To start off I watch too many TH-cam videos when I get interested in a new toy. Someone once said to me “to take something complex and explain it in simple terms is to have masted that subject.” Your explanation and quality of production are to be complimented. I recently purchased a product that I’d like to review it in various configurations and decided to go with a DJI drone. One of my biggest concerns is to buy the Air, a now discounted Platinum, or wait for the II. You’ve been a nice cushion while impatiently waiting.
Thank you for your kind words George. Really appreciate it 👍 Considering your Drone question. Well i kinda get the feeling, that DJI will let us wait a bit longer for the Mavic Pro 2. The Platinum kinda was a soft launch and they didn't push it to hard. With the Air it's somewhat different. If you haven't seen my Mavic Pro Platinum vs Mavic Air Comparison I encourage you to check it. If you don't need the extra range you can't go wrong with the Air at the Moment.
I totally agree with you. The most shocking thing is that they upgraded the camera of the Platinum without making a big deal out of it. You can see hard proof of it in this one here: th-cam.com/video/lcmtXVEs9Nk/w-d-xo.html
Atti Bear but still didn't fix the noise reduction blur issue (everything below +1 sharpening on the Mavic). No problem on the P4P, sharpening -2 looks stunning and way more natural and cleaner. At -3 the same noise reduction issue kicks in, mushy.
I‘d wish it would be the same with the Mavic. When it comes to the image the Phantom is without a doubt superior. I’m still hoping they’ll fix it or at least improve it😕
Just what I needed. I think its about personal taste... I set sharpness to -1 because I saw some videos about ideal settings where more than one person talked about it to be more cinematic and stuff.... but in reality, I'm not shooting cinema movies, so I prefer more crisp. Your video just open up my eyes to switch these settings more often. Thanks
The longer I work with Mavics the more i get the feeling, that the sharpness can vary significantly. Especially if you take a look at the new Platinum. But still -1 in my opinion is way to blurry. I tend to go with +1 if i have a lot of details in my shots and if needed I can denoise them in post. I'm glad i could help you synclops. Happy flying
This is by far the most informative video I need for sharpness and focus. Thank you so much. I’m using the mavic pro and it was definitely the sharpness setting at -2 and Manuel focus turned on that I did not know
nice, but what about DOF with manual focus? Are you aware that a tighter diaphragm means more DOF? This means that you should be able to force this by, for instance, raising the ISO or lowering shutter speed. or both.
Great video! One of the best sharpness tests for the Mavic out there! Since "everyone" recommended the +1 sharpness setting, I've been using that a lot. In good lightning that looks quite OK, but if there are a lot of shadows I see a lot of noise! The sharpening is also a bit too strong. So, for everyday footage I think I will use the 0 setting. Can't bother with Neat. For night scenes with max ISO, I guess -1 will do the trick as you mentioned. Thanks!
I've ran a -1 to +3 test on the M2Z and P4PV2.0 and the difference is Amazing. I run +3 all the time but I think under low light it's where it's bad but I'm not 100% sure.
great video! I want to make you a question; I am not a drone profesional, I am current videographer and in a past wedding I made some shoots with the mavic pro, but now I am seeing and it looks like a gaussian blur... I use the Log and I think I set the sharpness in -2 because of the nervous of the wedding and because in the configuration of any Canon or Sony videocameras I use to set this in the minimum... I supponse that nothing can be done now... ??
I am a newbie, can you tell me what accessories I should get for my Mavic Pro to film and take stills of property and buildings. The pro package I got came with the bare minimum. Thanks for the great video, it was very informative. I plan on watching more of them.
I guess the first thing you'll need are some additional batteries. Especially as a beginner it's hard to optimize Flight Time. When you improved your Flight Skills, I'd also recommend you to get some ND Filters in order to up your Filmmaking Skills. This Guide can help you with that th-cam.com/video/xASp86x3y84/w-d-xo.html
This is a very good video in not only explaining the difference of sharpness but also showing. Now I know for sure I will be using +1 sharpness and depending on importance of footage will be using neat video to denoise once I purchase it. I already have many corrective and color LUT's so just need the neat video to make the footage really good. Thanks for this I really learned a lot especially about the focus.
