Nice video! Thank you for sharing your work with us. Happy flying!

DJI Natalia Posted at 2-17 09:43
Nice video! Thank you for sharing your work with us. Happy flying!

Many thanks DJI Natalia

Well done conclusion! Was the exposure set to auto or did you change that manually?

BHProductions Posted at 2-17 09:45
Well done conclusion! Was the exposure set to auto or did you change that manually?

Manual adjustment with the aperture during flight to keep the exposure where it needed to be without increasing the shutter speed. The brightness from the cliff face was a difficult one to manage in that sunlight. The banding in the sky is also caused by the colour setting I selected from the GO 4 app editior - this is straight from my iPhone/OcuSync 2.0 live feed. Remarkable transmission.

Very nicely done!

Lucas775 Posted at 2-17 10:14
Very nicely done!

Thanks Lucas

A CW Posted at 2-17 10:18
Thanks Lucas

Very welcome.

A CW Posted at 2-17 09:44
Many thanks DJI Natalia

You're most welcome. If you need any help, please don't hesitate to reach us. Thank you.

Very nice Andy. Nice smooth flying

DJI Natalia Posted at 2-17 10:37
You're most welcome. If you need any help, please don't hesitate to reach us. Thank you.

Thanks again

Woe Posted at 2-17 10:48
Very nice Andy. Nice smooth flying

Thanks Woe - was kind of difficult stood on top of a 200' cliff over the sea but very pleased with the results and even more pleased £1,349 didn't hit the rocks lol

A CW Posted at 2-17 11:49
Thanks Woe - was kind of difficult stood on top of a 200' cliff over the sea but very pleased with the results and even more pleased £1,349 didn't hit the rocks lol

That would have been awful. The end result is something to be

proud of

Woe Posted at 2-17 15:48
That would have been awful. The end result is something to be

proud of

A nightmare given that my wife and son were with me and she wouldn't of been pleased to say the least lol

Liked the scenery and how you darkened it a little, did you see that bird dart across from right to center?  Enjoyable to watch, thanks for sharing.

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing

HH1 Posted at 2-17 19:23
Liked the scenery and how you darkened it a little, did you see that bird dart across from right to center?  Enjoyable to watch, thanks for sharing.

Slightly over saturated IMO but vivid all the same. Thanks for the comment.

ShermanFlyer Posted at 2-17 19:39
Pretty cool, thanks for sharing

TVM for the compliment

I find the stepped aperture change distracting.

Is there a way around this?

Perhaps DJI can implement a smooth transition in an update?

*DM* Posted at 2-18 00:35
I find the stepped aperture change distracting.

Is there a way around this?

In manual settings you are dialled in so the exposure is fixed and as the light changes from a balanced exposure to being over exposed during the shoot the variable aperture is the way to control it. I could have left it but then run the risk of not seeing the details in the cliff due to over exposure. I'm sure I could have perfected it if I did it again but had too much else to try out there. Using auto or priority settings would have been more subtle in the shift but I prefer to control everything myself. I wouldn't have had to touch the aperture in a less powerful sun. I don't think this is due to the drone in any way - it's purely me adjusting the settings to match the environmental conditions which can change drastically in just one turn. Aerial photography/videography compositions are very, very different to hand held.

A CW Posted at 2-18 00:42
In manual settings you are dialled in so the exposure is fixed and as the light changes from a balanced exposure to being over exposed during the shoot the variable aperture is the way to control it. I could have left it but then run the risk of not seeing the details in the cliff due to over exposure. I'm sure I could have perfected it if I did it again but had too much else to try out there. Using auto or priority settings would have been more subtle in the shift but I prefer to control everything myself. I wouldn't have had to touch the aperture in a less powerful sun. I don't think this is due to the drone in any way - it's purely me adjusting the settings to match the environmental conditions.

Hi CW

Fully understand and I agree that without your adjusting some of the footage would likely have been wrongly exposed.

An inspire 2 with the interchangeable camera can, I believe, change apertures stepless for fhe reasons I mentioned.

Perhaps its worth to start a separate thread asking DJI if they could implement this on the Mavic. It should be possible and would prevent what I saw in your interesting video.

*DM* Posted at 2-18 00:48
Hi CW

Fully understand and I agree that without your adjusting some of the footage would likely have been wrongly exposed.

I doubt it given that just the lens alone on the X7 35mm full frame 6K camera costs more than the Mavic 2 Pro kit but if you think they can then go-ahead. BTW I would never fly my Inspire at this location anyway - gaining permission from the rangers was difficult enough with just the little Mavic ;)

Equally as good the opposite way..

Visual Air Posted at 2-18 08:35
Equally as good the opposite way..

Hahahaha - thanks mate

Making cliffs interesting is almost mission impossible.

eYeSkYeYe Posted at 2-18 09:24
Making cliffs interesting is almost mission impossible.

Each to their own but no need to be rude is there

Andy!
Nice VIDEO

Montfrooij Posted at 2-18 23:28
Andy!
Nice VIDEO

Thanks mate - be sure to watch the other one coming down lol

A CW Posted at 2-18 09:41
Each to their own but no need to be rude is there

Sorry.... i think you misunderstood my statement... implicitly I've meant you managed to do it non boring.

eYeSkYeYe Posted at 2-19 01:39
Sorry.... i think you misunderstood my statement... implicitly I've meant you managed to do it non boring.

Oh I see - thanks - drones have a tendency to make the obvious look interesting - especially cliffs and trees

A CW Posted at 2-18 23:42
Thanks mate - be sure to watch the other one coming down lol

I will!
Do you also have a youtube channel I can subscribe to?

Montfrooij Posted at 2-19 01:49
I will!
Do you also have a youtube channel I can subscribe to?

No mate - all through Sky Pixel.

A CW Posted at 2-19 02:10
No mate - all through Sky Pixel.

An(d)y reason for that?

Montfrooij Posted at 2-19 02:41
An(d)y reason for that?

It's just something I've never bothered looking into mate - and I see a load of vile people making vile comments on YT - I watch videos on there but I will never run a channel until YT police it better.

A CW Posted at 2-19 02:46
It's just something I've never bothered looking into mate - and I see a load of vile people making vile comments on YT - I watch videos on there but I will never run a channel until YT police it better.

AH ok.
That way.

Nice video and great colors Andy

MavSpa_user Posted at 2-19 04:12
Nice video and great colors Andy

Thanks mate