As many here already know, I have a utility that allows one to incorporate one or more 360-degree panorama captures into a waypoint mission. This utility is working well and I can see that many are using it.
While that utility is working well, it has some limitations. For example, it was written to mimic the photo capture process when using a typical wide-angle lens found on most/all drones. I have written a new 360-degree panorama capture mission creator for Litchi that computes the photo orientations (headings and gimbal pitches) based on your choice of lens and desired overlap. This way, one can select a telephoto lens and my application will compute the orientation for all of the photos that will make up a high (or super) resolution 360-degree panorama.
Although, this utility creates a Litchi CSV file, that CSV file can then be converted to a DJI Fly waypoint mission and executed with a Mavic 3, Air 3, or Mini 4 Pro drone. DJI Fly waypoint missions are stored using the WPML language. WPML does support multiple camera actions at a single waypoint. However, DJI Fly’s implementation of WPML does not. For that reason, when using “DJI Fly Compatibility Mode”, each “Take Photo” action is attached to its own waypoint with dummy waypoints are placed between each “Take Photo” waypoint. This results in many waypoints, but it is the only method available to me for capturing these photos.
I am looking for testers. I have tested this using a Mavic 2 Zoom with the camera set to 2x with excellent results. I am interested to hear from people who own one of the drones with telephoto lenses such as a Mavic 3 (Classic or Pro) or an Air 3. For those drones, it will require a two-step process:
Here is a direct link to this new utility:
While that utility is working well, it has some limitations. For example, it was written to mimic the photo capture process when using a typical wide-angle lens found on most/all drones. I have written a new 360-degree panorama capture mission creator for Litchi that computes the photo orientations (headings and gimbal pitches) based on your choice of lens and desired overlap. This way, one can select a telephoto lens and my application will compute the orientation for all of the photos that will make up a high (or super) resolution 360-degree panorama.
Although, this utility creates a Litchi CSV file, that CSV file can then be converted to a DJI Fly waypoint mission and executed with a Mavic 3, Air 3, or Mini 4 Pro drone. DJI Fly waypoint missions are stored using the WPML language. WPML does support multiple camera actions at a single waypoint. However, DJI Fly’s implementation of WPML does not. For that reason, when using “DJI Fly Compatibility Mode”, each “Take Photo” action is attached to its own waypoint with dummy waypoints are placed between each “Take Photo” waypoint. This results in many waypoints, but it is the only method available to me for capturing these photos.
I am looking for testers. I have tested this using a Mavic 2 Zoom with the camera set to 2x with excellent results. I am interested to hear from people who own one of the drones with telephoto lenses such as a Mavic 3 (Classic or Pro) or an Air 3. For those drones, it will require a two-step process:
- Create a 360-degree panorama mission while specifying the telephoto lens.
- Convert the resulting CSV file to a DJI Fly Waypoint mission using one of my other utilities.
Here is a direct link to this new utility: