Why are my pics suddenly grainy

[Ptevee]

These were taken today. Sun behind me. Same horrible quality.

 

[Ptevee]

Settings for that shot today

 

[Ptevee]

 

[sar104]

These are right off the sd card. Will not allow me to upload raw

Upload them to Dropbox or Google Drive and post a link.

 

[Ptevee]

Take my word for it... I've shot many RAW, JPEG with all settings and AUTO. Across the board they are all horribly grainy. Uploading a RAW will look just like what I've uploaded. I have taken 1000's of pics on this M2Z and quality has always been great. It's a sudden change??

 

[sar104]

Take my word for it... I've shot many RAW, JPEG with all settings and AUTO. Across the board they are all horribly grainy. Uploading a RAW will look just like what I've uploaded. I have taken 1000's of pics on this M2Z and quality has always been great. It's a sudden change??

Since you didn't even seem to be able to distinguish raw from JPEG to start with, you'll have to forgive me if I don't take your word for it. Raw images never look like JPEG images, so without some actual samples to examine this discussion is going nowhere.

 

[Ptevee]

Here ya go!

DJI_0947.DNG

drive.google.com

 

[Ptevee]

Now you can see the HUGE difference in image quality! Not!

 

[boblui]

I do not see any problem with your pictures. This is the 100% crop of a RAW image taken with my M2P today ( ISO100, F2.8, 1.3 sec ). Hope it will make you feel better about your M2Z :

 

[Ptevee]

I do not see any problem with your pictures. This is the 100% crop of a RAW image taken with my M2P today ( ISO100, F2.8, 1.3 sec ). Hope it will make you feel better about your M2Z :

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Yep! That's what my 1000's of M2Z pics used to look like. The title of this thread is "a sudden change...". My cameras quality has changed! RAW, JPEG, AUTO or MANUAL. The quality has changed!

 

[Ptevee]

Since you didn't even seem to be able to distinguish raw from JPEG to start with, you'll have to forgive me if I don't take your word for it. Raw images never look like JPEG images, so without some actual samples to examine this discussion is going nowhere.

I have plenty of working knowledge of cameras thank you! I've been doing photography for decades. The reason for this thread was to find out if anyone else has experienced "A SUDDEN CHANGE OF QUALITY".

 

[Ptevee]

Is this a difference between the M2Z and the M2P? I assumed that they would be the same, but maybe not. Which are you using?

I already posted it.

 

[sar104]

Now you can see the HUGE difference in image quality! Not!

Okay - I'm afraid that you need to learn a bit about photography before you are going to be satisfied. Here is DJI_0947.DNG processed and rendered as a JPEG. I see no problems with it at all - in fact considering the small sensor it's rather good.

 

[boblui]

I have plenty of working knowledge of cameras thank you! I've been doing photography for decades. The reason for this thread was to find out if anyone else has experienced "A SUDDEN CHANGE OF QUALITY".

I don't know how much experience you really have but all I can say is your pictures are OK. If I were you, I will stop whining about a non-existent issue and move on to enjoy taking photos with your drone.

 

[sar104]

I have plenty of working knowledge of cameras thank you! I've been doing photography for decades. The reason for this thread was to find out if anyone else has experienced "A SUDDEN CHANGE OF QUALITY".

I have no idea what you know about cameras, but you clearly have no clue how to process raw images.

 

[Ptevee]

Okay - I'm afraid that you need to learn a bit about photography before you are going to be satisfied. Here is DJI_0947.DNG processed and rendered as a JPEG. I see no problems with it at all - in fact considering the small sensor it's rather good.

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if that's your idea of a quality pic I wonder what your portfolio looks like? Hey, why don't you post a link to it so we can all see your inspiring work! Walk the walk my friend before you start belittling people you don't know anything about.

 

[sar104]

if that's your idea of a quality pic I wonder what your portfolio looks like? Hey, why don't you post a link to it so we can all see your inspiring work! Walk the walk my friend before you start belittling people you don't know anything about.

To turn that around, if that's your idea of a poor photo then what, exactly, is your problem with it? Can you elaborate? Noise? No - it's not noisy. Blurry? No - it's pretty sharp across the entire field of view. JPEG artifacts? No - not visible. Color balance? Easily fixed if you don't like it.

 

[SkyeHigh]

Okay - mine is also an M2P and it has the settings that I posted earlier - JPEG, RAW or JPEG + RAW.

Well this turned out to be an unexpected one. Had to go and buy a USB cable to connect but AC showing correct .0510 current Official version in DJI Assistant but then showing Some Modules Incompatible. Downloaded, installed same version and I now have all three options and can shoot in RAW only. Yay!!

Not sure which module hadn’t updated but same battery. I would have thought it would have highlighted a partial update failure.

Big, big thanks for pointing this out.

Bring on some good weather now!!

 

[BadWolf1]

Take my word for it... I've shot many RAW, JPEG with all settings and AUTO. Across the board they are all horribly grainy. Uploading a RAW will look just like what I've uploaded. I have taken 1000's of pics on this M2Z and quality has always been great. It's a sudden change??

I can't see noise or graininess in file you just provided. The HDR tagged one at the start of the thread has noisy shadows, as if the exposure was been heavily boosted in those areas for an HDR effect from one exposure

They're not overwhelmingly sharp (I have a different model and have come to expect better than this, but I don't know what's "normal" for different models). I'm guessing that you've got an ND filter on the camera based on shutter speed / aperture combination , even so it should be fast enough, but they look slightly motion blurred. Obvious things to try would be taking any filter off but also shooting when on the ground if the drone has a vibration problem or the gimbal isn't stabilizing properly you'll get a sharp image on the ground and a blurred one when flying.

 

[Ptevee]

I can't see noise or graininess in file you just provided. The HDR tagged one at the start of the thread has noisy shadows, as if the exposure was been heavily boosted in those areas for an HDR effect from one exposure

They're not overwhelmingly sharp (I have a different model and have come to expect better than this, but I don't know what's "normal" for different models). I'm guessing that you've got an ND filter on the camera based on shutter speed / aperture combination , even so it should be fast enough, but they look slightly motion blurred. Obvious things to try would be taking any filter off but also shooting when on the ground if the drone has a vibration problem or the gimbal isn't stabilizing properly you'll get a sharp image on the ground and a blurred one when flying.

I much appreciate your helpful response!