DJI Mini 4 Pro | How To Capture an EPIC Sunset!

[@tominexile]

Great video! Going to try it tonight. What made the video even better was your humor which gave me some good chuckles. 😁 Don't change your style!

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Tommy - that's very nice to hear. Good luck with the flight and don't worry if it doesn't work out the first time - the fun is in trying it again and again (and again). Oh and I can't change my style - As a Brit it's the law that if we make KZbin Drone Videos, we have to either be very dry, serious and authoritative or just flippant, scant on detail and incredibly self deprecating - obviously the former wasn't for me.... 🤣 Fly safe! 🖖

[@tominexile]

@@amoktimeflies I just tried my first hyperlapse last night using hyperlapse waypoints. I did 3 as you did, and one thing I noticed when looking at my RC screen, was that during my second one the height was about 9 feet lower than the other two for some reason. I could tell as the sun was setting the wind at around 400 feet was getting a bit stronger, but I wouldn't think that should affect my height. Also, I was wondering while watching your video why you set two waypoints instead of just one at the position you wanted. In any event I had fun giving it a first try.

[@amoktimeflies]

I set two waypoints basically in the same place so I could 'run' the waypoint mission and 'hopefully' end up in exactly the same place. There does appear to be a bit of an issue with waypoints sometimes that even if you do start from exactly the same take off point they can differ. The wind probably didn't help, but hopefully you were still able to do some 'matching'. It's unlikely to be perfect, but as you say - it's still fun trying 🤗🖖

[@shaunthedrone]

Great video and very creative - love the Mini 4 Pro - thanks for sharing the fun with drones

[@amoktimeflies]

Cheers Shaun! And thanks for watching! Oh - and thanks for your vid the other day on updating the RC2 - really helped me out (after this vid which is why it was still showing ‘P’)🖖

[@shaunthedrone]

@@amoktimeflies glad it helped

[@rdg1259]

Love your humor sir !

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou mate - Gotta try to keep things light! 🖖

[@videohdrone]

Nice idea! I'm having trouble with the hyperlapse waypoint function, so will try it this way instead 👍

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks! - yeh - it's another way of doing it - at least to get you to the same(ish! 🤣) point in the sky quickly. Thanks for watching and you comment - best of luck! 🖖

[@ErrkaPetti]

As a Dji Mini 4 Pro beginner (my very first drone bought just week ago) I really appreciate you guys & gals with so many awesome tutorial videos! Thanks a lot for your great channel!

[@amoktimeflies]

You are more than welcome, Erik - happy to help! Have fun! 🖖

[@sideshowbobsfanclub]

Welcome to the world of drones, I've been droning for a while now, started with mini2 now using that and an MP4 - still learning tips & tricks all the time...

[@ErrkaPetti]

@@sideshowbobsfanclub - interesting with this is, I’ve never have been found of flying RC areoplane, mostly the opposite - one of my best friends is addicted to RC and have been that for 20 years - my intrest lays on the camera, not the specific droneflying (although it became fun too after a few days!)… So, a drone for me is like a descent camera with propellers! Longing for a Mavic Pro 3 Cine now, but, 5000 bucks is a little hefty, and my wife wouldn’t be that happy (a chilly relationship for some month 😂😂😂)… Were are you living? UK or AUS?

[@amoktimeflies]

UK - yes I agree - I’m absolutely blown away by the technology that can put a relatively high quality camera up in the air!🖖

[@vonheise]

You are probably an expert by now if you started off the way I did a few years ago. I moved up to the Mavic 3, but still got the Mini 4 Pro due to it being smaller and quieter. My interest and knowledge has dropped off some, maybe due to not liking to edit my videos. I hope when my Neo arrives, it will return my interest. By the time the Neo 2 or 3 arrive, it should be a really fun drone.

[@markherselman2228]

Love your style! Oh, and the video. Absolutely worth subscribing. Thanks

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou Mark! And thanks for subscribing!🖖

[@allegriach]

Thank you for this guide. You’re always learning something new, and this is particularly interesting for me because I create a lot of hyperlapses and have developed my own editing workflow in a self-taught way. I now use RAW files and crop in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Otherwise, DJI crops out quite a bit, and it no longer matches what I saw and selected in the RC. I have to process the RAWs in a batch; otherwise, it would take me days. It gets even more complicated when I experiment with accessories again, and each individual hyperlapse image has to be additionally de-squeezed. This is because I sometimes use an anamorphic lens.

