Samuli Vahonen
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 p.4 #12 · Official drone photography IMAGE thread. (Not primarily for discussion, see post #1) | |
Heh, seems that these discussions are always the same, not relevant to forum, country or language = not much photos or on-topic discussion, but lots of complaining of flying over people etc. irrelevant. Seems that the #ssholes flying their drones over people and annoying places (e.g. in front of hundreds of people in national parks) just ruin this for everyone, and make real on-topic discussion impossible.
I have now had DJI Phantom 4 Pro for half a year, and NO ONE has ever seen or heard me flying the drone, and also I have ZERO interest flying drone on places other people around (the amount of stupid questions and interest is incredible, and I have zero interest to discuss with non-photographers about drone photography, and I'm not interest to discuss drones with anyone, I would not touch these plastic toys if they would not have camera...).
As a tool for photography DJI Phantom 4 Pro camera seems pretty good, sensor is same as in RX100 - ISO 100 is super clean, and dynamic range is pretty good (not fullframe level of course). Lens seems to technically OK, widest aperture is f/2.8 and image quality is pretty good wide open, and I find f/5.6 optimum. Lens has some flare but takes it pretty well (could be better as this one is not shoot from tripod and one can't shade the lens like with camera I can). Stabilization is really good; I have never had any issues with HDR images, and also quite long exposures are possible if there is no wind.
On negative side is fixed field of view; 24mm equivalent is simply too wide for majority of photography. It's OK on real wilderness (no roads, mobilelinks, etc. within next 30km/20miles), but for example in Southern Finland 24mm is so wide that in aerial photography you will include always some ugly crap made by people to your landscapes. As camera position is free in aerial photography, I would find ~50mm equivalent as optimal for drone and even 35mm equivalent would be significant improvement to 24mm equivalent. (on my previous drone I had 20mm equivalent at it was completely useless). Other negative item is that there is bracketing in DJI application, but it's only 0.7EV (5 images or 3 images), so I'm quite limited on creating HDRs on challenging lightning.
Enough talk, this thread definitely needs more photos and on-topic discussion.
"Warm and cold" - DJI Phantom 4 Pro, f/5.6, HDR (1/160s, 1/250s, 1/400s, 1/640s, 1/1000s), ISO 100
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