# Poor Alignment with DJI Mini 3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Asset Creation\ **Tags:** question, realityscan\ **Created:** [March 21, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052 "2025-03-21T16:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Big\_Picture045](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Big\_Picture045](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Big_Picture045)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052/1 "2025-03-21T16:08:45Z")
I have been using a Mavic Air 2 with great results. I recently purchased a DJI mini 3 which supposedly has a similar camera. I probably did the most detailed take off I’ve done to date and I was surprised when the alignment came back with a very poor 100/700 photos. It only aligned the front of the building and it was quite unlevel / tilted. Does anyone know if the Mini 3 was the issue? I did not change any settings before shooting. The photos themselves look fine and similar to what I would capture on the Mavic Air 2. I tried aligning multiple times with the same results. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Picture045](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Big\_Picture045](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Big_Picture045)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052/2 "2025-03-23T00:01:53Z")
When adding the folder of images I get this error message: ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/d/e/7de15bd0137b6d6397ea44fc2266a8e5c7543f77.jpeg) Then, it only imported a few of the images in the folder. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Picture045](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Big\_Picture045](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Big_Picture045)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052/3 "2025-03-23T00:17:16Z")
Here is a 2nd scan. I took 292 images and it aligned all images. However, the model is not level: ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/0/a/70a977d24a66c27e3dafdb8cbb84e3d4a4e1b9ae.jpeg) What in the world is going on? ---
**Author:** ![OndrejTrhan](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/ondrejtrhan/32/906565_2.png) [@OndrejTrhan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/OndrejTrhan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052/4 "2025-03-24T08:08:35Z")
Hello @Big_Picture045 The Adding images is a known bug on Windows side: [Unreal Engine Issues and Bug Tracker (RC-1881)](https://issues.unrealengine.com/issue/RC-1881) The problems with your alignment could be a poor GPS for such drone. Try to turn off the camera priors (the positions obtained from the capturing) and then align the images again. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Picture045](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Big\_Picture045](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Big_Picture045)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052/5 "2025-03-28T13:52:00Z")
This worked. Select all photos and look at the settings. Change all prior to “unknown”. ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/b/f/e/bfe96b412fef59ecd88f8b9d694ff476a3dd499d.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/7/1/3/713c9d3f58553f0de89543d76a8a3a2779dc9fa4.png) [@system](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/poor-alignment-with-dji-mini-3/2405052/6 "2025-04-27T13:52:17Z")
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