[@amoktimeflies]

Yep - there's alot that can be done - from the simple to the RAW individual processing - endless ways to experiment! 👍🖖

[@kadeclaiborne]

Watched a few of your videos and am loving your content. Newly subscribed!

[@kadeclaiborne]

Also I enjoy seeing the work in your editing bay just as much!

[@amoktimeflies]

Excellent - thankyou so much for the kind words and glad you are enjoying the content!🖖

[@craig_Dronepilotsqld]

Fantastic mate, this one vid answered so many of my questions. Outstanding job!

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Craig. What sort of questions? ‘How incompetent can this guy get?’ ‘Who lets people like this on KZbin?’ ‘Has he bothered to sort his lawn out yet?’ 😂 😂 😂 But seriously - glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!🖖

[@stillarifleman]

Just about to start my drone journey. I already use Davinci (early days) and have been encouraged by your content (with humour). Thank you 👍🏼

[@amoktimeflies]

Brilliant that you're already getting to grips with Davinci Resolve and welcome to the world of drones - From your channel its looks like you're in the UK and if you haven't done already, check out these vids for the start of your journey - they aren't completely comprehensive, but are enough to get you started: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4amfaigfLVkmpIsi=yrDX_GXHUCx3L1t1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIKYmGWmiMyWh5Ysi=1TSTrR8iiuGMWoVK Be careful though! it's a VERY addictive hobby , but so much fun! All the best! 🖖

[@thejonesmi]

first ever to bring drone past sunsets to my feed

[@amoktimeflies]

Glad you saw it and hope you enjoyed it! - guess you could call me a sunset addict 😉🌞🖖

[@thejonesmi]

@@amoktimeflies drones are the best video camera ever. What a gas!

[@garylinnane917]

I usually use 5 second intervals for clouds, sunrise, and sunsets. The 2 seconds for moving cars.

[@amoktimeflies]

Interesting 🤔 - as you can see, I just incompetently bung it up in the air and see what I can catch. My thoughts are that with more frames there's more you can do in post with speed ramping etc... 🖖

[@hadleighmaddock4132]

Hi, night mode or normal mode. Fancy giving this a go 👍👍

[@amoktimeflies]

Hey! Interesting idea 🤔 I'll stick it on the whiteboard - Thanks! 👍🖖

[@hadleighmaddock4132]

Thanks, what did you shoot this one in? ​@@amoktimeflies

[@amoktimeflies]

Ah! - just realised - There isn't actually a choice of shooting modes because technically you're just taking lots and lots of photos and then the drone stiches them together to make the hyperlapse. The options you *do* have are either jpeg or raw for the photos that are used. Whilst jpeg uses smaller file sizes I would normally use raw (if I remember to!) because it uses 48mp in the photos, so if I do have to zoom in in post very little detail is lost, which can be an issue with the 12mp jpeg files. Thanks for making me think! 🤔😂🍻👍🖖

[@hadleighmaddock4132]

Brilliant thanks 👍

[@Colin399]

Great video, very amusing

[@amoktimeflies]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!🖖

[@ZEN_Kyu]

How you can resume your hyperlapse for changing battery

[@amoktimeflies]

It's basically 3 hyperlapses taken one after the other - the trick is to get the battery changed double quick and then get the drone back up in the air to exactly the same position and start the same hyperlapse again. Thanks for watching!🖖

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Excellent! 👍

[@amoktimeflies]

Cheers Bills Phone - Hope you're keeping well! 🖖

[@johnnymac26]

Nice one mate...what is that sun like eh? cheeky beggar great info

[@amoktimeflies]

Yeh - blimmin' typical - fantastic sunsets every day but Friday - good thing I had my practice vid from Thursday! Thanks for watching buddy! 🖖

[@stevereyes]

Great video!

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks! - bit scrappy, but genuine 😁🖖

[@wannodepalm]

Top M8 love it you are the best 🚁

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks that's very nice of you to say so, but I wouldn't go that far though - possibly the best in my town.... hmmm well... street.... scratch that - house... 🤣 Thanks for the comment buddy - all the best...🖖

[@paullawrence8572]

Always original love it!😅 Probably would have to watch about a dozen times to get my head around doing this!🤪 remind me again please what make of nd filters you use? Top vid again!!👌👍🖖

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Paul - I normally use Freewell filters, but when I got my Mini 4 Pro they weren’t available, so I took a chance on a more pocket friendly set from Skyreat - still very good and haven’t had any issues with them… 🖖

[@paullawrence8572]

@@amoktimeflies Thanks Buddy!!

