Question About Interval Timing of Stills

Donald Fink

I haven't purchased DroneLink yet, so I'm in a place where "I don't know what I don't know." I have a DJI Air 2S. I would like to create a mission where I use the drone to create a timelapse, oriented to the horizon (where I'll be doing clouds, etc) with the drone in a truck motion,left-to-right, right-to-left, whatever.

The trick is that I want an interval of one second for the stills. I'll be shooting still images and putting them together myself in post.

So the question is this: will DroneLink allow me to configure an interval for stills of less than two seconds (like the stock DJI app has)?

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  • Comment author
    Martin Reading Dronelink Expert Dronelink Expert

    Whatever software you use,I don't think you'll configure for less than 2 seconds

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    Donald Fink

    Ok, thanks. I was wondering if maybe it was a limitation of the drone itself. If it's two seconds, it's two seconds. I'll make it work. I usually do one second on my time-lapses using my Nikons, but only because, "that's what I've always done." I can get used to the "rhythm" of two seconds too.

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    Barry Houldsworth Dronelink Expert Dronelink Expert

    Yes, DL will allow you to set that.

    Whether it will work will depend on your drone and your settings.  A drone with a fast R/W speed, using a fast micro SD card (or maybe internal memory if available?) and set to JPEG only might work.  A slow SD card set to RAW and JPEG...not going to work.  

    I'd suggest giving it a try - you don't have to be flying to see if it will work.  Just create a mission that starts the camera with the settings you need and run it while on the ground.  

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    Donald Fink

    Thanks Barry,

    That's what I wanted to know before I bought the software. I'd say it's worth a try. Of course, when I bought the drone (DJI Air 2S), using it for timelapse wasn't on the radar, so if it doesn't work the way I want, I still have the other 300 reasons I bought it for.

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