'Unlock gimbal while shooting' setting.

[Clive Copeman]

I use this setting on my M2Pro to get my long exposure motion blur shots. Can anyone with the M3Pro tell me if it has the same option? Stills camera settings menu. Example of what I use it for:

 

[Soophoo]

Just curious about what it actually is.

 

[Clive Copeman]

Rocks and surf at a local beach.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Just curious about what it actually is.

I am curious about the setting of "unlock gimbal while shooting."

What exactly does it do, and why would one want to use it, and exactly how was it used to create the image above?

 

[Clive Copeman]

Update: DJI support says the setting has been removed from the Mavic 3 line... but I'm no clearer. Can anyone with a Mavic 3 try taking a long exposure looking down while spinning for me? You should hopefully be able to produce a circular blur, or a nice spiral if you ascend/descend at the same time.

I am curious about the setting of "unlock gimbal while shooting."

What exactly does it do, and why would one want to use it, and exactly how was it used to create the image above?

I believe it locks the orientation of the drone toward subject during photo exposure. DJI said it has been discontinued though. I suspect that few people found it had any impact on their work. I had to turn it off to enable the M2P to turn during a 1 second exposure while ascending to create the image above. I have a research grant to investigate intentional camera movement photography in drones... it's a field that I believe is largely unexplored. I have made a brief video introducing some of the techniqes I'm developing:

 

[Soophoo]

Update: DJI support says the setting has been removed from the Mavic 3 line... but I'm no clearer. Can anyone with a Mavic 3 try taking a long exposure looking down while spinning for me? You should hopefully be able to produce a circular blur, or a nice spiral if you ascend/descend at the same time.

I believe it locks the orientation of the drone toward subject during photo exposure. DJI said it has been discontinued though. I suspect that few people found it had any impact on their work. I had to turn it off to enable the M2P to turn during a 1 second exposure while ascending to create the image above. I have a research grant to investigate intentional camera movement photography in drones... it's a field that I believe is largely unexplored. I have made a brief video introducing some of the techniqes I'm developing:

Well done.
I think you can't spin your roll axis like 360 while shooting. But when you look down and spin yaw axis you should get the same effect.

 

[Clive Copeman]

Well done.
I think you can't spin your roll axis like 360 while shooting. But when you look down and spin yaw axis you should get the same effect.

Thanks, full circle yaw in sport mode will do nicely for now... but roll... that would really be something!