Camera Start Capture Failed
Hi
I have been using grid maps with dronelink using a mavic mini with good success. Today I created a grid mission for a phantom 4V2. When the drone reached the start point I got the following error message "camera start capture failed". I pressed play again but no dice. For some reason the dronelink app was showing a photo timer interval of 10 seconds. I changed this to 2 seconds. Still no good. Restarted the drone and all that.
I then got out the mavic mini and completed the mission with no problems.
What was I doing wrong? I flew a waypoint mission with the phantom earlier that day with perfect results.

Thanks
Rhys
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Next time it happens, can you try starting the camera from the shutter button manually to see if that works? If this type of error persists it usually indicates a hardware / DJI SDK issue.
Hi Jim, thanks for your reply.
Can you please step out that workflow for me as I dont fully understand. Should I start the grid mission in drone link, then press the shutter button before it arrives at the start point? If there is a hardware / DJI SDK issue what is the solution to that problem ? Warranty?
Thanks
Rhys
The next time you see the error just tap dismiss, and then try to tap the camera shutter button and see what happens.
HI. i have same issue
The problem was caused by explicitly setting the focus mode to "Auto".
When I set it to "Manual" or left it as "-", the issue did not occur.
Akihiro Takahashi. Which drone are you using ?
Phantom4RTK
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