Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Which cam is best for Snorkeling in the Maldives?

This resort on the maldivian Island of Dheru is called "Jawakara" and was the best island we explored so far (actually it's two islands connected via a 600m long bridge). 



Best SETTINGS:
4k30 or 60fps  (30 for low light)
4:3 aspect - so you can re-frame if you didn't have your subject centered well
Rocksteady stabilization on, wide FOV
Option: underwarter color 

TRANSFER speeds:   
  Nano (128gb version):    ~500 mbytes/sec !!!
  Action5 (internal mem): ~300 mbytes/sec 
  from SD card:                    ~80  mbytes/sec

BATTERYLIFE: 
really good efficiency! Action5 runs very long, little Nano runs "long enough" and is re-charged quickly with it's screen module...
Never was an issue in our 2 weeks of snorkeling!

Sunday, October 19, 2025

SAMOS by Drone: Paradise Beaches, refreshing Canyons & awesome Cliff Dives!

 Join me as I put the Chimera 4 travel drone to the ultimate test, capturing the stunning beauty of  Samos Island (Greece) – from paradise beaches everywhere, through refreshing canyons to be explored and epic dives at the Kerkis, highest elevation on the island.



Canyon was the "Potami Waterfalls" a little west of Karlovasi. Beach from first shots is the Potami beach, Church is called "Agios Nikolaos Chapel Potami". Best fish on the island in our fav restaurant: Cohyli Restaurant (in Ireon).

We found Samos to be the nicest island of the few Greek islands we travelled to. 

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Granite Blocks and Castles on the Rocks (Waldviertel vacation Part 2)

On our vacation in the "forrest quarter" of Lower Austria, we found many of those typical rock formations (granite) and it was very nice to hike thru this woods. Once such a majestic castle was on my radar we of course had to go over there too!
First Castle: Rapottenstein Ruins: Arbesbach 3rd spot massive rocks near "Luaga Lucka" / Altmelon

Saturday, July 3, 2021

how handy is a 3.5" Drone on vacation?

We took the conveniently small drone with us on this trip to the "Waldviertel" (wood district) which has a nice reservoir (first part), lot's of castles and ruins to explore and very nice wood trails. Make sure to stay tuned (aka SUBSCRIBE) to see the 2nd part (with more stone formations in the woods and impressive castles).
Thanks to my lovely camera girl for the great external shots!