My images were blurry on a sunny day and I changed the settings to 1080p 23fps, thinking it wouldnt matter ...but my images were blurry. Do you suggest changing it sharpness -1? I think the default is is set 0.
Hey Atti!, Are you using any ND filters? My footage at +1 looks way more noisy than yours :( ... or is this a shutter speed issue that's introducing more noise?
Hi Conrad, yes I'm using ND filters. If your Footage is noisier maybe it's because you are recording at a high ISO level. ND Filters don't affect the Noise in your imagery. Your ISO Settings on the other hand do. Try to stay as near to ISO 100 as possible. Maybe my tutorial about ND Filters and how to use them does help you th-cam.com/video/xASp86x3y84/w-d-xo.html
I do not think it is noise you see with +x sharpness but compression artifacts - 60Mbits simply cannot handle so many details in the footage. 0 sharpness is really sweet spot as other settings are blurry or overshaprned with visible compression.
I guess it's a bit of both. The Mavic is really quick with artifacts when you raise the ISO. I started to adjust my settings depending on the scenery. If I shoot something that has a lot of fine details I rather go with +1 and add a denoiser in post if needed. For not so complex compositions i go with 0
It really is the noise and has been proven and can be fixed using a noise reduction software like Neat Video. There are many tutorials on this and how to fix it.
what app/program can i use to do a color grade for me as in i take the video from the mavic in d-log? drag it on the computer open an app/program and drop it in and it will do all the color grading for me to make the color pop a auto porgram ? something simple
You can use every editing software that is supporting LUTs. But you still need to color grade your footage after that. It'll only make your editing process easier. As far as i know there is no fire and forget kind of app for that.
Well, you are standing in front of the same problem I am. I went for the D-Cinelike colour profile, using the style settings as post production. There, I chose sharpness +1, contrast +1 (since D-Cinelike is rather flat, but this way it looks better than normal settings), and saturation at your personal liking. I wouldn't go below +1, since you want to add colour to the flat look of D-Cinelike, and if you like the look, +2 and +3 are both good options. Keep in mind that you can always try more settings to find the one that suits you most, this is only what I personally like for my Mavic footage. You can for example choose to go higher on the contrast setting, but keep in mind that increasing the contrast comes with a loss in dynamic range, meaning you will lose detail in the very bright and dark areas. Also, if +3 isn't enough saturation for you, you will need to use a different colour profile, such as the normal one or something like TrueColour. Use manual settings for ISO and shutter, so you can keep your ISO as low as possible (preferrably always at 100) and use the shutter speed and ND filters to get good exposure. For ND filters, the general "rule" is: Use a filter with the right strength to keep your shutter speed to 1/2xfps. The setting doesn't show the 1/ so that means at 30 fps you'll wnat to get close to 60 on the shutter, at 25 fps you'll want to get clsoe to 50, and so on. However, if you want to upload your footage or use it in semi-professional or even professional work, there are two things, one of which you should do: The first option is post processing on the PC, including a proper noise reduction algorythm, if you want to export in 4k. If you don't want to export in 4k but in 1080p or 1440p instead, there is no need for noise reduction. If you shoot in 4k, the footage will be downsampled to 1080p or 1440p, which leads to a huge reeduction of noise in the image, while preserving as much image detail as the resolution allows for. That's why I will always recommend shooting in 4k. And just in case you don't know: Never shoot at more than 30 fps with the Mavic! To achieve higher framerates, it uses pixel binning which leads to a huge loss in image quality. It looks terrible, don't do it!
@@volcano-potato4438 lol a little late but this is something unfortunately you kind of have to deal with.😂 everything you see that really good looking is edited.
