One thing I loved about my Mavic 3 was Rock Solid Timelapse, even in winds. My new M3P is a Disaster. I'm getting bad movement left to right and increases and decreases in altitude. These aren't even close to be usable.

This is the worst and longest: Left to Right Movement and Increase and Decrease in Altitude



Altitude Decrease



Movement Left to Right

Is it not because it was done over water that the drone was not stable and moving up and down

Suren Posted at 5-23 00:27
Is it not because it was done over water that the drone was not stable and moving up and down

I've done hundreds of Timelapses over water and never had this issue in any drone I've owned and I've had them all.

That's definitely not normal and no doubt very frustrating.  

Something wrong. Was this first one with x7 lens ? Because any slight movement on that will be accentuated.

That is for sure not what suppose to be STABLE...no matter is above water, GPS should hold position.

Hallmark007 Posted at 5-23 08:51
Something wrong. Was this first one with x7 lens ? Because any slight movement on that will be accentuated.

No that is the normal 1X lens. Can't do timelapse at 7x unless manually. Even so shouldn't be that kind of movement at any magnification

Geo_Drone Posted at 5-23 09:42
That is for sure not what suppose to be STABLE...no matter is above water, GPS should hold position.

Yes. So far no one else is reporting this so I'm either alone or it's my drone.

BrianKushner Posted at 5-23 10:34
Yes. So far no one else is reporting this so I'm either alone or it's my drone.

Expect many bugs in first edition...Some soft, some hardware...A lot of optic lenses failures up to now at what is posted in forum. This with GPS may be handled with updates...maybe...

That looks bad (like it needs tweaking from DJI)

The second video is private. How do I get to see that one.

The movement does look bad.

Couple of possible causes  come to mind. Over water, Wind. But I would think so as the height of the drone seems to be well above the water and it would have to be pretty strong wind to effect the drone.

Does the flight logs give any clues.

I did an IMU Calibration yesterday and did two timelapses.  Same setting, one at 1X and another at 3X. Here is the combined video. Looks pretty solid. This is straight out of the camera footage processed by the drone. I just combined the clips.

ME262 Posted at 5-24 04:38
The second video is private. How do I get to see that one.

The movement does look bad.

Fixed..thanks for letting me know.

BrianKushner Posted at 5-24 10:38
I did an IMU Calibration yesterday and did two timelapses.  Same setting, one at 1X and another at 3X. Here is the combined video. Looks pretty solid. This is straight out of the camera footage processed by the drone. I just combined the clips.

https://youtu.be/qE88YfxV2FQ

This looks much better

Issue returned today. I was over water. Haven't done enough testing to see if water is playing apart. I was 225 feet up so it shouldn't be and never has before.  Drifting to the right, a rise then fall in altitude.

Could nearby cell/mobile phone towers cause interference ?

ME262 Posted at 5-25 01:40
Could nearby cell/mobile phone towers cause interference ?

I've been flying this location and exact spot since 2015.no issues before

Have the same issues. Need to check if today's update will fix anything...

federnet Posted at 5-25 08:16
Have the same issues. Need to check if today's update will fix anything...

Let me know how you make out.  

Well firmware did nothing not that I expected it to. At this point M3P not viable for Timelapse. This movement is ruining the timelapse. Look at this mess. I've also left link for log file if anyone can make heads or tails of this..  https://www.phantomhelp.com/LogViewer/3APLAUQU8CCY9JBLU9ZD

I’m experiencing the same issues…… I will calibrate the IMU to see if this helps if not I will be sending back to Amazon or should I send to DJI service to have them evaluate this issue.  

If I sent back anywhere it would be to where I bought it. DJI isn't going to evaluate anything. Also calibrating IMU wasn't a permanent fix. I got one good Timelapse and then it started acting up again.

I did not find time to check hyperlapses before the update. But here is the link to my recent one:

This was a preprogrammed two-waypoint hyperlapse, with a camera looking along the course. On top of the general instability, you can see a strange shift of the angle of view at the beginning. The camera shifted from the programmed direction slightly to the left. Only the first frame was captured in the right direction.

