Ground bound quickshots

[yawyaw33]

Does anyone know if it is possible to use any of the quickshot features without the quad actually taking to the air? Thank you.

 

[slup]

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Think you need to explain what you want to achieve ... all quickshots mainly consist of 2 components, an automated movement together with either videoing or taking pictures... most of them can not be activated below 2m either.

Even if you could opt out from the movement in the quickshot, that would only leave you with the camera use. Easier to just use the camera alone.

 

[Kilrah]

How would you want the drone to do flight moves when it's not flying?

It obviously needs to be in flight.

 

[yawyaw33]

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Think you need to explain what you want to achieve ... all quickshots mainly consist of 2 components, an automated movement together with either videoing or taking pictures... most of them can not be activated below 2m either.

Even if you could opt out from the movement in the quickshot, that would only leave you with the camera use. Easier to just use the camera alone.

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I should have been clearer, I can't get outdoors to fly right now and I just wanted to know exactly what the camera could and couldn't do while grounded as far as can tell it only allows basic video & still images to be taken albeit with gimble movement. Thanks for the reply.

 

[yawyaw33]

Like you said the two things can't be separated which I finally realised, I posted above about wanting to 'do' something while being stuck indoors and utilizing the camera while on the ground was the obvious thing to try. But hey lockdown has just weeks left and I for one can't wait.

 

[Yogi053]

If you're really bored, you coul read the manual again for your drone. I'm in earnest because I've read mine time and time again but there are lots of things I forget (easy at my age of course) and I find that re-reading let's me find/remember little jewels of important information. Not to worry, hopefully, we will all be out soon flying our drones/quadcopters etc etc
Oh oh, crowded skies on the way. Stay safe!

 

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

I think the answer is: quick shots are an automated mode of shooting and DJI programmed them with safety in mind. They didn't want to create automatic modes that resulted in crashes and court cases. So there's a lot of requirements built into the programs, such as must be at certain speed, distances, large enough radius, etc. The limitations are good.

Outside of those canned quick shots, which also have other quality limitations as you've noted, the best thing is to learn how to fly them and get good at the sticks, program WAYPOINT missions (which are automated flights using your parameters and shoot at high quality settings), and other modes of flight such as the TRIPOD and Cinematic modes.

When you get good at those other things, you may find that you no longer have a use for quick shots.

Chris

 

[yawyaw33]

If you're really bored, you coul read the manual again for your drone. I'm in earnest because I've read mine time and time again but there are lots of things I forget (easy at my age of course) and I find that re-reading let's me find/remember little jewels of important information. Not to worry, hopefully, we will all be out soon flying our drones/quadcopters etc etc
Oh oh, crowded skies on the way. Stay safe!

I do have to keep refering to the manual that's because it being a pdf it's a poor alternative to a printed manual, I really will have to replace the cartridges in the printer. Thanks for the post & ditto your hopes.

 

[yawyaw33]

I think the answer is: quick shots are an automated mode of shooting and DJI programmed them with safety in mind. They didn't want to create automatic modes that resulted in crashes and court cases. So there's a lot of requirements built into the programs, such as must be at certain speed, distances, large enough radius, etc. The limitations are good.

Outside of those canned quick shots, which also have other quality limitations as you've noted, the best thing is to learn how to fly them and get good at the sticks, program WAYPOINT missions (which are automated flights using your parameters and shoot at high quality settings), and other modes of flight such as the TRIPOD and Cinematic modes.

When you get good at those other things, you may find that you no longer have a use for quick shots.

Chris

 

[yawyaw33]

I think the answer is: quick shots are an automated mode of shooting and DJI programmed them with safety in mind. They didn't want to create automatic modes that resulted in crashes and court cases. So there's a lot of requirements built into the programs, such as must be at certain speed, distances, large enough radius, etc. The limitations are good.

Outside of those canned quick shots, which also have other quality limitations as you've noted, the best thing is to learn how to fly them and get good at the sticks, program WAYPOINT missions (which are automated flights using your parameters and shoot at high quality settings), and other modes of flight such as the TRIPOD and Cinematic modes.

When you get good at those other things, you may find that you no longer have a use for quick shots.

Chris

The truth is I should have been more realistic about my noob capabilities and bought a smaller quad, the lockdown is in reality for me at least preventing me from making a fool of myself. Psst wanna buy a drone.

 

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

The truth is I should have been more realistic about my noob capabilities and bought a smaller quad, the lockdown is in reality for me at least preventing me from making a fool of myself. Psst wanna buy a drone.

A smaller quad has the great benefit in that it's cheaper, so when you crash it or lose it, it's not that big of a loss.

But the bad aspect of the cheaper quad is that it will have fewer automatic modes and far fewer safety protection features, so it's easier to crash or lose.

So the good news is that, while you can still crash or lose a Mavic 2 Pro, it's harder to do. It flies better, it hovers better, and it's mature and advanced safety features mean that it will come home after losing signal rather that just continue to fly off into the sunset (which is how I lost my first cheap quad).

On PDFs: they really are better than paper manuals in many ways. You can search for things, you can click links from the TOC to quickly go to that section, you can make the text larger, you can put them on any and all of your devices (including the tablet / phone you fly with). They're great reference material to have on your desktop at home.

Chris