I have been using Pro mode (manual to me as I don’t consider myself a pro) to video for some weeks. I am starting to grasp it - ISO is now generally 100 or 200 and I change the 1/x value to suit the light. However, I have done some recent videos in changing light specifically sunrise. This provides it’s own challenges. How do you cope when doing this?
I am amending the 1/x value to ensure that the footage remains fairly even across the video. But, I am doing this by eye and memory on the controller - I am confident in my ability to assess detail but there is obviously some room for imperfection here. This afternoon I went out and took some footage at around 1500 when the sun was low, in sunlight I had the setting dialled right down and in the shade I had to dial it right up. It felt like a lot of manual adjustment for a small afternoon shoot. I think my rough range was between 1/400 to 1/3000 although I can never remember accurately.
How do you deal with this issue?
Howdy!
When you type the 1/x value - I just wanted to verify you’re talking about your shutter speed here? I think it is from the figures you have quoted.
On my drone, I stay in auto as I have enough going on in my head to keep it busy. Respect to you for going gnarly hard core.
Speaking from experience with DSLR stills, and with my drone, I don’t think there’s anything you’ve missed here. I use manual control or Tv priority (shutter speed) on my DSLR to achieve the right level of exposure.
As the amount of light hitting the camera changes, then you’ll need to change settings manually to get the result you’re looking for - and yes, I’d suggest it can change quite a lot depending on what your lens looks at, plus available light levels.
Hope that’s a good starter for 10!
Yes shutter speed, and thanks for the reply.
Im only using it following a huge change in contrast on a video recently which I believe auto creates as it moves into and out of brightness.
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Yup that’s the downside to using full auto or partial auto; the camera processor tries to compensate for what it thinks is right for you. Sunsets and sun rises usually over expose and wash out the red/orange colours for instance, so I wind the shutter speed higher to expose less.
Would you be kind enough to post a link to your drone’s manual please? There are some dodges you can use on a camera but don’t want to blather on if your own camera doesn’t have those functions.
Hi, I found this online : DJI MINI 3 USER MANUAL Pdf Download | ManualsLib
But, please don’t worry too much as I fully intend to continue using manual settings and just learning as I go. Jump in to the deep end and survive is how I do things. I like to make the mistakes so I never make them again.
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No problem, it was easy enough to find out from the manual, and a couple of online guides if you could do a couple of things that work with a DSLR. And you can’t, so that’s that.
However I did read that you can get a camera histogram up on your screen - that might help you judge your exposure more accurately thank just eyeballing it off the image itself, if that’s worth a try.
Have fun!
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