100MP and 25MP DNG please

Mrktn · 2025-05-15T14:28:02-0400

Chrislaf said:
I would say your observation is probably pretty accurate. I have noticed that too.

Chris

Ditto

SkySteve83 · 2025-05-15T17:30:06-0400

Filmarik said:
Thanks for the link. 3:2 ratio?? This is not good. The 28mm is already a drawback for me and now 3:2 ratio which crops top and bottom of the frame and further narrows the vertical field of view. Why would they do that? Maybe the extreme corners of the 28mm lens are not sharp enough?? For architectural shooters the full 4:3 ratio would at least capture more vertically, given the already narrower field of view from the 28mm lens, and allow us to crop the sky to get the desired perspective of the building.

3:2 is better for most of my work. All my medium format commercial work gets cropped to 3:2 anyway.

Johnmcl7 · 2025-05-15T17:51:07-0400

SkySteve83 said:
3:2 is better for most of my work. All my medium format commercial work gets cropped to 3:2 anyway.

With the 1in, APS-C and FF sensors all using a 3:2 aspect ratio it's what I'm used to for photography for a while now.

Filmarik · 2025-05-15T18:33:25-0400

Johnmcl7 said:
With the 1in, APS-C and FF sensors all using a 3:2 aspect ratio it's what I'm used to for photography for a while now.

I am, like you used to work with FF DSLR cameras which all have 3:2 aspect ratio sensor. But I have options to put on my FF 17mm lens or 24 or 50 or whatever. From ultrawide angle to tele if I want. My point with this M4P 3:2 sensor is that with 4:3 ratio I'd have choice which area to crop to get to 3:2 if that is what I want as my output format. I can keep all the bottom part and only crop the top or keep all the top and crop from bottom. And then there are situations when I want the more squarish format when the subject requires it and that is when 4:3 comes handy and I can use the full realestate of the sensor without cropping.
What I am saying is that the 28mm lens has naturally narrower angle of view compared to 24mm and now with the smaller 3:2 sensor the vertical coverage has been cut to about half. When shooting mostly architecture this makes a massive difference! And all of this without any mention in the spec sheet!!
That is the point I was trying to convey.

Johnmcl7 · 2025-05-15T18:42:38-0400

Sounds like it's clearcut this isn't the drone for you then.

Filmarik · 2025-05-15T18:49:39-0400

Johnmcl7 said:
Sounds like it's clearcut this isn't the drone for you then.

That is correct.

I was very much looking forward to upgrading to M4P but the 28mm was already a bad news for my line of work, and 3:2 sensor killed it, unfortunately..

Dave Pitman · 2025-05-15T19:23:22-0400

Filmarik said:
To me it inceasingly looks like DJI has shifted its focus firmly on video

For typicl video shooters, maybe. Abandoning ProRes in favor of the All I codec may be a detriment to pro video shooters. The jury is still out on that one.

Filmarik · 2025-05-15T19:55:24-0400

Dave Pitman said:
For typicl video shooters, maybe. Abandoning ProRes in favor of the All I codec may be a detriment to pro video shooters. The jury is still out on that one.

It is hard to please everyone, I suppose. But some of the choices DJI has made with the M4P are a bit of a head scratchers. One of the big attraction for video shooters was implementation of the eND filter but that is yet to come. Leaving ProRes out is certainly puzzling and I can imagine that many pro video shooters are scratching their heads over that decision. The spinning gimbal enabling vertical shots video and stills( though with very limited tilt movement) is incedible piece of engineering no doubt but apart from the vertical camera position it is a one-trick pony. Does anyone really needs 6K video for insta? Anyway, it is what it is. It will no doubt get better overtime with eND and maybe ProRes will come back via FW update but the 3:2 sensor and 28 mm is here to stay and that is what might be a dealbreaker for some..

Meta4 · 2025-05-15T20:43:19-0400

Filmarik said:
It is hard to please everyone, I suppose. But some of the choices DJI has made with the M4P are a bit of a head scratchers. One of the big attraction for video shooters was implementation of the eND filter but that is yet to come. Leaving ProRes out is certainly puzzling and I can imagine that many pro video shooters are scratching their heads over that decision. The spinning gimbal enabling vertical shots video and stills( though with very limited tilt movement) is incedible piece of engineering no doubt but apart from the vertical camera position it is a one-trick pony. Does anyone really needs 6K video for insta? Anyway, it is what it is. It will no doubt get better overtime with eND and maybe ProRes will come back via FW update but the 3:2 sensor and 28 mm is here to stay and that is what might be a dealbreaker for some..

It sounds like a terrible drone to read all the negative posts you've made.
It's a good thing you didn't buy such a disaster.