So is it OK to run the new DJI Go with our beta firmware? It seems to work fine but just thought I would ask.
I know now that I wished I still had DJI Pilot......sigh. It looks like I'm stuck with the sudden crashes, camera not starting (have to run Autopilot first to get the camera awake, close that, start Go, do the checks. calibrations, settings, exit Go and start Autopilot again, only to find out that I missed a setting, shut down Autopilot, start up Go, do whatever is needed, shut down, etc.....
The workflow is very inefficient, unless you follow a very tight checklist for the camera settings, apart from the usual checklists. But while flying, you need to be able to change camera settings, even from manual to auto, colour settings, white balance, because the situation changes. I'm used to see the histogram, and sometimes I want to switch overexposure warning on or off. I want to be able to use the spot metering like in Go (with the finger press on the subject), for when I'm shooting in auto exposure. I want to lock exposure when needed, etc.....If I decide to shoot photos, while filming, I want to have full manual control and be creative with the settings.
Now IF Go would work flawlessly it would be, well, somewhat workable, maybe. But switching in and out Go right now, makes things very unstable, I had to reboot my iPad regularly. During all that rebooting and app switching, hanging, time I have no info, while the bird flies over water, still flying it's program autonomously. I don't want to disengage because that stops the camera and ruins the shot all together. But for safety reasons I do it anyway, naturally.
But even disengaged, hovering above water, only LOS, no telemetry, not good. I want to bring it in and land it immediately when that happens. No happy flying that way.
Even with the new official firmware, Go is not stable so I read from various forum members.
With Pilot it was pretty solid and switching in and out if apps was never a problem, although I still don't like it.
I can only hope we can get an app with all these nice features, including all the basic setting and calibration stuff that Go offers, all in one interface. The need to switch in and out of apps on a smartphone or tablet is a bit of a turn off for me, to be honest.