DJI Mavic Air BEST Settings vs Pro | Tutorial

[@MarcoCantieni]

You really seem to be the only one taking care of picture quality and improving it. Your setting for NeatVideo made my Mavic Pro actually usable for me. Thanks!

[@AndyMumford]

As with your original Mavic Pro videos, your coverage is just an order of magnitude better than anything else I see on drone footage. The information on noise and shooting in high contrast scenes is essential and just an indication of the work and thought you put into your own footage. So the Mavic Air does indeed look superb, but more than anything shows that DJI are really pushing the camera/sensor/image processing technology to the point where I expect the Mavic Pro 2 to have a significant upgrade in IQ, and it's probably worth waiting on that before decided whether to sell my original Mavic Pro and upgrade. Once again, fantastic video and keep up the good work.

[@thefilmpoets]

Thanks Andy! Yes I'm pumped for a new version of the Mavic Pro.

[@davidledbetter8095]

Seriously the highest quality tutorials on KZbin. Another amazing video you guys!

[@thefilmpoets]

thank you David. 😄

[@RyanSSmith]

Love these technical videos man. Really informative and just the type of details those of us who want to step up our shooting love to see.

[@GrimR2]

This channel needs more subscribers. Very technical and overall great videos

[@bayusendja5190]

The best video for mavicpro and mavic air explanation i have ever seen on KZbin!

[@Dinos0001]

3:52 Mavic Air Fly More Combo also has a bag... (I'm guessing the fly more version wasn't out at the time of the video - just writing this for anyone who need to know)

[@kilianonline]

Thanks not only for doing the heavy lifting but for sharing it in such a precise and informative manner. Buying all the relevant Mavic Air LUTs from your site is but a small contribution to support this great work. Thank you sir, you are a class act.

[@krausem1]

Hello Matt, half an hour ago, i have tested your gimbal and video settings! They are the best settings for me! The video looks so smooth and great! Thank you so much!!! Greets Markus

[@thefilmpoets]

so good to hear Markus. 👊🏻

[@defdac]

Professional, superb quality video, straight to the point with large clean graphics. Smooth voice too. 10/10. Subbed.

[@whoismatt]

Really great work in this Matt! Answered some of the questions I didn't even know I had, and really excited me about a potential Mavic Pro 2 in a few months. :D

[@chosenideahandle]

Five months later, and we continue to wait Matt(s).

[@RomuloOlavo]

It arrived. hahaha

[@WilIiamMnl]

Exactly what I'm looking for. I love short and straightforward tutorials like these, sub'd.

[@januszk87]

Good video. Finally a KZbinr who doesnt shout at me all the time or cut their video apart to hide lag of content. Thanks!

[@chosenideahandle]

This is very well done. You really know your stuff. The Air's fly more combo comes with the case and a really nice bag, for those wondering.

[@marcusadriansson]

Bought your Mavic Air LUT, 120% satisfied! Excellent work! Thank you for your great tips!

[@thefilmpoets]

Thank you! So glad you're happy. Enjoy!

[@andrewfaulkner3315]

Great video, put together super well and professional! I just ordered a mavic air and I am so excited to test it out with these settings! Thanks so much

[@thefilmpoets]

Enjoy that Air!

[@franklinmichael671]

I had been looking for a video like this for ages! The gimbal responsiveness tip is great! Thanks!

[@AlexanderBrowne]

Thanks for such a thorough overview. Really helped set up my Mavic Air for maximum image quality which is exactly what I need. Have you tried setting sharpness to -3 and sharpening post-production? And if there was any detectable difference?

[@mikaelvellmun7228]

Hi there. Once again..blown away by the effort and in depth nature of your drone videos. I just have a few questions about neat video and final cut pro when I edit my mavic pro videos. I have been loading the noise profile onto my created video not on the individual clips. I make my cuts, color grade and add all music then export. Re-open exported video with fcpx again to add the denoise profile. Should I be denoising each individual clip separately or the created clip once at the end like I am doing? I use the same iso, and color profile on the mavic...but the lighting conditions and my nd filter selected can differ between the clips. Thank you for your expertise!

[@thefilmpoets]

You''ve got the right idea. If it's all the same iso or close to it then you can do a global Denoise no problem.

[@mikaelvellmun7228]

The Film Poets thank you for the confirmation! I have also not tried your 100iso d-cinelike neat video profiles. I normally create my own using each video with as high of a quality rating and in an area with as high of a percent noise as possible. Would you still recommend just using your pre-made mavic pro noise profiles for every video over creating a new one for each?

