Which aperture setting are you all using?

[Chopstix Kid]

... for landscape videos such as cityscapes and skylines? I will of course experiment but was wondering on a general consensus. Will I need to go all the way to f11 or will 5.6-ish give enough DOF for such a vast area?

 

[Black Diesel]

I've heard 5.6 is the sweet spot. But wondering if it makes any difference for shooting video vs shooting stills? Hopefully someone out there has performed a sharpness test through the aperture range.

 

[Chopstix Kid]

I've heard 5.6 is the sweet spot. But wondering if it makes any difference for shooting video vs shooting stills? Hopefully someone out there has performed a sharpness test through the aperture range.

I’m looking more for depth of field then I am sharpness. Sharpness I plan control through ISO although with a 1 inch sensor I’m not really sure even going up to 3200 ISO will have a huge impact. My plan is to run 4K/30 in manual mode at 1/60 shutter. Just wondering if I need f11 to keep an entire city in focus.

 

[Black Diesel]

I’m looking more for depth of field then I am sharpness. Sharpness I plan control through ISO although with a 1 inch sensor I’m not really sure even going up to 3200 ISO will have a huge impact. My plan is to run 4K/30 in manual mode at 1/60 shutter. Just wondering if I need f11 to keep an entire city in focus.

Yeah I would like to know as well. I'm headed out of town soon and don't have time to test. I believe 5.6 is still the sweet spot for sharpness and DOF because any higher diffraction may start kicking in....

 

[eaglewoodfilms]

See this for the answer: Mavic 2 Pro: Aperture Performance

 

[Meta4]

Will I need to go all the way to f11 or will 5.6-ish give enough DOF for such a vast area?

I’m looking more for depth of field then I am sharpness. Sharpness I plan control through ISO although with a 1 inch sensor I’m not really sure even going up to 3200 ISO will have a huge impact. My plan is to run 4K/30 in manual mode at 1/60 shutter. Just wondering if I need f11 to keep an entire city in focus.

Unless you are thinking of having subjects 2 feet from the lens with important background detail in the distance, depth of field is the last thing you need to be concerned about.
The lens has loads of DoF at any aperture but for typical aerial use you won't need it anyway as everything in your shots will be well away from the lens.

Increasing ISO is something you should avoid unless there is no other option.

 

[gnirtS]

I did aperture and iso tests with examples here:-

Aperture sharpness results

Basically, f/4 is probably the sweet spot but f/2.8 is near identical. Drops off a bit by 5.6 but still usable.

f/8 has lost a fair bit due to diffraction and f/11 is horrible.

As for depth of field, forget it. We're dealing with a relatively small 1 inch sensor and a 10mm lens. When you plug the numbers into the calculators it comes up with infinity focus of 3.4m (about 11ft) at f/2.8. There is no DOF to change or worry about

 

[Chopstix Kid]

Awesome. Thanks everyone!

 

[gnirtS]

Sharpness I plan control through ISO although with a 1 inch sensor I’m not really sure even going up to 3200 ISO will have a huge impact.

Its a 1 inch sensor which is tiny on the grand scale of things. Acceptable ISOs are 100 and 200. Maybe 400 at a stretch if you're willing to run post production noise reduction. Above that its unusable.

 

[Chopstix Kid]

Its a 1 inch sensor which is tiny on the grand scale of things. Acceptable ISOs are 100 and 200. Maybe 400 at a stretch if you're willing to run post production noise reduction. Above that its unusable.

That’s great info. My limited background is from DLSR product photography. I’d like to keep post to a minimum so 100 or 200 ISO it is.

 

[gnirtS]

Even my DSLRs i wont shoot above 400 unless i absolutely have to.

 

[Chopstix Kid]

30fps 1/60 f4 100 ISO is where I’ll start. Thanks again all.

 

[Chopstix Kid]

Even my DSLRs i wont shoot above 400 unless i absolutely have to.

It’s studio work so 200 iso f5 is pretty much where I’m glued at.

 

[Martin Kuhn]

I really apreciated this video

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