Montfrooij
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I think it is not bad at all.
My main concern would be to focus on capturing the subject you want to capture in a nice way.
The 'technical stuff' will come later.
ISO, Aperture, Shutterspeed are not that important in fact (even though some people tend to think they are).
Usually the 'auto' mode is ok unless you are really serious about the project.
I can explain how I use these tools. (that is what they are)
Essentially they control the 'exposure' of your shot (video or still). And by that I mean the light that hits the sensor and how it is converted to an image.
Each of these is used to control the amount of light that hits the sensor OR how much light is needed. So when a lot of light is entering, you will get a bright image etc.
All of these tools have some drawbacks, but not all of them are relevant for drones.
I will focus on the most important part (there is much more)
- ISO = how sensitive your sensor is to light. HIGH ISO = you need less light . BUT you also get more noise. In practice you leave this as low as possible.
- Aperture is a number telling how much of the lens opening is covered. (high number = less light hitting the sensor = darker image)
If you have a low number, you will get more light on the sensor. I can't change it with my drone. I would leave it 'as is' because you can usually work with the shutterspeed to get the desired exposure. - Shutterspeed = how long the shutter is open. (longer time = more light on the sensor = brighter image)
In general you want a fast shutterspeed for sharp image (long exposures lead to blurred images due to the camera movement)
But your drone can manage this quite well actually with the auto mode. It works based on 'average' exposure (so you get a evenly exposed image, not too bright, not to dark)
There are (for hobby use) 2 problems that might occur :
- Jumps in exposure when you change perspective (for example, when more sky is in the frame, the automatic exposure will try to correct this to get an average)
Not much you can do about it, except lock the exposure (there is an option on screen to lock exposure, but remember that you might end up with a bright or dark video, since the exposure won't change while being locked) - Some situations 'fool' the automatic exposure and you get too bright or too dark footage.
This does not happen very often and is easily corrected with the right wheel on the controller.
I fly 90% on automatic mode. The only thing I change is the EV correction. I usually set this to -0.7 or so because I rather have a bit darker image to prevent over exposed parts.
Plus I like the output better that way.
My point with this 'not being important' is that there are other things you might want to focus on first that have a much greater impact on your final product than the exposure (since the drone can take care of this rather well).
That are the basic photography / videography rules on how you capture your subject in a 'pleasing' way (subjective of course)
Instead of pressing that red button without thinking about it, you can make a lot of difference as a 'photographer' (or videographer) by making a good composition and telling your story in a way that is pleasing to look at.
For photography there are not too many drone specific things and you really can just take any book about composition and learn from that.
For videography a drone adds something that normal camera's don't really have : the ability to move freely (and smoothly) in space while recording.
That is something you can take advantage of in your video work.
Still it is all about the story you want to tell. What you want to show the world (us). But you can follow some basic rules that will probably give you a 'better' video.
- Move SLOW (you might want to turn down the sensitivity of the controls to be able to achieve this)
- Press record AFTER you are happy with what you see. (many beginner video's have a lot of unneeded changes in direction in their work)
- Make continuous movements (keep your fingers at the same position while recording) so the movement is nice and smooth.
- If you are unhappy with the shot, fly back and try again (I do this with most of my shots, taking a good shot is difficult)
- If you want to make more interesting movements, try to include 'multiple directions' in your movement.
(forward and pan left, Up and tilt gimbal, sideways + pan etc. etc. )
This is hard to do right, BUT it is really pleasing if it works.
I might make some tutorials about this.
That is it for now.
Fly safe and practice a lot!
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