Hi DJI

  
  

Having been away on a road trip for 6 days with the Mini 3 Pro I felt it was a little awkward capturing certain manual panos that I wanted. The Classic mistake for example is trying to do a 3 shot vertical pano and realising the middle shots have a lot less width than the top and bottom shots and I should probably have taken extra shots through the middle (just an example) also it takes time to capture a full 360 x 180 pano using the vertical mode to capture the top half then running the standard 360 x 180 Sphere mode and combining the two sets in something like PTGUI which by the way does a great job of combining the two seamlessly.

  
  

So I have a solution to both these problems in one Firmware Update.....   A Panorama Custom Mode with ability to store settings in a library you can quickly call up in future. Litchi does something similar with it’s Pano mode on Apple devices.

  
  

The concept is simple you have a custom screen with 5 settings. You can set these and save them in a library. The settings would be...

  
  

·        Horizontal or Vertical Lens Mode  (naturally) if you try and set a vertical range (below) that is higher than the Horizontal lens mode can capture the software would tell you.

  

·        Stitch Panorama or Don't Stitch Panorama - Many of us would opt for the later and stitch in something manually like PTGUI

  

·        Horizontal Angle (so for example a 360 x 180 full pano would be 360 degrees, but a smaller width pano would be less.)  you only need one setting here but vertical range is different.

  

·        Upward Vertical Angle (again for a 360 x 180 pano this would be set to +90 degrees. But for say a pano only capturing from the Horizon down to -90 this would be 0 degrees etc)

  

·        Downward Vertical Angle (again for a 360 x 180 pano this would be set to -90 degrees. For a pano capturing down to say -45 degrees you would just enter -45 etc)

  
  

With those 5 settings you would be able to easily capture any degree of Panorama really quickly using saved settings from the library which is the key to minimize movement of clouds etc between exposures.

  
  

The mode needs to retain whatever exposure settings you have set whether manual or auto so is just the function of manually moving the lens and taking the exposures.

  
  

I'm sure there is some pretty basic programming required to work out the required number of shots etc.

  
  

The ability to do this is already built into the Mini 3 Pro it just requires some additional programming and Firmware update.

  
  

DJI this would really support the Pro title and implied functionality of the Mini 3 Pro and I'm sure the still photographers here would support such a useful function allowing a roving drone photographer to quickly capture a very useful range of images plus solves your 360 x 180 True Sphere Pano Mode issue but hey if you create this it would be easy to update the current built in 360 x 180 pano mode to work properly using the vertical lens.

  
  

DJI looking forward to your support!

  
  

Many thanks

  
  

Bussty

Hello there Bussty. Thank you for reaching out and for giving out these information and your valued insights with regards to this matter. This information will be noted and will be forwarded to the designated DJI Department for attention. Thank you and have a nice day.

Thanks DJI Stephen hopefully DJI will be able to make this happen :-)

Uau a true believer You are - they can't fix 360 pano to cover sky and You want them to make something so complicated - wish You luck! I'll settle for proper 360 for now

alex_markov Posted at 7-22 22:52
Uau a true believer You are - they can't fix 360 pano to cover sky and You want them to make something so complicated - wish You luck! I'll settle for proper 360 for now

Hope springs...  :-)

Valid request Bussty.    Let's see if DJI decides to implement it.  

Thanks Downtown I always complete the surveys when doing firmware updates and state this as my most important fix as DJI asks.

I am using 360 Panos a lot, hence would appreciate the suggested feature as well.

WernerD Posted at 7-24 00:48
I am using 360 Panos a lot, hence would appreciate the suggested feature as well.

Thanks Werner

The more users DJI know would really value this feature the more DJI are likely to implement.  

Bussty Posted at 7-24 00:57
Thanks Werner

The more users DJI know would really value this feature the more DJI are likely to implement.

Have almost given up hope. But also from me an urgent "thumbs up"!

Thanks SPFlyer the more the merrier! I urge all pano users to keep this post live.

Please improve panorama with proper zenith hole ( upper row )  !

Jann Lipka Posted at 8-12 05:13
Please improve panorama with proper zenith hole ( upper row )  !

Thanks Jann hopefully DJI are listening to this feedback for something that should have been part of the drone's functions from launch. Looking very much forward to that future Firmware update that allows this   

That would be great!

Montfrooij Posted at 8-14 23:59
That would be great!

Thank you Montfrooij! Lets hope DJI engineers are listening

Bussty Posted at 8-15 00:18
Thank you Montfrooij! Lets hope DJI engineers are listening

I hope so

Montfrooij Posted at 8-15 00:20
I hope so

Don't dream, if they had wanted, they would have done it a long time ago...

weedhopper Posted at 8-15 00:51
Don't dream, if they had wanted, they would have done it a long time ago...

We can dream.
They have added stuff afterwards long time after releases before.

Montfrooij Posted at 8-15 01:07
We can dream.
They have added stuff afterwards long time after releases before.

This is true...

Bussty Posted at 8-15 03:07
This is true...

I'm still holding out hope that DJI will at least implement a 4th row in the panorama algorithm, even if a hole inevitably remains at the top of the sky due to hardware limitations. But I'm afraid, what I've stated here https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... 948&pid=2815483 still applies.

Come on, DJI, jump over your own shadow – even if the result is not perfect! At least it would minimize the time lag that inevitably occurs between the Sphere Pano and the manual fourth row which causes stitching problems especially in cloudy skies.

SPLflyer Posted at 8-15 03:22
I'm still holding out hope that DJI will at least implement a 4th row in the panorama algorithm, even if a hole inevitably remains at the top of the sky due to hardware limitations. But I'm afraid, what I've stated here https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=270948&pid=2815483 still applies.

Come on, DJI, jump over your own shadow – even if the result is not perfect! At least it would minimize the time lag that inevitably occurs between the Sphere Pano and the manual fourth row which causes stitching problems especially in cloudy skies.

Well said Bernd. Lots of Mini 3 pro owners looking for this, DJI this will make the Mini 3 Pro a unique Sphere Panorama drone...

Bussty Posted at 8-15 03:07
This is true...

I only tell the truth

Montfrooij Posted at 8-15 03:43
I only tell the truth

This is a relief

Bussty Posted at 8-15 03:57
This is a relief

Hahahahahahahaha.
You just have to believe me