Thank you for watching my Mavic Air Cinematic Settings Tutorial. I really hope you are able to find your best cinematic settings so you can create awesome videos to share. Drop me a comment if you have questions and subscribe to see more Mavic Air videos!
I've watched 50 plus videos and you addressed everyone of my issues with perfect explanation. Thank you. I would recommend this video to everyone that is new to the Mavic Air. I know it's two years old but I just bought mine used. Big time photographer and enjoy the new challenge. Thanks Jeff.
Had a 1st outdoor flight with my MA and after having watched a lot of vids to prepare I found your tips to be excellent and without unnecessary drama or the ubiquitous ‘Hey UA-camrs what is happening’ shit, or crappy music and intros.
Up to 5 flights now and have managed to avoid crashing into the trees. Still flying with prop guards and did touch some thin branches. Picked up a set of Pgytech ND+CPL filters which flare a but but no colorcast. Getting a hang of mode-2 on the controller is not that easy. When the quad is far away it gets hard to tell which direction its facing. Guess I should be looking more at the phone app and not the quad. Will try to find a sinulator to practice in VR. Hopefully by the time it’s warm enough to fly without gloves I’ll be ready to film something interesting. Thanks again for your honest and helpful videos Jeff!
I have one question for you . After you set up your MA with these setting will they stay at the setting you put in or do they default back to original setting after you turn off your MA?
Thanks. Well produced, edited, and paced. Great callouts of important points. Filled with useful information to budding drone videographers with little photography knowledge - like me. You did the classic lecture, (1) tell them what you're about to tell them, (2) tell them in the time necessary, (3) summarize what you told them.
Great videos thanks! Do you prefer the Pro 1 to the Air? I assume the Pro 1 has a better signal... I find the Air isn’t completely stable. Kinda regret not getting the Pro 1...
Great video!! Haven't had time to play with my Mavic Air because I'm working so these videos help alot to be ready for when I go out with my quad! Thank you very much!
hey, I found this video very helpful and it def helped me out a lot. I upgraded to the air 2 and really want to change the gimbal speed settings but cannot find the menu for that
Hello Thanks x This tutorial I followed carefully and taken note but in the end you put "cinematic setting OF " What is it? Then one more thing... Recording at 100 ISO I realized that the quality even in the daytime with the sun in the parts more in the shadow form of the noise of the grain can be corrected? Thank you!!!!!
4:46 Wow! I always wondered "Why does it need to be blurry to be 'realistic'. What does old cinema have to do with this?". That hand movement demonstration explained it all!! Thanks!!
Excellent video! The gimbal settings & sensitivity segments were Golden for me! Question: I like to manually expose my shots when taken pictures...but when I do so, I noticed that I can’t set my focus. If I switch back to auto, I can tap focus anywhere. Can you explain what I’m possibly doing wrong when in manual? Thanks!
Nice points. Just one small thing regarding the yaw endpoint. You showed roll instead of yaw after you modified the setting. Other than that, very clear and straightforward.
You are very right about the risk of a cinematic mode. I almost lost my drone lifting it up in the narrow yard between high buildings from all four sides. It has lifted ower the roofs and because of the wind vanished of my site. At the very moment a low battery warnind appeared. It was quite difficult to bring the drone back, since I`m a newcomer in drones flights.
DUDE thank you for putting the time stamps in the description! That is so helpful! Always wanted every tutorial video to do that....it saves so much time, thank you
Hi Jeff, I bought a mavic air 1 mounth ago and I'm learning about it. Ya thats my first drone and thanks to you I learn a lot already! I think the auto mode for the video is good enough althought I want to get the best shots possible so I find your videos. One thing i am not happy with is the pictures I take with the mavic air, most of times it gets grain, so could you tell me in your opinion what is the best settings for sharpness pictures? Thanks
I bought the cinema series 3 pack (ND4, ND8, ND16). If i had to do over, i would get a custom pack cinema series (ND8, ND16, ND32). I can make do without the ND4.
Great tips! It helped me a lot! One QUESTION: By changing how responsive the drone is to joysticks, wouldnt my drone be LESS CAPABLE TO RETURN in case of low bat or windy conditions?? BIG THANKS to anyone can help!! 👋
Hi David, thanks for the questions. Actually changing the settings only affects the responsiveness, but not the overall speed. Kind of like making it smooth like a Cadillac and not stiff like a Mustang. Hope that helps!