[@thefilmpoets]

Yes I do recommend using an actual noise profile from a chart vs using a random clip. It's more accurate and gives neat video more information to work with.

[@mikaelvellmun7228]

The Film Poets okay thank you brother. I will look for a dcinelike iso 100 profile for 4k

[@TitouanDebray]

I'm pretty sure I've watched every (non-amateur) video there is on the Air, as I've been considering buying one, and your footage has to be the best I've seen. Stunning. Subbed - and most likely ordering the Air this week.

[@thefilmpoets]

Thanks Titouan! If you order from this link it helps to support more videos and doesn't cost any more - geni.us/MzDs

[@movimox]

Great review and I appreciate a lot that you did not bump up the volume of the music on b-roll footage :)

[@Darryl.Harris]

Downloaded the Mavic Air LUT. I plan to get the low light and Sierra soon. Love your work. Thx for sharing.

[@m0rbidius]

Awesome informative video for an amateur like me. The only thing i wanted to add is that the sharpening can be set to +1 if you want to avoid noise in scenes with much more contrast than the video presented here.

[@Ecohen52784]

Thank you for the wonderful informative video. I received my Mavic Air a week ago and it is my fourth dji drone. This one on still photos has a lot of jagged edges (Aliasing) is there any setting you might recommend that may help correct the jagged lines? Thank you so much for any advice. I am pretty new at this and am a senior citizen. This has become my new hobby and I truly love it.

[@thefilmpoets]

Eric Cohen I didn’t test photos, so I cant be suggest anything. But you could test a few different modes and see what looks best. Usually that would mean you need to shoot at the highest resolution that is offered. As a last resort, you can always take 4k framegrabs from the video files. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful! -Matt

[@Jesus-bc1hw]

very nice and accurate video, love how clean information is displayed and all the important data

[@thefilmpoets]

Thanks!

[@optimalreview8368]

I’m telling you that this is the most helpful video for me! I really like the quality of your talking voice with a little bit of background music. Thank you for the tips, i’ll definitely going to use them.

[@weirdrage]

One of the best reviews I’ve seen!

[@Nathan-wn5mc]

Awesome video, I'm new to the drone hobby. Just bought my first drone, I went with the mavic air. I've had it for a few days now and have been experimenting with settings and different flight modes. I want to learn how to capture more cinematic footage and be able to edit the videos as well. Any tips or suggestions I could get would be great and appreciated. Any suggestions on what apps or programs to get to help edit my photos and or videos.

[@thefilmpoets]

learn composition, learn light, learn storytelling. Edit with FCPX. Have fun.

[@ОптимусПрайм-е6ы]

Hi! Thank's for video! From 1:33 I think you seen that colors of clouds are fully desaturated. Maybe you notice that some colors in sky, green grass, sea surfase, are different betwen cache phone memorry and sd card into mavic air? Why It's almost desaturated from sd card from mavic?! Try to compare and you will see. And I don't know how to fix it.

[@thefilmpoets]

The clouds at 1:33 are starting to clip. Clipped highlights have no information and no color. Maybe that's what you're seeing.

[@ОптимусПрайм-е6ы]

@@thefilmpoets no. I'am telling not about clipping. :)

[@chandalee1414]

Wow great video, been going through so many. This one is very informative.

[@ДмитрийДобронравов-ф2р]

Good day! Thank you very much for your work, it is always nice to watch your videos and admire your touching and heartfelt works! Please tell me all the same where the best picture on Mavic pro or Mavic Air. Thank you very much!

[@rajithbandara2228]

Hi Matt, Do you use ND-PL filters with Mavic Air, in Golden hour shoots? or Just NDs. Also, what do you think about Black Magic Denoiser III instead?​ Thanks

[@justinoliver77]

I'm also curious about this. I've struggled with getting the best image at Golden Hour and keeping the 180-degree shutter rule.

[@GRequinBlanc]

by far the best LUT I've found - thank you so much.

[@ldesp3430]

Great Tutorial. I am new to drones. I have a question that I don't think was covered in the video. What ISO settings do you recommend we use for both Easy Workflow and Best Quality for the Mavic Air? If manual what adjustments?

[@thefilmpoets]

Manual exposure with the lowest ISO possible. I use the shutter to expose.

