Best sharpness, contrast, and saturation settings for Mavic 2 Zoom

[jthesenga]

There's very little out there in regards to the best sharpness, contrast, and saturation settings for the M2Z (tons for M2P). And what is out there is not a consensus—one person has it as +1, 0, -1, while someone else has it as 0,-1,+1. I'd prefer to do as little post-production as possible with my footage. Does anyone have suggestions for the best settings and an explanation for why they feel those settings are best? Thank you!

 

[Dave Maine]

If you are not going to post process, it is all personal taste. There is no “best”

 

[fleurdelisxliv]

If you are not going to post process, it is all personal taste. There is no “best”

Exactly

 

[apeel]

It is true that there seems to be many opinions on this. After reviewing a number of YouTube 'experts', I settled in on the following settings (for my M2Z and Osmo Pocket):

• Style: Sharp = +1; Bright = 0; Sat = 0
• Color: D-Cinelike
• Codec: H264
• Format: MOV (I use a Mac)
• Photos: JPG + RAW (I wish I could save some SD card space and just shoot RAW, but alas that option does not exist)

However, truthfully, I have not done much video yet as I have a challenge finding places near where I live where it is both legal to fly with interesting subjects. Either that or I am too lazy (a distinct possibility!)

I have seen Tom Tech's YouTube video where he recommends:

• Sharp = +1; Bright = -1; Sat = -2 if you will color grade
• Sharp = +1; Bright = 0; Sat = -1 if you will NOT color grade

I plan on doing some color grading but I want to do a minimal amount until I get more proficient at it. First I need to get more proficient at actually getting of my 'A**" and going out to fly ;-)

I am not sure why Tom Tech recommends "-1" for saturation if you are not color grading since that is pretty low on saturation out of the camera. This is why I bumped mine setting up from his to be Sat = 0.