Mavic 3 Blurry Long exposure shot

[legolas120499]

So, recently I got a Mavic 3. This is my first Mavic. I tried using the variable aperture to take a long exposure shot for car light trails. I got a few pictures and most of them were blurry like this one!! Here are my settings: ISO - 100, f/11 and 8 seconds of exposure.

My guess is the micro vibrations due to wind but it wasn't that windy and Mavic should be able to handle that. Is there something I can do to mitigate this?

 

[Starz]

Step down the exposure time. ISO needs to be higher.
May be some information here.

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[tstr14]

What Starz said. 8 seconds is a long exposure. It may have been calm at ground level but breezy at the level of the drone. Crank up the ISO to lower the exposure time.

 

[Felix le Chat]

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So, recently I got a Mavic 3. This is my first Mavic. I tried using the variable aperture to take a long exposure shot for car light trails. I got a few pictures and most of them were blurry like this one!! Here are my settings: ISO - 100, f/11 and 8 seconds of exposure.

My guess is the micro vibrations due to wind but it wasn't that windy and Mavic should be able to handle that. Is there something I can do to mitigate this?

I think you'll find this is down to PDAF/CDAF failing to nail focus. Switch to MF: and have the peaking option set to high for better on-screen display as to when you hit best focus.

I had the same problem with night shots using my Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom, manually racking focus using peaking gave me much better shots.

 

[MS Coast]

I think you'll find this is down to PDAF/CDAF failing to nail focus. Switch to MF: and have the peaking option set to high for better on-screen display as to when you hit best focus.

I had the same problem with night shots using my Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom, manually racking focus using peaking gave me much better shots.

For that scene with distant subjects, would you not just set the focus to infinity?

 

[Meta4]

Here are my settings: ISO - 100, f/11 and 8 seconds of exposure.

Eight seconds is too long an exposure to expect the drone to be able to manage.

My guess is the micro vibrations due to wind but it wasn't that windy and Mavic should be able to handle that. Is there something I can do to mitigate this?

Even at two seconds, I would shoot several times to have a better chance of having one good one to use.

 

[RAC DJI]

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So, recently I got a Mavic 3. This is my first Mavic. I tried using the variable aperture to take a long exposure shot for car light trails. I got a few pictures and most of them were blurry like this one!! Here are my settings: ISO - 100, f/11 and 8 seconds of exposure.

My guess is the micro vibrations due to wind but it wasn't that windy and Mavic should be able to handle that. Is there something I can do to mitigate this?

I took this one a couple of months ago which I thought turned out ok. Settings are attached.

 

[legolas120499]

Step down the exposure time. ISO needs to be higher.
May be some information here.

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Thank you so much!

 

[legolas120499]

I think you'll find this is down to PDAF/CDAF failing to nail focus. Switch to MF: and have the peaking option set to high for better on-screen display as to when you hit best focus.

I had the same problem with night shots using my Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom, manually racking focus using peaking gave me much better shots.

Okay. I never thought about that. I will try that out tonight and see if that makes difference.

 

[legolas120499]

I took this one a couple of months ago which I thought turned out ok. Settings are attached.View attachment 183606

That is much better but I think it is also the nature of the image. Some of the images I took were sharp but majority had that blur.

 

[waynorth]

I think you'll find this is down to PDAF/CDAF failing to nail focus. Switch to MF: and have the peaking option set to high for better on-screen display as to when you hit best focus.

The blur in the photo is typical for camera movement during exposure, it is not caused by focus error.

 

[Starz]

typical for camera movement during exposure

Certainly possible at 8 seconds.