Hi, BrianKushner. Thank you for reaching out. Hyperlapse aims to stitch several photos into a video. The shorter the set shooting interval, the smoother the stitched video. (When the interval is closer to 0, it will be more like the video shooting effect.) The specific shooting effect decides the settings. To ensure that the entire view parameters are consistent, Manual mode is often used in Hyperlapse. The user can adjust the shutter and other parameters on their own. The higher the shutter speed, the poorer the sense of flow represented by the objects in view. The shutter speed is set to half of the interval between two photos. For example, when the shooting interval is set to 4 seconds, the shutter speed is set to approximately 1.6 seconds or 2 seconds.

If the shot Hyperlapse shakes, try to adjust the setting in a static shooting. Try to change several settings and check the effect. Then, try to fly and shoot in a windless environment. Please also confirm if the footage will be shaking if shooting a normal video. If the video still shakes while in static mode, please calibrate the gimbal and IMU and refresh the firmware. If the issue cannot be resolved, please provide us the the tested result, firmware version, generated hyperlaspe video, aircraft log as well the tested time for further checking.

Exporting Flight Controller Aircraft Data/Log
(1) Download DJI Assistant 2 from the official website. Download link：https://www.dji.com/downloads/so ... sumer-drones-series
(2) Launch DJI Assistant 2. Within 20 seconds after the aircraft is powered on, connect it to DJI Assistant 2.
(3) After DJI Assistant 2 recognizes the aircraft, choose "Log Export", and then click "Save to local".
(4) The final exported data are ".dat" files.

Please keep us posted. Thank you.

I know how to shoot a timelapse. My Mavic 3 was ROCK STEADY. My Air2S near perfect. This is a disaster and I'm not the only one experiencing this. Based on your response I can clearly see DJI has no idea what this is about.. Gonna return and get another Mavic 3 since I sold my old one to buy this Lemon. Thanks for getting back to me.

Brutal Timelapses continue. Look at this movement in a short clip. It's raising in Altitude, moving, just a MESS. Guess I'm gonna return the drone. I might go back to the Mavic 3. Way more stable. I highly doubt this is just my drone. I'm 1 for 10 in a usable clip.

Hallmark007 Posted at 5-23 08:51
Something wrong. Was this first one with x7 lens ? Because any slight movement on that will be accentuated.

The mavic 3 pro doesn't allow time lapse with the x7 the most you can is with the x3 and I've done it without being zoomed in and got sick shakes. My cheap Air 2s took much better time lapses sadly it crashed and i made the mistake buy purchasing this fake professional mavic 3 pro cine. Honestly i don't see what's worth 4k in this drone

DJI Gamora Posted at 5-29 07:06
Hi, BrianKushner. Thank you for reaching out. Hyperlapse aims to stitch several photos into a video. The shorter the set shooting interval, the smoother the stitched video. (When the interval is closer to 0, it will be more like the video shooting effect.) The specific shooting effect decides the settings. To ensure that the entire view parameters are consistent, Manual mode is often used in Hyperlapse. The user can adjust the shutter and other parameters on their own. The higher the shutter speed, the poorer the sense of flow represented by the objects in view. The shutter speed is set to half of the interval between two photos. For example, when the shooting interval is set to 4 seconds, the shutter speed is set to approximately 1.6 seconds or 2 seconds.

If the shot Hyperlapse shakes, try to adjust the setting in a static shooting. Try to change several settings and check the effect. Then, try to fly and shoot in a windless environment. Please also confirm if the footage will be shaking if shooting a normal video. If the video still shakes while in static mode, please calibrate the gimbal and IMU and refresh the firmware. If the issue cannot be resolved, please provide us the the tested result, firmware version, generated hyperlaspe video, aircraft log as well the tested time for further checking.

Did you realize that the gimbal moves around? Even in none wind situations. It just doesn't stay still. It doesn't have to do with shutter settings.