In a number of brief months, the Mini 3 Professional can be having its 1-year anniversary. As such, it stays fairly a preferred drone.
Filled with lots of the Professional options from DJI drones twice its dimension and weight, the Mini 3 Professional is the go-to drone for journey vloggers and content material creators.
One Professional function that can not be discovered on the newer, lower-priced DJI Mini 3 is the Hyperlapse perform.
This text and the included YouTube video will function a video information explaining the varied Hyperlapse modes the Mini 3 Professional has to supply, in addition to methods to carry out them.
What’s a Hyperlapse?
Merely put, a Hyperlapse, performed by a drone, is principally a timelapse, however as an alternative of staying stationary whereas taking interval pictures, the drone strikes round a set topic or tracks from one location to the subsequent whereas taking nonetheless footage in varied intervals, to be compiled right into a timelapse video.
Mini 3 Professional Hyperlapse Modes (Information)
Previous to performing any of the 4 Mini 3 Professional Hyperlapse modes, the Mini 3 Professional have to be within the air.
As soon as within the air, to get to the Hyperlapse modes, choose the film icon and you’ll then be introduced with:
- Mastershots
- Quickshots
- Hyperlapse
- Pano
Select Hyperlapse. The Hyperlapse choices are Free, Circle, Courselock, and Waypoints.
Notice: As a result of the totally different Hyperlapse modes might take a little bit of time to carry out, it’s advisable that you simply fly the totally different modes on totally charged batteries. We additionally recommend utilizing the Plus selection batteries, when you have them.
Free
Free Mode lets you pilot the Mini 3 Professional in any path whereas performing a Hyperlapse.
After selecting the Free Hyperlapse, click on on the arrow on the backside of the display and you will notice choices to regulate the Interval, Size, and Max velocity.
- Interval lets you modify how typically you’d wish to take a photograph in seconds.
- Size lets you change how lengthy the Hyperlapse is in seconds, which subsequently adjustments the variety of footage wanted for that video size. ie: a 5-second Hyperlapse will take 4 minutes, capturing 125 frames.
- Max Pace helps you to select how briskly the Mini 3 Professional will fly, as much as 6.7 mph.
After you could have chosen the Free Hyperlapse choices, it’s time to set your photograph choices for the shoot.
To vary your photograph/video choices, such because the video decision and the photograph codecs, select Format on the underside proper of the display. I usually use 4k Res (decision) and RAW. For those who aren’t planning on doing a lot with the file in post-production, JPEG ought to be adequate.
Notice: For those who’d like additional management of the pictures being shot, go into Professional Mode to vary ISO, White Stability, and Shutter Pace.
To begin the Free Hyperlapse mode, press the document button on the suitable and easily transfer the drone within the path(s) you’d wish to shoot.
To preview the Free Hyperlapse after it has been accomplished:
STEP 1: Press the play button, beneath the document button. It will carry you into the Mini 3 Professional album.
STEP 2: Select your Hyperlapse, underneath Right this moment, if shot at the moment, or scroll down to search out your file if shot one other day. Hit Play.
Circle
Circle Mode lets you do a “highlight” or POI (focal point) Hyperlapse on an object or construction of your selecting.
To decide on your topic, like with active-track, merely drag a field over the world of curiosity.
Along with the Interval, Size, and Pace, there may be one other parameter: Rotation, which helps you to set the rotation in a clockwise (CW) or counterclockwise (CCW) movement.
After you could have set the parameters to your liking, to begin the Circle Hyperlapse mode, press the document button on the suitable and the Mini 3 Professional will run the Hyperlapse.
Course Lock
This Hyperlapse mode helps you to set the path you’d just like the Mini 3 Professional to go and it’ll robotically create a Hyerlapse stepping into that path whereas staying on that course.
Completely different than the earlier Hyperlapse Modes is the Lock Course arrow.
Level the Mini 3 Professional within the path you’d wish to fly, then faucet the Lock Course dropdown, after which set the Interval, Size, and Pace of the Hyperlapse.
After this, press the lock to “lock in” the settings, and you’re all set to go.
To begin the Course Lock Hyperlapse mode, press the document button on the suitable and the Mini 3 Professional will run the Hyperlapse.
Waypoints
Waypoint Hyperlapse mode is a mode that many drone homeowners like, even outdoors of the Mini 3 Professional.
The Waypoint Hyperlapse makes use of waypoints, which you’ll manually fly to and set, to create the Hyperlapse. Relying on what number of waypoints you add, or the space between the waypoints, a variety of battery energy can be utilized.
To begin a Waypoint Hyperlapse:
STEP 1: Once you enter the Waypoint Hyperlapse mode and head to the underside choices, you’ll see a Set Waypoint space with a +.
Fly to your place to begin. This can be your 1st waypoint. Manually fly to your wanted peak and set the digital camera angle. Faucet the + and your first waypoint is now set.
STEP 2: Fly to your second spot and modify your digital camera angle, the app will inform you that your digital camera angle is “good”. Hit the + image and proceed flying to your subsequent waypoint.
STEP 3: Proceed flying round and setting the waypoints as wanted.
If you end up performed organising the waypoints, to begin the Waypoint Hyperlapse mode, press the document button on the suitable.
The Mini 3 Professional will then fly to the first waypoint and run the Hyperlapse.
As with all the modes, to preview the Waypoint Hyperlapse after completion:
STEP 1: press the play button, beneath the document button. It will carry you into the Mini 3 Professional album.
STEP 2: Select your Hyperlapse, underneath Right this moment, if shot at the moment, or scroll down to search out your file if shot one other day. Hit Play.