What do you have your customizable buttons configured to do for you?

this is a good question and I too would like to know. the custom button  underneath my left hand was preset to immediately shoot the gimbal vertical or horizontal which I think is cool.

I have my left button set to point the camera directly down and my right button switches me from map mode to live view...

Dataway Posted at 2015-5-16 01:32
I have my left button set to point the camera directly down and my right button switches me from map ...

Set mine up the same way.

Add me to the list.

Nice feature so I don't have to take my hands away from the controls -- swapping map to live view.

Verticals/horizontally on gimbal is a must!

I also fly the Inspire 1 and it lets me set one of the buttons to change the behavior of the scroll wheel from tilting the camera up and down to panning it from side to side. So I've decided not to use the left button on the P3 because I'm so used to it doing something the Phantom can't do! But I do have the right button set to switch from camera to map view.

I have my left button do the Gimbal switch between looking straight down and straight forward. This seems to be the most useful setting that everybody likes.

Currently I have my right button set to switch between FPV and Follow mode. Not because I do a lot of FPV flying/filming, but because I've been testing to see if it could be used to trick the camera to make the horizon level. It does not seem to have much, if any, bearing on that problem, so I might switch it away to something else. But to what? Map/Camera does seem like a useful thing for the Right button.

PS: Regarding level horizon, sometimes it seems to help to put it to look straight down and do a spin in the air 360 - and then put the gimbal up to looking straight forward again. Hopefully DJI will do something to make the camera more level more of the time...

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My left button is the the gimbal position and my right button is set to get me into manual camera control mode.

FantomDK Posted at 2015-5-17 15:48
I have my left button do the Gimbal switch between looking straight down and straight forward. This  ...

Looking at the options available for the custom switches doesn't seem to look very obvious to me. What choices can you select that will (1) set the gimbal to a straight-down view and (2) set the gimbal to a straight-forward view (level)?

aburkefl@gmail. Posted at 2015-5-18 02:19
Looking at the options available for the custom switches doesn't seem to look very obvious to me.  ...

I have my C1 (left button under the remote control) set to "Camera Forward/Down". That means it will toggle between those two when you press it.

Please note that you have to be connected to your Phantom (everything turned on, iPad connected to remote etc.) to be able to make these settings. If you make them in the Pilot App without the Phantom turned on and connected, it wont remember. So while you can click around in the Pilot App 'off-line' you can't do settings (to my knowledge).

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FantomDK Posted at 2015-5-18 02:49
I have my C1 (left button under the remote control) set to "Camera Forward/Down". That means it wi ...

Thanks for the feedback. Not connected at the moment, but I don't remember seeing that as one of the options! I'll have to connect, fire up and check again.

Thanks again.

aburkefl@gmail. Posted at 2015-5-18 03:16
Thanks for the feedback. Not connected at the moment, but I don't remember seeing that as one of t ...

That functionality for the C1 (left) button I think it is even the default setting?

I think I'll change my C2 (right) button to "Map view / Camera view" toggle (can't recall what it is called exactly). I have it in "Follow / FPV" toggle-mode right now because I was experimenting to see if switching the mode could be helpful to reset the horizon when it gets a little tilted.

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gil Posted at 2015-5-16 06:45
Nice feature so I don't have to take my hands away from the controls -- swapping map to live view.

would  someone mind breaking down each custom button setting for me please. I dont have mine yet. I dont know what some due or the benefits.

Dataway Posted at 2015-5-16 01:32
I have my left button set to point the camera directly down and my right button switches me from map ...

same here, don't use much though

C1 - Up/down camera  C2 - Battery info

Raul Posted at 2015-5-28 16:49
C1 - Up/down camera  C2 - Battery info

I used to be able to select map view, but that dissapeared with the last update. sucks.

I would like an option to switch Red LEDs on and off with one of the buttons.  Would be very useful for night photography.  Have to go through the menus to do it now.