Having owned both the Autel EVO Nano+ as well as the DJI Mini 3 Pro, I feel I can comment on the interpolated quad-Bayer shots respectively labelled '50mp' (Autel) and '48mp' (DJI).
Today I undertook a test shoot to establish the best methods for processing both stacked exposures as well as the 48mp DNG output that can be captured with the Mini 3 Pro camera. Well, the weather was terrible, so I decided that I may as well make the best of a bad job and get the hang of shooting in the various modes in gloomy interior 'available light' conditions.
The sequences shot were AEB (3-exposure): Burst (5-exposure) and single exposures in the 48mp mode.
Stacking for the AEB and Burst sequences was done using an editing suite by the name of CHASYS DRAW. This was achieved by ignoring the DNG files and importing the JPG captures only - CHASYS DRAW is a freeware alternative to Photoshop and which, once you get the hang of it, returns excellent results for averaging stacking, super-resolution, focus stacking, HDR stacking etc. and doesn't cost you a red cent - well worth a look.
Secondary processing for the stacked TIFF results output from CHASYS DRAW as well as the untouched 48mp DNG originals taken from microSD card was done using PHOTONINJA for distortion correction, detail enhancement and first-pass noise reduction: then DARKTABLE was used on the 32bit floating point TIFF's created by Photoninja for local contrast enhancement, shadow & highlight enhancement, second stage noise reduction through astrophoto-denoise and velvia colour boost (Darktable is another feature-rich freeware RAW editor alternative to both Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and is DEFINITELY worth the time and effort to master).
Compared to the '50mp' Autel EVO Nano+ shooting option: the DJI Mini 3 Pro 48mp mode is hands-down 100% superior. Not only does it capture in the RAW format, which the Autel EVO Nano+ doesn't: the image, once "developed" to TIFF from the DJI DNG file is at least 4 times the megapixel density of the Autel equivalent. On top of that: the quality of the shot is also 100% superior, lacking the horrible Autel over-sharpening that leaves fine details looking as though they have been drawn instead of photographed.
Both Autel and DJI use the binning process in creating their quad-Bayer '50mp' and '48mp' shots, but the DJI version is far... FAR superior giving the serious photographer a choice - either JPG: or DNG to work on. The Autel EVO Nano+ only produces a low quality, lossy JPG in its '50mp' mode. The DJI 48mp DNG (RAW) product is worth the effort to enhance and edit for final JPG publication. The Autel 50mp quad-Bayer interpolated shot by direct comparison of like with like... is a serious let-down.
Score: credit where credit is due - definitive win for the DJI Mini 3 Pro.
Today I undertook a test shoot to establish the best methods for processing both stacked exposures as well as the 48mp DNG output that can be captured with the Mini 3 Pro camera. Well, the weather was terrible, so I decided that I may as well make the best of a bad job and get the hang of shooting in the various modes in gloomy interior 'available light' conditions.
The sequences shot were AEB (3-exposure): Burst (5-exposure) and single exposures in the 48mp mode.
Stacking for the AEB and Burst sequences was done using an editing suite by the name of CHASYS DRAW. This was achieved by ignoring the DNG files and importing the JPG captures only - CHASYS DRAW is a freeware alternative to Photoshop and which, once you get the hang of it, returns excellent results for averaging stacking, super-resolution, focus stacking, HDR stacking etc. and doesn't cost you a red cent - well worth a look.
Secondary processing for the stacked TIFF results output from CHASYS DRAW as well as the untouched 48mp DNG originals taken from microSD card was done using PHOTONINJA for distortion correction, detail enhancement and first-pass noise reduction: then DARKTABLE was used on the 32bit floating point TIFF's created by Photoninja for local contrast enhancement, shadow & highlight enhancement, second stage noise reduction through astrophoto-denoise and velvia colour boost (Darktable is another feature-rich freeware RAW editor alternative to both Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and is DEFINITELY worth the time and effort to master).
Compared to the '50mp' Autel EVO Nano+ shooting option: the DJI Mini 3 Pro 48mp mode is hands-down 100% superior. Not only does it capture in the RAW format, which the Autel EVO Nano+ doesn't: the image, once "developed" to TIFF from the DJI DNG file is at least 4 times the megapixel density of the Autel equivalent. On top of that: the quality of the shot is also 100% superior, lacking the horrible Autel over-sharpening that leaves fine details looking as though they have been drawn instead of photographed.
Both Autel and DJI use the binning process in creating their quad-Bayer '50mp' and '48mp' shots, but the DJI version is far... FAR superior giving the serious photographer a choice - either JPG: or DNG to work on. The Autel EVO Nano+ only produces a low quality, lossy JPG in its '50mp' mode. The DJI 48mp DNG (RAW) product is worth the effort to enhance and edit for final JPG publication. The Autel 50mp quad-Bayer interpolated shot by direct comparison of like with like... is a serious let-down.
Score: credit where credit is due - definitive win for the DJI Mini 3 Pro.
