Thoughts on new ND filters from DJI

Daskid · Jan 12, 2017

gektron said:
The other important question is: are they multi-coated? It doesn't say on DJI's website.

I think they would put that on the description if it is indeed multi-coated.

Chase R · Jan 12, 2017

Nigpd said:
At $35 for a set of 3, the price would put me off straight away

Polar Pros cinemas are $80. $35 is pretty fair if they are functional.

gektron · Jan 12, 2017

Daskid said:
I think they would put that on the description if it is indeed multi-coated.

That's what I thought, but I left the question open in case anyone knew for sure.

Nigpd · Jan 12, 2017

Chase R said:
Polar Pros cinemas are $80. $35 is pretty fair if they are functional.

That is a pretty big "if" and for that price, my money is on them being of a quality of material that will degrade the image.

Chase R · Jan 12, 2017

Nigpd said:
That is a pretty big "if" and for that price, my money is on them being of a quality of material that will degrade the image.

I just don't see DJI putting out a **** filter. These guys kind of know their stuff when it comes to cameras.

Nigpd · Jan 12, 2017

I'm prepared to be proved wrong and will apologise if these £11 filters are the dog's danglies and do not cause any degredation in image quality.

I will be the first to sell my Taco-RCs and my soon to arrive PolarPro Cinema series filters and buy DJI

willhay555 · Jan 12, 2017

DJI release a flagship drone and then sell **** filters for it so we can all trash them.

I don't think so.

Nigpd · Jan 12, 2017

If you're right, I stand by my previous post

halley · Jan 12, 2017

Chase R said:
These guys kind of know their stuff when it comes to cameras.

Erm, the Mavic camera has

(1) a massive red spot / blue fringe in the center of DNG, mostly corrected by their MOV and JPEG routines but somehow not documented or acknowledged by DJI,

(2) a continuing manufacturing defect where the sensor is not aligned with the lenses, giving bad corner focus for a lot of people,

(3) a compression on JPEG so aggressive people use the term "watercolor" to describe it.

DJI integrated a camera because they needed a camera. They know gimbals pretty well (though this one is constrained by its weight/profile), and they know multicopter control pretty well, and they know radio two-way link communication really well. Either the price point and the market they're after means the camera is just not their main focus, or they just don't know cameras all that well.

leesmavic · Jan 12, 2017

halley said:
Erm, the Mavic camera has

(1) a massive red spot / blue fringe in the center of DNG, mostly corrected by their MOV and JPEG routines but somehow not documented or acknowledged by DJI,

(2) a continuing manufacturing defect where the sensor is not aligned with the lenses, giving bad corner focus for a lot of people,

(3) a compression on JPEG so aggressive people use the term "watercolor" to describe it.

DJI integrated a camera because they needed a camera. They know gimbals pretty well (though this one is constrained by its weight/profile), and they know multicopter control pretty well, and they know radio two-way link communication really well. Either the price point and the market they're after means the camera is just not their main focus, or they just don't know cameras all that well.

That might be the reason they are investing in Hasselblad. On the other hand, I see a lot of positive reviews about DJI cameras from people who earn money by filming stuff. I call them professional filmmakers and I kinda trust them.

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