Mini 4 Pro Camera won’t point down when landing

[Buzzed]

I have a new mini 4 pro and I thought the camera was automatically going to point to the ground when landing and it does not. Fact is when I manually point it at the ground via the controller when landing as it is doing so the camera rotates horizontal. Is this normal

 

[Droning on and on...]

Yes.

 

[Bad Santa]

Are you trying to get the camera to point straight down, while landing, with the camera in portrait mode?

 

[PanoVolo]

It rotates horizontally just before landing to avoid splashing dirt on lens.

 

[Exphantomflyer]

This has been the norm since the mini 1

 

[Galopin]

I have a new mini 4 pro and I thought the camera was automatically going to point to the ground when landing and it does not. Fact is when I manually point it at the ground via the controller when landing as it is doing so the camera rotates horizontal. Is this normal

Yes this is normal. In order to protect the gimble and the camera lens from flying objects such as dust and sand closed to the ground, the drone retracts the camera horizontally 2 or 3 feet before touch down.

 

[Exphantomflyer]

Yes this is normal. In order to protect the gimble and the camera lens from flying objects such as dust and sand closed to the ground, the drone retracts the camera horizontally 2 or 3 feet before touch down.

you do know this thread is about 18 months old