DJI Mavic 2 Vision Point of Interest - The BEST, yet least talked about feature

I think I found that little gem in the app that seems to have gotten lost in all the buzz during the release. Point of Interest is nothing new to the DJI platforms, but POI required you to fly above the subject first, then create a radius to fly around. They have now DJI Mavic 2 Vision Recognition for Point of Interest, which allows you to build that radius without flying over the subject.
I think this is huge for landmark and event videography because you are now able to get a reliable orbit around your subject, without burning battery and without flying directly over the subject. AN example would be an event where flying over people is not recommended or safe. Now you can fly from afar and still produce a very nice cinematic shot.
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[@theestate12]

Learning Mavic 2 watching videos. Yours are the best. No over-bearing audio. No secret location. Beautiful san diego temple in the horizon. Make that your next poi. Carry on.

[@VICVideopIC]

Excellent video, as usual. I really like the pace of your tutorials and how you are straight to the point with no time wasted, but still providing all the necessary topics. Well done!

[@bruceaisher]

Such a great video, really appreciate you putting it together! I ordered my MP2 yesterday so super excited to get it and try this out. Subscribed!

[@Dannyjeon1]

Always the best reviews when it comes to dji! I appreciate it always! 👊🏼

[@FlytPath]

Thank you so much

[@MrGeorgiaBoi706]

Awesome tutorial Aldryn. I can see from your tutorial that it is now easier to do POI. Looking forward to more tutorials on the M2P. But while I’m waiting I’ll watch some of your other tutorials on some of the other dji drones you have made videos on since I’m new to your channel.

[@DroneFanatic]

Refreshing to have someone just get to the point and explain things. Subscribed!

[@a7wd]

Very useful video. Thanks for comparing the old and new POI modes.

[@jackbisson9226]

Awesome review of the POI. This is so much faster and uses less battery to setup. Great video.

[@lowhombre]

Great tutorial Aldryn! Hope to see more upcoming tutorials for the M2.

[@hover-fly5668]

I came to this after I've been using the feature. Great video, thanks.

[@mikend4w]

My Mavic 2 Pro will be here Aug.27 , thanks for all your great videos

[@southcoast2008]

awesome presentation once again. really enjoyed that. many thanks

[@RICKHALBUR]

Aldryn, Thank you very well done review on the POI mod

[@duncanh6045]

Love the intro shot of the Mavic 2, the Gimble yaw, looks awesome

[@The321asdfff]

Great tutorial. I'm gonna head out and try this!

[@vegasrjr]

Great video, very informative .. Thanks..Ordered mine yesterday..

[@victorayrtonurrutiasoler8209]

PERFECT review… simply AWESOMEEEEEE

[@51Drones]

You've been busy! This IFM looks great

[@dmkinney]

Great demo. Easy to understand. Tks.

[@RuchiraPrashan]

Great information as always!!

[@AndyJohansen]

Fantastic!

[@dadsway3611]

Loved the vid from DW over in the UK

[@diyowl5496]

First of all: Really sick intro, great job! Second, you don't waste your time talking about unnecessary things. You explain all of the things very crearly. The reason is that you really know what you are doing. This is something very important for all KZbinrs that do tech- reviews and tutorials. Third: I like that you include a lot of sample footage, not only in this video, but in all the others. All in all, i just want to say a big Congrats and I think you really deserve more views, subscribers etc. All the best!

[@FlytPath]

DIYowl dude that means a lot. I know it takes a lot to even leave a comment so I appreciate the time u took to write this.

[@diyowl5496]

Really nice that you responded so nicely in a such a short amount of time. :D

[@NordicAdvRider]

This shows why DJI is the class leader. Awesome features

[@TeslaCanadaEh]

Great KZbin Channel ! Thank you

[@Hybrid330i]

Thanks for the videos on the Mavic Pro 2. Just a tip for your videos, I noticed your running your mic pre-amp a bit hot. Try knocking it back a little on your input and using a compressor on your audio in post to smooth the peaks and lows and then just raise the volume to suit instead. Will make things sound a little bit more professional.

[@DennisLovelady]

Cool! I agree, this is a huge improvement over previous! It'll be interesting to see if any of this makes its way to the original Mavic Pro. Thanks, Aldryn!

[@FlytPath]

I’m thinking it will.

[@KardosoMedia]

Great video!

[@JakeGleim]

So weird finding your channel, I'm just up the hill in Ramona. Seeing all the spots I am all too familiar with. Love the videos, thanks!

[@FlytPath]

Oh nice you're close by

[@JanDrebes]

Thanks for the Video!

[@TigertrailCh]

I really like your videos... you have a new subscriber.

[@TheOgerman1]

great review I like this feature .