[@briandillon9503]

What a brill tutorial. Someone who knows what he's talking about at last. Fed up listing to drivel from kids with baseball caps on back to front. Well done.

[@amoktimeflies]

Haha - thankyou! Wouldn’t say I always know what I’m talking about - I know what I know to do what I need to do and enjoy sharing it with people that might find it useful. May not always be the best way to achieve it, but I get there in the end! As a wise person once said - “I’m too old to know everything” 😉 Thanks for watching! 🖖

[@Vizeldrone]

Well done friend!!! 🤛🤜👍🇵🇹

[@amoktimeflies]

Thank you! Cheers!🖖

[@trexgamer73]

Nice video! Keep up the great work. I love the tone of your voice.

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou my friend - that's a very nice compliment and (and strangely never one I've heard before! 😲) Much appreciated and thanks for watching 🙂🖖

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Out of interest how large were each of those photos in MB? Cheers.

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Actually ignore that 😂 I see (from watching the rest of the video) that it creates a movie file at the end so I'm guessing it doesn't store all the images and instead is converting them into movie format as it goes along? Was just wondering how much space all the photos would take up if it was doing that.

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Oh and it's oh-pass-ity. 😉

[@amoktimeflies]

Erm… just a sec … … Ok - so JPG files look around 6.6mb and raw (DNG) are around 25mb I’ve got my resolution set at 12mb not 48 - there’s a fair bit of evidence out there that the 4x boost in resolution isn’t really worth the trade off against space on the SD card unless you’re a real stickler for the detail, but you do you 😀 Hope that answers your question and thanks for watching! 🖖

[@MarkBowenPiano]

@@amoktimeflies Ah so it does save the separate photos then and not just create the movie file? Excellent! Thanks.

[@amoktimeflies]

It also saves the individual photos as well as making the video - drop me an email and I'll be happy to send you a screenshot.... [e-mail]

[@EnduroDroneHub]

At night on a M4P I Use the Aux Light as a VLOS Tool at night I have mine on a C button. For night flight 🤙🏻

[@amoktimeflies]

Yeh - that’s a really good suggestion! I wonder what the difference in battery life is - aux light vs the extra few grams of a strobe light… 🤔 Thanks for watching! 🖖

[@EnduroDroneHub]

@@amoktimeflies the difference is modified vs not and I can see the aux light at the max legal distance and height just fine. Modified as you say in the video means A1 and A2CofC required. Nobody needs it if they simply use the Aux Light. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@amoktimeflies]

Ah - yes of course! good point! 🖖

[@Adept1780]

You running that standard pro 4 batteries from DJI? 33 mins is a good time and sounds like plus batteries.

[@amoktimeflies]

Yep - defo standard - very hard to get the plus batteries in the UK. You did see that I did a battery change yeh? Thanks for watching 🖖

[@Adept1780]

​@@amoktimeflies yep great tutorial, I usually get 20 mins flight time but do have wind as I'm near the beach. Great vid pal.

[@amoktimeflies]

Yeh - 20mins is about right🖖

[@ZenAbundance11]

May I ask what number was the NDA Filter you used?

[@amoktimeflies]

Crikey - that was a while ago. I don’t *think* I had one on, although if I did it would have been my lowest one which would have been ND8. Thanks for watching!🖖

[@DroneAJKnights]

Think you should get the dji strimmer out for the garden and cut the grass, it's like a jungle lol keep up the good work

[@amoktimeflies]

😂 or I could try just flying the Air 3 through it! Thanks for watching buddy! 🖖

[@LawrenceVLOGSLIFE]

mate your funny hahaha amazing video

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Lawrence - I try (but not too hard!) Glad you enjoyed it...🖖

[@LawrenceVLOGSLIFE]

@@amoktimeflies I’m getting the 4pro tomorrow I was using the mini4k for a month and now I’m addicted to making cool content, so I’m going all out haha, keep the videos up there awesome

[@amoktimeflies]

Excellent! Sounds like you've been well and truly bitten by the drone bug! You're gonna have fun - The Mini 4K is a solid drone, but the Mini 4 Pro takes it to the next level and has a lot more 'toys' to play with! 🖖

[@rdg1259]

Fello Trekie❤

[@amoktimeflies]

