DJI Mini 2 - QuickShots on the DJI Mini 2

[@ExploringCanadaInfo]

Excellent video. You made the “easy” settings even easier! Brilliant!

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You!

[@remlapproductions396]

These are very helpful. Thank you.

[@PhillipSkraba]

Glad you like them!

[@andykbh]

lol i tried the circle and and bumped into a window and landed on a balcony on third floor. Lucky for me the guy was home so i could get it back. But the second it crashed there my heart stopped! What did you do for the into? did you manually make a fly sidewas while just walking or did it track you?

[@dronmoarigato8488]

Thank you for this tutorial Philip... Excellent.

[@PhillipSkraba]

You're welcome, thank You!

[@7777russ]

it would have been nice it you had recorded the screen so we could see what buttons you are activating. other than that, nice video.

[@PhillipSkraba]

I did think of that after I uploaded it, but then thought there are only 4 buttons on the QuickShot menu, so I'm sure you guys will be fine. I generally just wanted to show off what the shots actually look like. Trying them in manual is almost impossible, good thing we have those options. Thanks!

[@ursrupp5869]

Fully agree ! For real beginners and educational reasons an absolute must.

[@davidjholmes2679]

Superb video and I like your subject matter. One question, as a newbie how do you get round the requirement to have the drone in line of sight at all times? Maybe an idea for a future video would be to start with the flyer ID exam here in the UK and show options of moving up the ladder?

[@SomeOlDingus]

You helped me to decide to go ahead and buy the Fly More combo for the DJI Mini 2!!! Four days until I get my drone in the mail! About to get my FAA Part 107 as well... I already knew what I wanted to do but you helped me to decide how to get into it and I really appreciate your guidance!!

[@PhillipSkraba]

That is a good choice! 3 batteries goes a long way with this guy! I usually use 1 in an area, then drive further, charge that one in the car and use the next and that's basically how I road trip. You're welcome, happy to help have fun with it and let me know how you like it!

[@georgekelly1948]

Hi Phillip from Wisconsin again. Which is your favorite drone to fly without considering photos or video quality. Which one is a blast to fly? Thanks, George

[@PhillipSkraba]

Hi George. If I had to choose one right now, the Mavic 3, it’s just a monster 👹

[@12nickcarraway]

@@PhillipSkraba Thank you for the quick reply.

[@mr.adamokeeshka2503]

Filip wymiatasz! Dzięki i pozdrowienia z Irlandii! Cheers!

[@PhillipSkraba]

Dzieki Adam! Pozdrowienia z Lodzi 🔥

[@outlandishmtb]

Great video, I'm new here and still looking to buy a used Mini 2. I didn't realize the 2 had these features. Keep up the good work.

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You! Have fun out there!

[@outlandishmtb]

I've got the drone but we are in the middle of an Atmospheric River!. So a bit wet. I'm ready to fly but I can't. I will watch more of your videos while I wait for a weather window. Cheers.

[@antonlianpascua5099]

NICE VIDEO! can i ask what was your camera settings you used in this video?

[@juleshorse9056]

A really informative tutorial for a novice like me - along with your others on the Mini 2 - so thanks. What is the 1/80 rule?

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You! The 180 degree rule is all about motion blur, so it looks natural like it does in motion pictures films. If you have a frame rate set of 25fps then you need to set your shutter speed at 1/50, so basically twice the frame rate. This will be in line with the 180 degree rule and your video will have natural motion blur, otherwise if it's say 25fps and 1/200 then everything will be over-sharpened and jittery.

[@riccipuchau8227]

Good explanation! just that excited to get this drone..cant wait...nice one sir!

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thanks! You’ll love it, links below if you need one 🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@MaxcullinAgamUTV]

Nice video shoot, thanks for the info😃😃

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You, and you're welcome!

[@StellaDavila]

why would you want to learn how to circle manually? what if we are just starting out? what do you recommend to start learning how to do manual circles. i did it not to far from the ground but it looked like i was going to fast. lol does it have the same effect at a higher altitude?

