Firmware .700 has arrived

Martin Lines · Oct 31, 2017

yes - really!

sdharris · Oct 31, 2017

That is good news, looking forward to seeing a few tiny planet things!

cologne_seethe_mastery · Oct 31, 2017

Great.. just sended my 4 weeks old Spark to service via UPS. Hopefully no need to wait too long. Please guys share you photos !

Brelsh · Oct 31, 2017

Any other changes in this new update? Still holding on to hope for raw photos lol

Martin Lines · Oct 31, 2017

And its gone again with the DJI annoucements also deleted (in the UK at least)!

Kilrah · Oct 31, 2017

Yep gone, release notes now mention 701 but it's apparently not offered for download yet.

noooris · Oct 31, 2017

Did anyone manage to update in that short window?

sdharris · Oct 31, 2017

.701 available in the UK. Updated and just took a couple of 360 spheres on an overcast day here in the UK. It takes 46 shots in about 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds and the generation of the photosphere is quick.

Within in DJI GO 4 it only seems to represent the sphere in tiny planet view which rotates slowly creating a nice affect. If you export to camera roll on the iPhone it's a panoramic file, if you upload to sky pixel it starts as a tiny planet and then zooms in to a sphere which I did not realise it would do. Stitching is not perfect between the two edges of the panorama but its a dull day here.

If you share to Facebook rather than use the good 360 viewer in Facebook it'll link to sky pixel which is a shame, they're obviously pushing the use of sky pixel quite hard.

It does however save the files to the SD Card so you can use your 360 software of choice on your computer.

Everything else worked as normal with the firmware.

hendywidodo · Oct 31, 2017

Does .700 still support OTG connection ?
I've just upgraded the firmware and realized the OTG cable caused intermittent connection with the RC.

Also, when I used wifi connection, the 'custom' option could not be changed to 2.4 rather than 5.8.

sdharris · Oct 31, 2017

hendywidodo said:
Does .700 still support OTG connection ?

Yes it supports OTG, I just flew two batteries on .701 and it was fine

webvan · Oct 31, 2017

sdharris said:
.701 available in the UK. Updated and just took a couple of 360 spheres on an overcast day here in the UK. It takes 46 shots in about 1 minute to 1 minute 30 seconds and the generation of the photosphere is quick.

Within in DJI GO 4 it only seems to represent the sphere in tiny planet view which rotates slowly creating a nice affect. If you export to camera roll on the iPhone it's a panoramic file, if you upload to sky pixel it starts as a tiny planet and then zooms in to a sphere which I did not realise it would do. Stitching is not perfect between the two edges of the panorama but its a dull day here.

If you share to Facebook rather than use the good 360 viewer in Facebook it'll link to sky pixel which is a shame, they're obviously pushing the use of sky pixel quite hard.

It does however save the files to the SD Card so you can use your 360 software of choice on your computer.

Everything else worked as normal with the firmware.

Thanks for the report.

Does it tilt the camera up? Hangar does a good job with 360s and shares directly to FB but does not raise the camera.

sdharris · Oct 31, 2017

webvan said:
Thanks for the report.

Does it tilt the camera up? Hangar does a good job with 360s and shares directly to FB but does not raise the camera.

Yes it does tilt the camera up, and it fills in the sky rather than the Hangar 360 logo, sadly though it centres the initial view with the two ends of the panorama dead centre so on this overcast day in the UK you see the stitch line. SkyPixel - Connecting Creativity

p.s. thats with about 1.7+ of exposure compensation, and the day was actually not that dark. I think their processing engine needs some light to work effectively.

webvan · Oct 31, 2017

Thanks, good to know about the tilting and the result is not too bad given the conditions. I suppose flying it up to 300ft like Hangar would help too.

It's too bad DJI force you to use that Sky thingy, well I suppose you can do your own stitching with ICE or PTGui and then upload it to FB.

nhoover · Oct 31, 2017

Thanks for testing. I think I'll wait a bit before updating. It's working fine as is.

Kilrah · Nov 1, 2017

For info 700 included a battery update, which was rolled back in 701 (i.e. battery FW is same in 701 as in 600). That's the only difference between the 2, and a DJI rep has recommended not to fly with 700 if you updated to that (but it means you must make sure to update to 701 with the same battery you updated to 700 with).