Timelapse

bkushner · May 19, 2023

Tried a short timelapse on the M3P today for the first time. Very disappointed. This is a ton of movement for such a short TL. One thing with my Mavic 3 it was rock solid in timelapses, even during winds. Anyone else having issues?

Suren · May 20, 2023

I have not tried a HyperLapse as yet but maybe it will get better with FW updates

costica1234 · May 20, 2023

That is not good. My standard Mavic 3 is also rock solid during these shots. I did a 25-min timelapse few weeks ago and it was ridiculously good.

Someone else mentioned in a different thread a potential issue regarding the loss of GPS during flight. Maybe this happened here as well…

Soophoo · May 21, 2023

It's flying. The wind, the GPS signal...hard to say.

bkushner · May 22, 2023

It gets worse.

Left to Right Movement and Increase and Decrease in Altitude

Altitude Decrease

Movement Left to Right

Lens · May 23, 2023

Yeah, not good. I know you had some great timelapses with your original Mavic 3. Have you taken any panos? Just wondering if the stitching is good, or if there was too much drift.

bkushner · May 23, 2023

Lens said:
Yeah, not good. I know you had some great timelapses with your original Mavic 3. Have you taken any panos? Just wondering if the stitching is good, or if there was too much drift.

I did a coupe of panos but just let the drone process them. Same with the Timelapses.

Point Zero · May 24, 2023

How can there be any difference between the two versions of the M3, the only one of note to my mind is the slight increase in weight with the pro version? This seems really weird tbh!

Also as I am about to buy the M3P these kind of posts are the last thing I like to read, lets hope it gets sorted soon or you get to the bottom of why its happening. The only way to have really tested it is doing the same hyperlapse back to back with the two different drones I suppose

Point Zero · May 24, 2023

costica1234 said:
That is not good. My standard Mavic 3 is also rock solid during these shots. I did a 25-min timelapse few weeks ago and it was ridiculously good.

Someone else mentioned in a different thread a potential issue regarding the loss of GPS during flight. Maybe this happened here as well…

Are you saying the M3P has an issue with losing connection to the satellite grid? Surely they share the exact same firmware?

mobilehomer · May 24, 2023

Just a shot in the dark here, try refreshing the firmware with A2 consumer drone.

costica1234 · May 25, 2023

Point Zero said:
Are you saying the M3P has an issue with losing connection to the satellite grid? Surely they share the exact same firmware?

Someone mentioned this issue with their M3P: GPS disconnects constantly with Mavic 3 Pro.

bkushner · May 28, 2023

Well firmware did nothing not that I expected it to. At this point M3P not viable for Timelapse. This movement is ruining the timelapse. Look at this mess. I've also left link for log file if anyone can make heads or tails of this.. DJI Flight Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

mobilehomer · May 29, 2023

Since a FW refresh did nothing, open a case with DJI and send it in for replacement. My Air 2S doesn't have that much movement even in 20 mph winds.

bkushner · May 29, 2023

Yeah, the drones only a couple weeks old I’m not sending back to DJI. I would just return it. I wish I never sold my Mavic three.

Suren · May 29, 2023

Have you tried a Gimbal calibration?

bkushner · May 29, 2023

Suren said:
Have you tried a Gimbal calibration?

Yes and imu as well

Filmarik · May 29, 2023

bkushner said:
Yeah, the drones only a couple weeks old I’m not sending back to DJI. I would just return it. I wish I never sold my Mavic three.

The 3 and 3Pro are pretty much the same drones sans the camera module. My hypotesis is that M3Pro is not as well balanced for CG as is the original 3. The front motors now have to work harder than the rear ones to compensate for the heavy camera at the front. That could be possibly one contributing factor for the floating hover. The IMU must be working much harder and just can't keep up, or the software has not been tweaked for this yet. I know it is a long shot

bkushner · May 31, 2023

Filmarik said:
The 3 and 3Pro are pretty much the same drones sans the camera module. My hypotesis is that M3Pro is not as well balanced for CG as is the original 3. The front motors now have to work harder than the rear ones to compensate for the heavy camera at the front. That could be possibly one contributing factor for the floating hover. The IMU must be working much harder and just can't keep up, or the software has not been tweaked for this yet. I know it is a long shot

My 3 was the most stable DJI drone I ever owned going back to Phantom 2.

bkushner · Jun 11, 2023

Brutal Timelapses continue. Look at this movement in a short clip. It's raising in Altitude, moving, just a MESS. Guess I'm gonna return the drone. I might go back to the Mavic 3. Way more stable. I highly doubt this is just my drone. I'm 1 for 10 in a usable clip.

mobilehomer · Jun 11, 2023

B, it should be much more stable! That is horrible. For comparison, this was shot last November with my Air 2S. Notice the cell towers on the horizon. Perfectly stable.