Best Video Settings without any ND Filters

RedDevils88 · Jun 9, 2017

Good day people, i just received my Mavic 2 days ago and i gotta say i am so in love with it. this is my first ever drone and the moment i put it up the air, i am hooked!

Alright enough of the intro, I tried to shoot some videos for the past 2 days but as a noob, the videos looked terrible. i tried to look for video tutorials on youtube and forums for the best video cinematic settings and have seen 95% of the videos provided best settings with an ND filter.

I am not looking to invest into any filters just yet, i might pull the trigger after i have improved my photography skills in the future.

Any help here on video settings without the use of any ND filters is highly appreciated!

Sorry for my English.

kenwae · Jun 9, 2017

I've shot without ND filters for the last....almost year, starting with P3S, the P3P, now MP. If allowed to post links, I would point you to my website where you can some of these videos. I think they're quite okay. That being said, I just bought a set of ND filters. For video, the idea is to have the shutter speed at about twice the frame speed; so, if frame rate speed is 30, you want your shutter speed at 60, which is 1/60th of a second. At mid day, that could require the highest level ND filter, which is 64, which I think is about 5 stops of light. The thing with the MP is it has a fixed aperture. The P4P can shoot wide open at f/2.8 or stopped down to f/11. That makes it a lot easier to slow the shutter speed down to 1/60. Not so with the MP, aperture is wide open, letting in a lot of light, even through that teeny lens. I got the ND set that does have an ND64 filter. I'll be exploring and experimenting with them over the next many weeks; may come to find my previous videos are junk....

Herathome · Jun 9, 2017

I did video for a while with out filters but as you say, washed out to bright,I wouldnt even use that video now, I'm no photographer but I bought one filter and have left it on and I believe it makes all the difference,my opinion buy one.