Comment on How do you safely film a group of masked armed men while they are in the process of committing a crime, without them knowing that you are recording? [USA]

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• archonet@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That sounds like a fine way to have your (presumably expensive) drone carrying your (presumably also expensive) camera hit with buckshot.

  I’m not saying don’t try anyways. But there’s a good chance the gestapo just starts blastin’.

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  • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you have watched anything from Ukraine, you will know that that isn’t the easiest thing in the world.

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    • archonet@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not saying you’re wrong, but: has anyone in Ukraine actually tried a shotgun?

      I generally try to avoid watching anything that’ll scar my psyche, but, as far as I’m aware soldiers in the field don’t usually carry shotguns, but rifles, in the anticipation of dealing with enemies wearing body armor/at some distance. And hitting a moving drone with a rifle, yes absolutely that’d be a bitch – one projectile is not enough, especially for a moving target.

      Police (and I’m assuming ICE as well), generally dealing with people not equipped with body armor, tend to keep a shotgun handy for a multitude of reasons (breaching doors, not overpenetrating through walls, etc), and skeet shooting is already a thing (though admittedly it would still be harder if the drone was moving erratically).

      All this is to say: I don’t know anything for a fact, because I’ve tried to avoid watching anything that’ll scar me, but has anyone in Ukraine on either side had access to a shotgun or two before getting turned into gibs? because I can absolutely believe that soldiers with rifles would fail to shoot a drone, but I wouldn’t be so quick to discount a couple people with shotguns unless that’s already a solution the Russians tried before the cope cages.

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      • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They have tried shotguns, nets, other drones, rocks, food cans, their guns when they run out of ammo, swinging their guns like a bat and many other things.

        The drones are often used to attack inside established dugouts and such. They fly into the front door. So the defenders often do have shotguns and specifically for that purpose.

        Drones are hard to hit, though.

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    DJI Care Refresh has joined the chat (still expensive tho)

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• Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  FYI Dji has removed the geofences on their products. You may need to do a firmware update.

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