Newbie here:
I have a Mavic Pro.  I used the tap to focus.
I took a photo with a stable mavic (Not in motion)
But photos aren't crisp when i zoom in.
Is that just drone photography or am i missing something?

Sample:

Zoom is not optical zoom..it is digitall zoom..therefore you will lose crsipness with digital zoom

jkvenuti64 Posted at 2016-12-11 06:13
Zoom is not optical zoom..it is digitall zoom..therefore you will lose crsipness with digital zoom

I get that.   But if I take a picture with a SLR, Point and shoot , iPhone and then want to zoom into an area to crop it (post editing, not at time of capture), it's at least somewhat useable.

With the mavic it seems like it gets blurry really fast.
Maybe because by the nature of drone photography it's a much further distance???
I wasn't that far out though for the sample selfie that I attached.  
Is it because the drone isn't super still?
Maybe it's a combination of those things?

Or did I do something wrong?

Phigment Posted at 2016-12-10 18:11
I get that.   But if I take a picture with a SLR, Point and shoot , iPhone and then want to zoom into an area to crop it (post editing, not at time of capture), it's at least somewhat useable.

With the mavic it seems like it gets blurry really fast.

I noticed the same thing with my Mavic pics

A few questions:
What was the shutter speed set at for that photo. Was there any magnification at the time of capture. Have you tried shooting in Raw. You could try opening the aperture up and the iso to speed up the shutter.
Decent image capture used to be about the quality of glass rather than the camera. With todays cameras handling a lot of the processing it seems incredible that such small devices can produce the quality that can be achieved today, but at the end of the day they are limited. However, I would expect the stills to be as good if not better than an average smart phone.

rick39 Posted at 2016-12-10 23:23
A few questions:
What was the shutter speed set at for that photo. Was there any magnification at the time of capture. Have you tried shooting in Raw. You could try opening the aperture up and the iso to speed up the shutter.
Decent image capture used to be about the quality of glass rather than the camera. With todays cameras handling a lot of the processing it seems incredible that such small devices can produce the quality that can be achieved today, but at the end of the day they are limited. However, I would expect the stills to be as good if not better than an average smart phone.

You can't change the aperture on this camera, good points about needing reasonably fast shutter even if you need to increase ISO a little. In bright sunshine I wouldn't expect a problem all on auto though.
Obviously make sure the focus is on your main subject too.

Just as jkvenuti64 mentioned. Digitall zoom will reduces the resolution.
Do you have any problem with the original images?

I'd shoot in RAW, fly as close as possible, and if needed, crop a little in an editing program.

How far in are you zooming? I mean, are you taking the original image just a few feet from your subjects or 50 yards from the subject? Also, if you take a photo with your DSLR/phone from the same distance as you do with your Mavic and you zoom in (in post), do those images look better than the Mavic's. I am not criticizing. I am just wondering if you're comparing similar levels of zoom in post.

focus is off