DJI Mavic Fireworks settings

Mr. Salty · Jul 6, 2017

Here's mine from Monday night:

4k, 24 fps, ISO 1600, 1/50th of a second shutter, cloudy white balance, manual focus.

TXHou · Jul 6, 2017

Looks good! Nice job! Definitely fun to get fireworks with the mavic.

TXHou · Jul 15, 2017

Seen a few more mavic fireworks videos. Very impressed with the footage mavic can get. ISO 1600 looks pretty good too. Hope more people post fireworks videos as I'ved enjoyed watching them all.

Crypto · Jul 16, 2017

Tried yesterday to shot fireworks video with automatic setting except:
Manual focus, WB Cloudy, -0.3EV, 2.7k/30Fps
I'm not so satisfied because there is a king of noise all around the 4 sides (look 3rd picture extracted from the movie).
I'll have to add the sound we recorded at ~2m from the fireworks departures.

Ps: Im' one of the pyrotechnician who made the firework.
I'm looking to improve these shots as I have another firework to make on the 22th from 3 boats at once.
I'll take the base of Mr. Salty's previous post which seems way better.

Balko · Jul 16, 2017

Crypto said:
Tried yesterday to shot fireworks video with automatic setting except:
Manual focus, WB Cloudy, -0.3EV, 2.7k/30Fps

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I suppose you set your Focus to infinity? Btw, nice shots!

Balko · Jul 16, 2017

Mr. Salty said:
Here's mine from Monday night:

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4k, 24 fps, ISO 1600, 1/50th of a second shutter, cloudy white balance, manual focus.

May I know how you recorded the sound of the fireworks bursts?

TXHou · Jul 19, 2017

Crypto said:
Tried yesterday to shot fireworks video with automatic setting except:
Manual focus, WB Cloudy, -0.3EV, 2.7k/30Fps
I'm not so satisfied because there is a king of noise all around the 4 sides (look 3rd picture extracted from the movie).
I'll have to add the sound we recorded at ~2m from the fireworks departures.

View attachment 17354 View attachment 17355 View attachment 17356

Ps: Im' one of the pyrotechnician who made the firework.
I'm looking to improve these shots as I have another firework to make on the 22th from 3 boats at once.
I'll take the base of Mr. Salty's previous post which seems way better.

What iso were you using in this? Looks like a great show bud!

TXHou · Jul 19, 2017

Balko said:
I suppose you set your Focus to infinity? Btw, nice shots!

I 2nd his comment lol

PM160Mavic · Jul 19, 2017

Balko said:
Didn't you encounter focusing problems in this low-light situation or did you focus manually?

I focused to infinity when hovering about five feet off the ground. I focused on a light pole about ten meters away. As soon as I focused I switched to manual so it locked my focus in.

I think it worked out quite well for my first time. It's very difficult to focus when up in the air in the night time.

Balko · Jul 19, 2017

PM160Mavic said:
I focused to infinity when hovering about five feet off the ground. I focused on a light pole about ten meters away. As soon as I focused I switched to manual so it locked my focus in.

I think it worked out quite well for my first time. It's very difficult to focus when up in the air in the night time.

Yes, so very difficult to focus up in the air with low light.
Will try out your way.

Thanks!

PM160Mavic · Jul 19, 2017

Balko said:
Yes, so very difficult to focus up in the air with low light.
Will try out your way.

Thanks!

Definetly give it a try. Focus on the ground to something that is bright a few meters away. If our focus is clear on the ground you'll be fine. Then switch to manual after it auto focused. You'll be good to go. Good luck.

Balko · Jul 19, 2017

PM160Mavic said:
Definetly give it a try. Focus on the ground to something that is bright a few meters away. If our focus is clear on the ground you'll be fine. Then switch to manual after it auto focused. You'll be good to go. Good luck.

Thank you, PM160
!

Xyquil · Nov 5, 2017

Caldicot Castle Bonfire Night - November 5, 2017

4K 30fps

tictag · Nov 5, 2017

Nigpd said:
"Same" shutter speed at fps? Interesting. Goes against the convention wisdom of the 180 rule

Remember that 'rule' is entirely subjective, a 'rule of thumb' really. It's just a way to have 'pleasing' motion blur in the image and it's what we're used to from broadcast video. Who's to say that 1/25s @ 25fps isn't the perfect setting for 'pleasing firework trails'? I'm just saying that it's subjective ... there are no 'rules' as such.

tictag · Nov 5, 2017

PM160Mavic said:
Definetly give it a try. Focus on the ground to something that is bright a few meters away. If our focus is clear on the ground you'll be fine. Then switch to manual after it auto focused. You'll be good to go. Good luck.

Don't forget you have a x2 digital zoom ... useful for fine-tuning focus at night. Just don't do it whilst recording, though, like I did!

Crypto · Mar 4, 2018

Made my first good video of fireworks on a show I was working on, these are the setting commonly used:
4K 24fps
800 to 1600 ISO
1/50th shutter
Cloudy WB
Manual focus

geevee · Mar 4, 2018

tictag said:
Remember that 'rule' is entirely subjective, a 'rule of thumb' really. It's just a way to have 'pleasing' motion blur in the image and it's what we're used to from broadcast video. Who's to say that 1/25s @ 25fps isn't the perfect setting for 'pleasing firework trails'? I'm just saying that it's subjective ... there are no 'rules' as such.

haha, tell that to my video editors. There are rules for professional work, where trained people can see the differences. It depends on end use also, if it's just for yourself and you love it, then cool, do what you want. Also not an AccaDacca fan but in Australia that is *the* go-to song for firework displays, and it's kinda perfect.

Airborne24 · Mar 4, 2018

Love the music perfect for fireworks great job,I will probably try this fourth.

skadee · Jul 5, 2018

Nice work, I struggled last night to capture the various home fireworks shows in my neighboorhood and surrounding ones, mostly having focus issues. I never checked the ISO, but wouldn’t be surprised if I left it low, as I was more occupied with focusing than anything else, and never got a good result. (Using Litchi), I sure wish that one of the wheels could be used for manual focus.

Your video looks great, I would like to see it from a little more distance from the launch site, but still, looks cool, great job!