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    2S for photography and with Smart Controller in 2025?

    3S is an amazing drone - for video and all pictures except of the 50Mpix mode from the main camera. They just have some bug in demossaicing algorithm and need to fix it. Yes it may appear as a serious pixel peeping but if you happen to print large prints like 1m x 3m (4ft x 12ft) then these...
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    2S for photography and with Smart Controller in 2025?

    Yes, I am in Prague so over here we fly by class C0 C1 C2 and by pilot certificate level and observing regs for each class... It may be similar to 107 IDK, like flying C1 C2 we need A1-A3 basic and flying restricted airspace and urban areas with permissions we need more advanced A2 For still...
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    2S for photography and with Smart Controller in 2025?

    Lately I started to take more photos for a 100 years panorama comparison project. I have M2Pro since 2018 and Smart Controller since it came out. This month I bought and returned Air 3S because their 50Mpix mode have serious demossaicing bug (DJI is working on it, their engineers asked for my...
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    Air 3S photo quality analysis with comps M2Pro and iPhone 15Pro

    Can't agree pretty much on anything. So many things put together so wrong. I do have Sony A1 and so I do know a thing or two about moire and effects of missing antialias filter and 3S problem is not it. You might want to read this post which explains nicely and in simple language the Quad Bayer...
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    Air 3S photo quality analysis with comps M2Pro and iPhone 15Pro

    you’re welcomed. To explain my effort - I was (am) in the same boat as you are - owned 2Pro since 2018, then added Mini 3pro a 4pro and lately more into photography and large prints (like 3x1m) so I thought I might get something good with latest flight features yet comfortably in C1 category...
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    Air 3S photo quality analysis with comps M2Pro and iPhone 15Pro

    I thought I would sum up my findings about Air 3S main sensor photo quality and present perhaps intermittent solution to overcome rather disappointing quality of its 50Mpix mode. The thread I was contributing to previously was closed unfortunately just before I could add iPhone samples but...
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    Air 3S photo quality is... disappointing

    All the more puzzling what information is hidden in these 12Mpix files. I have my fair share of upsampling primarily using Topaz and never did I see such stellar results. I challenge you to find a single artefact or simplification in samples I posted above. Even tree branches on the horizon...
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    Air 3S photo quality is... disappointing

    Easy everyone, no need to get excited :-). I use 400% as a tool - to understand what is going on. And voila - with a little bit of creative thinking we have - also thanks to 400% pixel peeping - a solution (IMHO) to 50Mpx raw problem. It turns out that 12Mpix raw file has the same amount of...
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    Air 3S photo quality is... disappointing

    This is exactly what I did, the 3S is gone and I am waiting for 4Pro to come out. Mini4Pro and (t)rusty 2Pro in the meantime. To explain why would I ever pixel peep at 400% - sometimes I make prints 2x3m and at that size these color fringing demosaicing issues begin to be problematic. You just...
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    Air 3S photo quality is... disappointing

    I just received this drone and I am tempted to return it. The 50Mpix mode is horrible, like outright unusable. The QB technology really does rear its head and the color maps are all over the place! Here quick side by side of 3S (left) and 2Pro (right). Honestly I don't know what to do! On one...
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