It's finally here...

Cerberus · Mar 29, 2017

Now for some serious and careful videography..

p.s :- Can you guys tell me (from the second pic I uploaded) what this tip on the pen is for? I touched it and it left a blackish residue on my palm, Is it suppose to do that?

fax3l · Mar 29, 2017

It's to clean the camera lens.
How are the filter doing ?

Cerberus · Mar 29, 2017

fax3l said:
It's to clean the camera lens.
How are the filter doing ?

Hehe, yes, I am aware it is used to clean the lens... but is it suppose to leave some kind of blackish residue (can't tell its oily or powder) behind when you brush it on the lens (i tried it on my palm first..)

Cerberus · Mar 29, 2017

Oh, and to your question of how's the filter lens... I'm at work at the moment..

only took a moment to take the bag out and admire the quality for now..
will try it soon and post up what I think about it later on..

sonof40 · Mar 29, 2017

It's carbon. Used to clean grease or smudge on the lens. Don't touch it to your skin or you'll deplete the carbon.

Cerberus · Mar 29, 2017

sonof40 said:
It's carbon. Used to clean grease or smudge on the lens. Don't touch it to your skin or you'll deplete the carbon.

Ahh, I see... Thankz for the info..

To the filter lens, being stupid, I tried it last night (yes, at night.. HAHA) and to be expected, the camera at auto boost the ISO to 3200.. haha.. lots of noise and too DARKKKK.... will try and find a time to take a day run video..

To the lens, I like it.. It's build quality is good and installation is not hard at all... Having it on ( as long as you plug it all the way in ) doesn't interfere with the gimbal during start up.. thats good in my books considering I read some forums with users stating the filters they bought kinda blocked the gimbal during start up..

Cerberus · Mar 30, 2017

And here it is..

Do let me know wat you think..

davmcw · Mar 30, 2017

Cerberus said:
And here it is..

Do let me know wat you think..

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Fantastic!

Cerberus · Mar 30, 2017

Cool... can you guys see any difference between my Non-Filtered and Filtered Videos?

For me, base on the un edited videos I looks over, I think the color is really brought out in the filtered ones..
But would like the opinions from the rest of you guys..

Thankz.

mlaczek · Mar 31, 2017

Cerberus said:
Now for some serious and careful videography..

View attachment 9483

p.s :- Can you guys tell me (from the second pic I uploaded) what this tip on the pen is for? I touched it and it left a blackish residue on my palm, Is it suppose to do that?

View attachment 9484

hi Cerberus,

looks like nice filters. i would like to buy filter pack like this. after you tried your filters, please share your experiences. thank you!

regards, mlaczek

mlaczek · Mar 31, 2017

Cerberus said:
Cool... can you guys see any difference between my Non-Filtered and Filtered Videos?

For me, base on the un edited videos I looks over, I think the color is really brought out in the filtered ones..
But would like the opinions from the rest of you guys..

Thankz.

what ND you use for this video? ND8 or some other?

Cerberus · Mar 31, 2017

mlaczek said:
what ND you use for this video? ND8 or some other?

Personally, from looking at the raw footage, I feel a distinct better color quality with the filter on in comparison to without. So As most videography droning pros here told me, a filter is a must.. I think they weren't kidding.

I was using ND4 in this vid, Started using it when it was rather cloudy but as you can see in this testrun, there were some brighter videos sections and some darker sections... Thats because during filming, it got sunny a bit than cloudy again (on and off, thats the crazy weather I am going through here now), and I was too lazy to bring the drone back to change to ND 8.. and so forth..

Overall opinion... I like the filters, its well made, and putting it on and taking it off is not really tough and the color improvements over non filter videos is pretty visible to my old eyes..

So, yea, if you are asking me , I think this filter purchase is a good buy.

mlaczek · Mar 31, 2017

Cerberus said:
Personally, from looking at the raw footage, I feel a distinct better color quality with the filter on in comparison to without. So As most videography droning pros here told me, a filter is a must.. I think they weren't kidding.

I was using ND4 in this vid, Started using it when it was rather cloudy but as you can see in this testrun, there were some brighter videos sections and some darker sections... Thats because during filming, it got sunny a bit than cloudy again (on and off, thats the crazy weather I am going through here now), and I was too lazy to bring the drone back to change to ND 8.. and so forth..

Overall opinion... I like the filters, its well made, and putting it on and taking it off is not really tough and the color improvements over non filter videos is pretty visible to my old eyes..

So, yea, if you are asking me , I think this filter purchase is a good buy.

thank you for your answer! i think i wait a bit for purchase, but i'm shure, i will buy a set of filters. now i thinking about what i have to choose. polar pro, or freewell / polarized, or not polarized.

have a nice day

Cerberus · Mar 31, 2017

mlaczek said:
thank you for your answer! i think i wait a bit for purchase, but i'm shure, i will buy a set of filters. now i thinking about what i have to choose. polar pro, or freewell / polarized, or not polarized.

have a nice day

Polar Pro I have seen good reviews on it and from the footages at youtube showing its video, I think its pretty good too.
So I don't think you will be disappointed in buying them..

Good luck.. And fly safe

p.s :- I bought freewell because it gave the free cleaning pen kit.. Considering my clumsy self and tendency to smudge anything with glass or lens and stuff, I think its a necessity for me.. haha

bucefalo · Mar 31, 2017

i was one of those saying that ND filter is NOT needed... well i was honestly wrong !
One thing i didn't " realize " was that we are not taking pictures on the ground so obliviously up in the sky there is much more light to deal with !
i bought ND filter by DJI , they are cheap...(polar pro cost 3 times more.. are you kidding me???)
they are easy to install, they don't mess up with gimbal and in my opinion they do a good job
Video:

picture:

Cerberus · Mar 31, 2017

bucefalo said:
i was one of those saying that ND filter is NOT needed... well i was honestly wrong !
One thing i didn't " realize " was that we are not taking pictures on the ground so obliviously up in the sky there is much more light to deal with !
i bought ND filter by DJI , they are cheap...(polar pro cost 3 times more.. are you kidding me???)
they are easy to install, they don't mess up with gimbal and in my opinion they do a good job
Video:

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picture:

Nice scenery and video, Bro..

btw, how did you do the blur effect right at the beginning of the vid? If you don't wanna say, I'm cool.. hehe

bucefalo · Mar 31, 2017

Cerberus said:
Nice scenery and video, Bro..

btw, how did you do the blur effect right at the beginning of the vid? If you don't wanna say, I'm cool.. hehe

thank you

well that I made it with Adobe premiere pro but can be achieved with any video editing software! I also like that sort of effect

Cerberus · Mar 31, 2017

bucefalo said:
thank you well that I made it with Adobe premiere pro but can be achieved with any video editing software! I also like that sort of effect

Ahh, through video editing.. sorry, I'm always stuck in this mind set that everything I see in Vids, its through settings or features through the Mavic Pro itself.. my bad.. ;p

mlaczek · Mar 31, 2017

Cerberus said:
Nice scenery and video, Bro..

btw, how did you do the blur effect right at the beginning of the vid? If you don't wanna say, I'm cool.. hehe

that is not blur effect. that is out of focus

(i'm just fooling

)