Drone Video Advice Wanted

Just watched the video, amazing stuff. I have been processing in iMovie, but I have premiere as part of the CC suite so I guess it is time to jump in!

My slight concern is that his method of removing contrast, saturation and sharpening gives a video that needs processing, so, a bit like shooting RAW, your output is only as good as your PP.
 
4wd said:
One of the best things you can learn for processing the video you record is colour grading.
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I've been playing around with Premiere, thanks for the suggestion, it's a great piece of kit, I have no idea I would be able to apply adjustment layers to a whole stretch of footage and adjust the opacity up and down for different sections. Really cool.

I may have gone a bit heavy handed with the contrast on some of it...

 
4wd said:
Landowners - including the National Trust don't have any jurisdiction over air space. Their site is worded ambiguously but only implies you shouldn't.
While it could be intrusive and risky to fly close to some busy high profile sites, a lot of their property seems quite suitable especially out of season.
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But they can restrict what you do on their property. If they say no flying, you'd be trespassing if you did.
 
st599 said:
But they can restrict what you do on their property. If they say no flying, you'd be trespassing if you did.
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Which is what I was alluding to in post 34. You'd need permission to take off from/land on their land, but as long as you were following the rules of the ANO you could legally overfly their land.
 
Not as much as he does, I have a custom setting with all three on -1
(and I use Log mode, a bit like RAW)
 
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4wd said:
Not as much as he does, I have a custom setting with all three on -1
(and I use Log mode, a bit like RAW)
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Thanks 4WD, I had to google log mode and found this with some useful advice. One of the bits of advice I keep r5eadingis to use ND filters so you can get a slow enough shutter speed in a sunny day.

Doe anybody know of any good ones that can fit a DJI Phantom 3 Standard?
 
I wouldn't worry that much about NDs, the principle is sound but modern video cameras seem to manage the shutter speed pretty well without in 'normal' conditions.
If it was very bright like desert, sand, snow would be more worthwhile.
Your best video will be in golden hour when there's not really any need.
 
4wd said:
I wouldn't worry that much about NDs, the principle is sound but modern video cameras seem to manage the shutter speed pretty well without in 'normal' conditions.
If it was very bright like desert, sand, snow would be more worthwhile.
Your best video will be in golden hour when there's not really any need.
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That makes a lot of sense. Do you leave the camera in auto mode and just make sure you have nice light?
 
The snag with auto it starts adjusting the ISO upwards rather sooner than you'd like, on the other hand changing manually during a sequence will give a stepping effect which can be a nuisance - auto is more or less smooth and stepless.
On a sequence which is probably fairly constant exposure Manual is usually best.
If you're likely to want to go out a way then look straight down auto might be best option.
It's complicated by being quite difficult to see the screen to judge for yourself if it's a bright day.
 
4wd said:
The snag with auto it starts adjusting the ISO upwards rather sooner than you'd like, on the other hand changing manually during a sequence will give a stepping effect which can be a nuisance - auto is more or less smooth and stepless.
On a sequence which is probably fairly constant exposure Manual is usually best.
If you're likely to want to go out a way then look straight down auto might be best option.
It's complicated by being quite difficult to see the screen to judge for yourself if it's a bright day.
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Yes, I guess the beauty of the P 3S isn that you can change the camera settings on the go...
 
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