DJI Mini 4 Pro: 5 Simple, Crucial Settings for Smooth Flying & Video

[@georgekelly1948]

I was once a student at Wittenberg, along with Horatio and Hamlet. I do believe you were a professor there who taught the three of us about the flights of Daedalus and Icarus. You warned of the perils of flying too high or too low and the necessity of smooth flying. Ever since those days at university, I have followed your smooth-flying advice. Thank you, my professor.

[@IaninLondon]

Forsooth! For I am indeed Daedalus preaching to my army of Icaruses (Icarusi?); fly smooth, fly good; not too low; not too high.... You have been warned :)

[@georgekelly1948]

@@IaninLondon 😳

[@camerasintheclouds599]

😂 We need more comments like this!

[@ramroddrone5449]

in Ian Dave Australia, here as an ex flight instructor on little Cessnas from way back. I really appreciate this video,, your explanation of how we change the settings pitch yaw etc is so important . I have had a DJI Mavic 2 zoom for about four years and now as of yesterday got this little beast the mini 4 pro It’s a great machine. Thanks very much.

[@441greenleaf]

Awesome video with examples, Thank you so much

[@DZ-tz3ei]

Excellent job for this newbe

[@TheMazajjee]

Great job Ian..! I just received my new Mini 4 pro today and was looking for this setup wich was a very helpful for me. My best regards.

[@IaninLondon]

Glad it helped :)

[@IaninLondon]

My preferred settings for Normal: Max speeds - leave at max Max Angular Velocity: 35-40 ‘ /s (more for Sport; less for Cine) Yaw Smoothness: 60 Brake Sensitivity: Set to max (highest) Gimbal Max Control Speed - 20 ‘/s Tilt Smoothness 25

[@edgar.avanesov]

Thank you so much! Could you post settings for cine too please?

[@droneartpix]

Thank you. I'll try these settings at my next drive flight.

[@smbishop63]

"Ian is my co-pilot" Love it! Your information is 100% trustworthy and reliable. Thank you for continuing to guide us with your content.!

[@le-lo]

really helpful and good demonstration!

[@martindouglas6538]

Fantastic video! Answered every question on this as a full newbie I had. Thank you.

[@GAZA2492]

Thank you my friend for the max angular velocity will c how it goes on my mini 4 pro

[@AlexChiru-RO]

I found what I was interested in! The easiest to understand explains ! Thank you very much and I will continue to follow you !

[@tonygee3284]

Thanks for the tips Ian.

[@BjEddy1]

Ian thanks for going the extra mile and freezing your butt off to make this. I’m super glad you did, the mini 4 is a bit jumpy but I love it more than any of my previous DJI drones. I change the settings. It should help

[@amoktimeflies]

I suspect it was getting jumpy in that vid just hovering cos the props were icing up! It was blimmin freezing yesterday!

[@danielslandscapellc5880]

Thank you sir😊

[@mb2308]

Very helpful. Thank You.

[@bogunio]

great vid - I need to try this setting in my Mini 4 pro

[@JOHNMONO]

Great video mate, just upgraded from mini 2 to the Pro 4 , this has helped me a lot thank you

[@peterlucy1519]

Me Too Upgraded

[@andyl2201]

Thanks Ian 👍 very useful video

[@hanypall]

Thanks a lot for your Your tutorials

[@JanArmor]

Very helpful advice. Thanks a bunch. I subscribed,

[@CanadianInPhilippines]

Brand new DJI Mini 4 Pro OWNER, first time viewer AND NEW SUBSCRIBER! Great teaching video rather than just say do ABC you showed the feature, demonstrated how different values affected the drone and gave your recommendation. As a newbie even doing these steps will help me understand the drone better AND your recommendations will give me smoother quality videos. Thanks for all that. Just one thing on your EXPO Exponential Stick Sensitivity values your edit didn't show your final recommendations - what settings do you prefer for Up/Down, Yaw, Pitch/Roll?

[@IaninLondon]

Thanks for the good words!! 👍🏻

[@polepole9066]

Great info. Great demo To the point tThanks

[@robcameron7632]

Clear & concise as usual champ. Always helpful for us rookies. Thanks for your time & effort.

[@cogotexx]

“Ian is my copilot”…I should make a t-shirt 😅 Many thanks sir! Great video as always. Rainy day is n south Chile, but I hope I give these a try tomorrow. Rock on 🤘🏼

[@IaninLondon]

This really put a smile on my face 🤠👍🏻

[@cogotexx]

@@IaninLondon Hi Ian; just letting you know that i put the settings to the test, and it's a world of difference. We went to the mountains today, and i think i did pretty good for a second flight😅...lots of fears went away even with 56km/hr gusts. Pretty smooth footage on the mini 4 💪. Anyway, thanks again. I think that this video is A MUST for everyone🤘

[@brikfiend]

Great Tips ,Thanks.

