Mavic 4 Pro Specs, What do we think about photography with it?

[Filmarik]

I'm sorry to be harsh, but these are simply horrendous results.

Optically the lens is a mush. And something went terribly wrong with 100->25 mpx quad bayer binning. I see the same very strange color patch issues that @Filmarik has noticed. Look at the out of focus rendering on the ferry boat and buildings next to it. I hope at least the binning issue is firmware-fixable.

Optics may be early QA problems, but I fear it's just badly designed. There are also weird chromatic aberrations on the gold crosses on the cathedral - looks like some digital CA corrector tries to suppress them.

The QA problems with lenses persisted throughout the entire production period of Mavic 3 series so what I see here is worrisome. The CA resembling issue around the crosses is related to QB sensor, I believe. The color is bleeding through sharp edges of high contrast and it resembles optical CA. It is visible to a lesser degree on building's edges all over the frame. This fenonenon becomes even more pronounced in the 100MP photos.

 

[PanoVolo]

this is 200% zoom in LR:
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[Filmarik]

this is 200% zoom in LR:
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Not many digital photos even from FF DSLR look all that great at 200%. Realistically noone is going to be looking at photos with magnifying glass. But I understand what you are trying to convey, how weird the fine detail looks in photos taken with QB sensor.

 

[fjoell]

I downloaded the Tallin files as well. The corners look better than my M3 classic (Tallin old town). And, picture was taken with f 2.2, stopping down should improve quality significantly - I always notice on my M3C when I accidently took a shot with 2.8 instead stopped down to 4.5

 

[Filmarik]

I downloaded the Tallin files as well. The corners look better than my M3 classic (Tallin old town). And, picture was taken with f 2.2, stopping down should improve quality significantly - I always notice on my M3C when I accidently took a shot with 2.8 instead stopped down to 4.5

Better corner sharpness in M4P 28mm photos should not come as a big surprise. After all this is narrower 28mm lens projecting image on cropped 4/3 sensor to 3:2 ratio. If you cropped your M3 Classic shots to 3:2 ratio by chopping top and bottom of the frame, the corners will look significantly better. So the comparison of M4P to your M3Classic is not really apples with apples but rather apples with oranges.

 

[PanoVolo]

QB definitely has it's own processing challenges. But here's a DNG from mini3 opened in LR at 200% also. And the sensor in this drone is also QB. While it's not the most amazing picture sharpness-wise, I see less "patchiness" and more microcontrast in this example.