"Wobble" on movies.

Para4265 · Oct 4, 2017

Hello people, I'm sure this has been done to death on here, but I'm looking for help please. I'm from Ireland but going on holidays in a few weeks time and I'm trying to solve a problem.....I'm getting a lot of shimmer (or wobble) when recording movies on my Mavic, and it remains when it's transferred onto my Mac. I import it to Photos and from there to iMovie. I'm shooting at 1080p and 60fps. White Balance is set to auto. It's a pretty new drone and flys perfectly. You've all probably been asked this a thousand times but I'd appreciate any help. Thank you.

james_mav · Oct 4, 2017

Has it always done this?
Have you crashed?
It might be the ":jello" effect. If so its a manufacturing defect & the only way to fix it is to send it in for a new one. You can do a search on this board for "jello effect" to see examples.
If you're still unsure you may want to post some videos.

Para4265 · Oct 4, 2017

Thanks for the reply James. No, I've never crashed and it seems to be the jello effect as you describe. I don't think it was always like that. I'm in work at the moment so I'll play around with settings tomorrow and if that doesn't work then I think I might need to take drastic action!

Has anyone any ideas for a change in settings that might help?

Former Member · Oct 4, 2017

Can you post some Youtubes of what it's doing?

james_mav · Oct 4, 2017

Thunderdrones said:
Can you post some Youtubes of what it's doing?

Para4265 said:
Thanks for the reply James. No, I've never crashed and it seems to be the jello effect as you describe. I don't think it was always like that. I'm in work at the moment so I'll play around with settings tomorrow and if that doesn't work then I think I might need to take drastic action!

Has anyone any ideas for a change in settings that might help?

I should have mentioned to check the tabs on the camera mount since it can slip out of place. If you don't have DJI Carefresh & need a repair "Thunderdrones" is your man.

Para4265 · Oct 5, 2017

So just as a follow up, I'm only seeing this now and it would've saved me a few hours work! Refreshed firmware, recalibrated all kinds of everything but no good. Eventually I found one of those tabs was out of place, looked on YouTube to see which way they should actually be.....job done! Flew it in a high breeze and worked a treat. Thanks for your help James, much appreciated.