W.T. Foxtrot
 lvl.4
Flight distance : 1316732 ft
United States
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VoxUltrasonic Posted at 2018-1-26 15:12
Yikes, that comparison footage you linked is not making a great case for either drone!
His Air footage looking pretty soft, but with smoother motion and nicer colours.
The Pro footage is super noisy with a lot of compression artifacts, but overall sharper and with less pleasing colour depth. The Pro footage is also SUPER jittery here. I suspect he's not using an ND filter and isn't using ideal shutter speed for his frame rate.
Which is why I am hoping the Air's issues can be overcome with the right settings, etc. My MPP footage on all the auto settings looks pretty dismal, but, with the right filter and settings, it looks great -- and I don't use what the rest of the world likes. I think the reviews that have everything set to auto are great for keeping the playing field level vs. everybody tweaking and trying to convince us they know the perfect settings to use after an hour of flying. Just wish I knew more about how much tweaking can be done in the software. I heard on one of the reviews that they dropped the DLOG mode on the Air -- much fewer choices on the styles available? Do they also throttle back Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation on the smaller drones?
I also like the footage that has not been tweaked in post. I have the software and the ability -- I just don't have the time! I want something I can set to look good enough straight off the card. If it's for something special, then I take the time to shoot in D-Log, apply LUTs, etc. But for everyday fun, it needs to be simple.
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