Had a chance to try making a time-lapse of a fog bank with the Mavic Mini a few days ago.  The wind was a little too strong to get ideal results but it's still pretty cool so I thought I'd share it here.

Does anyone have any insights into what Flight Mode ( Position, Sport or Cinesmooth ) it best suited to keeping the MM as stationary AS POSSIBLE while letting it snap pics for a time-lapse series.   Since the wind was a bit strong I kept the Mini in Sport mode so it could fight the wind w/ max power.... but I'm wondering if Cine-smooth ( aka Tripod mode ) would have actually worked better?

Obviously there is no choice but to use stabilization on the video if the drone moves, but minimizing the movement of the MM while shooting would help a lot to prevent distortion of the final video.  Any insights would be appreciated. Thank you!

Beautiful footage.

Beautiful place, wonderful footage!

maddox Posted at 5-29 19:52
Beautiful place, wonderful footage!

Thank you for watching guys!!!

Very cool, lovely footage.

DowntownRDB Posted at 5-30 05:24
Very cool, lovely footage.

Thanks for watching!

Nice job with the mini!

MontaukDrone Posted at 5-30 05:27
Thanks for watching!

You're very welcome.

ALABAMA Posted at 5-30 05:37
Nice job with the mini!

Hey thanks man!!! Thanks for watching!

Very nice footage

Really nice shooting. For time lapse, I just shoot normal video, move the drone slowly and steadily, then let my video editor shorten it into a time lapse for me.

MontaukDrone Posted at 5-30 02:42
Thank you for watching guys!!!

You're welcome mate!

Excellent footage

NatureDigital Posted at 5-30 09:11
Very nice footage

Thank you!

Tentoes Posted at 5-30 09:50
Really nice shooting. For time lapse, I just shoot normal video, move the drone slowly and steadily, then let my video editor shorten it into a time lapse for me.

Thanks so much!  I'll often times speed up video as well... but I'm equally interested in shooting some "real" time-lapse (which you can shoot in 4k stills) and trying for some low shutter speed (1/4 sec) using ND filters  to get motion blur on moving objects. My thought was keep the drone as still as possible so the scenery is sharp, moving objects have motion blur... then add some zoom / fake camera movement in post. Since my final video is going to be 2.7k gives me the option to zoom/pan w/o loosing (too much) quality since my time-lapse is 4k.

A J Posted at 5-31 00:24
Excellent footage

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!

MontaukDrone Posted at 5-31 02:19
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!

You're welcome

MontaukDrone Posted at 5-31 02:08
Thank you!

You're welcome!

Amazing footage.

DJIMNYD Posted at 5-31 14:52
Amazing footage.

Thanks so much!

Wow,  great place,  Nicely done.    

DAFlys Posted at 6-1 01:28
Wow,  great place,  Nicely done.

Thanks DA Flys!!

MontaukDrone Posted at 6-1 01:52
Thanks DA Flys!!

You're very welcome.

Wow, lovely video!

Montfrooij Posted at 6-1 23:34
Wow, lovely video!

Hey thanks Montfrooij!!

MontaukDrone Posted at 6-2 02:39
Hey thanks Montfrooij!!

You're welcome!