Thanks a lot. Just bought a Mavic Air and tested it with some settings I changed myself but your tutorial saves me a lot of time to get to the best settings for cinematic footage. Cheers from Amsterdam.
great great great tutorial... question, for the throttle (up and down) adjustments in the EXP, does it have any effect on Return To Home? For example if you put it at 0.10... does it climb ever so slowly to your RTH height? Thanx
Rafael Prado i would just leave the fps at 30 or 24, and the adjust the shutter speed to whatever looks correct on screen. This may be as fast as 1/500 shutter speed.
Not too much honestly. I use D-Cinelike 0,-3,-2, and just slap on an ND filter to get the correct exposure. Quite often i won't touch the colors at all in post processing. But when I do, i tweak a single clip, and then just paste those onto any other footage taken at the same location. I never tweak each clip individually for color. Hope this helps.
Ok thanks, so these settings are being applied to Normal Mode to make this mode more Cinematic and save having to remember to change from (the default) Normal to Cinematic mode every time you take off? With the added advantage of the drone coming to a Stop more quickly than in a Cinematic Mode?
The only way to thank you was to subscribe and I have already done that on the 3rd minute into this video. You are so good at this. You sound more of a teacher. Thank you so much, Jeff
I've just uploaded my first edit using the Mavic Air in 4k, just pretty basic footage I captured over winter. Would love some input from the drone community before I start the next one, filming on holiday/once in a lifetime shots etc.
EPSILANO GRACIA i would leave the gain setting alone . This has to do with holding the craft in place as-is. The only time you would change this would be if you added an accessory that increased the overal weight of the mavic air.
Casey Walker i leave my gain at the default setting. Only real reason to adjust is if the mavic is not hovering in place well (drifting too much). So maybe if you had prop guards or landing extensions that add some weight, causing drift. Otherwise i wouldn't change it.
Jeff Greene that is what I thought it might be for, fine tuning for outside influences (wind, etc) instead of control stick response. Thanks for the video.
Hi Jeff , fantastic tutorial . I don't know whether you can help me , I pretty new to this , but my video playback from the internal storage to my computer looks very grainy and pixilated , especially with the rotation of the drone. I have not played with any camera settings. Thanks for any help .
Hi Peter, are you viewing playback from something recorded on your phone's storage or are you talking about the internal storage on your Mavic Air? It could be a slow PC. Can you post a video clip or a screenshot for your DJI Go4 app from your phone while the mavic is recording. Should be able to confirm the mavic is set up properly.
Hi Jeff, I have now loaded the video clips on to a USB stick and the video playback is good on 2 laptops, and on 2 large screen TVs we have in the house. My desktop PC is about 7 or 8 years old and the video playback is very pixilated on that, so the problem must be the old PC . I hope this may help someone else with the same problem . Thanks very much for your reply and your help. Keep up the great videos on UA-cam .
Nice video. Worth mentioning that the use of ND filters can be over hyped. We use them purely to get the correct amount of motion blur. If you are taking videos of landscape, there really isn't much motion in the picture that would introduce blur anyway. Only really required if you are filing sports/people/moving vehicles etc. Otherwise, just change your shutter speed to get the correct exposure and ignore the 180 degree rule.
Hello Jeff ,I subscribed and learned some tips from you , Thx here is my question , for the EXP settings , you set at configuration 1, what about configuration 2, and3 , what are the differences ? should we set the same to get smooth effects ? Thx Jeff , waiting for your reply
Hi Tania, Welcome to the community! For the EXP settings i am am using (0.4, 0.2, and 0.2). This basically smooths out the side to side movements. Is that what you are referring to.
Fantastic video, thanks Jeff. In your reference to Cinematic setting, I guess all these adjustments you've made amount to a "manual" cinematic setting?
Thank you Jeff. I just bought my first drone, a Mavic Air, this weekend. I'm really keen on getting into cinematic drone photography and have been trying to absorb as much as I can from tutorials on UA-cam. First thing I ordered was a set of these ND filters. Your video is the most comprehensive and easiest to follow that I've found. I'm itching to get outside and start filming. Thank you again and I'll definitely be checking out your other videos. Cheers.
Very helpful video! This just answered all of my questions. The Mavic Air is my first drone. I also have zero experience with photography but this video made everything so easy. Will be ordering ND filters. Thank you.
so after you set the drone up as per this video do you do anything with it after ? ie some form of editing im looking to keep it all simple as this y first drone and I've really not done a lot of editing
Hi Steve Arnold, I do this set up just the one time. Post editing is more a labor of love. For me it is a hobby, so i am always trying to learn something new, and then introduce that edit effect as part of my video...ie...I can create a random tutorial type video, but in the background i am practicing different transition edits, speed ramps, sounds, etc. Each program will have default transitions, effect, so these will cut down on "time spent" tremendously.
