taking photos with inspire 1 ? X3 camera

[Inspirejon]

I am still learning the camera so any help would be appreciated.

Sometimes if i leave my iso at 400 (like i was told to) i find that to get all the over exposure (zebra stripes to disappear)
i have to really lower the shutter so much that the picture becomes dark.So how should i adjust my settings (i am using the included filter which i think is an ND 2 ?)
Should i remove the filter and use the clear lens ?

Is it best to leave the camera settings on auto when shooting real estate ?

 

[Kiwipete88]

ND filters are used for video only,I use a clear filter for photography and keep ISO at 100 where possible.

 

[rilot]

Depending on the shot, you will not be able to remove all of the over-exposure zebras if there is a big difference between the brightness of different parts of your scene. The dynamic range of a camera is much lower than that of the human eye.
For example, if you have a shot on a bright day of a house against the sky and you expose for the house, the sky will be over-exposed. If you expose for the sky, the house will be under-exposed. A way around this is to shoot in HDR mode which fudges it by taking 3 exposures and combining them.
I suggest you buy a normal stills camera and take it outside and experiment with it. What you learn on the ground applies to the air too.

 

[Steve@AerialImagesPro]

Who told you to leave it on ISO 400? In bright sunlight, I always use ISO 100 and NO ND filters (for photography) and use as high a shutter speed as possible. I also use the histogram so I can be sure to keep exposure well within limits. Then I adjust exposure and contrast in Lightroom to be perfect. It looks a little dark on the tablet but you can be sure you're not UNDER or OVER exposed and can bring the levels where they should be later.

The reason I use as fast a speed as possible is because I've found that when taking pictures from the air, even with a slight breeze, the trees look burred if you use a slower shutter speed because the trees/leaves are always moving in a breeze.

If it's cloudy or twilight, then you can start using ISO 400 to and use slower shutter speed.

 

[Scoobywrx05]

Always keep your iso as low as possible. Do not use ND filters for shooting stills cause they usually cause motion blur. Learn what a histogram is and how to use it to better your balance thru the light color spectrum. Takes practice to become good so do not get discouraged early.Do you use a photo editor at all?

 

[Inspirejon]

Thank you so much for all the replies, i'm going to take some time to take it all in, i will take off the ND filter for stills (though i must say a few shots came out quite ok with it on) but you are the pro's so i will take it off and up my shutter speed as high as possible, i meant that i was just being told that is hould not go higher than iso 400, i however kept it there, i will now go and experiment and do search on histogram thank you, i do not use an editor no

 

[Scoobywrx05]

Thank you so much for all the replies, i'm going to take some time to take it all in, i will take off the ND filter for stills (though i must say a few shots came out quite ok with it on) but you are the pro's so i will take it off and up my shutter speed as high as possible, i meant that i was just being told that is hould not go higher than iso 400, i however kept it there, i will now go and experiment and do search on histogram thank you, i do not use an editor no

Photoshop lightroom is a decent and easy editor to use. If you are looking to make your good pictures look great use it.

 

[Jlarcher]

For photos switch to 4:3 format so you aren't cropping the top and bottom off, you should get a resolution of 4000×3000 instead of 4000x2250. Don't use an ND Filter for Photos unless you want motion blur. ND Filters are best used for video. Shoot RAW photos, no jpeg's