Xaomi Yi camera custom firmware update

I was worried about breaking my ~$500 GoPro 4 Silver, so I splashed out the $100 on Banggood for the Xaomi Yi camera, after reading you could apply custom firmware/settings (especially well to the 'original' version linked above), that massively improve the camera quality and recording rate.

Pretty funny, the hardware (lens/sensors) is good, but the software config is terrible!

By applying these settings/config, the image is actually really good, for $100 anyway!

The settings/firmware can be downloaded [here], it's known as Yi "Waffle".

I'm using the 30FPS settings, with an Extreme SD card (Ultra's just do not cut it)

On my 210, i'm simply using the wedge style to mount it, with a strap

Just make sure you get a few of these lens protectors ($3 each), so the protectors crack (below) and not the lens.. they've saved me!

A sample still captured via VLC -

... not the best example of quality given the light was bad on the day. I'll upload a video shortly

Indoor flying, abandoned melbourne should be legal!

Part of flying quadcopters/drones involves avoiding the weather .. and unfortunately this usually means walking over broken glass (or worse) in abandoned buildings.

But some times things seem to look nice