Brother I’ve watched a ton of videos trying to get a grasp on this whole concept. I don’t know if it just finally got through or your just good at explaining it but it finally makes sense to me. You got a new sub today. Great video
Why would you pull out sharpness and contrast from the original just to put it back later.. I thought that was the whole perk of raw photos and 4k video is that there is loads of data there to tweak vs pulling it out then trying to re add later? Not trying to be dumb just trying to learn
Hi Jeff! Just got hold of my Polarpro filters and will try out your settings and revert with my experience. Thank you sooooo much for sharing, I enjoyed it, and instructions are super clear and easily understood! Please keep the videos coming man!
Thanks, Jeff! I tried your recommendations today and the results were amazing! One question though, without an ND filter how would you suggest setting the shutter and ISO? Cheers
This was a spectacular tutorial. Gold among UA-cam trash. lol Anyways, I wanted to know more about the drone's movement settings so I can help out my friend who actually flies it. I'm the editor between us, and I highly recommend you go shoot in "D-Log" with -3 contrast and saturation. Afterwords go play with the colors in post. Trust me, you'll be amazed.
Bestprato.com thanks for the thumbs up. I prefer the polarized nd filters for sure. They really help cut down on the glare and help retain the color when the sky is bright.
Ok, but would not it be better to have flat images and increase the dynamics in post production? In the video you explain that you have to decrease the contrast not increase it.
There are a lot of filters available for the Mavic Air in Amazon but most of the videos that I watched here used the ND one. Sorry if I’m such a noob but will it suffice If I just buy the ND4/8/16/32 filters? There are also the UV and CPL types.
Pinkywinky222, i would actually just buy a 3 pack and save some $ (a six pack of nd filters is too many choices for me). I bought the Cinema Series 3 pack from Polar Pro. They seem to have a much higher quality of glass. PolarPro also makes the Standard Series which is about 40% less expensive. Both are on this page: amzn.to/2ELOu8J . On my mavic pro, i did buy the nd filters from dji initiall and they did not last. So i switched to polar pro for the mavic pro and have been happy on that quad for almost a year. Hope this helps.
Jeff Greene Thanks a lot for replying. I just ordered the Cinema Series - Shutter Collection 3 pack from Polar Pro just like you adviced. I almost bought the cheap ones but thank goodness I saw your video first and also checked some forums. I read that some of the knock-offs caused problems with the gimbal. I think most of the Mavic owners agree that Polar Pro makes the best ND filters in the market right now. Thanks again and I’m looking forward to more videos about the Mavic Air. *subscribed
Thanks Gus for the positive feedback. I have been happy with the DJI products for the last 4 years or so. They are really nice tools, and it is amazing to see how fast the technology is changing every year.
Cheers Jeff, Great Vid, I too am upgrading from a Spark to the Air, nothing wrong with the spark I love it but the Air just a little nicer. Thanks Paul
Hi and thanks for the video. Will the gimbal cover fit with the polar pro nd filter attached? Also, I have read that the filers can somehow damage the gimbal....have you experienced this?
Thanks Frank A! The gimbal cover fits just fine with the ND filter attached. The poloar pro filters are super lightweight and actually replace the clear lens on the mavic air. So you remove the clear lens and then add the ND filter lens. The weight is essentially identical. I also have polar pro on the mavic pro, where the nd filter is added on top of the stock lens. No issues with the gimbal or the gimbal cover for over a year.
hey Jeff, thanks for you help with setting up the drone, really like it. I do have a question :) when you say you what to take the colour out and add that it post ? what is in post like where to you add the colours again. its it program like final cut you add the colours again ? hope you will help me here :) vh kim
first, thank you for replaying @@JeffGreeneChannel. yes it helps a lot to understand where the colours are. I just need to get some more cash to get final cut then. again thank you for you time and I really do appreciate your help !
@@kimbagge2706 you are very welcome. There is nothing wrong with using the normal color profile that you get straight out of the mavic 2 pro or mavic air.
okay cool, ill keep playing with it and change it again when I have final cut for it looks so good when you put the colours on after Jeff :) its the air I have, so awesome machine :) keep up your good work, its helping a lot of people :)
Great video! I have a new Mavic Air. I’m getting strong video noise moving from the upper left to lower right with all my videos. Except in very bright light. I have no idea where it’s coming from or who can help me with this problem. Please help? I beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with my machine?
