Auto Continueous Focus

[Gizmo6257]

I cant get ACF to stay in off position. EVERYTIME I set it to off position it turns back on after a few seconds. I tried setting to Manuel and Auto and it does this in both settings. Any idea?

 

[paulatkin73]

you mean the option in the photo settings - it gets back to ON by itself? odd. try to reset gimbal settings to default, may be, and see again. it should not ever flip on its own initiative. unless you have also other programs other than go4 - litchi, etc. that may set those values as they see fit.

 

[Gizmo6257]

Thanks.

you mean the option in the photo settings - it gets back to ON by itself? odd. try to reset gimbal settings to default, may be, and see again. it should not ever flip on its own initiative. unless you have also other programs other than go4 - litchi, etc. that may set those values as they see fit.

 

[Paul2660]

You must be using android. It s a problem with any android version of the DJIGO4 app. It should work as stated on iOS.

Crystalsky does it SC does it. Etc.

What you have to do is keep turning it off via the slider. After a certain number of attempts it will finally stay off and you can have just AF/MF. ONCE you get it to stay off try not to turn it back on as it will take the same number of attempts.

I have gone back to DJI several times but they appear clueless on it.

Always surprises me that more folks don’t notice this issue. I guess most people just use AFC. Which I never want.

Paul C.

 

[DanMan32]

I don't think I've ever seen AFC work. I'm always needing to focus at least after launch.

 

[Gizmo6257]

It's working after an update.

You must be using android. It s a problem with any android version of the DJIGO4 app. It should work as stated on iOS.

Crystalsky does it SC does it. Etc.

What you have to do is keep turning it off via the slider. After a certain number of attempts it will finally stay off and you can have just AF/MF. ONCE you get it to stay off try not to turn it back on as it will take the same number of attempts.

I have gone back to DJI several times but they appear clueless on it.

Always surprises me that more folks don’t notice this issue. I guess most people just use AFC. Which I never want.

Paul C.

 

[Paul2660]

Glad you got it working.

My crystalsky is current and had the problem and my SC did the same thing. After the latest updates. Have not updated DJIGO4 on the SC as it seems to update with a firmware update, unlike the CS which allows updates of firmware and app separate.

For now I am good with the version I have and AFC is off.

Paul C

 

[Mike4884]

You must be using android. It s a problem with any android version of the DJIGO4 app. It should work as stated on iOS.

Crystalsky does it SC does it. Etc.

What you have to do is keep turning it off via the slider. After a certain number of attempts it will finally stay off and you can have just AF/MF. ONCE you get it to stay off try not to turn it back on as it will take the same number of attempts.

I have gone back to DJI several times but they appear clueless on it.

Always surprises me that more folks don’t notice this issue. I guess most people just use AFC. Which I never want.

Paul C.

No it stays off for me and i use android.....but i have the zoom?‍

 

[Gizmo6257]

Thanks for info.

No it stays off for me and i use android.....but i have the zoom[emoji2369]

 

[CanadaDrone]

You don't want to be using continuous AF for the majority of scenarios. The reason being is if it ever "hunts" or does a quick refocus, your footage is instantly ruined - and you may not notice this until you get home and watch it on a bigger screen if it's subtle. Professional videography in general is almost always done using manual focus for this reason. On top of this, the M2P does not have phase detect AF, only contrast detect AF, which means by design it has to hunt to focus (CDAF is a glorified guess and check algorithm, compared to PDAF which knows both the direction and how far to move the lens elements to focus).

The M2P has a small enough sensor still that with a 28mm (equivalent) lens, virtually everything is in focus from 2-3 feet in front of the lens at typical flight distances. Even at F2.8, it has the equivalent depth of field as F8 on a traditional full frame/35mm camera. By F4, where the lens is sharpest, it is equivalent to F11 on a full frame. So, unless you're flying extremely close to something, you will be much better off using focus peaking to set manual focus and leave it there. Focus peaking will also alert you if you ever do run into a scenario where your focus setting is not ideal. I haven't change the focus on my M2P since I bought it almost a year ago and everything is always in perfect focus without ever having to worry about it.

 

[CaptHook]

I have my C1 button set to focus.
So I hit C1, then record.