Nighttime Visibility & Imaging Settings

A quick guide to FlytBase’s advanced low-light imaging modes, Smart Low Light, Night Mode, and NI-R Mode, for clearer and more reliable nighttime drone operations.

FlytBase enhances your drone operations with advanced low-light imaging tools, delivering clear visibility even in the darkest conditions. Whether you're documenting incidents, tracking vehicles, or monitoring perimeters, these three specialized modes ensure you never miss critical details.

In this guide, we’ll break down how Smart Low Light, Night Mode, and NI-R Mode work—and walk you through how to use each one step by step.

Smart Low Light Mode: Enhanced Media Capture

Smart Low Light boosts the clarity of your captured photos and videos during low-light operations. It uses intelligent multi-frame processing to enhance details without affecting the live feed. Available on DJI Dock 1, DJI Dock 2, and DJI Dock 3.

How to Enable Smart Low Light Mode

Step 1: Switch to the Zoom view from your cockpit interface.

Step 2: Select Smart Low Light from the available camera modes.

Step 3: Capture media while Smart Low Light is enabled.

When to use Smart Low Light Mode

Use Smart Low Light when you need enhanced clarity in captured photos or videos. This mode improves detail through intelligent multi-frame processing without affecting the live feed.

Ideal for:

• Incident documentation in low-light areas

• Evidence capture where fine detail matters

• Reviewing footage after a patrol or event

Night Mode: Real-Time Full-Color Visibility

Night Mode dramatically enhances real-time visibility by increasing sensor sensitivity, delivering full-color night vision even in extremely low-light environments. This feature is available on DJI Dock 3.

How to Enable Night mode

Step 1: Open the camera settings during a flight and locate the Night Mode toggle

Step 2: Enable Night Mode. Notice your live feed become significantly brighter and more colorful.

Step 3: For variable conditions, set Night Mode to auto, it’ll activate automatically at night.

When to use Night mode

Use Night Mode when you need real-time visibility and situational awareness during nighttime missions. This mode is ideal for security teams and responders who must see clearly as events unfold.

Ideal for:

• Live monitoring and nighttime patrols

• Identifying people, vehicles, and structures in darkness

• Rapid-response workflows requiring immediate visual clarity

• Surveillance of poorly lit or unlit areas

NI-R Mode: High-Contrast Infrared Imaging

NI-R Mode (Near-Infrared Illumination) removes the IR-cut filter to deliver high-contrast black-and-white imagery, ideal for long-distance nighttime surveillance.

How to Enable NI-R mode

With Night Mode active on DJI Dock 3, enable the NIR illumination feature from the camera settings.

Please make sure that the camera is zoom mode at a value 7x or higher

When to Use NI-R Mode

Use NI-R Mode when you need maximum long-distance visibility and strong contrast in very low-light conditions. This mode excels when color information is less important than detecting motion, shapes, and edges.

Ideal for:

• Perimeter surveillance of large or open areas at night

• Nighttime monitoring where Night Mode alone isn’t enough

• Combined usage with Night Mode for maximum clarity

Technical and Hardware Compatibility

Feature	Hardware Support	Camera Compatibility	Key Constraints	Affects Live Feed	Affects Captured Media	Persists Across Restarts
Smart Low Light	Dock 1, 2, 3	Zoom camera only	None	No	Yes	No
Night Mode	Dock 3 only	Wide, medium-tele, tele (not thermal)	Reduces video to 15 FPS	Yes	Yes	No
NI-R Mode	Dock 3 only	Tele camera only	Requires 7x+ zoom; black-and-white imagery	Yes	Yes	No