[@frednorman1]

Excellent review of the settings. Thanks so much for shivering in the cold to give them to us.

[@DronesForGodsGlory]

Awesome Ian... very helpful and clear video my friend...thanks a quintillion... my videos need all the help you can offer...lol... keep them props up, and may God bless you and loved ones and keep you safe i pray...

[@fabiogemellaro3434]

Excellent video thank you !!!

[@flypic1098]

Thanks Ian. just upgraded from mini1 to mini4. Just need the wind & rain to stop so I can go and fly it. Jim

[@PeterEvers-56]

thanks for the explanation

[@andypc14]

really helpful video - I use expo on powered rc aircraft for the exact same reason … better control. Many Thanks👍

[@arunakalu]

Thank You.

[@waynejill]

Greetings from sunny South Australia! Thank you for putting up with the cold for an excellent presentation. So do you use these settings for all cine, normal and sports mode? Cheers

[@IaninLondon]

I do adjust them depending on the location and what I'm filming. For me, it's just important knowing what to change and to be able to change it quickly; rotational yaw is what I change 99% of the time

[@RonaldBrown59]

Thanks for sharing your settings. I'm making some adjustments now. Great video.

[@hhlame9394]

Good video. Thanks!

[@Kamcams]

Great video

[@txarchdroneguy4731]

Ian, thanks for the great explanation of these settings this is the best, in depth description and most thorough discussion of them, that ive seen.

[@droneightower2255]

Last time channel flypath i copy smooth setting mavic air 2. Now i want to copy this setting for my next m4p. Thank you for sharing.

[@leocook7805]

Brilliant thanks

[@jesusgjchuza6491]

Nice sharing 😎🤝

[@thatbme8736]

Thanks for the lesson. Your information will help me greatly and I'm sure it will improve the quality of my video capture skills.

[@Khan84]

Thank you!

[@SpiritOfPhotography]

Thank you once again.

[@stevechong65]

Hi Ian, Thanks for this great information, been watching it over and over again. I am a professional photographer for 25 years, owned a Phantom 4, recently got the M4P. As far the Yaw Smoothness and Speed are concerned, I was thinking to set them to least smooth and the speed about moderate under the N mode. The reason for me to do that is simply to compose the image fast, especially composition with leading lines, such as road, railway tracks, rivers or any other geomatricaly shape subjects. I find that if the smoothness is too high, or even moderate, it will be difficult to fine tune the camera. I found I spent lots of time positioning the camera. Now, If I set the smoothness low, say "1", it will be easier to do the fine tuning. Maybe I am a photographer, use to control and fine tune the angle on the tripod. As soon as I have composed the scene, I would switch to C mode and begin filming. The other thing to note that the default mode for the RC2 is N, thus that will make it easier for me to compose the image. However, I would have to remember to switch to C mode before I start recording. Appreciate your thoughts.

[@IaninLondon]

Hi Steve; what you say makes sense from a photographer's perspective. Set up fast and shoot. These are all aimed at video filming, where camera movement needs to be far slower and measured. If you film video as well, then as you say, have fast movements for N or S mode, and slow movement settings for C mode.

[@frankinblackpool]

I really am enjoying playing with my Mini 4. I haven't had a drone for a few years and I found that the sticks are very small with not a lot of room to wiggle them about on the Controller to get precise gentle filming movements. To help me alleviate this predicament I changed the Expo settings so that when I start to move the sticks the drone moves slowly and cautiously and when I'm happy to "Give it the Beans" then I move the sticks further away from their central/neutral resting position. And when I want to move from "Full Beans" to more precise controlled movements, then I have more room to play and control what I'm doing when moving the sticks inwards. I shall experiment with Nifty though as I was uncertain what the mode did. BTW loving filming my drone at night. I haven't experimented with Night Time mode because the Dlog does such an excellent job with its 10bit colour profile.

[@josepolanco1228]

Great 👍 info. Uploaded first drone video today. Did not like the quick yaw movement. Just the info i needed. Subscribed 👍 new to drones and first. Having fun with it

[@IaninLondon]

Excellent!! Welcome aboard! 😀👍🏻

[@Menschenfischen]

Thank you❤

[@karenmouselady]

Great video Ian thanks. I just need a Mini 4 now 😂 still I enjoy your videos as I always learn some thing new. Keep them coming 👍👍

[@IaninLondon]

Thanks Karen. Your Mini 3 Pro is a fine bit if kit and these settings all apply to the Mini 3 Pro too 👍🏻

[@karenmouselady]

Thanks IanI have 👍👍

[@amoktimeflies]

This is brilliant as always Ian, and a vid that I’m going to save to my ‘watch later’ list so I can refer back to it. You are very lucky to have such a beautiful garden to do this in as well (unlike another KZbinr I could mention! 😂)

[@scottjgillishere]

Will the yaw smoothness settings work while in hyperlapse or other video options ??

