I went out to test Cinelike D in daylight.


Color graded version


Cinelike D original version

I try to shoot some challenging scene to test the dynamic range advantage and noise disadvantage.


Cinelike D original


Color Graded

From Bright sky to shadowey alley, it is challenging scene for natural color mode but Cinelike D handles it quite nice.
There is noise in the shadow but distracting in video.



Cinelike D original


Color graded

I have been shooting at the sun a lot with natural color profile, so it is clear that Cinelike D holds much more information in both sky and shadows.



Cinelike D original


Color graded

Simply looking at the clouds. Better than expected.
You can compare both Color grade and Cinelike D original video below.

To me, noise was managable in this case. Or I would prefer some noise and better details.


During the previous night time test, I found it a small improvement over the cost of censor noise but now after the daylight testing, I wonder if there is a better way to utilize Cinelike D for night shooting.

Hello and good day Tide. Thank you for posting this comparative photos and videos using your DJI Osmo Pocket. Amazing work and congratulations.

DJI Stephen Posted at 2-4 13:09
Hello and good day Tide. Thank you for posting this comparative photos and videos using your DJI Osmo Pocket. Amazing work and congratulations.

Cinelike is quite useful.

Tide Posted at 2-4 16:14
Cinelike is quite useful.

You are very much welcome Tide. You are definitely correct It is very useful.

I see redish flash frame in 1:13 cinelike d original video.
Is it normal?

djiuser_3PbFsVin0SFQ Posted at 2-7 15:32
I see redish flash frame in 1:13 cinelike d original video.
Is it normal?

https://forum.dji.com/thread-180459-1-1.html

WOLF Eagle Posted at 2-7 16:17
https://forum.dji.com/thread-180459-1-1.html

So it is a frame long delay in black level compensation when ever iso value changes?

djiuser_3PbFsVin0SFQ Posted at 2-8 06:18
So it is a frame long delay in black level compensation when ever iso value changes?

I guess it has a bug in censor read out setting. Especially in high ISOs.
It is probably fixable with firmware update.

Looks pretty nice. Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

DJI Panda Posted at 2-12 20:07
Looks pretty nice. Very nice video. Thanks for sharing.

You are welcome.

Awesome, thanks for the comparisons!

Jonah Lee Posted at 2-14 16:51
Awesome, thanks for the comparisons!

Is it better to shoot on Cinelike and render in HDR than doing it with natural color?

Great comparisons