BEST Settings for Mavic Air Photos

I sometimes forget how amazing a camera drone is for taking pictures .

It's like having an airborne tripod that you can position in the sky to make some really unique perspectives that is not possible from the ground .

In this video , I will share my best recommendations for Mavi Air for the camera settings for you to take the perfect picture .

If you stick with me to the end of this video , I will share the secret behind some of these really stunning photos that you see online .

But before we get to that , let's roll that intro .

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You open the photo menu with the three lines below the capture button .

There are three tabs in the photo camera menu , and the first one is the exposure menu .

At the top , you can choose between auto and manual , and like with video , there's no reason for the camera to take these decisions for you , so switch it to manual ISO is the camera sensitivity , and you should aim to get that to 100 as this produces the best quality image with not too much noise .

The shutter speed is the time that the camera sensor is exposed to light .

This one should be set as high as possible to freeze the frame without the the picture being under exposed .

Opposed to recording video .

We are not interested in long exposure times as this introduces , blur or motion blur to the picture .

We want to freeze the frame unless we want to introduce an artistic effect by exposing the picture for a longer period of time .

Long exposure photography .

That is a big topic that could be covered in a separate tutorial .

Let's move on to the next menu item .

The image size should be set to 43 to get the most information in your picture , as the standard 16 by nine format is a crop version of 43 , the image format should at least be raw .

If you're serious about your pictures with the raw image format , you get all sorts of information that you need when you need to post process the image with J .

The image is pressed in the drone , and crucial information could be lost for good .

I usually use both because the JPEG is significantly smaller and provides an easy overview of the composition .

White balance , style and colour profile are indifferent to raw , so they can be adjusted later in post .

It can be stressful enough if you are on location , so it's beneficial to keep it simple .

However , if you plan to use the JPEG , then there's get these parameters to suit the situation .

In this way , you will get a good picture to look at to evaluate your composition in the APP before we look at all the shooting options under the photo menu , let's check the settings under the gear wheel .

Always have the histogram enabled , as this is a major help assessing if the picture has been over under exposure , especially if you combine it with the over exposure warning stripes .

An important pro always exposed for the brightest area of the picture , even if it makes your all old picture look dark .

Information lost in the bright areas are lost for good , where most information that is hidden in the dark areas can be recovered in post grid should be turned on .

So you have a three times three grid that will help your composition .

According to the rule of thirds , the whole topic composition could be covered in a whole separate video , so I don't want to get too much into that right now .

The LED S on the drone must be turned off during photography and video so they don't interfere with the footage .

Save onstage .

Panorama pictures are turned on by default .

So we leave that and , uh , it can't harm to have the original footage from your panorama in case that you need it continuous file index that gives each image a new , unique name .

This is an advantage because this prevents all writing or deleting of existing images .

So now we're all excited to see what options are hidden under the photo menu that will allow us to take the perfect picture .

Single picture .

This is not recommended as you're 100% depending on that single picture .

To be perfect , it's much better to use the first option where multiple pictures are taken in series .

This way , you have more options to choose from when you get back home .

Now .

At the beginning of this video , I promised to reveal one of the secrets behind some of these great looking drone shots that you see on social media .

And what they use is something called bragging or a B , or auto exposure bra .

This is nothing less than brilliant .

When shooting raw images , you get the most possible information stored in the image .

But with the Mac pro and mavi air with relatively small image sensors , there's still information that gets lost , especially if you take pictures of compositions that contains both bright and dark areas .

At the same time , like a sunset with the A B , the drone takes five pictures where two is over exposed and two are under exposed , collecting the maximum information from both the dark and the bright areas of the image .

When you post process the pictures , you can combine them all into one single image containing the maximum information .

That's pretty smart .

You can choose a EB based on three or five images .

Five images is clearly better than three .

The HDR option is an automated version of a EB where the drone makes the job for you , combining the pictures and you get the final result right away .

However , the result is often better if you do it yourself .

If your image is not big enough at the 12 megapixel layer , you have the option to make a Panorama picture where you could stitch together multiple pictures up to 32 megapixel .

The most famous format is likely the sphere .

You have seen that multiple times on the social media .

But don't underestimate the vertical panorama where you have three images one above and one below if you're doing postal material .

Lastly , there's the interval photo option that will allow the drone to take photos with the fixed time interval until you stop it or it runs out of memory .

I can easily see this , uh , uh , function being used for doing a time lapse .

But battery life is becoming quickly a limiting factor .

That's it .

Now you know all the secrets behind a good setup for shooting photos with your drone now the hard part .

But also the fun part is to go out there and capture some stunning compositions .

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