[@ldesp3430]

@@thefilmpoets Thanks for the fast response, on the new DJI app would that setting be ISO 100 and SHUTTER set to ?? if it makes a difference, I will be filming mostly on sunny islands.

[@thefilmpoets]

@@ldesp3430 You move the shutter up until the exposure is correct. It depends on the light. You can look at the EV meter to get an idea, which should be 0EV if you have the sky and ground in the shot at the same time. I like to look at the clouds and make sure that they aren't clipping, but are just below. Thats usually a good exposure.

[@ldesp3430]

​@@thefilmpoets Sorry for the noob questions. So you adjust this just before you take off or start your filming based on the current lighting conditions, set ISO to 100 and adjust the shutter until you have 0EV is that correct?

[@thefilmpoets]

@@ldesp3430 you adjust exposure while the drone is in the air before you hit record. You can adjust it at any time.

[@JoshuaKMD]

Awesome video! Do you also shoot in "cinematic mode" in addition to your preferred settings? Also - does cinematic mode override your specific settings? Lastly - do you recommend buying the PolarPro vivid or shutter series filters? Thanks!

[@thefilmpoets]

I think cinematic mode just slows down the responsiveness of the remote. That can help a lot, but it's freaked me out before when I tried to stop and it lagged behind. I prefer for the remote to be responsive when i want it to be.

[@TimsWildlife]

Great video! But I often get lots of flicker with my mavic air footage. Do you get it? I cannot properly remove it with neat video or flicker free, only reduce it a bit..

[@NeilSeaver]

Youre the first person I have seen to mention the response time from input of a stick movement to when you see it on the screen. This is very important. I do a lot of action flying, chasing boats, cars, bikes etc and the responsiveness is really important to me. That is probably enough to make me stick with the Mavic pro

[@thefilmpoets]

Neil Seaver exactly. You never know if there’s a delay in the flying or a lag in the monitor. It feels a little strange. It could work for basic stuff but probably not in your situation.

[@chosenideahandle]

There is no delay, at least not after the firmware updates.

[@ChaseAustin]

Great video Matt! quick question. I recently got the air and have been using the setting you suggested and I've noticed when shooting in flat light, a lot of shots are unusable with detail being thrown out in the shadows creating a watercolor type effect. Is this something you've noticed as well? Any tips?

[@thefilmpoets]

I've noticed that the Air does not like to be underexposed. So if you're in flat light, with no highlights, raise the exposure up a a bit to keep the majority of the image out of the shadows. Using the histogram as you shoot may help, you'll learn where it likes to be to stay clean. Hope that helps a bit. -Matt P.S. The ISO 100 profile in the lowlight pack can help a lot with shadow noise. - geni.us/LowLightMavicAir

[@-SkyHawk-]

As always, I take a bow. Your analysis is the most valuable on the internet for professional shooters. Thank you for the invested time. I had exactly the same issues on the pictures in the icelandic lavafield with the same overcast weather. When I was changing my shutter speed to 30, the whole picture (or should I say codec) broke down due to the noise patterns. What do you think of the acustic noise level of the Air? Does it sound like a wasp attack or is it useable for your wedding shoots?

[@thefilmpoets]

Yea the Mavic codec could use a lot of improvement, have to hear that it burned you! The Air sounds pretty loud. To me it's more of a high pitch noise like wasps. I've only flown once or twice during a wedding precessional and in those cases the bride requested it and the music covered the sound. Once that ceremony starts it'll be a huge distraction! -Matt

[@-SkyHawk-]

One more question: What is your impression with 400 ISO and above? I have the impression that we get the mushy watercolor look again once we get to 400.

[@thefilmpoets]

I didn't do a lot of tests, but the noise ramps up for sure and starts to overtake the detail. It needs de-noising still, but it still seems to out-perform the mavic pro .

[@-SkyHawk-]

The Film Poets Oh yes, the video quality is due to the 100Mbit definately better than what the Codec does with the output of the Mavic Pro even even though stated otherwise by some. By the end of the week I will have put the footage under stress in CC.

[@minhazcool]

What a great video, i have used your setting in Mavic air and was able to get excellent results with shooting 120fps cinematic in my channel.

[@Mr_Ponzo]

thanks so much for the video. Have one comment: are you sure the video on the left at sec 56 is the mavic air? the green tonality is more like the mavic pro. I'm not saying I'm right.

