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Phantom 4 Pro Camera

Todd Gibbon
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November 28, 2016 14:38

I was wondering if anyone has found the camera specs for the Phantom 4 Pro and plugged the numbers into the GSD calculator. I want to see how it compares
to the Inspire 1 Pro.

Also is the Phantom 4 Pro camera supported in Pix4D Mapper Pro yet?

Thanks!

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Gary La Mantia November 28, 2016 15:05

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Wonder if the mechanical shutter will be a positive in processing?

Todd Gibbon November 29, 2016 07:58

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Great question Gary. I was wondering the same as well. The software shouldn't have to compensate for the rolling shutter with the P4P. Will

that improve accuracy and processing time?

Gary La Mantia November 29, 2016 08:07

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I was buying the latest/greatest to get the best outputs possible, I've sense wised up some!

Ben Gultch December 08, 2016 11:33

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Also wondering if the camera is supported in Pix4D

jordan keeney December 13, 2016 08:09

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The P4P is currently not compatible with any flight planning software... Thus, it is basically useless for mapping at the moment.

Julie December 23, 2016 04:34

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Hi all,

@ Jordan

It is in our pipeline to have the Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire 2 in our list of supported drones with Pix4Dcapture, however, we are not able to give
a timeline for this integration.

The new DJI SDK 3.5 (what allows the communication between the app and the drone's firmware), which supports Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire
2, has just been released by DJI. We will work on it as soon as we have the drones in our office. We might have the Phantom 4 Pro first. If we
receive it soon, we could support it mid-January on Android and a bit later on iOS (rough estimation). For the inspire 2, currently it is in pre-
order so we do not know exactly when we will get it.

@ Gary, Todd, Ben

As for Pix4D desktop, it can process images taken with any cameras. The only requirement is to have .jpeg or .tif images.
If the camera is included in our database, the camera is detected through the images and its optimized parameters are used for processing.

If the camera is not included, like for the Phantom 4 Pro, EXIF files of the images are loaded for processing in case they contain the
corresponding camera parameters. This should happen in your case and we expect the internal parameters (sensor width, pixel size, etc.) to be
loaded in the Edit Camera Model window: https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/202560169
To calibrate a perspective camera from scratch we recommend to follow this article: https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/206065716

The workflow that we would suggest is first to run step 1. Initial Processing and to eventually improve the results by following the procedure
described in the calibration article from 9.

Note that for an optimal calibration of the camera we recommend a good aerial nadir dataset with the specifications mentioned in the article.

The mechanical shutter of the the Phantom 4 Pro will improve the accuracy and processing time probably, even though the current linear rolling
shutter correction already gives very good results for other DJI drones.

We are waiting to receive the new DJI drones to add their camera to our database.

Regards,

Todd Gibbon February 09, 2017 11:55

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Now that the P4P is supported in the capture app, are the camera specs included with Mapper Pro? Will mapper pro automatically detect the

camera settings?

Thanks much!

Todd

Julie February 10, 2017 08:29

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Hi Todd,

Yes, the camera model of the Phantom 4 Pro is now included in our database.

Regards,

Jim Garner March 21, 2017 10:02

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Te importara darnos las ESPECIFICACIONES para las tpicas cmaras drones? Estoy interesado en el Phantom 4 Pro como voy a travs

del tutorial y dice a utilizar la calculadora GSD.

Busqu los detalles pero no pude encontrarlos.

Estoy tratando de averiguar a qu altura para volar en ptima adquisicin ::

La altura de vuelo H que se necesita para obtener un GSD determinado se puede calcular y depende de la longitud focal de la cmara, del

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ancho del sensor de la cmara [mm] y del ancho de la imagen [pxeles].

Sw = ancho real del sensor [mm]

F R = longitud focal real [mm]

H = altura de vuelo [m]

Dw = distancia recorrida en el suelo por una imagen en la direccin de la anchura (ancho de la

huella) [m]

Gracias!

Antigoni 06 de abril de 2017 a las 03:14

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Hola jim

Puedes encontrar las especificaciones para la cmara Phantom 4 Pro aqu: https://www.dji.com/phantom-4-pro/info .

El modelo de cmara est en la base de datos de la cmara de trabajo Pix4D. Por lo tanto, tambin puede encontrarlos en el archivo xml con
todas las cmaras registradas, que se encuentra en la carpeta de instalacin de Pix4Dmapper, como puede ver aqu:
https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/ 202559349 .

Adems, si tiene un proyecto tomado con este modelo de cmara, puede encontrar los parmetros internos de la cmara en Pix4D Desktop,
en la ventana Propiedades de imagen, al seleccionar Editar ... en la seccin Modelo de cmara seleccionado.

Saludos,

John Brady 14 de abril de 2017 17:49

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Tambin me gustara poder hacer clculos pero no he podido encontrar el Sw = ancho real del sensor [mm] ... ni en la base de datos de la

cmara de trabajo Pix4D ni en las especificaciones de DJI hay un Sw obvio. Alguien ha podido encontrar eso para el 4 Pro? O simplemente
estoy perdiendo lo que Pix4D lo llama en su archivo xml?

Gracias!

Julie 18 de abril de 2017 a las 09:51

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Hola John,

Los modelos de cmara se hacen referencia con un cdigo. Para la cmara Phantom 4 Pro, es: FC6310_8.8_5472x3648 .
Probablemente encontrar que Sw = 12,8333 mm y Fr = 8,6 mm.

:)

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