100MP and 25MP DNG please

Chrislaf · Sunday at 5:32 PM

Here’s a comparison of the Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 4 with a link to downloadable RAW files.

Mavic 4 Pro vs Mavic 3 Pro

Chris

alfo2010 · Monday at 10:29 AM

wco81 said:
Are the M4P owners mostly using 100 Mp or 25 Mp RAW files?

I do a lot of photography with my MP4 and always use the 100M. awesome photos.P

Jfvdenning · Monday at 11:39 PM

Lens variability has always been bad, I tested over 20 M2P to find 2 that were excellent, the rest all had decentering and other problems making them terrible for my photography. I chose not to buy a M3P because of all that effort and seeing it also had issues.

I just bought a Mavic 4 and I am lucky that the lens is perfectly centered and sharpness is excellent down to f2.5. I was expecting to have to return it and so it was a pleasant surprise.

Filmarik said:
The lens variability is a massive issue with these tiny cameras. IMHO it is bigger than DJI and users are willing to admit. I get it that vast majority of users are happy with the photos and videos they see on their smarphones because they do not subject them to the same level of scrutiny the small minority of people here do. These are consumer or at best prosumer drones after all. The very few people on this forum who use these drones for work have higher treshold level for what's acceptable and what's not and that has been sorce of a few misunderstandings here in the past...
As for my workflow and processing there is more parameters in Lr which need to be set right for the best possible outcome to be achieved. I have created user presets for each of the 3 cameras including custom camera color profiles using X-rite colorchecker passport and my results are very consistent from all 3 cameras. The variability in sharpness, especially where there is not a dominant subject AF can lock on, is from my experience caused by AF misfocussing marginally. Therefore I use MF where it is safe to do. My particular M3P needs different setting for each camera. The 7x needs the cursor on the focusing scale to be 4 bars below infinty. At infinity the photos are soft and blurred. That is just one example of a small detail which when overlooked will degrade significantly IQ, and can easily sway people to reach a wrong conclusion.

SkySteve83 · Tuesday at 4:13 PM

Jfvdenning said:
Lens variability has always been bad, I tested over 20 M2P to find 2 that were excellent, the rest all had decentering and other problems making them terrible for my photography. I chose not to buy a M3P because of all that effort and seeing it also had issues.

I just bought a Mavic 4 and I am lucky that the lens is perfectly centered and sharpness is excellent down to f2.5. I was expecting to have to return it and so it was a pleasant surprise.

That's a huge issue, but when you consider the probable cost of these cameras, it's understandable. A decent camera and lens alone should cost more than these complete drones sell for. This goes on in the full-size camera world too, with mass-produced lenses from all the major brands, there are inconsistencies. I just don't have the patience to buy and return over and over again, unless there is a drastic problem. I wish they would just charge a bit more for this gear and make sure the optics are well centered.

Meanwhile.... I'm still waiting to hear about the status of the M4 here in the states....