[@thefilmpoets]

Yes thats the Mavic Air for sure. They were both matched at kelvin temp (6000k) & resolution. It feels like the air is a bit warmer overall but has more cyan in the sky. If you compare just the grass you'll notice that the mavic pro has more green, and a more natural blue sky.

[@chakits1]

I just purchased Samsung 64 gig SD card for my Mavic Air and noticed it did not record any footage to the SD card only directly to the drone. Any Tips?

[@thefilmpoets]

yea it records internally by default. You need to go into the settings and choose the recording location. I don't remember the exact menus but you should be able to find it pretty easily. -Matt

[@Vonbeardingham]

Hi guys, superbly informative video 👍🏼 I bought the air, but found when taking photos things seem blocky and not sharp. Tried looking around for information and seen a few people have had a similar issue. Wonder if you have any thoughts? Many thanks and splendid job 😃

[@anthonymontes9425]

I appreciate your vids, Def helping me understand how to get the most out of the drone! I just recently ordered a Mavic Air and am so pumped to use it. I plan on doing a lot of golf course videography, like hole by hole fly overs. What settings would you recommend to bring out a nice elegant cinematic look or to bring out the lush greens from the fairways and surrounding features? any advice would help! Thanks!

[@SeezSantos]

After watching your previous video and utilizing your techniques and seeing the difference.I am still keeping my Mavic Pro :)

[@YesManNomad]

Such a helpful video, thanks so much for this. Where did you get your background music from?

[@YesManNomad]

2 years later… 🧽 🦑 🦀 ⭐️

[@marcusgorcea834]

Awesome video, very very helpful

[@ldesp3430]

I am using your luts with Davinci Resolve 16, could you share your recommended render/output settings when saving the videos after applying your luts.

[@thefilmpoets]

The standard h264 export is fine.

[@tiagobel]

Excellent! Thanks for the tips and LUTs.

[@athreyashenoy]

Howdy, found this video very useful. Though I was unclear about yaw sensitivity. You adjusted the yaw movement limit while u said yaw sensitivity. There is an option called yaw sensitivity. Did you confuse them by mistake while doing this video?

[@thefilmpoets]

Yeah I probably messed it up. Sorry about that.

[@DrAdnan]

High quality and informative, thanks!

[@gregpeterpatrikios]

Hi, My name is Greg from Denmark. In this video you talk about a plug-in Neat But Neat is after in the editing process right? I mean you cannot use Neat while flying right? Thanks

[@thefilmpoets]

correct. its a post process plugin.

[@DubShack]

great video question is i just got the polar pro ND cinema series do you have the same settings if you use such filters

[@thefilmpoets]

Yes everything would be the same.

[@HaydenGoldsworthy]

Great review! I'm still happy with my Mavic Pro as well but definitely waiting for an update.

[@gfamhomevideos]

Thanks for the tutorial! I get my mavic air today and I'm so excited to start messing around with it

[@thefilmpoets]

Have fun with it! Amazing little drone!

[@sweener88]

Total newbie here to drones and filming: Do I just keep it in 4k or a lesser resolution to save storage space. I know there will be quality differences but maybe when I'm starting out I won't know the difference? haha Really trying to find information on suggestions for basic settings This video was fantastic, thank you!

[@thefilmpoets]

You can shoot in a lower resolution to save space. try 1080p at 24fps to see if you like it.

[@sweener88]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@PierpaoloPerriFotografo]

Do you find that using sharpnes -1 introduce more noise with the mavic air?

[@dronetech2a22]

hello I have a mavic air and I am looking for good cinematic adjustments I have a problem when I rotate with the mavic it is not fluid sometimes a little fuzzy I test full of adjustments I have filters nd and a micro sd card that it must be where it can come from, thank you

[@user-hg7je7zi8g]

Thanks!!! Please continue doing videos like this!!

[@TheC0wboyWay]

Thank you for sharing those settings. Do you have any recommendations for ND filters?

[@thefilmpoets]

PolarPro makes the polarizer + ND that I like for the Mavic Pro. The top end series seem to be the best quality out there for DJI gear. I have some listed in my kit : kit.com/thefilmpoets/dji-mavic-pro-kit

[@MichaelWootten]

Great video! I appreciate how to the point and professional it was. Much respect and very informative!

[@mrIMITATION38]

Really impressive editing and shots. I learned alot from these videos. Hopefully can improve my drone skills I have a phantom 4

[@VideoCameron]

Great work Matt! Very helpful

[@ldesp3430]

I am having issues understanding what to do with ISO and and shutter speed auto and manual settings for video. If I use manual settings when facing the lightsource(sun) once I turn around things are too dark. Are these manual settings only good for one direction of flight then they must be adjusted during the flight if your direction changes?

