if its really sunny a nd16 or 32 should do the rightt trick 
iso bout 100 or 200 hope that helps
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Please would someone direct me towards the best ND/ Polaroid filters for the DJI mini 2.
I live in the UK
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Your post has been moved to an existing thread on this very subject. Have a scroll up and youāll find lots of information here.
I got the set from freewell , the all day 8 set from Amazon , you get 4xND and 4xNDPL they are excellent, I think its hard to find them now but I think they are still available from AmazonUS would highly recommend.
Many thanks for advice. I will go shopping!
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If you have no luck the skyreat ones are also good quality
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Hello everybody this is my 1st post. All the very best for 2022.
I have just bought my first DJI mini 2 drone. What are the best camera filters to buy please?
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Iāve moved your post to an existing thread on this subject.
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I am looking into ND filters for my Mini 2. Are there good and bad filters or are they the same? The Sunnylife ones (which seem to be listed under many, many different names) are about Ā£35 for the 6 pack, the SKYREAT pack is about Ā£65 (which seems to have ali clips rather than plastic), and the Freewell pack of 8 is about Ā£100.
Is there any real difference between the three or are they all much of a muchness?
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You will come across the same filter packages sold under many different names.
I have the same filter kit youāve listed in your first link, but sold under a different name.
For the type of camera and performance of that mounted to the Mini2 I find them adequate, meaning they donāt appear be better or worse than other kits I have for my other drones.
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Addendum
Iāve just checked my Mini2 filters, and even though my Amazon Link to the ones I ordered shows the brand Globact the brand on the box states Sunnylife.
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Iām looking to buy some Freewell filters for my mini 2, the Freewell website states they have improved the design. As far as I can tell the originals have red screws above the lens, the new design has no screws. Iām assuming the new design is the way to go. Has anyone used both and got a view?
Although the All Day 8 pack seems to be what most people recommend, it seems stocks have run low in the UK with only a couple of places selling them and they are the original design. Nowhere seems to have the new design yet, although you can order straight from Freewell in Hong Kong, but itās unclear what taxes if any you have to pay at the UK end. Has anyone brought direct from Freewell and if so did you have pay extra VAT or import duty?
The alternative options which are available in the new design via Amazon are the Standard Day pack or Bright Day pack. The Bright Day pack seems more versatile as it contains all ND/PL filters (8, 16, 32 & 64). Does anyone have experience of these, are they good and if you want to use just as an ND filter, can this be done by adjusting the lens or is there always some polarisation?
Thanks!
Quick question, am I right in that any filters that fit a dji mini or dji mini 2 will also fit the mini se? A lot of the filters sets say they fit all three but some just list the mini and mini 2.
Ok hi all, please can I have some tips from those who have tried using filters on their Mini 2.
My issue is that if I take off on a very sunny day, and the sun is glaring directly into the camera, the footage obvoiously gets dark until I reach a certain quota and its not until I twist the lens down towards the ground that things get nice and clear so that the camera is pointing below the horizon line. But this means I have half my footage that is dark and I need to brighten up in āpostā while the other half is right.
So the question is, do you know which filter compensate for this?
Thanks in advance.
Hi
Iād take an educated guess on an ND filter / filters is what you need , only because thatās what Iāve used myself , might be a case of testing what strength , position of the sun and or how bright it is , until you find your happy medium ,
Sometimes I have used the above and depending on what strength filter and positioning of sun and other factors taken into account Iāve also knocked the EV ( exposure value ) down a bit too , I guess itās just a case of trial and error until you find something your happy with and then you can do some tweaking in post , thereās many tips and tricks on YouTube too , which will help , 
Many thanks on your valuble input
No filter will compensate for that on a drone. You will get exactly the same problem, but darker overall. What a filter will do is help stop your highlights from being blown out, and therefore no chance of recovering them in editing software. Use the exposure compensation and shutter speed to expose for the highlights, the shadows will need bringing up in post but are almost always recoverable. The only thing that could possibly help is a graduated ND filter, light at the top, dark at the bottom. They are used in photography to even the balance of light, mainly in lansdscape photography. Not sure if they are available for drones? But even if they are theyāll be of little use on a drone for anything other than a landscape shot, or possibly video in a very few circumstances.
Thanks yes a graduate filter exists but I am aware that you cannot turn it to preferrable setting while the drone is up there in flight. I agree what you said that filters would not compensate for light bursts, and perhaps best thing is to set off with a different exposure compensation then hover the drone at the point where the light changes, stop recording, change settings for the darker areas and start recording again. Then fix the nuances in post. I guess itās all trial and error
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I have ND filters, but rarely use them, plus as @mynameisjoe has mentioned, they wouldnāt solve this issue.
I have much better luck using AEB bracketed photos, which is series of photos taken automatically of the subject, i.e. landscape. I use Photoshop to then merge these to HDR. The end result is a single image containing 3 or 5 times as much data, allowing you to then stretch and/or edit the image (or part of the image, such as sky) so much better.
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