DJI Phantom Camera Settings

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Ted Forbes

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🗓️ 24 December 2015

⏱️ 12 minutes

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I recently did a video on the DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter that I've been using. I've had several people since ask me about the camera settings that I am using on the Phantom 3. Aerial photography and video work is similar to landscape in that you have a very wide dynamic range that you have to deal with. Its difficult to capture in digital format. The Phantom 3 features a Sony Exmor sensor… having said that it is a decent camera, but not incredible. There are some settings that you can use in the DJI Go app that will help with your footage considerably. I will explain these in this video. SPONSOR Lynda.com For a free, unlimited 10 day trial, visit http://lynda.com/aop Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedforbes Instagram: http://instagram.com/tedforbes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aop.podcast Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tedforbes Website: http://theartofphotography.tv And get on our mailing list to stay up to date on photography news and the latest episodes: http://theartofphotography.tv/about/mailing-list/ Ted Forbes The Art of Photography 3100 Main St #135 Dallas, Texas 75226 Thanks for watching - if you like this video, remember to share it with your friends! My name is Ted Forbes and I make videos about photography. I’ve been making photographs most of my life and I have a tremendously deep passion for photography that I want to share with you on YouTube. The Art of Photography is my channel and I produce photography videos to provide a 360 degree look into the world of making images. We all want to get better so lets do this together! I make videos covering famous photographers, photography techniques, composition, the history of photography and much more. I also have a strong community of photographers who watch the show and we frequently do social media challenges for photographers to submit their own work. I feature the best and most interesting on the show when we do these so come check it out and get involved!

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0:00.0	I've recently did a video about the DJI Phantom 3 professional edition that I've been using and I've had a couple people ask me about the camera settings that I've been using.
0:08.0	And so I thought it would be cool to do a video today to do a quick walk through on the settings and talk about how you can optimize the camera to get the best possible footage.
0:15.2	Now, aerial photography and video is very similar to shooting landscape photography in that the biggest challenge that you have is working with a really wide dynamic range. This means that
0:24.1	shadow detail and highlight detail are the most difficult to balance and retain.
0:27.8	In most daylight conditions the sky stays really bright compared with the
0:31.2	ground which starts to retain a lot more of the dark shadows and
0:34.1	shooting during sunrise or sunset will intensify all of this. The Phantom 3 uses a 12
0:39.3	megapixel Sony XMore sensor which is the same sensor that they use in the GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition.
0:45.2	It's a very decent sensor and it's combined with a lens that has a fixed 2.8 aperture, which
0:50.4	is pretty wide.
0:51.9	And so there's some other things that you'll need to do with
0:53.6	filters to lower your shutter speed if it's a cinematic look that you're looking for.
0:56.9	Now I will say this the Phantom 3 camera is pretty good it's not incredible and
1:02.2	so that's why having your camera
1:03.9	settings just right are going to give you the most flexibility in what you're
1:06.8	going to be able to do in post-production and that's what we're going to talk
1:09.2	about in this video. So to make changes to your camera settings we're going to do this from the DJI Go app.
1:15.0	And I want you to note that I'm not actually connected to the quadcopter right now because I'm doing a screen recording off of this.
1:21.0	But in order for your settings to take effect, you do need to be
1:24.4	connected to the Phantom 3 and everything needs to be powered up and talking to each other.
1:28.5	But in order to change the settings, what you're going to do is on the panel that's over
1:31.7	on the right that is all your camera controls. You're going to do is on the panel that's over on the right that is all your camera
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