Ian was just like a kid in a candy store lol.Well done once again

Ha. The look on your face Ian, when the drone went through on nifty mode. Priceless.

Excellent review of this feature Ian. i can confirm it niftily moves around solid objects too. Good job👍

Ian, i think your reaction was the best.

@thecompletejoker

8 ай бұрын

I agree don’t think I’ve seen you so amazed like that before 😀

I thought for a second or two we were going to see some prop damage at the very least. So far I have not had the balls to try Nifty mode on my Air 3 but, I am coming round to the thought train that I would always be wishing I had. If It goes very wrong, I may be asking DJI if they will give me a new drone on the care refresh. I will say Ian made me do it!

Another informative video, thanks Ian 😃

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! :)

The excitement in your voice Ian, Priceless 😉

Wow! The nifty option looks amazing. Thank you for sharing your beautiful backyard for our benefit. Did the real estate agent mention, "Comes with an epic drone flying circuit"? I sheeplessly admit I didn't notice the "Nifty" option before. I'll certainly be trying it at the earliest opportunity! Great Video TY!!

😂 Brilliant video Ian, I was laughing so much at the surprise on ur face. I must admit ,I was gobsmacked 😮

You are the Master of Obstacles my friend. I would have been in the shrubs at least 3 or 4 times.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Practice makes perfect. As long as you don't crash (too often)

Thanks Ian, A picture is worth a thousand words you showed it perfectly Thank You

Thanks for the nifty mode video. It was very informative.

Ian like a Cheshire cat nice result m8

Brilliant test and demo of this amazing new feature. Thanks for spending time and effort for our benefit! Keep up the good work mate!!👍

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Cheers! :)

Hi Ian... Just subscribed to your channel... found you through Windswept Robert's channel up here in Scotland 🙂. Just been flying drones for a few months now and looking forward to checking out your channel for more tips and tricks 👍🙂.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Cheers! Robert had some fun with the golf ball attack! :)

Twelve year old Ian enjoying himself immensely. 😂 The grin on your face!

Great test....thank you. 😊

Great video, many thanks 👍🏻

Amazing!

bit like if i don't make the better half a coffee in the morning "she ain't happy"🤣

Nice greenhouse.

Love your informative Vid's....Keep em coming

Thanks Ian. Sounds like Nifty mode is more effective than normal.

I cut my hands today when i tried to diffuse a drone. I have the parrot anafi and while i was fiddling in the app in my bed to set the camera settings accordingly -: i mustve slipped and accidentally tapped thr edge if the screen while holding the phone and it lifted off via the button in the app; I've catched it mid-air on reflex and tried to hit the on/off switch after unsuccessfully pressing on the "cancel" button within the app (i did but the motors did not stop.) and i reached to the button on the battery pack while slicing outer layer on two knuckles but it didn't turn off; i then went a little further and trued to disengage the battery completely from its racket while still having those tiny and slim blades swirling vilely, it deactivated after the battery was removed. That's my story. Lesson: props are vicious. Plus it would've been more wise to tilt the drone to its head which usually deactivates them automatically via detection. Also, ill need more callus in my knuckles.

I have used nifty mode from day one of owning my M4P, so far no issues at all. It's the only way I can fly around my backyard. I'm not nimble enough to fly manually. LOL

I thought you might find Nifty mode a bit more useful. I set mine up on Nifty when I got it and didn’t have the problems you seemed to in your test last week when it was in Normal mode. Mind you - I didn’t try flying it straight at anything!

Nice one mate..who knew eh?

Wow great❤❤👍👍👍🇵🇭

Use for those occasions where you might fly manually to give some added protection!

I thought you were trying to get through the really small hole to the left of the one you were actually trying for!! 😀

Nifty!