[@thefilmpoets]

Anytime you have the actual light source in the shot it's going to clip if you're exposed for the scene that the light is falling on. So you're right, both shots have their own exposure and you need to change exposure when going between, or find a happy medium. Then you just edit out those exposure changed in your film.

[@BosleyBeats]

Solid video dude great work

[@thefilmpoets]

thanks!

[@benkress]

Awesome. No nonsense video, no bs - very informative. Just one thing, the mavic air does come with a separate bag in the fly more combo version. Got to compare apples with apples :)

[@adrienvillez]

Great quality video here! Love it! Subscribed!

[@RiccardoFasoli]

thank you so much for this video!!! cant wait to test it out

[@Dronescapes]

Great tutorial! Great LUTs and NEAT Profiles. You should also do the same for the Phantom4 PRO and the Inspire 2 + Zenmuse X7 (And X5). Anyway, I just purchased most of the things you offer, you well deserve it and it was not expensive at all, considering the value of the work you have done. Congrats again!

[@thefilmpoets]

Thank you so much for the support! It really helps. The P4Pro video is up next!

[@natserog]

great video!! thanks....im kinda on the fence on buying. I have Phantom 4. Big question is how is the smoothness of the pan with the Mavic Air??

[@thefilmpoets]

camera movement with the Air looks great to me!

[@natserog]

thanks! great video!

[@thefilmpoets]

if you're having problems with a stuttering image it's usually becuase of mis-matching framerates. 30p in a 24p timeline will do that unless you slow it to 80%.

[@thefilmpoets]

the physical pan of it looks smooth to me. I pan at 2:14

[@flaviochapa3003]

Do I need to buy the Neat Video License, to apply the lowlight pack? Price it's kinda high for us hobbyist , or is there another way to apply the pack?

[@thefilmpoets]

Flavio Chapa Yes you need to buy neat video and it is a pricey program. It’s very useful for pros who shoot in low light with different cameras. In some ways its a small price to pay to make the camera footage useable up to its max ISO, because otherwise its really noisy.

[@twil21be]

Hey! You said in the and at "easy workflow", for people that do not post edit to use D-Cinelike. Is that right? Won't it look flat if not edited in post processing? Thanx!

[@thefilmpoets]

Its d cinelike with 0 contrast, not negative contrast. It looks good right out of the camera.

[@twil21be]

The Film Poets thanx for the reply. Your video is awesome, but my opinion is that the image is too flat with D-Cinelike. It needs the post editing touch to look better than the normal profile.

[@thefilmpoets]

@@twil21be yea if you don't want to do any post or are uncomfortable with it then the normal profile is the way to go. Its a nice looking, baked in profile, but the downsides are a little less dynamic range, and less room for grading. -Matt

[@ldesp3430]

When using your recommended settings do you ever change the white balance depending on weather conditions or do you just set it to auto?

[@thefilmpoets]

Leon DeSpain never auto wb. Generally you can go 6000k and then raise it a bit in overcast days. At sunset I go to 8000k. See my second Mavic pro video for a demo of that. -Matt

[@thomaskretschmer3111]

Great video! One question to the pros: I have the impression, that 1080 material is not that sharp as 4k which is downconverted to 1080. Is this true and what is the reason (maybe 1080 usues only a part of the sensor and that makes the difference). I´d prefer to shoot higher framerates as 4k allows, thats why I don´t want to shoot in 4k.

[@thefilmpoets]

Thomas Kretschmer rondo 1080p mode has to bin the image from the sensor. So it takes an average of three pixels and blends them to equal 1 pixel of the 1080p image. This is vastly different than recording true 4k and then downscaling it to 1080p, which can look really good. It works differently for every camera. Hope that helps. -Matt

[@soyabean-sg]

May i know what's the recommended gain settings for mavic air? thanks!

[@INtangiblesoluciones]

Really nice video, thak you for the setting !

[@kuyapeng9210]

Thank You For the tips sir👏🙌🏻

[@VIDEOMANIACDJI]

The Film Poets hello will this lut and LowLight Pack work in adobe premiere pro 2019?

[@thefilmpoets]

the LUT will, the noise profiles for lowlight have to be used with Neat Video, which is a plugin for premiere pro.