[@davidfarrell1062]

Wow thats smooth. If you raised the drone up higher before you started and put the x in the middle of the top of the building and then reduce height to do POI. Even though the way it did it seems ideal for non symmetrical POIs as it seemed to trace the edge of the POI...

[@PhannyObsession]

I would suggest using a point on top (center) of the building. That way, it won't lose site of the 'Target'

[@joaotsantos5446]

Pretty cool!!

[@elvispresley2542]

Awesome video as usual

[@roseyaw]

What brand is the fold up launch pad shown at the start of the video?

[@HarvyDangerFilms]

Great point on when to use this feature and when it may not be as good as the GPS setting. It is nice that we have both still available. - f11 - man, I can't wait to get the ND filters so that I don't have to be stuck at f11 on bright days. Great job. Really enjoying all of the information on the Mavic 2 Pro. Keep them coming! - I just created 8 LUTs for the Hasselblad color science on the Mavic 2 Pro. If you have a minute to take a look, I would love your feedback. It's my first time creating a set of LUT's for a specific camera. Cheers!

[@refaiabdeen2142]

Cheers Mate !

[@christopherweldon5443]

I notice that your video shows “waypoints”, I just purchased M2P and my Go4 app does not have that option. Did they take it away in the newest version?

[@cayrick]

Good video

[@eddiegomez4134]

I'm in San Diego too! Just go the Zoom; Looking to get some cool shoots soon. Thanks!

[@janvoimojica3564]

Great video! Do you think if you had completely used put the building in the box, the result would have been different since it can now recognize obstacles as well?

[@BlackBirdieGolf]

Very cool

[@spynolimits]

Thanks for the video. I am a spark owner very happy but looking to have better range, reliable connectivity and more flight time. I am looking to upgrade, which one of the three would you recommend?(mavic 1, mavic 2 zoom or mavic 2 pro) I mostly use it for photography.

[@andrewap77]

Thanks, I have been using Litchi for mapping and I can see where the vision poi has some benefits, by taking out some guess work.

[@patrick.espinosa]

Great video Aldryn, and it looks like we're neighbors, I could see my house at the top of the frame from 10:06-10:17, so maybe you could fly that Mavic 2 a little more in my direction so I can see it in person ;-)

[@NielsBoere]

Hi buddy, I would like to know how to Zoom and the 48 MP super resolution photo's look like, could you help me with that?

[@flytown9853]

Nice video of the POI feature, I hope by the time my Mavic arrives the air quality gets better to fly it. I'm up north where the wild fires are making the sky too smoky and the air too toxic for outdoor flying for very long.

[@jtepsr]

Nice improvement

[@StanCook]

Do you think maybe DJI will update the Mavic Pro to do POI like this? Also in the live today, you did seem to know the Mavic Pro has a 2X step zoom since you mention pinching in your answer. I use the little joystick set up in the settings for the Joystick. Thanks for all you have done today. Very busy.

[@davidbulman4378]

Great video. Is there any reason why the original Mavic Pro couldn’t do this with a software upgrade? Do you know, or believe, some of these new intelligent flight modes will be reverse compatible?

[@upperechelon3456]

Great video. So now you can program POI on the screen like you can in the Litchi app.

[@Escotch77]

Could you fly higher, target the center , then lower before dying around it?

[@271W4]

Hey man, love your new mavic 2 videos. You earned a sub from me. Do you know if the quick shot modes have the omnidirectional obstacle avoidance?

[@FlytPath]

Donny Evans side sensors only work in active and tripod mode.

[@ToddtheLoneDroner]

Groovy

[@miquaelmiquael1079]

Hi, great review of this new feature. When you drew your selection box - you didn't actually enclose the entire building, you drew a box around the "front" area of the structure only. Perhaps it may require you to enclose the entire building within the selection, to better calculate it's accuracy (as in the sample)..? Just a thought.. Keep up the great work!

[@toadlguy]

Yes, clearly the demo shows drawing around the object. I think all his problems with a “larger” object are due to this. The software is trying to separate the object (in this case the building) from the background.

[@johnsoncityaerialphotograp7201]

That will be fantastic for 3D mapping of buildings

[@paulsonntag7122]

I have never understood why they don't allow you to drop a pin on a map for a POI. That method makes the most sense to me. Footage looks great sped up!

[@toddmummert4853]

thx ...nice

[@johnjosephreed]

Thanks for this! Potentially ignorant question: the curved white bars/lines on the outer edges of your grid, what are you using them for?

[@MaheshWalatara]

Will this work with large structures like the Sigiriya Rock Fortress??

[@arttatman1465]

Great Demo Aldryn. Do you always go through the tutorials to choose either GPS or Visual?

[@FlytPath]

I believe so.

