your systems:1) Master flying in Stabilize so you can always recover (took me about 10hrs of practice, what helped me was…"
Jun 21, 2015
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz replied to Mr Flying Pizza's discussion Fool proof guide for newbies to avoid flyaways or disarm problems?
"+1 for checking throttle position before going into stabilize"
Jun 21, 2015
Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz commented on Jaime Machuca's blog post Using the Intel Edison as a Smart Camera Controller
"@Marden Alcantara, which Frsky RX did you test?Was there a drop in signal quality?"
May 27, 2015
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