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Paul Harvey

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What could cause this? It wasn't windy and I wasn't even holding the controller. It doesn't always do it, but it does often enough to be a PITA!

Any ideas?

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What could cause this? It wasn't windy and I wasn't even holding the controller. It doesn't always do it, but it does often enough to be a PITA!

Any ideas?

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I gave up doing time lapses with a drone several years ago and I documented it here on the forum. I did numerous sunsets in calm weather and no winds at a low altitude (100 feet) and got very unstable footage despite stabilization in post. I was told that it imposssible to erect a tripod in the sky and that the drone always moves a small amount. See my thread from Jan. 17,2025 and this video. Click this link
Sunset Over Coral Gables
 
Will always be. If you want the best output have it save the individual images and edit/stabilize in post.
I have used RAW-DNG) image timelapses since I learned LRTimelapse 2015. Even with individual images timelapse generated by LRTimelapse and stabilised in Adobe Premiere Pro still did not fix ther wobble. I no longer do sunrises and sunsets without a tripod on soldi earth.

Dale
 
@Dale D and Kilrah...

Here is what my Air3s time lapses usually look like:

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@Dale D and Kilrah...

Here is what my Air3s time lapses usually look like:

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I am always willing to learn- can you tell me the steps you used?
e.g.: Camera mode>multiple exposure>????next, next, next, ???? My drone interval will only go as low as 2 sec interval.
 
I am always willing to learn- can you tell me the steps you used?
e.g.: Camera mode>multiple exposure>????next, next, next, ???? My drone interval will only go as low as 2 sec interval.
I didn't change anything from the defaults except the length of the final video (from 5 seconds to 10). Camera mode was Auto with a 2 second interval.

I've done the exact same with every drone: Air2s, Air3, Air3s, and Mini 5 Pro with the exact same results. Until this shakiness started.
 
Possible the fact the good one is in full daylight makes a difference and the built-in stab can't work as well in backlit conditions.

But to me the "good" one is also too unstable in the first place so 🤷‍♂️
 
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Possible the fact the good one is in full daylight makes a difference and the built-in stab can't work as well in backlit conditions.

But to me the "good" one is also too unstable in the first place so 🤷‍♂️
"Unstable?" It looks awful smooth to me. Hmm...hadn't thought about the daylight thing, thanks :)
 

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