T - EG - H! ☕🖖

[@MrSango123]

love the humour with this great vid

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou buddy - gotta keep things light to distract from the incompetence 😂👍🖖

[@johnnyfontechanic7556]

Can LightCut app support edit hyperlapse?(im from Massachusetts USA)

[@amoktimeflies]

Absolutely! The hyperlapse video is saved in the same place as the rest of the clips on the drone/sd card, so fill yer boots mate! 😀🖖

[@rainerlehmann4424]

Hello there. Tried it the way you described. When the waypoints are set and I want to enter the hyperlapse thing my M4pro says "Can't enter the hyperlapse as long as you plan your waypoint-stuff". Sorry for my English. What is wrong with me???

[@amoktimeflies]

No worries bud - I've got you covered! It's probably simpler to create a way point hyperlapse with 2 points that are basically in the same place. That way you can also save that to repeat several times. If you DO use the waypoints method as shown you just need to exit that waypoints mission *then* set up your hyperlapse. The waypoints mission is purely there to 'mark the spot' that you were in before. Hope that helps and sorry for any confusion! 🖖

[@rainerlehmann4424]

@@amoktimeflies Thx for the answer...now I know what went wrong. I'll go outside now to test it although I'm quite sure that not ending the waypoint mission was the mistake that caused the whole desaster. Again: Thank you!!!

[@amoktimeflies]

No Worries - just make sure to click on the waypoints icon on the left hand side of the screen to come out of it before you start your hyperlapse (I've slept on it - I think that is probably what was happening!) Good Luck! 🖖

[@chriscapune7873]

Great video. Funny too.😅👍👏🐾🐈‍⬛🍻

[@amoktimeflies]

Cheers Chris! I'll let you into a little secret - don't tell anyone, but t's a subtle ploy to distract from the rank idiocy of the presenter 🤭 🖖

[@chriscapune7873]

Still love your work!! 😅🍻🐈‍⬛🐾

[@chriscapune7873]

I do have a new drone coming tomorrow. For the first time it’s not a DJI 🙀 will have play with it and maybe then share what I think about it. Hint it Hovers 😅

[@amoktimeflies]

Oh - the Hover X1? Yeh - Saw a good Ken Heron vid on that - he was surprisingly impressed!🖖

[@chriscapune7873]

Yes had to pull the trigger on it. Should be fun 😀

[@butchzaborniak3334]

what video editing software were you using?

[@amoktimeflies]

Yup - good ol’ Davinci Resolve!🖖

[@bazam1094]

Are you allowed to fly in urban areas? I'm thinking about buying a mini 4 pro but unsure of the laws in the UK. They seem conflicting

[@amoktimeflies]

Yes - sub 250gram drones have the least restrictions. Check out my vid on this stuff… kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4amfaigfLVkmpIsi=uovYWe_vr71RPKJ5 All the best 🖖

[@stevechong65]

Thank you for showing the technique! You have a new subscriber and I enjoy your sense of humour! (English spelling)

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou so much Steve - and really appreciate the gesture of the ‘correct’ spelling😉- but don’t stress about it - you do you ☺️ As long as people find my videos useful or entertaining (or both!) then that’s fine by me… All the best…😀🖖

[@stevechong65]

@@amoktimeflies :) English, I mean the folks from England, sorry I thought you were English :-)

[@amoktimeflies]

@stevechong65 50% English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 50% Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, but accepting of all different ways of spelling stuff especially if you spell it differently in your country ☺️🖖

[@clivemouse]

Hi there, it's probably a silly question, but here goes. I watched this video and thought I'd give it a go. So, you end up with three folders of hyperlapse videos, which all have the same name. So, when I try to put them into DaVinci, it won't let me do this. Can you help me, please?

[@amoktimeflies]

Hi Clive - Don't worry - I know exactly what you you're talking about and it confused me when I first did hyperlapses too! The 'HYPERLAPSE' folder actually (and confusingly!) just contains each individual photo the drone takes for each hyperlapse. You just need to check your DCIM folder and you should find the finished hyperlpases in there - you will probably have .lrf files, (Low Resolution Files) created for reviewing on the Remote - the files you want to download and then bring in to Davinci are the .mp4 files (you can delete the .lrf files). Note - you *can* use these for building the hyperlapse manually in DR, but that's slightly advanced stuff that I haven't got a handle on yet, and need to spend some time on before I make a vid about it. That should have you sorted (and you've also anticipated a tip I'm going to be including in a vid that's in production at the moment! 😂). If you do have any other issues though or the above isn't clear feel free email me through the channel and I'll be happy to provide further help with screenshots etc... 🖖

[@clivemouse]

Hi there, thanks for the reply. I'll have a look there. Good luck with the new video, and thanks for the info, @amoktimeflies.