🔴 What was your worst Focus experience with the Mavic? 🔴 Grab your Mavic here ➡️bit.ly/2Cws6g4 Have you seen my review of the latest Firmware Update of the Mavic? ➡️ th-cam.com/video/TwwRIW3vkUI/w-d-xo.html Make sure to check out the extended written article to this Video: ➡️ bit.ly/2HCSS7r
I guess you mean you use the Footage that gets stored on your phone. That Footage has a lower quality than the one your drone. Instagram also comes with a certain quality loss so that makes it even more blurry
While you are connected to you drone, you can browse the footage on your SD Card and manually download it. Be aware this can take up a lot of space. Then you can edit the HD Footage instead of the Cached Footage
Apparently you don’t know a lot about video and drones. The processor in a drone is not powerful compared to let’s say a MacBook Pro or Windows equivalent. So don’t use for things you can do in post production must better and easier. Like sharpening, saturation. Well pretty much every video operation. Shoot in autofocus while flying, so the red lines don’t contribute very much, only consumes battery and processor power. Make the video as flat as possible and do color grading in post. Using a flat profile will preserve the highs and lows much better allowing to grade them in post. An interesting discussion, on a Mavic Pro, is to leave the camera cap on or not. Leave the cap on prevents micro vibrations in the camera, micro vibrations that will influence sharpness negatively on the cost of possible sun flares in the cap. A professional NLE like DavinciResolve 16 Studio can take away a lot of the flares.
To start off I watch too many TH-cam videos when I get interested in a new toy. Someone once said to me “to take something complex and explain it in simple terms is to have masted that subject.” Your explanation and quality of production are to be complimented. I recently purchased a product that I’d like to review it in various configurations and decided to go with a DJI drone. One of my biggest concerns is to buy the Air, a now discounted Platinum, or wait for the II. You’ve been a nice cushion while impatiently waiting.
Thank you for your kind words George. Really appreciate it 👍
Considering your Drone question. Well i kinda get the feeling, that DJI will let us wait a bit longer for the Mavic Pro 2. The Platinum kinda was a soft launch and they didn't push it to hard. With the Air it's somewhat different. If you haven't seen my Mavic Pro Platinum vs Mavic Air Comparison I encourage you to check it. If you don't need the extra range you can't go wrong with the Air at the Moment.
Thanks for going deeper than most vloggers! What a great help.
Thanks James! I'm glad I could be of assistance 😃
In 2017 we should not need to worry about SOFT footage. @DJI we don't need any more different colour Mavics ! We want Mavic with a decent camera!
I totally agree with you. The most shocking thing is that they upgraded the camera of the Platinum without making a big deal out of it. You can see hard proof of it in this one here: th-cam.com/video/lcmtXVEs9Nk/w-d-xo.html
Atti Bear but still didn't fix the noise reduction blur issue (everything below +1 sharpening on the Mavic). No problem on the P4P, sharpening -2 looks stunning and way more natural and cleaner. At -3 the same noise reduction issue kicks in, mushy.
I‘d wish it would be the same with the Mavic. When it comes to the image the Phantom is without a doubt superior. I’m still hoping they’ll fix it or at least improve it😕
Nice video. But today I flew with the waypoint options and had him take 4 pictures, all were out of focus. Do you have a solution for that?
Just what I needed. I think its about personal taste... I set sharpness to -1 because I saw some videos about ideal settings where more than one person talked about it to be more cinematic and stuff.... but in reality, I'm not shooting cinema movies, so I prefer more crisp.
Your video just open up my eyes to switch these settings more often.
Thanks
The longer I work with Mavics the more i get the feeling, that the sharpness can vary significantly. Especially if you take a look at the new Platinum. But still -1 in my opinion is way to blurry. I tend to go with +1 if i have a lot of details in my shots and if needed I can denoise them in post. I'm glad i could help you synclops. Happy flying
This is by far the most informative video I need for sharpness and focus. Thank you so much. I’m using the mavic pro and it was definitely the sharpness setting at -2 and Manuel focus turned on that I did not know
Thank you Alex, glad I could help 😃
Excellent video. The side-by-side comparisons are particularly revealing.