[@jackbisson9226]

Thank you for this very valuable information. It gives me a baseline to start from. Great video.

[@irvingh11]

what software do you use for your edits? Gret video btw. thx!

[@thefilmpoets]

FCPX

[@stevengergi6781]

Best drone video so far

[@skumavideo]

OK so we know that the we should set our shutter speed double to that of our frame rate to get the most natural motion blur. My question is what is the best course of action if you have your drone away in the distance and the sunlight changes. Would you adjust your EV and sacrifice the motion blur, or would you stick to the 180 degree rule at the expense of over/under exposing the video?

[@thefilmpoets]

Me personally, I don't follow a 180 shutter. It isn't a rule, although its sometimes confused with the 180 degree rule for keeping proper eyeline. The only people I know who get stuck on the 180 degree shutter are newbies who read that they should do it and commercial filmmakers and cinematographers who can practically do it. Most everyone else including, live event filmmakers raise the shutter speed to expose. Drone footage especially becuase nothing is moving that quickly across the frame.

[@skumavideo]

Wow that is the first time i'm seen someone come out with that opinion. Interesting when I did some research on the 180 degree rule, I only found articles regarding camera position. So are you saying you don't use ND filters on your drone? I did a little test here, the left video shows no blur (shot without a filter) and the middle video shows blur because of the fitted nd filter kzbin.info/www/bejne/q33PdmmrrpWrnqs

[@thefilmpoets]

Yea your test shows it perfectly. Thats how shutter speed works. Do the same test with your drone on a normal scene and you want see much difference. Unless people are jumping or clapping their hands its not that big of a deal. Plus you can't maintain a 180 shutter on a mavic without flying it up, checking exposure for the ND, bringing it down, setting the ND, flying back up, hoping the clouds don't change etc... Feel free to do it of course but it will slow you down. At least do a test on some normal footage first. Almost no wedding filmmaker uses ND filters unless they are shooting with a c100. Just don't get too stuck on it at first.

[@skumavideo]

Thanks again. I must admit, always battling with ND filters was starting to take the joy out of film making

[@thefilmpoets]

Come on over to the dark side and crank that shutter. =)

[@chetseni]

Hi. Would u advise me how to connect the signal btw remote to Mavic Air pls? I tried many times but cud not connected or is it because in the house under the closed area?

[@thefilmpoets]

The only way that I've used it is with the phone & app connect to the remote. It connect every time for me so I don't have any experience trouble shooting this. There's some good info on DJI's forums though, so you may want to search there. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. -Matt

[@chetseni]

The Film Poets Thank you for your advised :)

[@livactually4007]

does anyone find that they don't have an option for advance gimble settings or options for altering image sharpness on the new app update? I can't find anything!

[@os2musicuk203]

Can you give us the best camera settings for the mavic pro, you come across to me as a more experienced pro filming wise.

[@thefilmpoets]

It's all right here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGPQZnmmlrSjgJo

[@os2musicuk203]

The Film Poets thank you 👍

[@saulm6386]

Thanks for the video lad What tweak do you do to reduce noise on the lut?

[@thefilmpoets]

Thanks. So the LUT corrects for the -3 contrast setting and gives you more dynamic range than you would have if you shot with 0 contrast. The noise reduction is separate, and is done using a program called Neat Video, which take note profiles of camera sensors and removes the noise. It's a paid program and isn't cheap, but extremely useful for high ISO stuff

[@ricardourroz9322]

HI! Great video. Thanks for sharing. I have to decide if buying the Air or the Pro. Can´t decide. I am worried about the wifi issue instead of the Occusync, however, I don´t fly long range ever, not even when I had the 4 Pro. What would you choose? Is the wifi in the city is it ok?

[@thefilmpoets]

I haven't flown in the city so I'm not sure. But I can imagine wifi dropping in different situations. Even in my area there is a slight lag which I don't like at all. I think that cancels out the image quality gains, especially since you can clean the mavic pro image if you have to. I'd choose based on size. For me it will either go over my shoulder in a bag or it won't, and both of these drones will do that, so the smaller size doesn't really add much.

[@ricardourroz9322]

Thanks for the fast response. Let me ask you something else. The APAS and the back sensor doesn´t add up to chose the Air? And the signal drop is it that often, so much to make it a decisive element?

