Pro Downtown Montreal Night Hyperlapse – First Flight with Mavic 3 Pro - After Getting My Advanced License! 🚁

trisen1981 · 2025-10-29T00:47:34-0400

Hi everyone,

I finally passed my Advanced Drone Pilot License in Canada and couldn’t wait to take the Mavic 3 Pro for a proper night hyperlapse flight over Downtown Montreal.

Despite some gusty wind conditions, the results came out surprisingly stable - the city lights, reflections on the water, and the moving traffic all blended into a really cinematic sequence.

However, I was surprised that with 2 sec interval, I couldn't set the shutter to 1 sec - it looks like it doesn't have time to write the raw data in 20 Mpx. The maximum I was able to set is 0.4 Sec. So the question is - is it a drone limitation or my v30 card not enough? DNG file is a touch smaller than 30 mb, so technically the card should allow to write the data in time.

GFields · 2025-10-29T09:57:13-0400

Awesome!

macfawlty · 2025-10-29T16:23:25-0400

trisen1981 said:
Hi everyone,

I finally passed my Advanced Drone Pilot License in Canada and couldn’t wait to take the Mavic 3 Pro for a proper night hyperlapse flight over Downtown Montreal.

Despite some gusty wind conditions, the results came out surprisingly stable - the city lights, reflections on the water, and the moving traffic all blended into a really cinematic sequence.

However, I was surprised that with 2 sec interval, I couldn't set the shutter to 1 sec - it looks like it doesn't have time to write the raw data in 20 Mpx. The maximum I was able to set is 0.4 Sec. So the question is - is it a drone limitation or my v30 card not enough? DNG file is a touch smaller than 30 mb, so technically the card should allow to write the data in time.

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I’d guess the drone isn’t capable of writing that fast. The cards are always typically faster than the camera. 2 seconds made for a good Timelapse.