When making panos, I always throw the jpg away, and stitch the raws on my pc. I really wish DJI would give us the option to disable the in-drone stitching, and just have it take a series of raws. The jpgs aren't useable in any professional application, and it wastes a lot of time and battery if you just throw them away, as I do.

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Yes... please add RAW only option.

Which application do you use to stitch photos together out of interest?

jarrah31 Posted at 5-2 12:47
Which application do you use to stitch photos together out of interest?

I use Hugin.

+1 Great idea.

MS Posted at 5-4 02:28
+1 Great idea.

Yeah, the more I think about it, the crazier the current implementation seems. The biggest constraint for drone photography is clock time (I need to capture that sunray, quick!) And battery time (I hope this battery gets me home.). So, having the drone, basically, pause in the middle of flight is annoying enough.  On top of which, the stitching process is power hungry, and eats watts fast.

Flying cameras should not be using their precious resources stitching 24 frame panoramas mid flight. It's crazy that this is non optional.

Someone else timed the stitching process and discovered that even though the app says its 50% done when it starts to stitch, it actually takes a lot longer to stitch than to photograph. It's not 50/50, it's more like 40/60 or 30/70. The 50% thing must be a placebo.

Please, DJI, give your drones a power boost, and your loyal customers a time bonus, with OPTIONAL in-flight stitching!