Need Help with Gimbal and DJI Fly App

[TexasStar15]

I want to shoot some video of a house at like 100-175 feet. I'm trying to plan the mission in DJI Fly and have a question about the planning. I've planned the route and entered a POI for the camera to be pointing at but not sure what the gimbal tilt should be set at. I've got the POI at 0 feet which is low as it will go. Any suggestions or help with this would be appreciated. By the way I'm flying a DJI Air 3 if that helps. Thanks guys and happy flying!

 

[GFields]

Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!

I have not used the DJI Fly app for mission planning but in Litchi a gimble tilt of -12 will show the horizon in the background. A gimble tilt of -45 will show more of the POI alone. You may need to play with this until you get the image in the frame you're looking for.

 

[TexasStar15]

Greetings from Birmingham Alabama USA, welcome to the forum! We look forward to hearing from you!

I have not used the DJI Fly app for mission planning but in Litchi a gimble tilt of -12 will show the horizon in the background. A gimble tilt of -45 will show more of the POI alone. You may need to play with this until you get the image in the frame you're looking for.

Thanks for the welcome GFields! I wish I could use Litchi but the DJI Air 3 doesn't support it yet. That's what I always used with my Phantom 4K. You mentioned -45 and that's why I asked the question I did. DJI Fly only goes to 0. Thanks for you help!

 

[mobilehomer]

I would set the POI at about 8 to 10 feet. That should come close to centering the eve in frame.

 

[EssenYVR]

Go out with the drone and find another similar subject to test your shot. Without actually seeing where you're flying and what you're looking at it's pretty difficult to give specifics - so try it yourself and note what gimbal angle works best for the distance and altitude you plan to fly at. Capture at the highest available resolution and frame a little wider than you need to give yourself a margin of error that leaves some room to crop the shot to get it just right.