[@PhillipSkraba]

Well, once you learn manual moves you're basically king of the skies. Sure, go up and move away from your subject, that'll slow things down.

[@giancarloballestracci7480]

So useful!

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You!

[@topknotbear9214]

Is the quickshot just the movement of the drone, or is it movement plus recording?

[@PhillipSkraba]

It should move and record for you.

[@crosses101]

I'd absolutely be sitting on that rail for real

[@PhillipSkraba]

It was freezing back then, that time of year is just around the corner.

[@crosses101]

@@PhillipSkraba Yes and with no Mini 3 in sight.

[@PhillipSkraba]

I'm kind of relieved, it makes my life a little easier. The Mavic 3 though, that excites me.

[@crosses101]

@@PhillipSkraba I just bought the mini 2 last week so I don't mind there not being another mini for a while because we both know it will be a similar price and I don't want that buyer's remorse 😅

[@hanoitripper1809]

Hi are you using any filter for these shots?

[@PhillipSkraba]

The Freewell ND series, you can find it linked in the description of this video.

[@Quebecmedic0750]

Love your content , question I have tried the circle one the thing I did not like is the automatic dji video edition .is there a way to have it do the move , record it and leaving us do the edition ?

[@buffaloproductions8522]

love your videos, keep it up

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You, I'll make sure I do that!

[@MrBigcoops74]

Great vid just purchased mine. Issue. No matter which quick shot I choose it doesn’t let me start it it’s always greyed out. Any ideas m8

[@PhillipSkraba]

That is odd, as long as you have a memory card in, you're not in Cine or Sports Mode, you have good transmission and satellites, you should be good to go.

[@MrBigcoops74]

@@PhillipSkraba thanks m8 it was the memory card I needed. I just took it out on the first day of it being delivered I was just going through the different modes. Trying to be oh so gentle (gentle) on the sticks

[@Nigol66]

Another great video! THANK YOU! I'll try these tomorrow (storms in the distance right now.... that would make for some amazing video but I'm not taking the chance LOL)

[@PhillipSkraba]

Storms would be awesome! If I see one I'm going out 😂 Sure, give them a go, they're quite fun!

[@Bosmanneggie]

Can you use a object to be the subject where you put the + on? Like a building for example. Like a tower of a church

[@PhillipSkraba]

Possibly, if it targets it, you can try, just be careful when it's out of vlos.

[@mirzaahad6915]

Hi Phillip, I got my dji mini 2 couple of days ago.and i flied couple of times but can not find the quick short mode. Could you please help me out with it?

[@PhillipSkraba]

Hi Mirza, sure, when you press the video button it'll have options, video, photo, etc, press the QuickShots button and it'll give you all the Quickshots options, BUT you have to be in the air flying for this to work.

[@mirzaahad6915]

@@PhillipSkraba yes i had video and photo option but Couldn't have quick short mode which is very strange.

[@DRONEALD]

Obviously i could try it myself tomorrow when or if the weather is good but i wonder if it would make any difference if the remote is in cinemode, normal or sport.. i mean, the quick shot option 'rocket' would be really rocket in sportsmode hahaha ? In what mode did you shoot this ? Or isnt t an option at all and is it fully customized and set

[@PhillipSkraba]

I believe these options all have to be done in normal mode and when the drone is in the air, that's the only way it's accessible. It would be cool if we could change the speed, but it's all pre-programmed to some degree.

[@G1507]

Was there a reason you used 30 FPS with 1/50 in the quickshot? What about the 180 Rule? And one last question, is it just me or is the drone video a bit stuttering? Thanks for your videos

[@PhillipSkraba]

I was?! No idea how that happened, maybe it just went into auto mode and did its thing here. I always stick to the 180 degree angle rule if I can.