Thank you for watching my Mavic Air Cinematic Settings Tutorial. I really hope you are able to find your best cinematic settings so you can create awesome videos to share. Drop me a comment if you have questions and subscribe to see more Mavic Air videos!
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I am Vignesh from India . I watch all video.my mail id Vigneshkottur@ gmail.com. any abdate inform me please(mavic air). Thank you bro.
thank you for this tutorial.
Yes it’s awesome this is what I’d been looking for.🎥👍
Thank you Jeff I've been looking for this I'm new to the mavic air and still learning it that helped alot I appreciate that.
I've watched 50 plus videos and you addressed everyone of my issues with perfect explanation. Thank you. I would recommend this video to everyone that is new to the Mavic Air. I know it's two years old but I just bought mine used. Big time photographer and enjoy the new challenge. Thanks Jeff.
Nice video. Ps. Press power button once to mute that battery warning 👍
Oh man, serious? That is quite possibly the best tip i have heard. That sound is worse than my alarm clock. Thank you!
Thanks!
lol OMFG thx! flying 4KM Back and the last 2KM with that alarm makes me wanna kill myself :D
YES!!! Thank-you
what? I'm with Jeff...best tip ever! (Besides all the setting suggestions in this vid!)
I have the Mavic Air for 18 months and this video helped me a lot. Thanks from Miami.
Helpful well explained info
No nonsense, no crazy you tuber antics and an iron man. Great job sir. I like your channel.
Is there a video to show how you have done all these settings to get the colors right when you take it to the video editor?
Had a 1st outdoor flight with my MA and after having watched a lot of vids to prepare I found your tips to be excellent and without unnecessary drama or the ubiquitous ‘Hey UA-camrs what is happening’ shit, or crappy music and intros.
Very cool, thanks for the thumbs up Max Headroom! How was your first flight?
Up to 5 flights now and have managed to avoid crashing into the trees. Still flying with prop guards and did touch some thin branches. Picked up a set of Pgytech ND+CPL filters which flare a but but no colorcast. Getting a hang of mode-2 on the controller is not that easy. When the quad is far away it gets hard to tell which direction its facing. Guess I should be looking more at the phone app and not the quad. Will try to find a sinulator to practice in VR. Hopefully by the time it’s warm enough to fly without gloves I’ll be ready to film something interesting. Thanks again for your honest and helpful videos Jeff!
Hi, thanks for video
if i will use D-cinelike 0, -3, -2, what filter ot LUT i must to use at postprocessing?
thank you
Fantastic description of the settings in plain language - no excuses for poor exposure or jerky movements now!!
Awesome, thanks Gary!
I have one question for you . After you set up your MA with these setting will they stay at the setting you put in or do they default back to original setting after you turn off your MA?
I am a new be, and this video help me a lot. keep doing best Jeff.
Finally someone who explanes the stuff in a clear and normal way. Very informative, thanks dude!
Chris Wood thanks man, i appreciate you saying that. Happy to help!
Thanks. Well produced, edited, and paced. Great callouts of important points. Filled with useful information to budding drone videographers with little photography knowledge - like me. You did the classic lecture, (1) tell them what you're about to tell them, (2) tell them in the time necessary, (3) summarize what you told them.
Great videos thanks!
Do you prefer the Pro 1 to the Air? I assume the Pro 1 has a better signal...
I find the Air isn’t completely stable. Kinda regret not getting the Pro 1...
Great video!! Haven't had time to play with my Mavic Air because I'm working so these videos help alot to be ready for when I go out with my quad! Thank you very much!
You are most welcome dinosz1000! Glad you found this helpful. Get out out there soon.
Great video Jeff, I've just got the Air (May 20) and this will be useful information. Cheers.
hey, I found this video very helpful and it def helped me out a lot.
I upgraded to the air 2 and really want to change the gimbal speed settings but cannot find the menu for that
nice video but what is the sensivity setting
Hello Thanks x This tutorial I followed carefully and taken note but in the end you put "cinematic setting OF " What is it?
Then one more thing... Recording at 100 ISO I realized that the quality even in the daytime with the sun in the parts more in the shadow form of the noise of the grain can be corrected? Thank you!!!!!
Thank for your tutorial, but I have a question, what should set my FPS if I don't have an ND filter?
