Most reviews I read or watched says the Mini 2 has a great dynamic range. but i find it blows the highlights out and the shadows are too dark at the same time. So I can't go darker or lighter on the exposure. anyone else have this problem? I have to fix it with photoshop or Filmora X. I haven't been able to find a setting to tweak the camera like i can on my camcorder or camera. Is it a hardware limitation or a software limitation?
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I agree with you - I'm not impressed with the dynamic range of the Mini 2 camera when compared to my DSLRs or moderate-high quality point and shoot cameras. However, given that it flies like it does, is as compact as it is, and costs what it did I'm extremely happy with the drone. I find I get the best results having the overexposed indication turned on, then adjusting the EV down to keep any highlights from being over exposed, then bring the RAW images into Photoshop via camera raw and bring up the shadow exposure to show the detail I want. As long as keep the highlights from over exposure it is impressive how much detail is hidden within the apparently way underexposed shadows. But no matter what that camera is not a Nikon D850!
Howard
Same here. I use the Shadow, Highlights, settings in Photoshop for photos and Filmora X for videos. I use those settings regardless of camera to improve things. If you gave me the perfect camera I will still probably find something to adjust in photoshop lol. If only the mini 2 did as good as my Galaxy S21 phone camera. but I am so glad to have my own drone now so i don't have to use my friend's so much and one i can call my own and get a skin for. and i love the compactness of it and the nice compact battery charger that holds the batteries in place better then the car charger for the mavic pro 2 my friend has and those batteries come unplugged at the slightest bump in the car. the mini 2 is "cute".
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Maybe spend more on the drone and less on the software and computer to fix the results? ;-)
what's that supposed to mean? That's supposed to fix the dynamic range how? What settings are you suggesting? If you're suggesting to buy a more expensive drone, i don't want to spend all my stimulus and savings.
Spending more on the drone is almost certainly going to put you into the over 250gm market.
I think you will find that most of us here bought the Mini 2 based on that criteria rather than the quality of it camera. I'm not sure where you live, but here in the UK being sub 250gms make a big difference as to where you can fly.
The dynamic range of both digital and film cameras has (and always will be) limited compared to that of the human eye, so spending more is not going to make the problem go away. You end up spending thousands chasing small gains.
Getting the max dynamic range is always a problem in situations where the scene light range is very broad. It is only recently that the best DLSR cameras got sensors that could begin to capture the range that the human vision system can perceive. These sensors are big, heavy, and expensive. These attributes so far make it difficult to incorporate into lightweight inexpensive drones.
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It all depends on how important your images are to you. If you're just saving jpgs and posting on the internet then most drone cameras are just fine for you. A little knowledge of using basic post processors helps to recover highs and darks. As a professional photographer, I need the best quality and largest file size I can get. I usually fly a couple of Phantom 4 Pros, but I just got the Mavic 2 Pro for portability when I fly in an airliner. When the next Mavic (or Phantom, or ??) is released with a better camera than my Phantoms, I'm first in line.
That won't help, only makes things worse. ND's reduce the quantity of light you have to capture, thus requiring longer shutter speeds and/or higher ISO values, all which result in less than sharp images and degraded quality.
My friend and I got ND filters for his Mavic pro 2 a few years ago, at someone's recommendation, but as you say it causes you to have slower shutter speeds or higher ISO. which with trains we need a fast shutter speed.
when i read your post i was thinking you fly a mavic in a airliner lol. But i thought about it for a bit to realize you take it with you when you ride in a airliner.
I earned my living with cameras for over three decades. The Mini 2 is my first drone.
I think the dynamic range of the camera is astounding given that the camera is smaller than a sugar cube and it can fly. I shoot in the 3X AEB DNG files mode exclusively for stills and I also usually shoot panoramas for increased resolution. I avoid clipping highlights at all cost.
My only complaints about the camera are the excessive default sharpening and visible noise much above the base ISO.
I think the dynamic range of the camera is astounding given that the camera is smaller than a sugar cube and it can fly. I shoot in the 3X AEB DNG files mode exclusively for stills and I also usually shoot panoramas for increased resolution. I avoid clipping highlights at all cost.
My only complaints about the camera are the excessive default sharpening and visible noise much above the base ISO.
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