[@SastraWerk]

Thanks for your video. I have question, if I touch joystick in the mid of quickshot, will the quickshot stop and the drone just hovering up? And if a video still be recorded until the seconds I accidentally touch joystick or press the pause/ stop button?

[@PhillipSkraba]

It will automatically stop if you touch the controls, that's true. It needs to finish filming all the way to 100% for it to complete the quickshot.

[@SastraWerk]

@@PhillipSkraba thanks 🙏🏼

[@outlandishmtb]

@@PhillipSkraba that's a good safety feature. I was wondering the same.

[@flatlandrory]

I've recently purchased a DJI Mini 2 and have been using quickshots. However, every time I want to 'quick transfer' a quickshot clip, I will only download an edited video with horrendous music. Is it possible to download an unedited clip?

[@PhillipSkraba]

I'm afraid you'd have to transfer it from your sd card to your computer for the raw files.

[@flatlandrory]

@@PhillipSkraba ahhhh, thank you so much for the reply. Love your content BTW. You've got another subscriber.

[@PhillipSkraba]

Anytime! Welcome to the channel 🔥

[@sapnabhat1954]

What should be the flight mode? Cine , normal or sports?

[@PhillipSkraba]

Quickshots will do it's own thing, no need to worry about the flight mode.

[@theinvestorssquad8752]

Why on my mini 2 when i use the circle quickshot and click the green plus button on myself, it gets my in frame but as it turns it doesn't keep me in frame as yours does.

[@PhillipSkraba]

Possibly too busy surroundings and it gets confused trying to keep you in focus.

[@jannheinphoto]

Is it limited to use certain FPS when using quickshots on the mini 2?

[@stan4342]

Dobre filmiki ,by the way świetny angielski.

[@PhillipSkraba]

Dziekuje! Urodzilem sie w Londynie, troche mi to pomoglo, az sie dziwie ze akcent mi sie nie zmienil mieszkajac w Polsce.

[@boratravels7675]

Good Thanks

[@PhillipSkraba]

You're welcome!

[@lindsaysweet3051]

Is it possible to “record” quick shots? I have used all the quick shots, and can’t seem to record them. While it’s nice to watch the quick shots as they’re happening, it’s sort of pointless if they can’t be recorded. Sort of like when someone who is golfing by themselves who gets a hole-in-one, and can’t share the experience with anyone else.

[@ursrupp5869]

Dwnld them from ur sd-card to the computer, simple n quick solution

[@EveryTongue]

You always get me hyped up to fly. Battery charging atm.

[@PhillipSkraba]

haha, I get myself hyped to fly!! Mine are charged and ready 24/7, shame it's been raining recently.

[@Valeriy7D0]

Phillip, did you use any kind of quickshots in your intro 0:03?

[@PhillipSkraba]

No, I held the controller in my hand, lightly pressed forward and walked with it, easy to do.

[@Valeriy7D0]

@@PhillipSkraba Sounds easy, thank you 😊

[@aro4bubbly]

How you colour-grade the footage? It looks awesome. 🙏🏼

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You! I dropped a colour grade video recently, it's my last video, check it out.

[@jamesss1953]

really good help here. Question please; when my mini 2 arrived (now just about 1 week) it was set up in meters, so I changed to feet. BUT.... when out in the location, I then set greater than 100 feet (400 feet in UK is max) a message pops up telling me max is 400 feet and that I am intending to exceed this height. Another point is, I really only want to fly 100 - 200 feet otherwise I am unable to actually see it. Any ideas how to change to feet and increase intended max height ( above 100 feet)??????

[@PhillipSkraba]

That is odd. I always fly in meters, I basically set height and distance to max, so 500m and infinity distance. You can cap it, so height should in theory be set to 100ft and then it shouldn't fly any higher. I don't like doing this just in case there is other air traffic and I need to fly high fast as dropping is way to slow. I always have it set to 500m height, but I rarely fly above 100m as the view up there starts to get a little boring. If I were in your shoes I'd set it to max and just keep an eye on the height as you fly, that's how I roll.

