u/Champagne-Year

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Nearly at my wits end with the Neo 2's front follow mode

I lurk on this sub and I've never posted before—largely because I'm no expert and my questions typically get answered—but since I've upgraded to the Neo 2, I have had a couple of persistent problems that I cannot for the life of me figure out. I wanted the Neo 2 because of the rear obstacle avoidance, in addition to the several other great upgrades that DJI made. I typically use the drone for walk-and-talk type videos where I sort of stroll towards the camera and I had a lot of success with the Neo 1. I had to be careful about where I executed my shots, but it was so steady that it was almost mesmerizing.

The moment I started trying to use the Neo 2 in the same capacity, the drone behaved so erratically that I couldn't even execute a single shot. It would inexplicably rocket up to a centimeter from my face and then dart back to five feet away. It would drift behind me. At first I thought it might be the tree coverage in the area I was shooting, but I went into a *wide* open field in broad daylight. Same thing. I updated the firmware. Same thing. The sensors are clean. I've toggled all the obstacle avoidance settings. Today I tried to shoot again in an open area and the drone would announce "returning to home" after a few seconds of recording. I don't feel like I'm really taxing the capabilities of this thing and it won't do the simplest front follow shot. What the hell am I doing wrong?

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u/Champagne-Year — 4 days ago