Some people may also call the yellow a “warmer” setting and blue the “cooler” setting. This light has a higher concentration of yellow as compared to blue outside. Take for example the color of warm yellowish lights inside a room. This feature has to do with the color of light that your sensors pick up on. Same with long exposures of the stars or other “moving” shots. For example, if you’re taking a picture of waves and trying to show motion, you’ll want a lower shutter speed to capture more light for the shot.
As for pictures, you can set your shutter speed lower to capture more light for every shot. Keep in mind this will require the use of an ND filter, that you can read more about here. You’ll want to double the fps by setting your shutter speed to 1/60. Let’s say you’re shooting at 30fps (the resolution doesn’t matter here). For pictures, the Phantom 3 uses a psychical shutter while videos use a digital one that shuts on and off during the video. Next up is the shutter speed, or how long your camera’s sensors are exposed to light for the picture or video.
Set your ISO higher to something like 800 or 1600 and notice how the image becomes slightly darker but more realistic. The same is true is you’re shooting on a bright and sunny day. That means higher sensitivity to light, so your camera’s sensors are letting in more light. So, if you’re shooting a video at dusk, for example, you’ll want a lower ISO. The lower the ISO, the higher your camera’s sensitivity to light and vice versa. All you need to know is that ISO relates to light exposure. We’re going to ignore the technical background for now. In essence, these features will help you line up shots and make sure the picture is balanced.
Turn this feature on in settings and you’ll notice that your pictures begin to look more like professional shots more and more. This creates a grid-like pattern overlay on your screen and helps you focus on better shots. This means balancing your picture so the subject fills one-third of the area of the image and is not centered. The absolute most basic advice any photographer worth their salt will give is the rule of thirds. Additionally, while auto settings for cameras tend to be okay, they sometimes just don’t work out and you’ll be left disappointed. Don’t let the drone tell you what’s best.
That means flying manually and setting your camera settings to manual as well. The next most important step is to make sure you’re shooting in manual mode. No worries because that can be edited and still look good if it’s in a RAW format. Say for example you overexpose a spot in the picture because of your camera settings. This will be important if you need to edit in post since you’ll want as much original data as possible to make your effects look good.
Other formats introduce compression and leave out some data. Why? RAW images include all data captured by the camera. Image/Video Formatįirst of all, and most importantly, you’ll want to make sure your Phantom 3 is taking pictures in a RAW format.
This tutorial will show you how to get the best quality shots. Some quick changes to your camera settings could have been the difference between just another picture, and a stunning picture. What happened? You first begin to think, there’s a reason professional photographers get paid so much.
Finally, you think, that shot is going to look so cool! You land your Phantom 3, load up the image, and drum roll, please. As you snap your picture or take a quick video, you have a slight breathe of relief. Your battery is running out, you need to fly back. Imagine you’ve lined up the perfect shot that you’ve been working hard to get. Therefore, your Phantom 3 can’t adjust for different light conditions the same way your eyes can. That’s mostly because camera’s work differently than our eyes. Without further ado, here are the options you’ll want for the best shots!īefore diving in, why are these image and video settings so important? The world is dynamic and there’s rarely if ever a “one-sized” fits all solution to settings. The Phantom 3 allows for truly impressive and full-featured customization of all image and video settings you could ever need. Whether your just a hobbyist or novice photographer/videographer, Phantom 3 is a beginner-friendly yet highly in-depth and professional-grade drone. It can be difficult to know exactly what kind of image of video settings to use when flying your Phantom 3 drone.