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Drone video: how to expose correctly
Brightontl:
--- Quote from: PeterChigmaroff on March 24, 2019, 13:18 ---
--- Quote from: Brightontl on March 24, 2019, 06:08 ---Thank you,
I didn't know that the GoPro is auto only.
I agree that shooting in auto causes a lot of problems
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Auto exposure and auto white balance has ruined a lot of what otherwise would have been great footage. It doesn't work so it's best to learn manual techniques.
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Yes Peter,
I perfectly agree.
Auto exposure and, even more, auto WB are a recipe for disaster
increasingdifficulty:
--- Quote from: PeterChigmaroff on March 24, 2019, 13:18 ---
--- Quote from: Brightontl on March 24, 2019, 06:08 ---Thank you,
I didn't know that the GoPro is auto only.
I agree that shooting in auto causes a lot of problems
--- End quote ---
Auto exposure and auto white balance has ruined a lot of what otherwise would have been great footage. It doesn't work so it's best to learn manual techniques.
--- End quote ---
Then you're not using the GoPro where a GoPro is supposed to be used. Good luck being in manual when you film that POV jumping off a cliff into dark water. ;)
Different type of camera and mode of filming for different situations.
That being said, for drones, manual is generally the best, yes. But not always.
Brightontl:
--- Quote from: increasingdifficulty on March 25, 2019, 04:05 ---
--- Quote from: PeterChigmaroff on March 24, 2019, 13:18 ---
--- Quote from: Brightontl on March 24, 2019, 06:08 ---Thank you,
I didn't know that the GoPro is auto only.
I agree that shooting in auto causes a lot of problems
--- End quote ---
Auto exposure and auto white balance has ruined a lot of what otherwise would have been great footage. It doesn't work so it's best to learn manual techniques.
--- End quote ---
Then you're not using the GoPro where a GoPro is supposed to be used. Good luck being in manual when you film that POV jumping off a cliff into dark water. ;)
Different type of camera and mode of filming for different situations.
That being said, for drones, manual is generally the best, yes. But not always.
--- End quote ---
I suppose you are referring to using auto mode when tilting the camera up from the ground to the sky area to reveal.
In this case I agree that auto exposure can be a good choice.
But auto WB never ever!
PeterChigmaroff:
--- Quote from: increasingdifficulty on March 25, 2019, 04:05 ---
--- Quote from: PeterChigmaroff on March 24, 2019, 13:18 ---
--- Quote from: Brightontl on March 24, 2019, 06:08 ---Thank you,
I didn't know that the GoPro is auto only.
I agree that shooting in auto causes a lot of problems
--- End quote ---
Auto exposure and auto white balance has ruined a lot of what otherwise would have been great footage. It doesn't work so it's best to learn manual techniques.
--- End quote ---
Then you're not using the GoPro where a GoPro is supposed to be used. Good luck being in manual when you film that POV jumping off a cliff into dark water. ;)
Different type of camera and mode of filming for different situations.
That being said, for drones, manual is generally the best, yes. But not always.
--- End quote ---
The beauty of photography is there is always an exception to the rule. And I concede that there is a place for such a setting. I haven't seen any GoPro footage for quite a while and am not sure what their cameras are capable of these days. However for all general low speed beauty shots I'd go manual.
Brightontl:
--- Quote from: dragonblade on March 24, 2019, 07:30 ---Yea the GoPro that I was using was quite an old model. I believe that later GoPro models have some degree of control over exposure but I don't know how much.
I do know that many people mount cheap action cameras and GoPro clones to their quadcopters for budget based aerial videography and unfortunately, just about all of those cameras rely on auto exposure.
--- End quote ---
In my opinion the GOPro is a very specialised camera: it does well one thing: action camera.
I was never fond of drone footage shot with a GoPro
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