4:46 Wow! I always wondered "Why does it need to be blurry to be 'realistic'. What does old cinema have to do with this?".
That hand movement demonstration explained it all!! Thanks!!
Thank You Jeff for taking the time to make this video. Answered a lot of my questions. Very informative.
Tired Old Man awesome, glad you found this helpful.
Very helpful. Kudos.
This will be a good quick start when my Air arrives in a couple of weeks. Many thanks!
You are most welcome Gord, thanks for the thumbs up!
Excellent video! The gimbal settings & sensitivity segments were Golden for me! Question: I like to manually expose my shots when taken pictures...but when I do so, I noticed that I can’t set my focus. If I switch back to auto, I can tap focus anywhere. Can you explain what I’m possibly doing wrong when in manual? Thanks!
Nice points. Just one small thing regarding the yaw endpoint. You showed roll instead of yaw after you modified the setting. Other than that, very clear and straightforward.
Thanks Dave, you are right! Somehow i missed that. Good catch. Appreciate the thumbs up!
Thanks for taking the time out to produce this video.
you are most welcome, i hope you found this helpful!
You are very right about the risk of a cinematic mode. I almost lost my drone lifting it up in the narrow yard between high buildings from all four sides. It has lifted ower the roofs and because of the wind vanished of my site. At the very moment a low battery warnind appeared. It was quite difficult to bring the drone back, since I`m a newcomer in drones flights.
I get nervous just hearing the low battery warning.
makes me crazy
DUDE thank you for putting the time stamps in the description! That is so helpful! Always wanted every tutorial video to do that....it saves so much time, thank you
I appreciate that. Yeah, i figured for those long videos, timestamps would be best for reference. Thanks for confirming!
Hi Jeff, I bought a mavic air 1 mounth ago and I'm learning about it. Ya thats my first drone and thanks to you I learn a lot already! I think the auto mode for the video is good enough althought I want to get the best shots possible so I find your videos. One thing i am not happy with is the pictures I take with the mavic air, most of times it gets grain, so could you tell me in your opinion what is the best settings for sharpness pictures? Thanks
Quick question Jeff. What series of the filters do you have? I see at least 3 different ones.
I bought the cinema series 3 pack (ND4, ND8, ND16). If i had to do over, i would get a custom pack cinema series (ND8, ND16, ND32). I can make do without the ND4.
Great tips! It helped me a lot!
One QUESTION: By changing how responsive the drone is to joysticks, wouldnt my drone be LESS CAPABLE TO RETURN in case of low bat or windy conditions?? BIG THANKS to anyone can help!! 👋
Hi David, thanks for the questions. Actually changing the settings only affects the responsiveness, but not the overall speed. Kind of like making it smooth like a Cadillac and not stiff like a Mustang. Hope that helps!
Question I am new with dji mavic air this setting are for recording video, it will affect picture mode?,thanks
Thanks a lot. Just bought a Mavic Air and tested it with some settings I changed myself but your tutorial saves me a lot of time to get to the best settings for cinematic footage. Cheers from Amsterdam.
Thanks Ray, glad to help!
great great great tutorial... question, for the throttle (up and down) adjustments in the EXP, does it have any effect on Return To Home? For example if you put it at 0.10... does it climb ever so slowly to your RTH height? Thanx
Nope that is all done by a default speed set in software. I don't know of any way to change the default RTH speed settings.
thanx for the prompt reply...cheers.. keep up the great vids..
Sir: Thank you for an excellent tutorial. You are a natural teacher.
Jeff
If you don't have a ND filter yet, what's the best configuration for the exposure? You just leave the Auto mode?
Rafael Prado i would just leave the fps at 30 or 24, and the adjust the shutter speed to whatever looks correct on screen. This may be as fast as 1/500 shutter speed.
Again very helpful. These tips are the little gems that really make a difference when shooting. Well put together.
Thank you, i appreciate you saying that!
Jeff been waiting for someone to help me set and understand settings better, thanks so much!
You got it, glad to help!
This is vey helpful - excellent demonstrations of the various settings and what happens when you change them. Great for beginners like me!
do you need to do a lot of post processing - If I dont want to do post pricing what would you use
Not too much honestly. I use D-Cinelike 0,-3,-2, and just slap on an ND filter to get the correct exposure. Quite often i won't touch the colors at all in post processing. But when I do, i tweak a single clip, and then just paste those onto any other footage taken at the same location. I never tweak each clip individually for color. Hope this helps.
would that be the vivid series of filters???
