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My first pano`s with the Air 3S
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AlSo-Fotografie
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I got my Air 3S since 2 days. I love the free pano feature. But not that only jpg is available :/
So ill stick with handmade panoramas in 5 bracketing mode.

Here some examples. These are all manual panos with 5 brackets each single frame.
The vertical pano is a bit on the heavy editing side^^
DJI_20241023080200_0220_D-HDR-Pano-Bearbeitet.jpg
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vertical panorama

vertical panorama
10-23 12:25
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Picture 2 out of that set for me but great pano shots.
10-23 13:26
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Great shots I think this shows that the 1” sensor in the air3s is very capable. Where there any free panos and if how many shots .
10-23 13:31
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They are really nice!  2 Questions... is that really a thing, in Free Pano you can only have JPEG?  also are any of those 70mm Panos? If you ever have the time I would be so grateful if you could find a scene that fits a 24mm and take a single shot then switch to 70mm and do a Free Pano covering the same view (should be over 9 frames required) then if you could post both the 24mm single shot and stitched 70mm shot (or post a link so we can stitch ourselves) would be so useful. Just want to compare a composite taken using Free Pano using the 70mm compared to single 24mm frame. Should be like flying around with a Sony A7RV.  Many thanks
10-23 16:46
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Bussty Posted at 10-23 16:46
They are really nice!  2 Questions... is that really a thing, in Free Pano you can only have JPEG?  also are any of those 70mm Panos? If you ever have the time I would be so grateful if you could find a scene that fits a 24mm and take a single shot then switch to 70mm and do a Free Pano covering the same view (should be over 9 frames required) then if you could post both the 24mm single shot and stitched 70mm shot (or post a link so we can stitch ourselves) would be so useful. Just want to compare a composite taken using Free Pano using the 70mm compared to single 24mm frame. Should be like flying around with a Sony A7RV.  Many thanks

For me as a photographer its always better to have more dynamic range. Especially in such high contrast situations.
Much better then free pano with raws would be a bracketing option.
Even if i had my Canon R5 up in the air. This would be my way to go. On a bright sunny day, a single raw is more then enough!

@Bussty
So in this case each pano (manual) is the result of 3 to 4 stiched images with a 5 bracket exposure.
For some maybe a overkill, for me standard (better to have it and dont need it).
Maybe 2 to 3 exposures will be enough for an contrast silhouette look

Sure ill test a 24mm single shoot and a 70mm stitched pano.
I did this already. In can say its a differend look.
24mm looks more streched and the 70mm is more compressed.
I also will test the wideangle attachement and show the result✌️
10-23 20:28
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-23 20:28
For me as a photographer its always better to have more dynamic range. Especially in such high contrast situations.
Much better then free pano with raws would be a bracketing option.
Even if i had my Canon R5 up in the air. This would be my way to go in difficulty light situations. On a bright sunny day, a single raw is more then enough!

I'm guessing if the drone is stable enough you may be able to take three runs or at least two with Free Pano at different exposures not ideal but maybe a work around.  

I know what you are saying about the compression difference but when testing with the Air3 manually this was only really apparent when the images were side by side to compare. Also if really close to your subject will be an increased effect.

Looking forward to seeing your results  

Cheers
10-23 22:59
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Bussty Posted at 10-23 22:59
I'm guessing if the drone is stable enough you may be able to take three runs or at least two with Free Pano at different exposures not ideal but maybe a work around.  

I know what you are saying about the compression difference but when testing with the Air3 manually this was only really apparent when the images were side by side to compare. Also if really close to your subject will be an increased effect.

Good idea ill test that too. Thank you!
10-23 23:08
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what a great selection of shots.  Sad you cant save raw with the freeman though.  
10-24 00:57
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-23 20:28
For me as a photographer its always better to have more dynamic range. Especially in such high contrast situations.
Much better then free pano with raws would be a bracketing option.
Even if i had my Canon R5 up in the air. This would be my way to go. On a bright sunny day, a single raw is more then enough!

Thank you, I had a feeling they were all manual and realize the need to shoot AEB into the bright sun , once again well done and thanks for posting.
10-24 01:09
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Magnificent series of panos.  
10-24 03:54
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Hi there,

Thank you for sharing your footage and experience. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our support team. Thank You!
10-24 04:00
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DAFlys Posted at 10-24 00:57
what a great selection of shots.  Sad you cant save raw with the freeman though.

