Aperture in automatic mode question.

[gianlucaballoni]

Good evening everyone, I was wondering ... but when you use the drone automatically (no pro), is it normal that the photos are always at 2.8 aperture? I noticed that all the photos I took automatically are always at 2.8, regardless of the place, time or light. I was also wondering if this thing could be causing the slight blurring I have on the edges of the photos. Correct me if I'm wrong, but with more aperture I could improve the sharpness of the photo, correct?

 

[Meta4]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but with more aperture I could improve the sharpness of the photo, correct?

A little testing should answer that question.
There's no need to fly to shoot test photos.

 

[gianlucaballoni]

A little testing should answer that question.
There's no need to fly to shoot test photos.

In addition to this, can you confirm that the photos in automatic are always at f / 2.8?

 

[Meta4]

In addition to this, can you confirm that the photos in automatic are always at f / 2.8?

I don't have a Mavic 3 to check.
But rather than leave the camera to handle everything, it would be better to use Aperture Priority mode and select the aperture and ISO setting that you want to use and let the camera choose an appropriate shutter speed.

 

[brett8883]

Good evening everyone, I was wondering ... but when you use the drone automatically (no pro), is it normal that the photos are always at 2.8 aperture? I noticed that all the photos I took automatically are always at 2.8, regardless of the place, time or light. I was also wondering if this thing could be causing the slight blurring I have on the edges of the photos. Correct me if I'm wrong, but with more aperture I could improve the sharpness of the photo, correct?

In theory you could see some corner sharpness improvement by stopping down to f/5.6-f/6.3, yes, but any higher and it starts working against you and this is just in theory, in practice it may not make an appreciable difference. Only testing will tell. As Met4 said set aperture manually and you can leave the rest set to auto if you want.

 

[gianlucaballoni]

Thanks for the answers, I'll do some tests as soon as I can and I'll let you know!