This is my first night record. https://yadi.sk/i/tOHYKiOViC76r ( Settings on Auto )

But you can see, so much noise on the video. Which kind settings, i need - for night record,  for same atmosphere ?


Thank you so much.
Best Regards.


Murat.

noise is visible above ISO 400.
That is what you get with a tiny 1" sensor...

The Phantom camera is not useful for night shots

You can severely increase the ISO with your Phantom. Taking a tip from my experience in astrophotography - start out much lower than you think might be necessary and then "work your way up." It is so easy to alter the ISO in the Phantom. Start out with a number like 800 (or as close as you can get to that) and fly (with camera on) for about 15 or 20 seconds. Then, increase the ISO to the next "step" and fly for another 15 to 20 seconds - repeat until you max out the ISO.

You should discover pretty quickly that many kinds of lights are going to be surprisingly very bright - much brighter than you might have thought. You can tolerate less light more often than you might have thought *and* there'll be a lot less "noise" in your videos.

Don't expect it to ever be perfect. If you set the ISO with anticipation of extremely low light levels, you'll get some bright lights now and then that will wash out the video. If you anticipate the bright lights and adjust accordingly, then you'll miss some of the much lesser lighted stuff. It's a bit of a crap-shoot and you'll have to make at least a few compromises.

My brother complained one day that he couldn't get a decent picture of the moon. Taking a pic of the full moon with something that "fills up the frame" leads to the discovery that the full moon is a "bright object" and seldom needs much adjusting - photographically speaking. A lot of the lights you encounter in the night are the same thing/problem.

Enjoy and good luck with the night-time shooting.

Thank you very much guys for perfect answers. I will try my chance.

murat Posted at 2015-7-31 22:30
Thank you very much guys for perfect answers. I will try my chance.

Can you give us feedback?  Did you find any good setting for night video?

I agree with aburk's answer.  I just did a shoot in Vegas.  At 1600 there was too much noise.  Try 800, that worked for me.
Also put it in M (manual) mode.  Control your settings for better results.

ianbradbury34@h Posted at 2015-8-19 13:07
Can you give us feedback?  Did you find any good setting for night video?

I am I big fan of shooting at night.  I have been doing it for years before dslr's became mainstream. Using the P3P for video not so good at night but for stills it's not bad. Here is one I took of a roundabout 800 ISO and 8 second shutter speed. The light in the roundabout is my son running in the roundabout painting with a led flashlight.

-Dog

See above post.

-Dog

Dive-N-Dog Posted at 2015-8-24 10:23
See above post.

-Dog

I've managed a couple of good night stills, but just can't seem to get it to take any usable video..

ianbradbury34@h Posted at 2015-8-27 01:41
I've managed a couple of good night stills, but just can't seem to get it to take any usable video ...

Nice work! Keep it up. Like I said the video is not all that great at night from the DJI 3's. I have an octa-copter that can hold my Canon with L series lens. That can shoot night video real good. Just not as agile asthe DJI3 3. Here is a link to more of the night shots I took with my 3. Look for my post toads the bottom of the first page  http://forum.dji.com/forum.php?m ... mp;page=1#pid202588

-Dog