Whats wrong with my horizon?

[Ynksfan27]

Is this a sign that my gimbal needs calibrated? I had calibrated it for the first time about 2 or 3 flights ago and haven't done anything crazy since. Just curious why the horizon is so bowed.

 

[Former Member]

No I dont think its a gimbal calibration problem. Have you changed any settings in the camera lately? You might try reset camera settings.

 

[Ynksfan27]

No I dont think its a gimbal calibration problem. Have you changed any settings in the camera lately? You might try reset camera settings.

I have been trying to learn how to shoot better photos, so I was messing with the ISO and shutter speed. Think I may of had my settings out of whack like you said. I will try setting them back to defaults and see if that helps. Thanks for the opinion

 

[Former Member]

I have been trying to learn how to shoot better photos, so I was messing with the ISO and shutter speed. Think I may of had my settings out of whack like you said. I will try setting them back to defaults and see if that helps. Thanks for the opinion

Yeah, sometimes when adjusting the settings, I try to write down what I did, so if something isnt right after Im done, I just start undoing what I did to find out what it was.

 

[Ynksfan27]

Yeah, sometimes when adjusting the settings, I try to write down what I did, so if something isnt right after Im done, I just start undoing what I did to find out what it was.

Thanks Rob. I will definitely start doing that. Today I was just changing numbers and taking pictures. Running and gunning lol. Is it possible to see what my ISO and Shutter Speed were set to in the meta data?

 

[brett8883]

Is this a sign that my gimbal needs calibrated? I had calibrated it for the first time about 2 or 3 flights ago and haven't done anything crazy since. Just curious why the horizon is so bowed.

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On a wide angle lens like the Mavic you will have lens barrel distortion like that at an increasing rate the further something is from lens center.

 

[Porky]

This happens to me while taking photos, curved horizon. Now it might just be me but when I have the camera angle pointing to high I get the curved horizon but bringing the camera angle down slightly cues the problem. I’m flying a M2P btw?

What are you flying?

 

[brett8883]

A fisheye lens is an extreme example of wide angle barrel distortion

 

[Porky]

Or this on a M2P,

 

[Porky]

You will definitely be able to sort the curved horizon out in post, if you do edit your photos?

 

[mealers]

Even the very best camera lenses have some kind of distortion.
I use Lightroom to edit my photos and fixing that distortion is a very quick and easy fix.

 

[4wd]

You could explain it as the curvature of earth showing

 

[mealers]

You could explain it as the curvature of earth showing

I thought the earth was supposed to be flat?? ?

 

[Ynksfan27]

Thanks for the responses everyone! Glad to know this is normal and can be corrected during post. I’m on a M2Z.

 

[Mutly32]

I too have this problem,but only in raw. Is it common and no fix to it other than in post.