[@jamesss1953]

@@PhillipSkraba I agree its an oddity. Just this year the UK laws changed (as you probably know) to only fly a drone at a max height of 400 feet (121 meters) and the drone must always be visible to the naked eye. Apparently aeroplanes are not meant to fly lower than 500 feet - I’m sure on occasions they do. It almost looks like when I change from meters to feet the drone system is still working in meters. This is easy to work around, but strange considering its quite a clever little beast. Any way ...... thanks for the quick response and I look forwards to more from you with regards mini 2 ........ I am now waiting for reasonable weather to get back out again to try out these modes of flight for myself. I have to walk some 4 miles to the nearest appropriate location to do this due to my geographical location and land formations ..... thanks again :)

[@PhillipSkraba]

@@jamesss1953 That is very odd indeed. Yes, UK laws are pretty similar to our EU laws here now. I do what I can to adhere to all of them when I can. Planes here sometimes fly so low they give me a heart attack, so beware of them. Have fun with it and be careful.

[@barrylyons8102]

when I have the drone on manual for the use / shutter / m.m it won't let me adjust the m.m if I tap on it. Can you help?

[@PhillipSkraba]

That is very odd, it should allow you to adjust all settings in manual mode.

[@LakeShadow]

Could you do the parallax shot you did in another vid with the circle quickshot? I mean, the exact same one you did with Zoom X2...

[@PhillipSkraba]

The problem is the quickshot is very slow and only spins around once, so that's where training the manual movement is important.

[@LakeShadow]

@@PhillipSkraba Thanks again for your input! I've identified a good place to practice the parallax. I'm going there as soon as I can find some free time! :)

[@PhillipSkraba]

@@LakeShadow It's not an easy place to find, that's great! Be aware of your surrounds and what the left stick does.

[@LakeShadow]

@@PhillipSkraba Here's my pretentious parallax video... : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGKboqeBaM2Albs

[@paulbarrett423]

nicely presented thank you

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You Paul!

[@ivannewman2960]

How do I save quick shots to my phone ???

[@PhillipSkraba]

I think if you turn on HD sync that should save it to your phone.

[@tarifislam9083]

I have A dji mini 2 but nothing this like tracking quickshot Mode

[@mebeasensei]

I am a beginner. You mentioned...1) make sure you set it up like I did in this video (where, what?), 2) ISO all the way down. What is ISO? 3) we are gonna left, forward...what are you referring to? 4) 180 rule? 1:80 rule? What are you talking about? 5) I wish you showed the screen and a lot of this would have been self-explanatory thanks anyway.

[@PhillipSkraba]

No problem, let me help. 1. The video linked at 00:40 That should help you set it up. 2. ISO is your sensors sensitivity to light, set it low to have the best quality image without grain. 3. That's just me setting up the shot 4. 180 angle rule states that your shutter speed should be twice that of your frame rate for smooth natural motion blur (25fps x2 = 1/50th shutter speed). 5. I agree with you 200%. I drove there, phone memory full, it didn't want to record the screen, damn me for buying the 64gb model, stupid stupid stupid. A mistake I learnt from. Mind you I'm surprised I didn't get more thumbs down for that. All the best!

[@modisumocustoms9374]

“Wizzard”, 😂😂😂

[@PhillipSkraba]

Damn right 😂

[@atoanth3958]

How to increase the recording time of these modes?

[@PhillipSkraba]

You can't, they are automatic I'm afraid.

[@cypressifly]

Do these quick shots work only upwards?

[@PhillipSkraba]

If you reverse them in post, yep. Otherwise it's all about flying up and away from destruction. If it were to fly down it would probably crash into something as it lacks avoidance sensors Michalina.

[@johnmarshall124]

And the 180 rule is?

