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So, I held off for a long time to buy the Mavic 2 Pro, after feeling somewhat disappointed with the original Mavic. That being said, my Mavic 1 was actually amazing at taking 'nightlapses' and I swore by the fact that was and is the best drone for such a job.
I ordered the M2P with high hopes and unfortunately I've hit an issue which I didn't expect; image noise.
I have now, in the 48 hours of owning this M2P, taken thousands of stills at night, using POI and hyperlapse and consistently see noise in the images, which is then seen in the final video. I understand that JPG noise is accepted, but as a photographer this isn't normal whatsover. These are bright white spots in the middle of black areas and clear bands are visible, almost like a pattern.
The M2P was then put in a pitch black room and I took a JPG+RAW image. The Raw image came out as expected, with no noise whatsoever. The JPG looked like a starrey night once I started to zoom in.
To say I'm disapponted is an understatement. The original Mavic at 12mp with the cmos sensor, delivers better long exposure JPG stills than the brand new M2P...
The Phantom 4 Pro does not have this JPG noise problem. I was expecting a similar, if not better performance from the MP2. I've now added a P4P photo with the same settings/scenario.
I can't see this being a firmware fix. Images attached.
Photo - f2.8, ISO 100, 1.3"
Image attached.
Original Photo - https://we.tl/t-rNCjeDHCNG
M2P Photo taken in dark room (f2.8 ISO100 2") (looks nice and black, but zoom in!) - https://we.tl/t-WduWVrcPCj
P4P taken in dark Room (f2.8 ISO100 2") - https://we.tl/t-euPYfsfIgK (totally acceptable colour of noise)
Edit: I have inverted the the above black photo, (see attatched) adjusted the levels to highlight the noise and there's a clear pattern at the edges of the image. To replicate, use Photoshop>Invert>Levels>Input Levels 0 | 0.01 | 255
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