[@cliffordenglish724]

It’s unclear to me what you are doing when you bring in the drone for the battery swap … What is the step by step process to send it back up , pull up the saved waypoint mission, turn off the waypoint , they go into hyperlapse Thanks

[@amoktimeflies]

Hey Clifford - thanks for watching… So - take off, click on the waypoints icon on the left of the screen, and then where the waypoint stuff comes up at the bottom of the screen, click on the 3 dots then the piece of paper icon. Select the last waypoint mission in the screen that comes up, then hit ‘go’. Once the drone has reached position exit out of waypoints by clicking on the waypoints icon again at the left side of the screen. Then set up your hyperlapse. Alternatively you can just use the waypoints option within the hyperlapse function which to be honest is probably the simpler way to do it! 🖖

[@cliffordenglish724]

@@amoktimeflies The later part .. can that flight mission be saved so that when I bring it up the drone will go back to the same place? And will all of the parameters be locked in as well or will those have to be manually set ?

[@amoktimeflies]

Yep - if you use the waypoints option withing the hyperlapse function that will be saved as well - so you can take off, select hyperlapse -> waypoints and you should see a ‘paper’ icon there where you can select the previous hyperlapse with all the same settings… (As I said in the intro - I just make things really hard for myself 😂)🖖

[@iansantanabr]

OMG, this MP4 is a warrior, injured, knocked down and still flying 🤣🤣🤣

[@amoktimeflies]

Yeh - you didn't see me fretting over the props though. I feel like I've been given more chances by her than I deserve! 😂🖖

[@Nunya]

timelapse shows time speeding up in a fixed view, while a hyperlapse adds the element of camera movement, making it more visually dynamic. your video is about shooting a timelapse, not hyperlapse

[@amoktimeflies]

Technically Correct! 👍 Although on the drone’s function it’s still called a hyperlapse, so let’s split the difference and call it a ‘longlapse’ 😉 Look out for the next vid coming soon where I will definitely be doing a hyperlapse 😁 Thanks for watching and subscribing, Nunya! 🖖

[@Nunya]

@@amoktimeflies haha fair enough. No worries with subbing too. Keep up the good work 👍

[@CarryTheTruth]

@@amoktimefliesafter watching, I didn't recall at sunset to do this. Memorylapse is my middle name. 😅

[@amoktimeflies]

@CarryTheTruth I was thinking of renaming this to reflect how professional it was…. But then I thought better of it… 😂😂😂

[@nickhall4164]

static hyperlapse? sure there is another word for this!

[@amoktimeflies]

Yes there is (and I was wondering when someone would call me out on it! 😂)- Technically it’s a Timelapse. A hyperlapse is a Timelapse where the camera moves, but it’s all semantics and good fun! Thanks for watching and the very astute observation!🖖

[@wilfredomas4270]

👍

[@amoktimeflies]

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[@MrDiaz-rz6kg]

there is a creepy kid on the roof of your neighbors house!!!! RUN

[@MrDiaz-rz6kg]

never mind. it was your outdoor umbrella. lol

[@amoktimeflies]

🤣 🤣 Ah - that explains it! I was worried for a second there! Thanks for watching! 🖖

[@geodrone7643]

Is just WRONG. You need to use LRTIMELAPSE in order to balance the scene, or will be over and under exposed. Also you can benefit from the power of AUTO mode as LRT is working with reading EXP values and creates a linear flow.

[@amoktimeflies]

Ok - thanks for the advice - am I perfect? No… Am I working to be a better person? Also no 😂 Thanks for watching anyway! 🖖

[@ToddtheLoneDroner]

You should have been a comedian dude

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou - that’s very flattering, but I’m just your basic idiot trying to make his way in life 😂 🖖

[@ToddtheLoneDroner]

@@amoktimeflies I use filmora I never used da Vinci

[@ToddtheLoneDroner]

@@amoktimeflies I'm going to give it a try Ocean Beach San Diego

[@butchzaborniak3334]

nevermind, you just davinci

[@adiekaswara6040]

To much theory than practical

[@amoktimeflies]

Ok - thanks for the feedback