Long Exposure Photos

The Editor · Feb 2, 2015

Wiski23 said:
Sorry mate, some of us have cash to throw around without being experts in that field. Cheers for your helpful reply

You're more than welcome - Remember to take your lens cap off !

RiseAboveImaging · Feb 2, 2015

2 second exposure with minimal wind, I am blown away by its stability.

acoll123 · Feb 3, 2015

Nice photos - can't wait to try this with my I1.

lrwskyfilms · Feb 3, 2015

RiseAboveImaging said:
2 second exposure with minimal wind, I am blown away by its stability.

Another stunning photo, please tell us your settings.

RiseAboveImaging · Feb 3, 2015

lrwskyfilms said:
Another stunning photo, please tell us your settings.

I think it was 100 ISO (it was on auto ) and of course f2.8. Shooting a single DNG. I could have done it with half a second exposure and 400 ISO, and have it look pretty much the same, but I wanted to test the limits.

I took about 5 photos, this was the only sharp one.

It took about 5 seconds for the copter to stabalize before I started shooting.

lrwskyfilms · Feb 3, 2015

OK many thanks, excellent. Sorry more questions. Did you lock the exposure? And would AEB shot work or just a single shot? Also would you ever use longer than a 2sec exposure, I see the I1 goes to 8", if so for what? Many thanks for any help. Cheers Mark

RiseAboveImaging · Feb 3, 2015

lrwskyfilms said:
OK many thanks, excellent. Sorry more questions. Did you lock the exposure? And would AEB shot work or just a single shot? Also would you ever use longer than a 2sec exposure, I see the I1 goes to 8", if so for what? Many thanks for any help. Cheers Mark

No exposure lock. AEB would probably mean misaligned photos when doing night shots. if you were far enough away it could work. you can do 8sec exposure if there was no wind and you were really far away. The reason the 2sec exposure impressed me so much, is because I was so close the house. Only about 50' away.

lrwskyfilms · Feb 3, 2015

Ok, makes sense, many thanks again and I look forward to more photos.

Ramses · Apr 5, 2015

laselvasurf said:
I shot this tonight with my Inspire. 2 second exposure, 400ISO. I seriously can not believe how stable this craft and gimbal are! To be able to pull off a perfectly sharp 2 second exposure image from a uav is simply mind blowing. Has anyone else tried messing with longer exposure shots?

DJI_0166 by laselvasurf, on Flickr

Ramses · Apr 5, 2015

My exposure is similar, 2-3.5 seconds, 150 or less.

Skyline · Apr 16, 2015

Beautiful Shot, Im in Love

gruvpix · Apr 17, 2015

Skyline said:
Beautiful Shot, Im in Love

Ramses said:
My exposure is similar, 2-3.5 seconds, 150 or less.View attachment 1053

K I am definitely trying this now

jpar247 · Apr 17, 2015

For some reason my more sharper shots got deleted after touching them up... This is the only one I have of the shoot...

King Reubz · Mar 21, 2016

Wiski23 said:
What do you mean by long exposure please? Cheers mean pic

It means the shutter is open longer to allow more
light in

jackbisson · May 3, 2018

Has anyone tried a long exposure timelapse. I can do exposure times of 1/30 of a second that are good but once I go slower than that the blur from the Inspire subtle movements makes even using Warp Stabilizer useless. Some people say use the spotlight pro feature to zero in on something so the gimbal will compensate for the movement making longer exposures possible. Has anyone tried this? I am going to try this tonight if I get a chance.

slim.slamma · May 3, 2018

jackbisson said:
I can do exposure times of 1/30 of a second that are good but once I go slower than that the blur from the Inspire subtle movements

Settings for Gain/Expo/Pitch EXP etc. Do you know what it all means?

4 & 7-10 could ease the subtle movements

jackbisson · May 3, 2018

slim.slamma said:
Settings for Gain/Expo/Pitch EXP etc. Do you know what it all means?

4 & 7-10 could ease the subtle movements

Thanks for your response.

The only thing I could take from that is get the gimbal out of follow mode and put it in Free mode. This make sense to me and I will try that. I basically am leaving the Inspire 2 in one place about 280ft in the air in follow mode. I do not touch the controls during the timelapse test. I think putting it in Free mode will remove the yaw linkage with the aircraft and give me a better chance at a longer exposure. I will try using Spotlight Pro as well. Thank you again for the info.