Thanks mate! Glad you liked it.
nice, but what about DOF with manual focus? Are you aware that a tighter diaphragm means more DOF? This means that you should be able to force this by, for instance, raising the ISO or lowering shutter speed. or both.
Great video! One of the best sharpness tests for the Mavic out there!
Since "everyone" recommended the +1 sharpness setting, I've been using that a lot. In good lightning that looks quite OK, but if there are a lot of shadows I see a lot of noise! The sharpening is also a bit too strong. So, for everyday footage I think I will use the 0 setting. Can't bother with Neat. For night scenes with max ISO, I guess -1 will do the trick as you mentioned. Thanks!
Thank you I really appreciate it 😃. At the end it always comes down to your own preferences, but I also think +1 is too sharp to look at🤣
The nice thing about the 3DR Solo was using a GoPro as a video recorder. Always great footage.
Sam Mekaeel I tell you what. The Mavic Air 2 is has great video. No adjustments needed for perfect video every time.
This video is extremely well put together. Thank you. You just got another subscriber.
Thank you Steve and welcome to the hood 😃
Best learning video my man. Thanks
Thanks Howard! That's why I'm here 😉
Agree from a new
Mavic Pro Platinum Owner
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0, -1, -1 is my go to setting right now with blue color setting. I like the blue color setting. It makes the sky pop.
+N'th DEGREE AERIAL PERSPECTIVES are you also editing your footage in post or do you leave it as it is afterwards?
Sir I need a small help regarding my DJI mavic pro
From 7:30 one can clearly see more detailed grass with +1 compared to 0. Thanks for the video.
Glad I could help Boris 🙂
I've ran a -1 to +3 test on the M2Z and P4PV2.0 and the difference is Amazing. I run +3 all the time but I think under low light it's where it's bad but I'm not 100% sure.
thanks mate , great tips for me
Glad to help! Enjoy ✌️
great video! I want to make you a question; I am not a drone profesional, I am current videographer and in a past wedding I made some shoots with the mavic pro, but now I am seeing and it looks like a gaussian blur... I use the Log and I think I set the sharpness in -2 because of the nervous of the wedding and because in the configuration of any Canon or Sony videocameras I use to set this in the minimum... I supponse that nothing can be done now... ??
Thank you sir
my absolute pleasure 😉
Great Video, I was able to learn something!
Thanks Mate. I'm glad I was able to show you something new 😃
Thanks for this video and the time it must have taken to make it. Very helpful.
Sure thing. I'm always happy to help 🙂. I already have more tutorials like this in the queue
Thank you! great video
Glad you liked it!
So with manual focus, wouldn't you have to constantly focus manually as you fly? Seems it would be terribly bothersome. Am I missing something?
No. If you focus on something on the horizon you have overall a sharp image, unless you fly close to objects. Then you'll need to refocus.
HUGE help!
Thanks Amy 🙂
I am a newbie, can you tell me what accessories I should get for my Mavic Pro to film and take stills of property and buildings. The pro package I got came with the bare minimum.
Thanks for the great video, it was very informative. I plan on watching more of them.
I guess the first thing you'll need are some additional batteries. Especially as a beginner it's hard to optimize Flight Time. When you improved your Flight Skills, I'd also recommend you to get some ND Filters in order to up your Filmmaking Skills. This Guide can help you with that th-cam.com/video/xASp86x3y84/w-d-xo.html
Liked & Subscribed ! It's all in the setup :)
Thank you very much. Indeed it is 😉
Great video! Really clarified things for me
Sure thing Sindre. Anything else you would like to know more about? 😉
This is a very good video in not only explaining the difference of sharpness but also showing. Now I know for sure I will be using +1 sharpness and depending on importance of footage will be using neat video to denoise once I purchase it. I already have many corrective and color LUT's so just need the neat video to make the footage really good. Thanks for this I really learned a lot especially about the focus.
Sure thing Brenden. Glad I could show you something new 🙂
This shows again that the Mavic's noise reduction is still disabled with sharpness +1, and is terrible when it is active.