[@kyrgeorge]

Hi Flyt. I noticed that it shows the Return Altitude (30m) from inside the poi intelligent flight mode. Is that changeable from there as well or only from general settings as usual.

[@danman32]

I had that question too. Actually what it really is for. Does POI circle once and stop or keep going? If latter then when does return come into play?

[@Yewbzee]

Can the Mavic Pro 2 do this kind of shot on a moving target?

[@abdulmajeedalharbi4500]

Heyper lapse mod available on Mavic Pro Platinum feature

[@raymondmcdonald7085]

Really appreciate your tutorials. I recently purchased a Mavic 2 Zoom and have everything to learn. I have been watching the go 4 app tutorials but can only do it when the drone is turned on. Is there a way to watch them without the drone on and connected? Thanks

[@randyhmptn1]

How did you enable the side sensors to show on your screen? I noticed that you're in P mode. I thought you could only get the side sensors in Tripod or Active track mode?

[@av8shunmeckaneck]

Maybe the app is concentrating its course based on where the Crosshairs were pointed? It did, in fact follow the corner of the building that you set the crosshairs at. Experiment: Fly higher and aim the crosshairs at the center of the roof of the building. Please report back

[@mje1625]

Hey, Aldryn! Another informative video! Thank you! Quick question: Can the POI be moving? For example: If I were to set the POI on a bicyclist who was not moving in a park. I do all the stuff you just did, but then the bicyclist starts to ride. Will the drone follow the POI/bicyclist and continue circling?

[@djg1028]

Do you put the memory card into the Mavic 2 pro or into the smart controller? Or both? Which is better?

[@constuctivecritisism8393]

Is it just. Me or do thee colours just look over saturated with the m2pro footage examples?

[@MrPelastus]

Being new to drone photo/video world, this video helped me to understand some of the capabilities of my Mavic 2 Pro. One quick question: After the point of interest fly-around, how do I get your drone back to where it took off? Do just press the go-to-home button and it autonomously returns to where I am? What about obstacles like trees?

[@dongerramarco9617]

does the ph4pro adapt this? i didn't update the app because my version works {graete)

[@mostcertainlyno]

What are those curved lines, with some shading, on each side of the screen? What are they for?

[@BigWillieFPV]

Cosmin id like to know also

[@murtazabhalli891]

how much flight time taking this drone

[@notenrique666]

WOW!!! Great feature! Takes all the manual stuff of the original mavic pro out of it.

[@FlytPath]

Exactly

[@wyrmmm]

Try selecting your point of interest from a higher altitude so that it’s looking down on the subject. After you can lower the altitude, have gotten mine yet so I’m just throwing ideas at the wall.

[@AndrewVSmith10]

I miss "San Dog" (what we called it in the Navy).

[@francosmith7801]

Does the obstacle avoidance work under this mode?

[@BcsDaBomb]

Are you running beta firmware? I see you have Waypoints and it looks like side obstacle avoidance is always showing

[@AndrewVSmith10]

Definitely a better way to POI!

[@rMr.big13]

Has gps point of interest been removed on the mavic pro 2?

[@vracan]

I find it super easy to fly manually around a poi using fpv (and alot more fun). But then again Ive been flying rc for years.

[@jackbisson9226]

Did anybody catch this? DJI''s See the Bigger Picture video on their DJI youtube channel -- At 1:36:32 the most profound statement was made. This looks like more gimbal / lens options for the Mavic 2 - OUTSTANDING! I hope they add a Hasselblad with 50mm eqv lens and gimbal in the months to come.

[@chris2790]

Seems like you should be able to manually specify GPS coordinates for radius point as well. Pretty simple concept. That way you can avoid it incorrectly picking a point that is offset from a larger landmark's center. Is that possible?

[@GeroLubovnik1]

Terrific video Aldryn. I have one non-related question... In general aviation, speed is measured in "knots", altitude measured in feet. I presume the imperial system in aviation is used world wide (but I could be mistaken) but is still used here in America. A lot of guys, like you, have their unit of measure set to metric, which is seems counter to the practice of general aviation. Can you explain why? It seems counter-intuitive for an American.

[@MrEye4get]

The the head of a person or statue in Thailand are regarded as the most important part of the body. It is considered rude to touch a stranger’s head, as it would be in most countries around the world. It is also disrespectful to touch the head of a statue, especially a statue of the Buddha. Flying over a statue with the GPS POI can be deemed as disrespectful. I love the new feature, to standoff from the POI and still focus on it.

[@jvdejesus05]

Will this work also on a moving subject?

[@mic4373]

Question: Does the side sensors work during point of interest flight?

[@FlytPath]

I believe only Active Track and Tripod.