The free is pretty good , but the best thing about it is the auto stitching. To do the same manually is not really that difficult so long as you have decent stitching program .
10-24 09:30
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Awesome set of panos!
10-24 10:23
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Thanks to all
Here a short video i also shoot on this day...man i love the 70mm!! The parallax effect creates a stunning look (second scene).
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBfscc2qaOA/

10-24 10:33
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-24 10:33
Thanks to all
Here a short video also shoot on this day...man i love the 70mm!! The parallax effect creates a stunning look (second scene).
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBfscc2qaOA/

Gorgeous!  I think the 70mm and what it can do will be the main reason I buy the Air3s... great for compression in video and great for stitching for high quality stills.  You live in a very beautiful area.
10-24 11:07
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I found that a normal 16X9 photo in the 3S is 8192 pixels X 4608 pixels.  The pano mode results in 8000 X 5760 or about 25% wider.  
10-24 23:51
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Also are you sure the drone only shoots jpegs in Pano mode other users are saying it does both and I have a DNG from one member who took some Free Panos?  I don't know for sure as I don't have one yet, maybe check the menus?  Having the ability to process the DNG's to a more natural result is so important.
10-30 18:16
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Bussty Posted at 10-30 18:16
Also are you sure the drone only shoots jpegs in Pano mode other users are saying it does both and I have a DNG from one member who took some Free Panos?  I don't know for sure as I don't have one yet, maybe check the menus?  Having the ability to process the DNG's to a more natural result is so important.

Hmmm i`m not sure anymore. I hope i`m wrong. I saw some posts here.
I would also be very surprised if this option wasn't available.
Ill check that later in the air
10-30 22:53
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-30 22:53
Hmmm i`m not sure anymore. I hope i`m wrong. I saw some posts here.
I would also be very surprised if this option wasn't available.
Ill check that later in the air

Fingers crossed too
10-31 00:02
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What should i say? Im sorry THERE IS an raw-option for the free pano-mode !!!
AND even better, you can do this as a 3 OR 5 aeb exposure bracketing. Thanks DJI

Here a result of a 5 aeb (raw) stitched within the drone. With some ghost effects due to moving drone and of course the narrow distance to the scenery.
And the second image stiched with Lightroom. No ghosting effect. The halloween-effect are on boot the same

stitched with Air 3s

stitched with Air 3s

stitched with LR

stitched with LR
10-31 01:35
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-31 01:35
What should i say? Im sorry
THERE is a raw-option for the free pano-mode !!!
AND even better, you can do this as a 3 OR 5 aeb exposure bracketing. Thanks DJI

Also this is great news!  How do chose the RAW option as there is still confusion in the forum this is actually possible. You need to do this with the 70mm now, that is where the magic is.

Nice work!

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10-31 01:44
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Bussty Posted at 10-31 01:44
Also this is great news!  How do chose the RAW option as there is still confusion in the forum this is actually possible. You need to do this with the 70mm now, that is where the magic is.

Nice work!
Update:
You can reach it in the right bottom corner.
Ill test that too. Gimme 15 minutes.
10-31 01:55
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RAW in 24 and 70mm mode

5 aeb with 12mp images.
3 aeb with 70m images.
same as in the single image mode.
No matter what focal length you use. Ill test a 70mm image later. It starts to rain now
10-31 02:20
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-31 02:20
5 aeb with 12mp images.
3 aeb with 70m images.
same as in the single image mode.

Thanks Also looking very promising!  Cheers  
10-31 02:50
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-31 01:35
What should i say? Im sorry  THERE IS an raw-option for the free pano-mode !!!
AND even better, you can do this as a 3 OR 5 aeb exposure bracketing. Thanks DJI

Hi AlSo-Fotografie,

Thank you for sharing. If you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our support team. Thank You!
10-31 02:57
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Here an 70mm stiched example. Its not the exact same frame as the 24mm version.
This image is the result of 150 single frames (5 aeb). Takes around 30 min for stiching in LR.
The straight out of drone version looks very bad stitched. Lightroom does a much better if not a perfect job. Except for the bottom right cornor (too similar patterns i guess).
10-31 04:04
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Thanks Also. Of that scene roughly what would one 24mm equivalent frame cover. Kind of hard to see the quality via the DJI server.  Did you stitch jpegs from the drone or developed DNG to jpeg? Did you have the drone flying the whole time? That is quite remarkable that being so close to everything the stitch is almost perfect as you would normally expect the drone to move around a bit, I guess it has to be flying as other wise it can't turn to capture the panorama.   
10-31 13:52
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Yes the drone was moving around quit a bit^^. But LR did a good job! No parallax effect.
But the minimal focus distance should be around 10m. I wasnt able to focus on that close stuff. Its all slightly out of focus.

At the end i exported from dng to jpg . i reduced the long side to 1920px to keep the image under 2mb.
Next time ill try a wider landscape scene. with a exact same frame.
10-31 16:10
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AlSo-Fotografie Posted at 10-31 16:10
Yes the drone was moving around quit a bit^^. But LR did a good job! No parallax effect.
But the minimal focus distance should be around 10m. I wasnt able to focus on that close stuff. Its all slightly out of focus.

Looking forward to your comparison ALSo! What would be ideal is if you could post a link to the 24mm DNG and the 70mm DNG's which then cover the same area as the 24mm.  Something like this is my last acid test to buying the drone. Many thanks
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