Hey Ian cool test great video. I have never tried nifty mode. I wanna try it but I can't until spring now do to the leaves off the trees. Btw Beautiful new property and yard. I hope you are settling into the new place and that your studio is coming along well.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Next vid should be in the studio 😎👍🏻

Thanks Ian! Clearly explained, and a perfect example of the Nifty vs. Normal modes. What's next? :)

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Thinking...... :)

I did a roof survey with mine today, pushed the stick the wrong way and it stopped, if I was flying the mini 2 it would have crashed into the chimney stack. Nifty bit of kit

Good video I am! Can you do another to show the two different modes for RTH? Cheers ☺️

I think Ian love’s nifty mode 😂

One thing I've always wondered and I've never seen a video of, does the obstacle avoidance work on return to home? Say for instance, if you lost connection and it was in the middle of the woods.

7:22 Hi Ian, The Silver Birch approach. Could the direction taken (quick left, then to the right in 2nd attempt) be affected by the speed of approach?. As you had both tests aligned dead centre to the tree, could this slight approach speed diference be why it went firstly left, then (at the slower speed?) to the right?.

Well that is a briliant fuction( used with caution). Shame Mini 3 pro does't have it as well. 😔 Thanks for the video Ian 👍👍

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Cheers Karen! Don't be sad that you can't pick fights with trees... 😉

Great video, wow! Is there a nifty mode for cinematic mode, as I generally want to fly very slowly?

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

The Nifty option affects the Obstacle Avoidance in Bypass mode, which works in Cine and Normal modes but not sport. So yes!

Speaking of obstacles: Crossed Stars, Feuding Families, Tybalt, Friar Lawrence, Paris, The Nurse, Poison, and a Dagger, to mention a few. Unfortunately, Romeo challenged them all in Normal Mode. If he had used Nifty Mode, he and Juliet may have lived happily ever after with Juliet’s father paying for a cheap wedding instead of an expensive funeral.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Prince of Nifty Mode" 😎.

@georgekelly1948

8 ай бұрын

@@IaninLondon 🙂🙂🙂

I think that might work quite well in active track mode, as long as youre not going too fast or the obstacles are to extensive. It would probably help on those situations where it has a tendency to lose you when its thinking too much in normal mode. It seems the nifty mode allows it to think and act much quicker

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

True, although Active Track does involve flying up above you and there was no height clearance here.... Have to do some more testing... :)

@growingupisatrap6688

8 ай бұрын

Yeah usually above you but can also now set it to level or even below you on active track 360 inner wheel @@IaninLondon

One update we would love is control over zoom speed and buffering,come on DJI cant be that difficult, make the MP4 the perfect drone...

I'm still looking for the "avoid volcanoe mode" on my mini 4, I know my mini 3 pro didnt have that function.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Well, in fairness, it did its best to avoid being landed in the crater.......... ;)

How about flying nifty mode but sideways in the same gap?

Mine's a she and so was my Mini 3Pro. Struggling to find a name for her. My Mavic 3P - I haven't decided, unless I settle on some ass kicking girl from one of my favourite films or tv shows.

Your videos are amazing mate

@IaninLondon

6 ай бұрын

Cheers :)

Hi Ian. Special Request;.. I am currently planning a Night-Time Waypoint Video. There isn't a lot, if any, info on the best way of going about this, so I have cherrypicked the Info I need from various KZreadrs. The main points for a Night-time waypoint are to set up the waypoints actually on location in Daylight and NOT remotely using just the Maps which is a great feature but very risky if there are any Trees or other obstacles in the chosen location. Once the Daylight mission has been completed and saved, this can then be tweaked so Camera Angles, Heights, Speeds, POI's etc can all be changed to suit the scene to be shot. I think you could do a fantastic job of creating a 'How-To' video of Night-Time Waypoint Missions. I would do this myself, but I just don't have the set-up or Voice skills etc to do it!. I am sure you would get mega viewings, as this video would be combing the two Best features of the Mini 4 Pro; Waypoints AND Night video mode.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Fair enough. The night-time element isn't the main point here; once you've set up and saved the mission, you can re-fly it any time you like. Waypoints video long overdue as been a good couple of years since the last one on the Mavic 2...