[@mr02gixxer1000]

Now imagine being able to zoom in on that library! Or any point of interest etc, I ordered the zoom model. I know the 1inch sensor on the Pro will give better images quality, but after seeing that lossless zoom on the Mavic 2 and the video quality being pretty darn good I was sold, in my opinion I think you will able to do a lot more creative things with the zoom version. Also I think DJI should have gave us the ability to swap cameras ourselves if we choose to do so in the future with out us having to send in our drone to them.

[@mr02gixxer1000]

blue280485 To my understanding you can have the gimbal swap from DJI for a fee of course. But then to me I don’t think that’s worth it that every time you need to switch gimbal you of send it in to DJI. I do agree with you though that’s it’s about business aka $$$ in the end.

[@Shels_pwnz]

We have been zooming in post for a while now. In my opinion having more information to do the zoom in post is a better option. I would hate to shoot a shot with a push in and get home a realize that the shot doesn’t really work with what I had in vision for the edit. Also being able to shot in low light will be great for me as I shoot mainly weddings. Both are great but that vertigo effect will get old.

[@mr02gixxer1000]

I understand that zooming in post can be done we know that. But its not the same as flying out in the wild and having the ability to zooming in on your subjects or object without getting to close. and you can upload the video or share it without losing any quality in video. also the zoom version you can do 2x optical zoom 24mm - 48mm in 4K and lossless zoom in full HD so I don't see how one wouldn't have good quality video to work with in post. Yes the 1inch sensor would yield better low light shots. But that doesn't mean you can't get decent low light shot from the zoom version. also some weddings are done in well lit conditions as well, it all depends on when and where time of day etc of the wedding. And to the untrained eye most people would know the difference in video quality especially if shooting in 4k 30 on both drones. The new 1inch sensor on pro is a beast, but after seen the 24-48mm optical zoom in 4k and lossless zoom in full HD on the zoom version I was sold, I can't count the amount of time that I which I had the ability to zoom when I am out flying, this drone is going to be great for my trip to Africa zooming in on wild life with out getting to close to them. lastly I think the zoom version is going to open up a new world of possibilities of what one can do with a drone mark my word, either way you on both drones it don't think one can go wrong with either they are both great birds.

[@Shels_pwnz]

Yes we are both correct and to be honest I wish we could just have both cams lol. Either way this is a great time to be a filmmaker. For what you will be using the drone for the zoom is by far the better option. Coming from the Phantom 4 platform I am just excited to have a more accessible drone that i can always have with me and I will for sure be using it sooooo much more. I hardly fly unless I have too because of setup and just having to carry it in its own case ect.

[@mr02gixxer1000]

ShelsWorld I totally agree it’s truly a great time to be a filmmaker, and it would be really nice to switch out both cameras on a fly. But when I look at all the drones in DJI line up especially the phantom 4pro if DJI gave us the option to switch cameras like that on a fly on the Mavic 2, I honestly think it would hurt the sales of the bigger drones. Even now I thinking the phantom series is in a bit of trouble!! And not because they not a great drone, but because of the size compared to the Mavic 2 with a 1inch sensor. Which is going to be way easier to to transport than a phantom 4pro, especially being that Mavic Pro will have the Same video quality has the phantom 4pro. I have some friends right now who is considering putting up there phantom 4pro for sale to purchase the Mavic 2 pro. The Mavic 2 is the first drone ever of it size to have a 1inch sensor! That’s crazy!! That is going to be a game changer! DJI is really going to own the market with Mavic 2 for sure.

[@Okie-Tom]

Nice video. Those side sensors work on this mode don't they? Just subscribed.

[@danman32]

Manual says side sensors only applies with tripod and active track modes.

[@gofast4127]

Nice video , like 600 👍

[@alecrespo]

this will be uptade in the dji go for the others drones?

[@FlytPath]

I think so. Seems like a software update and not a hardware.

[@RichM1967]

It is awesome, however I asked DJI - Side sensors are OFF for this shot. Will it be in an upcoming firmware? I asked this as well, and they wouldn't say.

[@amagnier]

Yeah important info to keep in mind !

[@1rcbking]

What if you put the poi in the center of the roof?

[@FlytPath]

It might work. But I did it how I feel most would. I didn’t want to fly too high, instead to a height where I wanted to orbit.

[@erlanggaaffandi8838]

Side obstacle avoidance off?

[@shakeelshahid4900]

This option not available in mavic air 2.

[@pekamotion2286]

Thumbnail looks like that inception spot

[@Morawka1]

Wouldn't the side sensors have prevent you from hitting one of the tree's? I hear they only work in Intelligent flight modes like POI. Also, has anyone tried the new POI mode with the subject drastically lower than the take off point? The old GPS POI would prevent you from designating a POI if your subject was at a lower altitude than your lift-off altitude. Wondering if they fixed that.