I have some very grainy footage with my mavic pro. ISO has always been at 100. I've reset the camera and used polar pro filters. Can anyone tell me if the shutter speed can introduce grain? I'm curious however it really doesn't matter what speed I'm at, I almost always see it. Very high shutter speed or even at 60 fps in sunlight with the filters. I've always used 4k. Never tried 2k. Settings at 0,0,0. -1,0,0 makes it pretty blurry in spots. I've never used auto balance. I record in DCine. & .mov. I see it on my new Mac and also on my 58" plasma. I've been using Imovie but will probably upgrade to Final Cut soon. Link shows unedited video.
M2Wair Posted at 2018-4-10 02:21
Yup it looks like sharpness issue to me as well, don't see grain.
What I posted is a lot softer than what it looks like. I exported to 4K but it doesn’t look like it went. I’ve never posted or threw up a video on line before. The footage is very ckear though. I’ll figure out how to post a better shot and let everyone know.
Try 2.7K and also try different profile settings.
What I'm seeing is compressing artifacts. Mainly in the water .
Youtube is a big factor in that.
But if you also see it in the original footage, try 2.7K
Jos A Posted at 2018-4-10 04:03
is it original sd file or did you edit it?
Be sure when edit it use same codec h264 and fps when go to output
It has not been edited. I loaded up in iMovie just to shorten the length. Then posed to youtube. The video does clear up about 3/4 of a way thru. I don't know why its blurry the first 3/4. But the video is definitely grainy when I watch it.
Montfrooij Posted at 2018-4-10 10:25
Try 2.7K and also try different profile settings.
What I'm seeing is compressing artifacts. Mainly in the water .
Youtube is a big factor in that.
Thanks I'll try that but I'm curious as to why I need to. Why wouldn't it be clear in 4k?
I think you require too much of a 60Mbps camera. Many people think that minimum 100Mbps is required for good 4k recordings, so you can probably get better recordings in 2.7k at 24fps.
4K has much more information that needs to be squeezed in the 60Mb/s pipeline that Mavic Pro has.
That causes for compression + artifacts in area's like water (with a lot of subtle color variations).
You could experience that as noise.
2.7K is said to be more optimal because it shows less compression.
But as always, just give it a try and see what works best for you
Dcubediddzy Posted at 2018-4-10 03:32
What I posted is a lot softer than what it looks like. I exported to 4K but it doesn’t look like it went. I’ve never posted or threw up a video on line before. The footage is very ckear though. I’ll figure out how to post a better shot and let everyone know.
Thanks for looking.
Please provide us the original footage. I would recommend you upload it to dropbox or google for further check. Thanks for your support.
It looks like 3D noise reduction combined with compression. I set sharpness to +1 and contrast to -3, That appears to minimise (bad) noise reduction and its effects, but I'm not sure that affects the 3D noise problem: https://forum.dji.com/thread-135441-1-1.html
60mbps could be enough for 4k if the compression process was good. But it's not.
I have the same issue. Whatever resolution I use, footage is crap. Looks like some micro-shake. I compared it to my spark footage which is so much better. I showed the footage to DJI and the advised me to send it in which I did 30 min ago. Footage like this is not usable.
RonalddH Posted at 2018-4-13 07:06
I have the same issue. Whatever resolution I use, footage is crap. Looks like some micro-shake. I compared it to my spark footage which is so much better. I showed the footage to DJI and the advised me to send it in which I did 30 min ago. Footage like this is not usable.
DJI repaired my mavic pro within warranty and I had it back after 8 days. Perfect !