Steve Arnold yes sir. I have been happy with my set.
superb video, thats why youtube is for. Just got pack of filters to put on and now im finetuning settings.
Thanks for the thumbs up proximityscan!
I REALLY like how you add the JUMP TO section, so I can keep going to important sections over and over again. Great Job.
You are very welcome. I try to do that especially on the videos that are lengthy. Glad you found this helpful.
One thing that I notice when moving the gimbal up and down no matter how fast or slow is that it jitters on it's way up or down.
Ok thanks, so these settings are being applied to Normal Mode to make this mode more Cinematic and save having to remember to change from (the default) Normal to Cinematic mode every time you take off?
With the added advantage of the drone coming to a Stop more quickly than in a Cinematic Mode?
Colin Ludlow pretty much you got it!
Jeff Greene Roger that! I shall try those settings out tomorrow.
i have the mavic air 2 wen i fly an i yaw to the right or left it jerks a little an it shood not
The only way to thank you was to subscribe and I have already done that on the 3rd minute into this video. You are so good at this. You sound more of a teacher. Thank you so much, Jeff
Well thank you sir i appreciate that! I am glad you found this helpful.
I've just uploaded my first edit using the Mavic Air in 4k, just pretty basic footage I captured over winter. Would love some input from the drone community before I start the next one, filming on holiday/once in a lifetime shots etc.
Hi Jeff..thx for your info
Anyway how bout its gain setting?
EPSILANO GRACIA i would leave the gain setting alone . This has to do with holding the craft in place as-is. The only time you would change this would be if you added an accessory that increased the overal weight of the mavic air.
Oic..would you please lemme know whats its gain feature for? And what kind of accessory you mean ?🙏
Have you experimented with the gain setting?
Casey Walker i leave my gain at the default setting. Only real reason to adjust is if the mavic is not hovering in place well (drifting too much). So maybe if you had prop guards or landing extensions that add some weight, causing drift. Otherwise i wouldn't change it.
Jeff Greene that is what I thought it might be for, fine tuning for outside influences (wind, etc) instead of control stick response. Thanks for the video.
Hi Jeff , fantastic tutorial . I don't know whether you can help me , I pretty new to this , but my video playback from the internal storage to my computer looks very grainy and pixilated , especially with the rotation of the drone. I have not played with any camera settings. Thanks for any help .
Hi Peter, are you viewing playback from something recorded on your phone's storage or are you talking about the internal storage on your Mavic Air? It could be a slow PC. Can you post a video clip or a screenshot for your DJI Go4 app from your phone while the mavic is recording. Should be able to confirm the mavic is set up properly.
Hi Jeff, I have now loaded the video clips on to a USB stick and the video playback is good on 2 laptops, and on 2 large screen TVs we have in the house. My desktop PC is about 7 or 8 years old and the video playback is very pixilated on that, so the problem must be the old PC . I hope this may help someone else with the same problem . Thanks very much for your reply and your help. Keep up the great videos on UA-cam .
peter davis ok cool, good to know! That 4k video can be a beast on older video graphics cards.
Always great videos, Jeff. Thanks
This is a very good summary and told in a language that is understandable for anyone.
Thanks so much, i appreciate the positive feedback!
Nice video. Worth mentioning that the use of ND filters can be over hyped. We use them purely to get the correct amount of motion blur. If you are taking videos of landscape, there really isn't much motion in the picture that would introduce blur anyway. Only really required if you are filing sports/people/moving vehicles etc. Otherwise, just change your shutter speed to get the correct exposure and ignore the 180 degree rule.
Skuma Video agreed. Good timing, i actually posted a new video last week just on nd filter faq's and this was one of the best questions. Cheers!
Nice, i'll go look for it.
Hi Jeff, outstanding video. Have you recorded at night? What settings do you recommend? Thanks!
Hello Jeff ,I subscribed and learned some tips from you , Thx here is my question , for the EXP settings , you set at configuration 1, what about configuration 2, and3 , what are the differences ? should we set the same to get smooth effects ? Thx Jeff , waiting for your reply
Hi Tania, Welcome to the community! For the EXP settings i am am using (0.4, 0.2, and 0.2). This basically smooths out the side to side movements. Is that what you are referring to.
Jeff Greene Thx ,will test
Interesting Cinematic Settings Tutorial, what a DJI App is that, you also have a version for DJI Mavic Air 2 this works only with the App DJI Fly
sorry the App is DJI Go 4.0
Great suggestions. Made my flying much better. Thanks!
