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hello all coming from PA. i just want to know what are some good settings with long exposure on MA2. i've tired to change ios. i've tried times photo for 30 seconds and i'm not getting allot of light trail. maybe i'm not using the right settings. i've been playing around with the settings for about 30 mins and i couldn't figure it out. [emoji45]
 

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It important to note the following: The longest exposure supported by the MA2 is 8 seconds. The lowest ISO is 100. You are always shooting at F2.8. When you desire to do long exposures start at ISO 100. You will typically need some Neutral Density Filters to block much of the light to increase exposure time and maintain proper exposure. Night scenes may not need ND. The next critical thing impacting your results will be the wind condition. Dead calm would be the best condition to reduce as much movement by the drone as possible. Otherwise exposure longer than 0.5 seconds are likely to be blurred. Taking multiple shots will increase your chances of getting a sharp image. Good Luck.
 
There's not a lot of activity at the field I fly at but after sunset I've played around with long exposure shots of traffic in the area. I shot this with my Mavic Air 2, no filter, ISO 100, shutter speed set to 8 seconds.View attachment 112500
I'm guessing that you had either dead calm for the wind or close to it. Is that correct? Needless to say hovering for an 8 second exposure is going to be a challenge, but you certainly pulled it off. Thanks for sharing.
 
Ok here is a few of mine....ill start out with some daytime long exposures i was at the beach and throwing on an nd 156 will get u the frothy look with waves....(this would look awesome at a waterfall).....next is one of the harder shots, another day shot. This is where u put an nd filter of your choosing (whatever your situation requires) i used an nd64. You have to match your subjects speed for instance the car was going 40 and you have to go exactly 40mph to achieve the effect of everything around the subject being blurred and subject in focus....def trial and error take lots of pics...and finally easiest of them all, wait till it is dark flip to manual and adjust shutter to 1, or 2sec if wind is good could probably get 4 secs remember try to use low iso.

Edit: sorry had to really shrink some of these photos down...dont know how quality will turn out.
 

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