@exmoorbaydrones

8 ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely Ian. One thing I have noticed on some M4Pro social media groups it seems that for a great many, this will be their First Drone, so these people just won't have the Basic skills or even an understanding of how a Drone should be flown safely even in the Daylight hours, so they will be going out with their brand new flying Chunk of £1000 expecting it to avoid every obstacle, whilst capturing fantastic footage & returning to them in the Dark safely without doing ANY preparation then claiming insurance for their complete Ignorance/incompetence. I am pretty happy that I can execute my Night-time Waypoint mission without any more KZreadry, but for this group of people, I really think they need educating...preferably the IaninLondon way!

Just a quick question, in nifty bypass mode, are the controls still as jumpy as they are in normal bypass mode? Also, has DJI addressed that problem? It doesn't make sense for the controls to be that different when changing the obstacle avoidance settings. I would think you might be able to make it less sensitive using the expo settings but it still seems odd that it's like that. Anyway, great videos as always

@IaninLondon

7 ай бұрын

Nifty bypass mode is far smoother on the controls than standard bypass mode 👍🏻👍🏻

Ian quick question if I may please………..I have a Mavic Zoom with a vast amount of extras like batteries, props and simply over and above extras as I was a very keen flying enthusiast with my own license. I want to sell but not sure to who and how…would you possibly know where I would be able to achieve a good price and to the right person. Watch all your videos and tutorials and will stay with you for all that’s new that’s up and coming in the drone world.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

It's hard, but I'd suggest Grey Arrows drone club forum if you're in the UK, or eBay but make it clear only experienced drone pilots to bid....

@micktownsend7648

8 ай бұрын

@@IaninLondon thanks 🙏🏻 Ian I am in the UK I’m in Hertfordshire’ I shall drop them an email. Appreciate your time on my question’ and keep up the travelling and the flying. Will still be watching and seeing all that’s new that’s coming out with DJI great content as always keep up all your hard work.💪🏼👍🏻

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

@@micktownsend7648 You just need to sign up as a member, it's free, although you may not have major access to the buy and sell section. Either way, it's a very useful forum to be part of

im so nervous

😂Who comes up with the name's for these settings 😂. Call, it put a smile on Ian's face mode 🙏

@michaelevans5953

8 ай бұрын

After years of sniggering and chuckling at a lot of the Chinese English language and descriptions on Amazon, I think this is one of their better attempts!

Ian, I don't know whether you're aware, but all your videos since 'Flying at night with fireworks' appear to be over-exposed. It is very apparent when comparing the recent ones to your older ones. Can you fix this? Thanks.

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Possibly due to filming in shadow.... It's hard to get the balance right so you can see all the main parts of the picture with high contrasting skies and shadows..... Ta for the input; will check things more next time 👍🏻

Not my interest to fight with obstacles. Making sure there are no obstacles suits me. During the last flight obstacle avoidance was turned off all the time by the drone. Too late in the afternoon, not enough light.... Strange that nobody asks for the flip function many, most of those 10$ drones have? Teasing You!

3:15 - I take no credit for this whatsoever.... lol

It's already crashing like no tomorrow in standard mode. Even even DJI advertising against 'nifty' mode, so I would imagine instant death by using it... It seems quite safe instead.

I want boats to be included in the inclusivity carry on and be referred to as “he”

Drones are always SHE! Unpredictable moody beasts 😂

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

Only in Bypass Mode.... 😉

all i care about how far it will go! i have never use Obelisk avoidance, i dont fly Through trees. or illegally use follow me mode. How can you keep an eye on your drone if it's following you? I don't want to spend a £1000 unless I can fly miles away. That is what drone flying is about. not photographing yourself on the push bike. only tramps, bums and homeless people have pushed bikes!

You lined it up completely different first time in nifty mode. 😅

@IaninLondon

8 ай бұрын

I did two goes of each mode and made sure that they were aligned the same..... But feel free to test yourself........