Focusing the X5

Steven Powter · Oct 26, 2015

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Well after many try's i finally got the focus right on the X5... with help from DJI Tahoe Ed Windham.... its all in calibrating the lens properly... i had spent many hours trying to get it to focus... calibrated the lens many times in video mode.... it was sharp in 1920x1080 and everything under.. but not sharp in 4K ???..
So if you are haviing trouble with focus try this.... select photo mode... bring up lens calibration... select focus point .. (must be HIGH CONTRAST at least 50met away)... set focus to infinity... use focus assistant ... if you dont get the result you want the first time keep doing it until you do... hope this helps...

Figbar · Oct 26, 2015

When you calibrate...is the craft in the air or is it on the ground pointing at something 50 meters away? Then you say set focus to infinity...I'm assuming you are in MF to do this ?...when you say use focus assistant, I'm assuming you are talking about selecting the screen in the area that is high contrast 50 meters away? Then do you hit OK to the lens calibration prompt? Once this is done, do you get any message that indicates calibration is successful?

I'm kind of stumbling through this process, but I think my stuff looks OK...who knows? Thanks for your help...here is what I've shot...testing....

keith whitehead · Oct 27, 2015

can someone please do a video on how to do this?
ive tried but no good results not sure if the subject is high contrast enough. now i know why 1080p looks good and 4k looks bad its because as you say bad lens calibration.

creativedogmedia · Oct 28, 2015

I think it will ask you to calibrate again if it doesn't work the first time. What is focus assistant?

Quadpilot · Oct 28, 2015

ddublu said:
I think it will ask you to calibrate again if it doesn't work the first time. What is focus assistant?

In photo mode and AF, when you select to "calibrate" the lens the area selected with the focus square enlarges.

Steven Powter · Oct 28, 2015

Figbar said:
When you calibrate...is the craft in the air or is it on the ground pointing at something 50 meters away? Then you say set focus to infinity...I'm assuming you are in MF to do this ?...when you say use focus assistant, I'm assuming you are talking about selecting the screen in the area that is high contrast 50 meters away? Then do you hit OK to the lens calibration prompt? Once this is done, do you get any message that indicates calibration is successful?

I'm kind of stumbling through this process, but I think my stuff looks OK...who knows? Thanks for your help...here is what I've shot...testing....

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Sorry for the dlay Figbar... i calibrated on the ground... i focused on a high contrast subject over 50met away..yep i set focus to infinity in manual mode first... but when you calibrate it goes into A mode...the focus assistant only works in photo mode... yes.. touch the screen on the subject you are focusing on (focus assistant).. when you are happy with the focus hit ok... i got no message saying it was successful ...i had good focus in 4k and all video setting... however .. you are going to love this.. when i switched to photo mode... BAM.... the focus went out again.... still scratching my head.... my personal view is the X5 has some sharpness & focus issue's... seems like its needs sharpening in 4k... and... its over sharpened in 1080....

nadsas · Nov 12, 2015

Hey Steven

I also have the same problem. FullHD is sharp and 4K not.
Do i have to recalibrate the Lens ? I didi it allready 4 Times, but its not better.

You wrote "set focus to infinity" but thats only working if i select MF not ?

cheers
sascha

Steven Powter · Nov 12, 2015

Hi nadsas.... i had the focus set to infinity and in photo mode when i calibrate the lens... i just kept calibrating until it came good... i now have sharp focus in 4k and photo mode... do it in auto focus mode...

nadsas · Nov 12, 2015

and the 4k videos are out ouf the cam now also sharper ?
how did you see that the focuscalibration was not as you want ? Did you use an external Monitor ?

Steven Powter · Nov 12, 2015

It was hard to see on the monitor... so after calibrating i would take photo's and video... then play them back on a 4k TV at home... if it did not look sharp... i would find a different subject to calibrate on and do it again... some guys calibrate easy... i found it a hassle .... good luck...

nadsas · Nov 12, 2015

i think the big problem is to find a good object for the calibration. whats to prefer, a building, a wood, does the contrast line has to go throw the focus window ....

i will take my 24" TFT with me, and use the HDMI-Mini Out of my RC. Hopefully i could on this way do a recalibration on field.

if you tried at home on the laptop, foto and video was together not sharp or only one of both ?

keith whitehead · Nov 12, 2015

when i tried calibrating in photo mode as soon as i hit calibrate the bar slides by itself to video mode.. weird. but i think it calibrated now looking good

nadsas · Nov 12, 2015

strange, i will test it.
thank you

Figbar · Nov 12, 2015

Steven Powter said:
Sorry for the dlay Figbar... i calibrated on the ground... i focused on a high contrast subject over 50met away..yep i set focus to infinity in manual mode first... but when you calibrate it goes into A mode...the focus assistant only works in photo mode... yes.. touch the screen on the subject you are focusing on (focus assistant).. when you are happy with the focus hit ok... i got no message saying it was successful ...i had good focus in 4k and all video setting... however .. you are going to love this.. when i switched to photo mode... BAM.... the focus went out again.... still scratching my head.... my personal view is the X5 has some sharpness & focus issue's... seems like its needs sharpening in 4k... and... its over sharpened in 1080....

Thanks for the info...much appreciated