I guess they'll not improve it till we get the Mavic 2. Maybe in a week on CES 2018 😁
thanks great video big help
Sure thing. Glad I could help 😉
Hi, can I know what the red line means? Perfectly in focus or not in focus?
The red lines mark the areas that are in focus.
Atti Bear I see, thanks :-)
Great tutorial, thank you!
Thank you David, glad you liked it 😃
Great information, I have stated using +1 on my MPP, thank you.
My pleasure! Glad I could help you Trini 😃
Thanks great comparisons!
Thanks Jack! Is there anything else you would like to know more about?
Great video!! Thanks a lot!!
+N'th DEGREE AERIAL PERSPECTIVES thanks mate! I’m always happy to help 😉
how do you adjust contrast and saturation in custom , i can only seem to adjust sharpness
My images were blurry on a sunny day and I changed the settings to 1080p 23fps, thinking it wouldnt matter ...but my images were blurry. Do you suggest changing it sharpness -1? I think the default is is set 0.
If your footage is too blurry then you need to increase your sharpness. If you are on 0, you should try it with +1
Thank you for this video
Sure thing! I'm always happy to help 😉
I've found every video on Mavic Pro settings on TH-cam and still get distorted footage and pictures. I was thinking the camera just isn't truly 4k.
Its not. Be more in the window of 144p or 2.7k not true 4k which is UHD C4k (raw). Mavic is an incomplete product.
Hey Atti!, Are you using any ND filters? My footage at +1 looks way more noisy than yours :( ... or is this a shutter speed issue that's introducing more noise?
Hi Conrad, yes I'm using ND filters. If your Footage is noisier maybe it's because you are recording at a high ISO level. ND Filters don't affect the Noise in your imagery. Your ISO Settings on the other hand do. Try to stay as near to ISO 100 as possible. Maybe my tutorial about ND Filters and how to use them does help you th-cam.com/video/xASp86x3y84/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Atti! Very helpful, and love your videos!
Sure thing Conrad. Thanks mate! 😃
Did we need to do this setting every time turn on mavic pro? Thank you
Depends on which one you are talking about
Adda boy atti bear!!
Thank you for this !
Happy to help Esperanza 😃
Well done!!!
Thanks John 🙂
Thanks for this one 👍
Sure thing Marcel 😉
I do not think it is noise you see with +x sharpness but compression artifacts - 60Mbits simply cannot handle so many details in the footage. 0 sharpness is really sweet spot as other settings are blurry or overshaprned with visible compression.
I guess it's a bit of both. The Mavic is really quick with artifacts when you raise the ISO. I started to adjust my settings depending on the scenery. If I shoot something that has a lot of fine details I rather go with +1 and add a denoiser in post if needed. For not so complex compositions i go with 0
It really is the noise and has been proven and can be fixed using a noise reduction software like Neat Video. There are many tutorials on this and how to fix it.
Nice one
Thanks!
But the minus 2 is more cinematic than plus 1 that look like digital sharpness.
I subscribed just for "plah tee num". 😉
what app/program can i use to do a color grade for me as in i take the video from the mavic in d-log? drag it on the computer open an app/program and drop it in and it will do all the color grading for me to make the color pop a auto porgram ? something simple
You can use every editing software that is supporting LUTs. But you still need to color grade your footage after that. It'll only make your editing process easier. As far as i know there is no fire and forget kind of app for that.
Thanks pal!
Sure thing mate 😉
perfect!
Thank You 🙂
Do you ever have to edit your drone videos?
Yeah I edit them all the time. Why?
Atti Bear well I'm trying to find the best possible camera settings so that I don't have to edit or colorgrade my drone footage
Well, you are standing in front of the same problem I am. I went for the D-Cinelike colour profile, using the style settings as post production.
