Best Camera Settings for DJI Mavic Air 2 Photography

[ansh03]

Hi everyone,
I recently bought the DJI Mavic Air 2, and I’m interested in improving my aerial photography. Could anyone share their preferred camera settings for landscape shots? Any advice on shutter speed, ISO, or filters would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

 

[Meta4]

Hi everyone,
I recently bought the DJI Mavic Air 2, and I’m interested in improving my aerial photography. Could anyone share their preferred camera settings for landscape shots? Any advice on shutter speed, ISO, or filters would be greatly appreciated!

The best settings are the settings that will best achieve the look you are going for under the conditions you are shooting in.
The reason there are variable settings is to deal with all the differences in subject matter and environmental conditions.

There are lots of resources available online to give you an understanding of photographic basics which would be a good place to start.
Here are a couple of simple pointers:
Increasing ISO or using a longer shutter speed is required when shooting in low light levels.
Increasing ISO noise or graininess and using slow shutter speeds means motion blur if shooting moving subjects.
If you are shooting stills, forget about filters.
They won't do anything to improve the image, but will reduce light levels making it more difficult to capture good images.

 

[hiflyer201]

If you are shooting stills, forget about filters.
I love how Meta finds time to kindly help so many people.
I think his above statement is so true. I feel that because of the movement (shake) of the drone, you need the highest shutter speed possible

 

[Jim Martin]

Shoot using Jpeg+RAW so you can work with RAW files.
Depending on lighting conditions and what you are shooting, manual mode, Smart mode or AEB are good places to start.
As far as filters go, I tend to use neutral density gradient filters like these: DJI MAVIC AIR 2 FILTERS - LANDSCAPE SERIES - 3PACK If I am shooting mid day under a bright cloudless sky, I may use a polarizing filter.

When shooting landscape photos on my Air 2 I often find that shooting with "Smart" mode along with a ND gradient filters produces some very nice results.

If you want more control over your settings then keeping your ISO low (as close to 100 as you can) to reduce noise and using shutter speed to adjust your exposure is a good starting point.