[@Jimbo-in-Thailand]

👍👍 Great tips Ian! I just received my new Mini 4 Pro this week and was really shocked at how rowdy the default settings for both _Cine_ and _Normal_ modes are, especially _Cine,_ as compared to my old Mini 1. And _Max Descent Speed_ set at 5 m/s is plummeting! It sounds like a doomed helicopter falling out of the sky caught in irrecoverable Vortex Ring State. But I'm definitely going to try _Nifty Bypass Mode_ as _Normal_ mode feels very restrictive when trying to slowly fly FPV around our fenced in yard with trees and shrubs scattered about. Thanks again & Merry Christmas!😁

[@IaninLondon]

Thanks for the good words 🌲👍🏻

[@thatbme8736]

I changed the settings and made so much of difference in the quality of my video. Only issue I was still have is the zoom control. Is their a setting to smooth the control in order to make the control so jumpy? Thank You and appreciate your videos. I've learned a lot.

[@johnska72]

These are you're cine settings? Would I be correct in thinking somewhat quicker and less smooth in normal mode

[@lindsayheyes925]

Excellent tutorial. Movie and TV camera operators avoid jitter by panning no faster than 7 seconds for a fixed object at one side of the frame to arrive at the other - so the angular pan/turn rate will differ when zoomed in. I'd set that rate for the wide angle shots unless having to do critical shots in zoom. The other thing which overcomes jitter is motion blur - achievable with ND filters - and the 180° Shutter Rule BUT I've never seen a good article which takes zoom, slo-mo and media frame-rates into account. And if you are videoing for TV in Europe, it's different to filming for publishing on KZbin... Your next video, Ian?

[@dji1tommy29]

This looks like the new yard(ie garden)? I loved your old place happy to see you have a nice newer one too for our background viewing pleasure 😂 Also you’re the only KZbinr I’ve seen mention this behavior in the different modes, nice job.

[@IaninLondon]

Yep, moved to the south coast few months ago...... :) Brilliant new place...

[@stephenparker8221]

Hi there I’ve just got a mini 4 pro and can’t turn on subject tracking! Any ideas?

[@h6ugo]

Draw a box on the screen around the subject and it'll pop up

[@CHICKOWNEDYOU]

Can the mini 4 pro do flips and manouvers?

[@jonimrye5722]

Morning Ian, this is an unrelated issue but I need your advice. Im planning on taking my mini3pro to Spain on holiday in the summer. What steps or proceedures do I need to follow? Many thanks Jon

[@secginsecgin]

Hi, thanks for the video. I would like to ask you DJI mic settings :) while recording I could not hear DJI drone noice. how can I do that in my DJI mic

[@IaninLondon]

No special setting; the drone was around 5 metres away and the mic was on my collar....

[@mikesmith1115]

The drone does not record sound

[@omarbazaz]

great info mate but please fix your exposure on the camera next time..

[@siriuslaat4976]

How has the house move gone :)

[@IaninLondon]

Very good! Studio ready for the next video. Only the surround sound to finish unpacking 🤠👍🏻

[@forinyto]

Thx

[@gimbalair]

So the only totally new setting is nifty?

[@IaninLondon]

Yep, as said at beginning, this vid is for people who have just got their Mini 4 Pro as their first drone... 👍

[@amit-dunsky]

Those are all very important settings, but still yet, not so easy to understand. I'm a professional pilot, but I know from talking to hobbyists, that it really confuses them, and I can understand why. So I wish DJI would add in "templates", which will set the drone behaviour to simply match a descriptive name; "Easy, Jumpy, Naughty, Stealth" etc.

[@SimplyScotlandPhotography]

Are you on route to Iceland?

[@IaninLondon]

Not this time 🤠

[@SimplyScotlandPhotography]

Boo 😂. Looks very spectacular has to be said.

[@TheSaint226]

Like your videos but if I may, they seem overexposed a tad, too bright. But always enjoy the content.

[@IaninLondon]

Will be back in the studio shortly instead of hard contrast bright sky versus shadow....

[@nafs53]

For someone interested in photography and never operated a drone before, I feel the "Hmmm..'🤔 moment coming on..

[@vncdvncd8331]

Funny, because I like most of the settings exactly opposite to yours ;) Reason being I always use waypoints before I record anything, and this way to make waypoints faster

[@IaninLondon]

Well, main point of video is to explain what the settings do and how to amend them to your style of flying, so it's all good stuff 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@backyard3749]

1) For a beginner, you do NOT want to set Brake/Nifty. You want obstacle avoidance, bypass. 2) The camera used to record this is set all wrong. Video is blown out and has no depth of field. Poor advice and poor camera work. C-

[@IaninLondon]

In your humble opinion.... Brake mode is easily the safest and easiest to control mode....

[@HasanKhanDMD]

Brilliant thanks

[@MrBandBBoy]

Great video