5 Hidden Tips and Tricks For The Mavic 2

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[billykyle]

Before shooting this video my microphone fell on the ground and for some reason the audio sounds horrible. Sorry about that, will have it fixed by next week.

[AGLNET]

NIce Billy, I'd like to add that even though you get a little white dot (place marker) on the mobile screen while using the "touch pan" feature, it's nearly impossible to recenter the gimbal perfectly by sliding your finger back to that dot. So Part 2 of this TIP would be use one of your other programmable buttons to make your gimbal do a full up and down tilt, then pressing that button twice will recenter your gimbal back to perfectly forward facing.

[EdRickerVlogs]

Nice tips! The Firmware and Compass shortcuts are awesome, I gotta remember to use them.

[TechnoDad]

Great video, but I've got an even BIGGER tip for you! I posted here before I got my Mavic 2 Pro, and everyone was telling me about getting fly time in before my conference in San Diego. Unfortunately, that did not happen, so I did a quick test in my hotel room, and when turning it on for the first time, I managed to swap the control sticks!! This is HUUUUGE! Why has nobody talked about this feature? I play TONS of first person shooters and I'm used to having the left stick control movement. Forward, backward, strafe left, strafe right. The right stick is used for looking around. In this case the right stick up and down is for the height of the drone and left, right is to turn the drone left and right. This is a GAME CHANGER!! I was flying the drone around with no problems. I took it out around 2am so I wouldn't disturb anybody and had a blast! Man, this thing is soooo cool, and I'm glad I found out that I can change the controls to something I'm used to, like playing Call of Duty. Thanks again for all the videos, they helped me out a bunch!! I should have a video up soon on my channel with my first drone flight footage. I can't wait to edit!!

[TheDroneGeek]

Love your content, Billy! You always create some really helpful stuff!

[LeVaughnStevenson]

Awesome tips! The compass calibration tip was the best one in my opinion. I'm forever having to remember where to go in the menu to calibrate it. Now I know I can easily to it with a flip of a Literally

[robertgranata]

Thanks. Didn't know about the firmware shortcut. When I found the short press for focus I changed the C2 button to "Close Tips" (hadn't seen that one before either). Now I don't have to take a hand off the controller to tap the screen to clear all the annoying notifications like the high wind warnings.

[harvpila]

Another tip is you can turn off the return home beeping sound by pressing the on/off button on the remote once while the drone is coming back to your postion.

[bobfiore]

Great tips. Especially quick accessing the firmware. Thanks Billy

[travissaunders]

I am looking for a tip on the best way to change the shutter speed without opening the camera menu. On the old Mavic Pro I could do it quickly by using the rolling "button" on the controller. The new setup is for the aperture and I can't seem to find a way to customize that "button". Great video, and thanks for leading the charge in educating us on this new drone. it is a lot more different than I expected.

[phildevore]

Thanks for those shortcuts Billy, I appreciate the information as they’ll save me a lot of time that I can use to just FLY!!

[SteveHMcIntosh]

Billy have you figured out a way to take a photo as you're taking a video with the mavic 2?

[scottpolley]

Good tips Billy, I went with the M2PRO and the touch screen to move the gimbal was a great idea from DJI but i assume it only works in video? I do a fair amount of still photography and I haven't tried yet but normally when you touch the screen in photo mode it acts as the focus. It would be great if you could still move the gimbal this way while taking pictures without having to turn the drone. Have you tried it yet?

[theblade]

Awesome tips to know thankyou. I've saved this video.

[digiteye]

Good stuff. Let's see what more will be on the table. Subscribed.

[princeproductions]

Hey Billy ... did I see on another website someone connected a iPad mini to the controller on a Mavic 2 Pro the same as you would a phone ?? If so can you do a video connecting that. Thanks

[DennisLovelady]

Nice, Billy! Of these 5, I was aware only of the gimbal one. I particularly like the focus tip! Nice!

[vistagraphsnet]

Some users say that the precise landing was not incorporated in the 2. To land precisely it is important to take off and go up at least thirty feet and pause for a few seconds. It will take a great photo of the launch pad and land precisely where it took off from,

[Bill]

Awesome Billy. Damn I cant wait much longer before I hit buy. Dealing with buying my new truck 1st. Ug

[RoadTripTravel]

Wow, these are some helpful tips. I cannot believe I did not know most of these. Thank you so much!