Thanks Jamal, i am glad you found this helpful!
Thank you for this. Excellent demonstration of these settings that I probably would have been too afraid to play with myself without explanation.
Travis G glad you found this helpful. Should definitely try ut out. Can always back out to the default settings.
Fantastic video, thanks Jeff.
In your reference to Cinematic setting, I guess all these adjustments you've made amount to a "manual" cinematic setting?
yes exactly, mainly the need to get the entire platform as smooth as possible.
I'm a fan of your videos and advices, thanx!
walderrramos thanks buddy, i am glad you found this helpful!
Best Vid on youtube !! Very detailed. Keep it going !! Subscribed
Thank you Jay, i really appreciate that.
Awesome video mate. I really like that you took the time to explain these tips.
Very clear and informative, Thanks - it's given me food for thought!
Great video.. thanks for the very useful info.
Thank you Jeff. I just bought my first drone, a Mavic Air, this weekend. I'm really keen on getting into cinematic drone photography and have been trying to absorb as much as I can from tutorials on UA-cam. First thing I ordered was a set of these ND filters. Your video is the most comprehensive and easiest to follow that I've found. I'm itching to get outside and start filming. Thank you again and I'll definitely be checking out your other videos. Cheers.
That is great Lochie, i am excited for you! Feel free to ask questions. There are lots of subscribers on here with all levels of experience.
Nice work Jeff. Thanks for the great info. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Con for the thumbs up! Glad you found this helpful.
Thanks, very informative. I too am an Ironman - very cool 140!!
Thank you very much!! I will bring your tips into my drone. Thanks again.
Very helpful video! This just answered all of my questions. The Mavic Air is my first drone. I also have zero experience with photography but this video made everything so easy. Will be ordering ND filters. Thank you.
No problem pinkywinky222, i am glad this was helpful to you!
Thank you for the info, I learned a lot tonight about all the adjustments for mavic air.
You are most welcome!
so after you set the drone up as per this video do you do anything with it after ? ie some form of editing
im looking to keep it all simple as this y first drone and I've really not done a lot of editing
Hi Steve Arnold, I do this set up just the one time. Post editing is more a labor of love. For me it is a hobby, so i am always trying to learn something new, and then introduce that edit effect as part of my video...ie...I can create a random tutorial type video, but in the background i am practicing different transition edits, speed ramps, sounds, etc. Each program will have default transitions, effect, so these will cut down on "time spent" tremendously.
Love the easy to follow guide. Thanks!
Brother I’ve watched a ton of videos trying to get a grasp on this whole concept. I don’t know if it just finally got through or your just good at explaining it but it finally makes sense to me. You got a new sub today. Great video
Jamie Lane thanks sir, i am glad you found this helpful!
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for posting. Very helpful.
Thanks Oregon POV, glad you found this useful!
This is what I have been looking for. Thanks!!
Awesome, glad to help Slam Duncan!
Why would you pull out sharpness and contrast from the original just to put it back later.. I thought that was the whole perk of raw photos and 4k video is that there is loads of data there to tweak vs pulling it out then trying to re add later? Not trying to be dumb just trying to learn
Hi Jeff! Just got hold of my Polarpro filters and will try out your settings and revert with my experience.
Thank you sooooo much for sharing, I enjoyed it, and instructions are super clear and easily understood! Please keep the videos coming man!
Thank you Jerry, i appreciate you saying that. Looking forward to seeing your results!
Thanks, Jeff! I tried your recommendations today and the results were amazing! One question though, without an ND filter how would you suggest setting the shutter and ISO? Cheers
Etienne Maugars thank you!
Very helpful. Thank you
one of the most comprehensive video. thanks.
Thanks abdumka, very much appreciated!
This was a spectacular tutorial. Gold among UA-cam trash. lol Anyways, I wanted to know more about the drone's movement settings so I can help out my friend who actually flies it. I'm the editor between us, and I highly recommend you go shoot in "D-Log" with -3 contrast and saturation. Afterwords go play with the colors in post. Trust me, you'll be amazed.
Thank you sir, appreciate the insight!
Excellent teaching! Thank you!
Thanks for the thumbs up David! I appreciate the feedback.
Hi. Do you have any problems with the video when you putting in ur laptop? With 60fps?
I haven't noticed. How do you mean? Does it not play on your laptop or the image looks bad somehow?
