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DJI Mini 5 Pro Waypoint - Creating a Mission
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We access waypoint mode by the icon on
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the left of the screen just above the
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one for takeoff.
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For videography, it is preferable to
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have only a few points, generally no
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more than four.
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For simple moves, two points are
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sometimes all that is needed.
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I want to show this village on the
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foothills of Mount Atn easily and then
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descend and move to the left while the
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camera rotates to the right and tilts up
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to reveal Mount Atna.
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The first step is setting the exposure.
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Since the shots will alternate between
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the ground and the sky, it is best to
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use manual exposure to prevent sudden
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changes in brightness.
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I fly to the right of the village at
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medium altitude. Frame the central
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square and press the C1 button on the
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controller to set the first point or the
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Fn button if using the RCN3 controller.
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I then fly to the left, rise to the
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maximum altitude, advance and tilt down
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the gimbal for a top- down view of the
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center of the village.
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An alternative way to add the point is
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to open the small windows on the lower
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part of the screen and tap on the plus
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sign next to the previous point.
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Then I fly backwards and to the left
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while lowering the altitude,
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rotate the camera and adjust the gimbal
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orientation to frame mount at
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the third and final point. Here we can
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adjust the mission global settings by
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tapping on next to the right of the
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window. I increase the global speed to
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around 9 m/s.
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We can specify the action to take at the
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end of the flight and in case of signal
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loss. In this case, I have them on
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return to home. On another occasion, if
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obstacles are present on the scene, it
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is better to set them to hover. Finally,
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we choose the start point. I choose to
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start at the first point, while on other
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occasions it might be preferable to
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start from the last point to save
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battery time.
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I tap the arrow on the left to return to
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the main window. The top of the window
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shows the resulting duration in seconds,
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the distance between the first and the
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last point, and the number of points.
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We can now save and name the mission
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through the small icon on the left.
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I tap next on the right of the window
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and then go.
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The aircraft move to the first point and
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start the mission.
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As you can see, the movement is
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perfectly smooth and the transition
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between point flawless.
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Many users tend to use too many points
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thus creating abrs
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only a few points. As you can see, light
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conditions are horrible and we can
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hardly see Mount Edna. But it is not a
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concern as the mission is saved in
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memory and we can perform it in better
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light conditions.