It was a sunny day so I put on the PolarPro DJI Mavic ND32/PL Filter. It doesn't look too dark, but when I try to up the exposure I'm getting a ton of noise and grain. You can kind of see the noise in this video. Am I just too far under exposed and should have gone with the ND16/PL?
Is this too far under exposed?
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It was a sunny day so I put on the PolarPro DJI Mavic ND32/PL Filter. It doesn't look too dark, but when I try to up the exposure I'm getting a ton of noise and grain. You can kind of see the noise in this video. Am I just too far under exposed and should have gone with the ND16/PL?
CoolBreeze
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What were your camera settings?
I normally need NP32 on bright sunny day, even early morning.
Settings were 30fps @ 1/60th
0 -1 -1
D-Log
ISO 100
here is the video after only increasing the exposure You can see the grain in the bottom left corner really bad. it kind of looks out of focus too.
CoolBreeze
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Plawa
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Most of those shots are pretty much stationary so using an ND filter really makes no sense.. it will just cause the issues you're seeing without any benefit.
So even though the Mavic Pro is moving it doesn't matter? You only need filters for things that are moving in the shot like waves, people, cars, trains, etc...?
Plawa
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Using manual when you don't really know what you are doing is a great way to mess things up.
Mavic footage looks bad if under-exposed even slightly. In most situations its better to use Auto exposure and an EV between +0.3 and +1.0
You can fit an ND filter on a bright day if it makes you feel better, it doesn't make much difference to the result no matter what people say.
Mavic footage looks bad if under-exposed even slightly. In most situations its better to use Auto exposure and an EV between +0.3 and +1.0
You can fit an ND filter on a bright day if it makes you feel better, it doesn't make much difference to the result no matter what people say.
You've got very very little edit room in a mavic video. Its already a low bit depth image recorded at a low bit rate - there simply isn't the data there to do much editing without introducing a heap of noise.
ND filters are only there to give you about 1/50th second shutter speed. This should be at ISO100 (any higher theres even more noise from the fairly cheap camera).
So "which filter" is a case of trial and error, the correct filter is the one that'll let you get a properly exposed image at about 1/50th and iso100. To tell if the exposure is correct use the EV display but also the zebra and histogram on the display. Ideally you want it as bright as possible without burning out highlights.
ND filters are only there to give you about 1/50th second shutter speed. This should be at ISO100 (any higher theres even more noise from the fairly cheap camera).
So "which filter" is a case of trial and error, the correct filter is the one that'll let you get a properly exposed image at about 1/50th and iso100. To tell if the exposure is correct use the EV display but also the zebra and histogram on the display. Ideally you want it as bright as possible without burning out highlights.
Thanks for the response. This helps a lot. Fixing in post isn't an option I guess haha. Take care!
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