Nice video! Thanks. Question: for Cinematic purpose is it better to use polarized or normal ND filters?
Bestprato.com thanks for the thumbs up. I prefer the polarized nd filters for sure. They really help cut down on the glare and help retain the color when the sky is bright.
Ok, but would not it be better to have flat images and increase the dynamics in post production? In the video you explain that you have to decrease the contrast not increase it.
There are a lot of filters available for the Mavic Air in Amazon but most of the videos that I watched here used the ND one. Sorry if I’m such a noob but will it suffice If I just buy the ND4/8/16/32 filters? There are also the UV and CPL types.
Pinkywinky222, i would actually just buy a 3 pack and save some $ (a six pack of nd filters is too many choices for me). I bought the Cinema Series 3 pack from Polar Pro. They seem to have a much higher quality of glass. PolarPro also makes the Standard Series which is about 40% less expensive. Both are on this page: amzn.to/2ELOu8J . On my mavic pro, i did buy the nd filters from dji initiall and they did not last. So i switched to polar pro for the mavic pro and have been happy on that quad for almost a year. Hope this helps.
Jeff Greene Thanks a lot for replying. I just ordered the Cinema Series - Shutter Collection 3 pack from Polar Pro just like you adviced. I almost bought the cheap ones but thank goodness I saw your video first and also checked some forums. I read that some of the knock-offs caused problems with the gimbal. I think most of the Mavic owners agree that Polar Pro makes the best ND filters in the market right now. Thanks again and I’m looking forward to more videos about the Mavic Air. *subscribed
pinkywinky222, that is awesome. Yep the polar pro is high quality glass. Not as good as dragon glass mind you, but still pretty good 😀.
I have not tried yet but pause button on remote should definitely stop it even ok Cmode
Thanks for such a comprehensive and thorough walk through! I've seen so many reviews. But this videos is my buy in to the drone!
Thanks Gus for the positive feedback. I have been happy with the DJI products for the last 4 years or so. They are really nice tools, and it is amazing to see how fast the technology is changing every year.
Cheers Jeff, Great Vid, I too am upgrading from a Spark to the Air, nothing wrong with the spark I love it but the Air just a little nicer.
Thanks Paul
best cinematic settings❤
Very well explained ,thanks for your video.
Ravindra Seneviratne you are most welcome. Thanks for the thumbs up!
With the ND filter on, what settings do you use for sharpness/contrast/saturation? Or are they the same 0/-3/-2 as before ND filter?
Sheban EvoX yes i keep it the same, always.
Jeff Greene Many thanks!
Awesome video Jeff, great insights and tips - thanks 👍
Great video! Really helped me out
Hi and thanks for the video. Will the gimbal cover fit with the polar pro nd filter attached? Also, I have read that the filers can somehow damage the gimbal....have you experienced this?
Thanks Frank A! The gimbal cover fits just fine with the ND filter attached. The poloar pro filters are super lightweight and actually replace the clear lens on the mavic air. So you remove the clear lens and then add the ND filter lens. The weight is essentially identical.
I also have polar pro on the mavic pro, where the nd filter is added on top of the stock lens. No issues with the gimbal or the gimbal cover for over a year.
Thanks!
Do you have to post process what the settings you are saying
hey Jeff, thanks for you help with setting up the drone, really like it. I do have a question :) when you say you what to take the colour out and add that it post ? what is in post like where to you add the colours again. its it program like final cut you add the colours again ? hope you will help me here :) vh kim
Hi Kim, yes you are correct. I shoot in the flat color profile so that i can add color in editing, using Final Cut Pro X. Hope that helps!
first, thank you for replaying @@JeffGreeneChannel. yes it helps a lot to understand where the colours are. I just need to get some more cash to get final cut then. again thank you for you time and I really do appreciate your help !
@@kimbagge2706 you are very welcome. There is nothing wrong with using the normal color profile that you get straight out of the mavic 2 pro or mavic air.
okay cool, ill keep playing with it and change it again when I have final cut for it looks so good when you put the colours on after Jeff :) its the air I have, so awesome machine :) keep up your good work, its helping a lot of people :)
Great video! I have a new Mavic Air. I’m getting strong video noise moving from the upper left to lower right with all my videos. Except in very bright light. I have no idea where it’s coming from or who can help me with this problem. Please help? I beginning to wonder if there is something wrong with my machine?
Rick Bennett hard to know without seeing the video. Can you share the link to the video?
What a helpful video. Just got my first drone and this saves me a lot of time. Subbed.