After the latest Firmware / GO 4 updates, the Mavic now often struggles to focus and gets traped in a loop; in > out > in > out > shake it all about.

It's really annoying. We need a switch to set the camera focus to infinity permentantly is so desired.

Surely this is fairly straightforward to impliment. Pretty please.

Hello jaybee, the latest DJI GO 4 app had added continuous autofocus.
Do you mean the C-AF not working?
Could you please make a short video of this issue?

DJI Mindy Posted at 2016-12-16 12:18
Hello jaybee, the latest DJI GO 4 app had added continuous autofocus.
Do you mean the C-AF not working?
Could you please make a short video of this issue?

I know, continuous autofocus is terrible. I'd rather just flick a switch and have it permanently infinite. Sure, I'll get a video together shortly.

Here you go...
Firmware: v01.03.0000
DJI Go 4: 4.0.1
Filmed: 14th Dec 2016

WOW.  Have not flown with the new update.  Is this what I have to look forward to?  IN the interim, seems like you should set to manual focus, and focus once on "infinity."

fansa7eabb8f Posted at 2016-12-16 14:25
WOW.  Have not flown with the new update.  Is this what I have to look forward to?  IN the interim, seems like you should set to manual focus, and focus once on "infinity."

You can manually focus by tapping - as before- but you cannot switch this auto thing off.
EDIT: My mistake ... you can, just found the setting.

jaybee Posted at 2016-12-16 15:52
You can manually focus by tapping - as before- but you cannot switch this auto thing off.
EDIT: My mistake ... you can, just found the setting.

Where is this setting in djoGo4 for android?

Agreed.  I know that with this lens, the depth of field is more shallow, so there are cases where your subject/foreground would be in focus while the background is out of focus, but at some subject distance, everything would be in focus.  I'm not sure how to calculate this, but its fairly easy to do this.  Just have a setting where the camera automatically focuses to this subject distance which means that everything past this point is also in focus.  This is the hyperfocal distance.

Stewie Griffin Posted at 2016-12-16 16:40
Agreed.  I know that with this lens, the depth of field is more shallow, so there are cases where your subject/foreground would be in focus while the background is out of focus, but at some subject distance, everything would be in focus.  I'm not sure how to calculate this, but its fairly easy to do this.  Just have a setting where the camera automatically focuses to this subject distance which means that everything past this point is also in focus.  This is the hyperfocal distance.

With a 1/2.3" sensor I think focusing on a subject 10 meters far away give you infinity.

CC8877 Posted at 2016-12-16 07:53
With a 1/2.3" sensor I think focusing on a subject 10 meters far away give you infinity.

Yes, I would think so as well, so the whole idea behind focusing when flying up high is crazy.  The most important addition to the focus would be simply an infinity focus option.  Then we wouldn't have to worry about focusing, and seeing the focus hunting in the videos because we are wanting to make sure our footage isn't sharp when we get back.

Bikkel Posted at 2016-12-16 23:31
Where is this setting in djoGo4 for android?

You can enable the manual focusing in general settings.

jaybee Posted at 2016-12-16 22:52
You can manually focus by tapping - as before- but you cannot switch this auto thing off.
EDIT: My mistake ... you can, just found the setting.

Is there any problem when enable the manual focusing?
Focus issue only happened in continuous autofocus?

Is this available in the iOS version of Go4? Can't find anywhere to go to manual focus.
Totally agree with the OP. On the older versions of the app I would take off to 3 pr 4 m, set focus on a distant object , and not touch it again for the rest of the flight. Worked fine. I REALLY don't want C-AF!

FlyLight Posted at 2016-12-17 20:31
Is this available in the iOS version of Go4? Can't find anywhere to go to manual focus.
Totally agree with the OP. On the older versions of the app I would take off to 3 pr 4 m, set focus on a distant object , and not touch it again for the rest of the flight. Worked fine. I REALLY don't want C-AF!

Manual focus is found in general settings. I posted the iOS screen shots for the gimbal as well

Rich

jaybee Posted at 2016-12-16 06:47
Here you go...
Firmware: v01.03.0000
DJI Go 4: 4.0.1

do you have your gimbal cover on in this video? I ask this because I see a refection in the middle toward the end of the video that makes me wonder if you did have it on if it was picking up some glare and causing it to continuously refocus.....

Heavysledz Posted at 2016-12-18 06:33
do you have your gimbal cover on in this video? I ask this because I see a refection in the middle toward the end of the video that makes me wonder if you did have it on if it was picking up some glare and causing it to continuously refocus.....

No, of course not.

Guys what is that UFO he caught in the middle of the video?

Incredible Aeri Posted at 2016-12-19 15:17
Guys what is that UFO he caught in the middle of the video?

Lens flare ;)

Holy cow that's bad.