[@thefilmpoets]

It's not really a signal drop so much as a lag. So push the stick forward, you don't see it move forward instantly, there's a delay. That won't bother everyone. Also I don't do automated flying and I always know whats around the drone before flying, so sensors really don't help. But I can see them being a huge help to others. I think as far as design and functionality goes, this is a wonderful upgrade to the Spark, and as far as camera goes, it's a modest upgrade to the Mavic Pro. For some people it will be the perfect drone.

[@ricardourroz9322]

I´ve been flying drones for a while now. And never had such a difficult time to decide. It will be at least for some time, my only drone. I like to travel and being portable. And battery I think could end up being a little issue but not sure if enough to pass. Damn! Hard decition.

[@thefilmpoets]

if there's one thing I've learned from buying gear it's that you'll make whatever you have with you work. So it might be best to just pick one, start learning the strengths and weaknesses, and go from there.

[@Lvl9chao]

Hey Matt, any plans on releasing a best setting and LUT for phantom 4 pro by any chance?

[@thefilmpoets]

DJI sent me a P4 Pro + last month. I've been working on a detailed review that should be read in about a week. That thing is amazing!

[@Lvl9chao]

That's awesome. Will be waiting for your video!

[@Lvl9chao]

Hi Matt, just wondering if you still have plans on releasing a best setting and LUT for the phantom 4 pro. Thanks!

[@thefilmpoets]

Hey, that tutorial is almost finished. The p4 pro is really interesting, I show some comparisons between the dynamic range vs the mavic pro when both are in d-log. Will post next week!

[@Lvl9chao]

Cool stuff. I'll be on the look out haha!

[@Murphy252000]

What a mint video, Cheers from Ireland......

[@v1ce21]

Hello and greetings from the Netherlands. Question: Can these LUTS also be used with Adobe Premiere Pro?

[@thefilmpoets]

Yes. Just load the in Lumetri Color panel under the creative section.

[@overfly_pt]

Thanks you Matt for your video 👌👍very good 👏👏

[@rocheuro]

hey Matt if only DJI put brighter lens on Mavic Air.. it could compete with Mavic Pro. but it's light capturing capabilities are worse than Mavic Pro., I like very detailed and very usefull settings and conclusions on ur videos. I really like that vid about best settings for Mavic Pro .. - great work! and great explanation :) thanks for sharing!

[@thefilmpoets]

Thanks! I love the value of the Air, but the Mavic 2 zoom and Pro are much better if you have the budget.

[@User57655]

As a Mavic Pro owner was keen to see what you thought of the Air, I've been looking at Neat Video to help Denoise, would you recommend the After Effects or Premiere plugin? any experience using Davinci Resolve instead of Neat Video?

[@thefilmpoets]

I love Neat Video and use it for almost every film. It can save high iso footage from any camera. I own Resolve Studio, and the noise reduction is nice, but nothing compares to Neat Video. If you aren't feeding the noise reduction software a profile of the noise, it can only guess at what the noise is and usually ends up removing detail as well. Side note, Neat Video is also my favorite sharpening tool because it doesn't sharpen the noise. If you get it, I'd get the version that you plan to use for the final export of your films. So most likely Premiere. Also it helps support more films if you buy from this link : geni.us/NeatVideo

[@User57655]

The Film Poets Thanks for the reply, much appreciated!

[@TheGirlSkateBoardCo]

Do you personally recommend the air or the phantom 4 pro? Your opinion would mean a lot.

[@chosenideahandle]

Those are two completely different tools, for different jobs. Do you travel and need compactness at the cost of slightly lower image quality (Mavic Air), or are you looking for more professional results, but don't mind lugging a gigantic piece of gear around (phantom series of drones)?

[@norgerichard]

You are the best. Really good knowledge

[@DroneMood]

Does the "Mavic Air LowLight Pack" work in FCPX ? just want to know before buying 😄

[@thefilmpoets]

yes BUT you need to own Neat Video for fcpx too. The pack is a noise profile the you feed into neat video so that it knows how to remove the noise.

[@awongfilms1]

this is awesome info! thanks! did anyone else see there's 2 places to enter YAW sensitivity? He shows one and not the other?

[@railpressureflip]

Great video my dude, super helpful!

[@DayMixer]

This is a great video. Thank you so much.

[@DroneMood]

What is Neat exactly ? cause i really don't know sorry. And how i use it with your pack in fcpx, it's a plugin like colore final ?

[@chosenideahandle]

Neat is a $75 noise reduction plug-in available for most editing programs (like FCP).