Switching from 4k to 1080 how?

[Van Shteffy]

I have been reading posts and watching youtube and pilots are saying that you get more battery out of 1080. I have a Mavic 2 zoom. How and where and when do I switch the setting.

 

[GaryR.]

Change the resolution in the camera settings of the DJI GO 4 app!

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

Is that right ?
(4K using more battery than 1080)

I wouldn’t have thought this.
If true, about how much different % wise ?

I’ve always shot 1080, it certainly saves footage storage needs . . . but mainly I find starting out in editing in basic editing apps, most won’t do 4k.

 

[Kilrah]

pilots are saying that you get more battery out of 1080.

That isn't correct at all.

 

[Meta4]

I have been reading posts and watching youtube and pilots are saying that you get more battery out of 1080.

Yes, if it was on Youtube it must be true.
You get 3 1/2 inches more flight distance shooting in 1080p.
Half of what the Youtube "experts" tell you is complete bunk.

 

[apeel]

A 4K video (of a scene) will be a larger file size than the same scene shot as a 1080p video. So it will take more battery power to write the data to SD card. This is a fact. I guess what is not clear is how much of an impact it will have on flight time or distance.

 

[Van Shteffy]

A 4K video (of a scene) will be a larger file size than the same scene shot as a 1080p video. So it will take more battery power to write the data to SD card. This is a fact. I guess what is not clear is how much of an impact it will have on flight time or distance.

Good advice and information. Thank you.

 

[Meta4]

Good advice and information. Thank you.

The amount of current drawn from the battery by the camera is trivial compared to what the motors are using regardless of the video format used.
Worrying about it is like driving your car at 80 mph and turning the radio off because you are concerned about fuel economy.