[@jmvreest]

When you use the boomerang quick shot or whatever quick shot circles around. Is it possible to abort the quick? If so, what happens?. The reason I ask. I do a lot of camping on rocky water edge with some large trees around. I would like to get some cool shots of the campsite where the drone will ascend in a circular motion with out doing the full circle

[@PhillipSkraba]

Sure, there is a cancel button I've had to press a few times myself, it stops the drone almost instantly. It's better to be safe then sorry though and do this without any obstacles around you.

[@jmvreest]

@@PhillipSkraba thanks for the quick response. Great videos by the way. Will be using your tutorials to help with my first drone experience. Cheers

[@PhillipSkraba]

@@jmvreest You're welcome! Have fun with it, be careful and be calm, you'll be fine!

[@wzwick]

While performing a quick shot if you adjust anything on the controller such as make the drone go higher the quickshot stops and the drone hovers in place. at least it did for me.

[@PhillipSkraba]

Yes, it’ll stop the quickshot, it’s a shame we can’t control it in any way.

[@MundoPorAqui]

Good one Phillip!

[@PhillipSkraba]

Thank You Leandro!

[@kxn928]

How did you turn on that active track thing?

[@PhillipSkraba]

The Mini series does not have active track, or at least doesn't have it enabled, so for that option you can either use Litchi, a 3rd party app, or get the Air 2.

[@lightningsorrell3484]

For some reason I put 100ft or more for dronie (straight back and up) it goes the same distance every time or it finishes before it can reach the high for the other ones except for circle

[@PhillipSkraba]

Yes, I've heard this problem from other users, hopefully this will be fixed in an update. Fingers crossed!

[@lightningsorrell3484]

@@PhillipSkraba thank you I love that you answer questions it helps a lot 😊😁😊😁

[@PhillipSkraba]

@@lightningsorrell3484 Anytime!

[@lightningsorrell3484]

@@PhillipSkraba if the softer ware is slow whats the reason for that

[@PhillipSkraba]

@@lightningsorrell3484 Quite possibly the device you're using. Turn off cache and turn off hd sync, that might help.

[@caalinAbyan]

I was asking why 1.5k likes only for 2years time !!! Becouse you are explaining to your self only ! I mean the steps you doing are explained theorycial not practical

[@PhillipSkraba]

If you need quickshots, basically don’t fly a drone, you’ll ruin it for all of us.

[@GalZiv]

how do you turn off the titles (the info) on bottoms on quick shots?

[@PhillipSkraba]

I believe that's the subtitle option, that's just a guess though. Give it a try, I don't have my drone with me right now.

[@GalZiv]

@@PhillipSkraba THE subtitle option take off the titles on regular recording.

[@GalZiv]

@@PhillipSkraba thank you. If you can check it will be great-nobody mentions it.

[@PhillipSkraba]

It’s possible this is a built in feature you can’t turn off, as now that I think about it my Mavic 2 Pro has the same titles on each of the automated shots.

[@GalZiv]

@@PhillipSkraba but you did a quick shot in your vids. and it's not appear?!

[@ВладБережецкий]

What is this place is it in LOdz?

[@PhillipSkraba]

Yes, just on the outskirts.

[@ВладБережецкий]

@@PhillipSkraba can you please sand pin on Google maps)

[@PhillipSkraba]

Sure - PALMOWY TARAS WIDOKOWY - ośrodek wypoczynkowy "Święty spokój" 502 076 435 goo.gl/maps/KSuzGa94R7uhQCF59

[@mattdepew8459]

I did not know you could flip it upside down to stop the rotors!

[@PhillipSkraba]

Yes, not something that is recommended, but if you get into some difficulty go for it, I've done it a hundred times in crazy situations.

[@nathanaelcard]

You lost me, man. Wish you'd have shown us what you were seeing onscreen from the start

[@PhillipSkraba]

Yeah, got to the place I remember, saw my phone, full storage, *facepalm. It's pretty simple though, find your subject, press what quick shot you want and away you go, not much more to it, just check the surroundings so it doesn't crash into anything.