DJI Mavic Pro - from a camera perspective

[Bjørn J]

Bjørn, beautiful! May be some more technical details ?

Sure: Sony RX100 mounted on a Phantom 2, 1/1000 sec,  f/4,5,   ISO 125. Autofocus on shutter release - which by the way is a remote-controlled mechanical device that physically presses the shutter button on the camera
Camera is tiltable 90 deg by remote control.

[Erik Lund]

That looks like a very capable set up! Very good quality of the final image

[MFloyd]

Bjørn, thanks for the info 😊

[Sören Hese]

The Phantom 4 Pro seems to be a big step forward again and from my first tests its creating much better image quality than the P4/Mavic generation. This technical domain is changing with a crazy pace.  Shots from a testflight with the P4Pro in Potsdam with res.-cutouts. Kind regards! Sören
 

[MFloyd]

(1)Sunset in a rainy winter day. 

There is a lot of post-processing in this picture (Mavic Pro, 12Mp, ISO 100, DNG).  I think, this is about the maximum you can get out of this sort of picture, taken within these quite challenging conditions (and with the aforementioned drone).  Yes, it's not D810 quality, but I don't have the means to fly up such a big body  and at least, the picture has the merit to exist...

(1) edited version
(2) unedited version (as you can notice, the sensor has been blinded by the nearly direct sunlight)
(3) dropbox link to DNG file https://www.dropbox.com/s/tjj1xes3vvoy63p/DJI_0037.DNG?dl=0

[Sören Hese]

Another remark for the Phantom 4 Pro - it generates a lot of flare when shooting directly into the sun and up from f8.
Made some tests recently and the sun star is Samyang like and the flare is pretty much on the heavy side:

[MFloyd]

Lovely pictures Sören.  Why not exploit the inherent weaknesses to make nice pictures ?

[Sören Hese]

jep the flare and the sun star rays could be used nicely but the moment you close down the lens you also get these red spots and its hard to avoid these. Not so cool, but it depends on the aperture settings, up to f4 its ok.

So long! Sören

[MFloyd]

DJI Shop in NYC near Central Park, this afternoon.  The bigger pro drones are mainly there to attract the customer; 90% of the sales are Mavics & Phantoms though.  Very friendly shop.

https://www.facebook.com/djinycstore/

[Sören Hese]

Thanks MFloyd! Very interesting - looks apple like the shop styling .

[MFloyd]

Very "Apple Store" like. Same for the (white) packaging 😉