bengalboy69
Second Officer
Flight distance : 11134446 ft
United States
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I received my DJI Phantom 4 this Tuesday from Drone World with the extra 2 battery special. It arrived with all the latest firmware installed for drone and RC. For 3 days I watched videos and familarized myself with the drone and DJI Go app, camera settings, etc. I calibrated the IMUs, the GPS modules, the RC, and the gimbal. All calibaration showed success and I was ready to go try some long exposure night photography. I took it out last night for the first time and flew it, all 3 batteries. After putting it up in the air and bringing it in at battery end, I noticed the gimbal seemed tilted despite having calibrated and always looking horizontal sitting on my coffee table. Each time I flew it and brought it in to catch, (I always hand catch) the gimbal seemed to be slightly tilted. Each time I installed a new battery and powered up, the gimbal seemed to be horizontal again. I wrote it off to paranoia and poor night vision on my part. When I got home, however, all 40+ photos I took are slightly off horizon and tilted to the left. Although I was blown away by the quality of my 8 second exposures and the rock steady positioning, thrilled about the quality and sharpness of my new drone's camera as compared to my old Vision+ V.3.0,,, I'm abit miffed about having to edit a tilted horizon on each and every photo. The people on my FaceBook who are intersted in aerial photography are also blown away by my images, but, each and every one said, "Why is tilted off horizon to the left??" Again,, it is brand new, never flown, never upgraded by me,, no crashes, no drops, no bumps in the night... I've read about this being something others are experiencing and want to know how to solve it?? I've flown my Vision+ for almost 2 years and never experienced a tilted horizon, even in the strongest of winds and gusts. (I've actually flown it in storms to get cool thunder cloud formations just ahead of a rain and it always was a properly leveled horizon except for the curvature of the lens. Every single photo, 3 different flights,, all of them with a tilted to the left horizon. Whats UP?? I paid alot of money for this camera drone and thought long and hard about getting the Typhoon H... What gives DJI?? How do I fix it DJI and don't say "calibrate my gimbal",,, I've done that now several times,,, Once in the air it tilts to the left slightly again. Even though it is a subtle tilt, the image taken has a very noticeable "off horizon" appearance. Below are 4 images, but, every single one from the 40+ I took look the same.
Photo 1
https://www.facebook.com/photo.p ... 093287&l=bc03c3fdca
Photo 2
https://www.facebook.com/photo.p ... 571799&l=bbc9f8f99c
Photo 3
https://www.facebook.com/photo.p ... 407895&l=fa9878718c
Photo 4
https://www.facebook.com/photo.p ... 567424&l=e086e69fb8
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