The motion of the turbine blades is jerky, ruining an otherwise acceptable video.
Mini 2 Forgot my ND Filters at home and paid for it.
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I dont know, I dont think its that bad. Sure you could have added more motion blur with the filter but in the end still nice to see. I agree it would have been more cinematic but the subject is not exactly cinematic. I follow you but I still think you did a nice job.
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Great video, Played smooth as silk for me and I am watching it on the Large Screen, even the slow motion was not to bad.
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MARK (LI)
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You videoed it...took the time to edit it and posted it...no reason for negative criticism...thanks for sharing it with us...the scenery was beautiful...although I think the windmills take away from otherwise naturally beautiful scenes...for some reason those old ones in The Netherlands are a lot more aesthetically pleasing to the eye 
Not so jerky. But having to rely on ND filters is the main reason why I prefer variable aperture so I have some control with or without the filters.
Your version of bad video is way better than my version of good video! I can fly but I have a lot to learn about photography.
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It was a fine video! I have almost given up on ND filter for my Mavic 2 mini. Just cannot get it to stay on. Much prefer the Mavic 2 Pro.
I have the Mavic2Zoom and have the same problem. The video is nice by the way. Sunsets are tricky, going from not facing the sun to facing the sun I believe needs to be a conscious and deliberate decision. As of lately I have been putting on the ND filters anytime there is potential need, and rarely go up without first determining if I need sunglasses or not ! Luckily we can edit post flight !
tlswift58
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Blades spinning looked fine to me. What were you shooting at? 1080p?
Even without an ND, did you go manual versus auto exp?
tlswift58
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But ND filters are a waste and not usable! (According to some!).
Video looked fine to me, yet you never want to point the camera into the sun. ND's won't even help that.
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Definitely better for a coloring bookYou videoed it...took the time to edit it and posted it...no reason for negative criticism...thanks for sharing it with us...the scenery was beautiful...although I think the windmills take away from otherwise naturally beautiful scenes...for some reason those old ones in The Netherlands are a lot more aesthetically pleasing to the eye
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My guess what you're seeing is the thin side of the Blade flexing. There is no rocking of the blades as I always thought. I talked with someone today who use to work on them in the field. So the odd motion you see must be from flexing.
I don't think that ND filters are a waste and do remain useable. They are just a royal pain for fixed aperture cameras. They make little distance for long range shots, but do offer some help when you get closer to a subject where motion blur would be expected.
I don't own ND filters for my Mini 2 but do have them for my Mavic 2 Pro. However I have them to be able to stay in the sharpest f stop range of the M2, somewhere around f4, but I know I can be in the ballpark in terms of exposure and just take my best guess which ND filter would allow me to stay at 1/60sec. A 2-4 stop range is much easier to deal with on the fly than a fixed aperture. But in regard to ND filters, I find the best filter for me are my PolarPro gradients. I know that 80% of the time I'm going too have sky and ground shot together and the gentle gradient helps keep things in balance and makes dynamic range so much easier to deal with. When I'm shooting only at the ground it isn't that severe that I even really notice much if at all. There are almost no instances when I'm shooting ONLY sky and some ground isn't in the picture. PolarPro is the only company I know of that made gradients for DJI drones, but have since discontinued them. I have no idea why other companies haven't picked up on it as IMO they are more useful than straight ND filters. JMO
I use ND filters, usually an 8 or 32 if mid day, all they time. Way smoother video. But I cheaped out and bought Amazon’s SunnyLife ones. They add a distinct brown tinge which is ugly. I have to clean it up with a colour shift in Final Cut Pro, impossible to match to non ND or handheld camera video otherwise. Stay away from these if you arent comfortable colour grading in post. And if you dont know what that means, stay away!
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