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legolas120499

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Gave another shot at Night long exposure shot with my Mavic 3. Really loved how it turned out!! Love those flares around street lights.

5 second exposure time with f/10, ISO-100.

A quick question. How is low-light performance of Mavic 3 main sensor for higher ISO?
 

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Gave another shot at Night long exposure shot with my Mavic 3. Really loved how it turned out!! Love those flares around street lights.

5 second exposure time with f/10, ISO-100.

A quick question. How is low-light performance of Mavic 3 main sensor for higher ISO?
Very nice. It will be a few months before I can do something like that...but my town doesn't actually have anything like that so... oh well. Can't really answer your question...it looked great to me but higher ISO will have a huge effect with more noise.
 
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Very nice. It will be a few months before I can do something like that...but my town doesn't actually have anything like that so... oh well. Can't really answer your question...it looked great to me but higher ISO will have a huge effect with more noise.
That's what I am afraid of. I usually try to keep ISO at minimum when possible to just minimize noise. But camera sensors usually have Native ISO where they perform better. My R6 mk2 have Native ISO of 800 and it performs better on 800 compared to 400. So, I was also curious if someone know native ISO for Mavic 3 sensor.
 
Gave another shot at Night long exposure shot with my Mavic 3. Really loved how it turned out!! Love those flares around street lights.

5 second exposure time with f/10, ISO-100.

A quick question. How is low-light performance of Mavic 3 main sensor for higher ISO?

Nice shot, @legolas120499.

l I used to shoot long exposures with 35-mm Ecktachrome and Fujichrome using heavy, clunky tripods and cable releases to avoid vibrations from touching the shutter button with a finger. Now, when I shoot a 1/2 second or longer shot with a drone, I am absolutely astonished at how sharp they can be.

I hope I never lose that sense of wonder and awe at the idea of a flying camera that can shoot multi-second exposures 400' up in the air and a thousand feet away in pitch black darkness. And if I choose to let it, it can fly itself home and land within a couple of inches of the takeoff point. And you don't need a Department of Defense budget to afford one. Freakin' amazing.
 
Nice shot, @legolas120499.

l I used to shoot long exposures with 35-mm Ecktachrome and Fujichrome using heavy, clunky tripods and cable releases to avoid vibrations from touching the shutter button with a finger. Now, when I shoot a 1/2 second or longer shot with a drone, I am absolutely astonished at how sharp they can be.

I hope I never lose that sense of wonder and awe at the idea of a flying camera that can shoot multi-second exposures 400' up in the air and a thousand feet away in pitch black darkness. And if I choose to let it, it can fly itself home and land within a couple of inches of the takeoff point. And you don't need a Department of Defense budget to afford one. Freakin' amazing.
I know right!! It is amazing how good these cameras have gotten!! I still can't believe I got this drone with fly more combo for just $1000!! Much better than Mini 3 pro I was using before!
 
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