There, I chose sharpness +1, contrast +1 (since D-Cinelike is rather flat, but this way it looks better than normal settings), and saturation at your personal liking. I wouldn't go below +1, since you want to add colour to the flat look of D-Cinelike, and if you like the look, +2 and +3 are both good options. Keep in mind that you can always try more settings to find the one that suits you most, this is only what I personally like for my Mavic footage. You can for example choose to go higher on the contrast setting, but keep in mind that increasing the contrast comes with a loss in dynamic range, meaning you will lose detail in the very bright and dark areas. Also, if +3 isn't enough saturation for you, you will need to use a different colour profile, such as the normal one or something like TrueColour.
Use manual settings for ISO and shutter, so you can keep your ISO as low as possible (preferrably always at 100) and use the shutter speed and ND filters to get good exposure. For ND filters, the general "rule" is:
Use a filter with the right strength to keep your shutter speed to 1/2xfps. The setting doesn't show the 1/ so that means at 30 fps you'll wnat to get close to 60 on the shutter, at 25 fps you'll want to get clsoe to 50, and so on.
However, if you want to upload your footage or use it in semi-professional or even professional work, there are two things, one of which you should do:
The first option is post processing on the PC, including a proper noise reduction algorythm, if you want to export in 4k.
If you don't want to export in 4k but in 1080p or 1440p instead, there is no need for noise reduction. If you shoot in 4k, the footage will be downsampled to 1080p or 1440p, which leads to a huge reeduction of noise in the image, while preserving as much image detail as the resolution allows for.
That's why I will always recommend shooting in 4k.
And just in case you don't know: Never shoot at more than 30 fps with the Mavic! To achieve higher framerates, it uses pixel binning which leads to a huge loss in image quality.
It looks terrible, don't do it!
@@volcano-potato4438 lol a little late but this is something unfortunately you kind of have to deal with.😂 everything you see that really good looking is edited.
Can anyone tell me why my mavic pro platinum audio and video skips when I get on facebook live?
You probably need to lower the quality you are streaming with. You need a strong connection in order to stream HD Video.
🔴 What was your worst Focus experience with the Mavic?
🔴 Grab your Mavic here ➡️bit.ly/2Cws6g4
Have you seen my review of the latest Firmware Update of the Mavic? ➡️ th-cam.com/video/TwwRIW3vkUI/w-d-xo.html
Make sure to check out the extended written article to this Video: ➡️ bit.ly/2HCSS7r
why my clip get blurry when i upload it on my instagram?
Do you upload the footage you pulled from your drone or the one that is stored on your phone while you are flying?
Atti Bear yes I do
I guess you mean you use the Footage that gets stored on your phone. That Footage has a lower quality than the one your drone. Instagram also comes with a certain quality loss so that makes it even more blurry
Atti Bear so wht is the best way i can do?i use only the djigoapp toedit my footage,thanks👍🏽👊🏽✌🏽
While you are connected to you drone, you can browse the footage on your SD Card and manually download it. Be aware this can take up a lot of space. Then you can edit the HD Footage instead of the Cached Footage
Very well spent 12 minutes
Thanks mate 😃
Apparently you don’t know a lot about video and drones. The processor in a drone is not powerful compared to let’s say a MacBook Pro or Windows equivalent. So don’t use for things you can do in post production must better and easier. Like sharpening, saturation. Well pretty much every video operation. Shoot in autofocus while flying, so the red lines don’t contribute very much, only consumes battery and processor power. Make the video as flat as possible and do color grading in post. Using a flat profile will preserve the highs and lows much better allowing to grade them in post. An interesting discussion, on a Mavic Pro, is to leave the camera cap on or not. Leave the cap on prevents micro vibrations in the camera, micro vibrations that will influence sharpness negatively on the cost of possible sun flares in the cap. A professional NLE like DavinciResolve 16 Studio can take away a lot of the flares.
👍🏻
I couldn’t see the difference
Good video. I will now shoot better video because of this. When I get to Heaven and I'm on gate duty when you arrive, you're getting a pass my friend.
Haha thank you Byron. You are too kind 🙏
Play tee num lol
"DGI mavic pro Platee-num" XD WTF
That looks terrible
useless you go way too fast for a beginner
You always can pause the video
Fantastic Video! Thanks!
Thanks Logan i did my best 😃