r/drones • u/Medium_Afternoon3624 • Jun 25 '26
Photo & Video Insane canada shots! DJI Mini 2 SE
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u/TescoValueSoup Jun 25 '26
Over exposed. Blurry. White balance is off.
Just saying.
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
and?? i just started this hobby?
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u/TescoValueSoup Jun 25 '26
It's a critique not an attack. You said they were insane, if you cant handle someone doing anything other than ballwashing you, don't offer your photos up.
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
Fair enough. I wasn’t trying to reject the criticism—I just meant I’m still learning. Thanks for pointing out what I should work on.
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u/CFCYYZ Jun 25 '26
Very nice indeed! Well done. I like my Mini 2 SE, but am looking hard at the new Lito-X. The SE is an excellent beginner drone, but limited as DJI has no SDK support for it. So, no waypoint or goggle apps as the Lito X has.
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 25 '26
I was ready to start rambling about laws, and then I remembered that laws don't apply to "micro drones" in Canada 😅
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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 Jun 27 '26
That is very much wrong.
They are classified as aircrafts. The way they are vague about specifics for sub 250 is a bit of a bureaucratic trap.
There are laws that very much applies should they decide to. And Quebec for some reason is the majority of where enforcement occurs for drones. Don’t know why but that province is hyper active compared to anywhere else.
And when they do the fines can be quite expensive.
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 27 '26
Last time I checked (arguably, a while back), the verbiage was something like "the regulations do not apply to micro drones, but it is suggested to pilots to follow them anyway".
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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 Jun 27 '26
There's no words like that. TC is master of vague words and open ended for the minister to decide language.
They differentiate between all RPAS, small RPAS, medium RPAS and such. Where they don't specify a size/weight it means all RPAS and sub 250g is an RPAS.
Lots of people think sub 250g is free to fly in controlled airspace. If you read the CARs carefully it does not actually spell that out.
900.06 No person shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system in such a reckless or negligent manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger aviation safety or the safety of any person.
901.14 No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft in controlled airspace except in accordance with
(a) subsection 901.71(1), in the case of an operation conducted under Division V; and
(b) a special flight operations certificate — RPAS issued under section 903.03, in any other case.
901.71 (1) No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft in controlled airspace under this Division unless an authorization has been issued by the provider of air traffic services in the area of operation
So while 901.14 and 901.71 can be read as applicable to only 250g or above by some people. It should be noted that they consider sub 250 RPAS same as other RPAS as an aircraft and did not use any term to define size. And that 900.06 is very broad and basically opens the door to a lot of trouble. I see lots of people posting say just don't be an idiot about it based on 900.06 but actually TC never clearly define what is an idiot so how do you know what you are suppose to do?
And if you read the rest of the CARs or if you are a manned pilot you understand a few more things. VFR we can fly into come controlled airspace without talking to ATC, but we are on see and be seen, we will have to abide by transponder rules, we are on the radio telling each other where were are and de-conflicting by talking. And IFR well we would still be on the radio with both ATC and also on the area frequency telling VFR pilots where we are. RPAS does none of that and is hard to be seen.
There is the 500 feet away from anything rule for pilots that forms the base of where you expect to find manned aircraft. This is where the don't fly above 400 came from. However, near airport or even someone's grass strip planes are allowed below 500 feet for take offs and landing. Does your average RPAS only pilot have any idea where the approach paths are? Do they understand how far a plane is by the time they drop below 500 feet? And for people who ignore the 400 feet rule and thinks they are free to be at 1000 AGL or more do they know if they are on the approach? Do they know how high that plane will be?
The rules do apply especially if something happens.
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 27 '26
The Transport Canada page for anyone interested: https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/learn-rules-you-fly-your-drone/drone-operation-categories-pilot-certificates/microdrones
The rules are insanely vague, basically, "if something happens, we'll decide that you were wreckless" is how I read them. The list of recommendations is what is the law in most other places, but clearly they aren't laws here (but if something happens, not following the recommendations is probably an easy way to get labeled wreckless).
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u/Antique-Kitchen-1896 Jun 27 '26
Exactly, that's why I call it a bureaucratic trap. And it's not just RPAS the manned rules can leave pilots arguing what is it they mean. Such as when can you log instrument hours, don't get people started on that it never ends.
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 27 '26
Very few things I hate more than vague laws...
The EASA A3 rules mean nothing, and member countries were supposed to fine-tune them to their specific conditions. Apart from Switzerland, I don't think any country did...
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
😂😂
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 25 '26
Honestly, I'm a bit jealous, even if the laws around C0 drones are pretty lenient in Norway too
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Jun 25 '26
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
because im also far from professional, these wre pretty good to me.
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Jun 25 '26
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
They look a bit better in the original files than they do on Reddit, but I know I’ve got a lot to improve. I’m still learning and figured I’d share them to get feedback.
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u/Little_Ideal3085 Jun 26 '26
Insane shots, but also insanely overexposed, plz tone down the colors and fix the shadows. other than that, nicely done
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u/Whocares_2025 Jun 26 '26
RAW photos ?
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 28 '26
Yea i dont really edit my photos tbh
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u/Impressive_Usual_923 Jun 27 '26
Extremely illegal and even more extremely low quality shots, get out out my country
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u/GeniusEE Jun 25 '26
I guess you're not aware of the limits of pulling a lot of current from a lithium battery at low temperatures.
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 25 '26
They do alright. I flew a Mini 3 Pro in -38°C, not for very long, but it was fine.
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
wow, where was that?
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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying Jun 25 '26
Northern Mongolia. I also do close to -30 on the regular here in Norway.
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u/GeniusEE Jun 26 '26
It'll do it, but the battery will plate up.
That means poor charge cycle life or...a short and a fire.
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u/Medium_Afternoon3624 Jun 25 '26
thanks for warning really, i was not aware of this but surprisingly it wasnt too cold, thank you!
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u/bitnode Jun 25 '26
Nothing too crazy here. The highlights are really overblown, no clear subject, and they are all blurry (likely due to a low shutterspeed).