DJI Mini 3 Professional together with the DJI wide-angle lens. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
The DJI Mini 3 Professional is a tremendous drone. It is a sub-250g flying marvel with a 4K HDR digital camera and near half an hour of battery life, which packs down small for all of your adventures.
The digital camera could be small, but it surely’s very succesful. And it may be made even higher by the addition of filters. There are impartial density (ND) filters that act like sun shades on your drone, permitting you to seize cinematic photographs or take superb lengthy publicity photographs, or there are wide-angle lens that will let you seize much more of the scene.
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However becoming filters is fiddly, and the digital camera is comparatively fragile, so it is a good suggestion to take issues slowly and punctiliously.
And to know what you are doing.
I’ve heard from fairly a number of Mini 3 Professional house owners who’ve discovered this tough. Some have additionally given up, fearful that they may break the digital camera.
The way to change filters in your DJI Mini 3 Professional with out breaking your drone
First, flip the drone off. You possibly can can change the filters with the drone on (and even working), but it surely’s not really helpful.
Subsequent factor it is advisable to know is what a part of the digital camera you are eradicating. A giant mistake that many do is assume that they are making an attempt to take away this bit beneath.
No, this isn’t this half you are making an attempt to take away. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Take away this bit by twisting it off in a counterclockwise course.
The easiest way is to make use of one hand to carry the digital camera and use the opposite hand to seize the filter housing. Then, you gently twist counterclockwise only a few levels, and off it comes.
The larger your arms and fingers, the trickier that is. See the pictures beneath for tips on how to twist the filter housing off.
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That is the bit that must be eliminated. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Maintain onto the physique of the digital camera with one hand. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Subsequent, seize the filter housing with the opposite hand. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Gently twist the filter housing counterclockwise. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
To refit a filter (or the lens protector that ships with the drone), line up the filter with the digital camera physique.
Lining up the filter with the digital camera physique. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
As soon as it is lined up, gently twist the filter clockwise, watch for the delicate click on, and also you’re carried out.
At all times refit the gimbal cowl when the drone shouldn’t be in use — this protects the digital camera and gimbal from harm.
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At all times exchange the gimbal cowl. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Oh, and I wish to hold the props secure and out of the best way utilizing a prop holder. This makes packing the drone away quite a bit simpler. This Skyreat Mini 3 Professional RC Propeller Holder is among the finest $11 drone equipment you should buy.
Skyreat Mini 3 Professional RC Propeller Holder is a must have accent.
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