u/dreamliner330

The video above is a comparison between ND32 & ND64 in 4K30 ISO100 1/60. I'm not sure I like either one. I forgot to use LOG footage, but still. The last shots are without ND and auto settings. The shots are not identical because the wind picked up (white caps on water).

It just seems like with ND filters, it's either too bright or too dark. I also see some sets go ND8 16 32, and others go to 64 or 128. This was a bright day and ND64 look pretty muted.

I mistakenly had an ND8 on my Avata 2 last night and the footage looked just fine in the goggles but came out too dark on the PC and I'm having trouble brightening the image in Resolve. :(

I have an Avata 2 with ND filters for motion blur, I also have a Potensic Atom 2 (Mini 4K equivalent, even uses the Mini 4K ND Filters).

Just wondering if I should be using ND filters for the higher 'cinema' shots or if it's only really useful for the low FPV shots for motion blur?

Edit

I really appreciate all the criticism instead of constructive feedback. I’m glad I wasn’t looking for help and just wanted to get bashed. Mission successful.

OBVIOUSLY, from my post above I know about the 180 degree shutter rule “4K30 ISO100 1/60” and was trying do find an ND filter that allowed me to keep these settings. I understand there must be more to this as I didn’t really like either result so I clipped a quick video and asked for help. 🫠

I just realized Reddit is compressing the pictures above so they look the same. If you go to the video I linked at 5:04 and look on 4K, it's obvious. Even with the Reddit compression, you can see the numbers on the back of the boat with the M5P but not the A3S.

I've been going back and forth between the Mini 5 Pro and Air 3S and I settled on the A3S for better wind stability and the tele lens because maybe I'll use it...

I've been watching some comparison videos and I've noticed the Mini 5 Pro looks SHARPER than the Air 3S. I know they have the same sensor, but is this the optics, processing or what? Look at the lettering, especially on the front of the boat. It's clearer on the Mini 5 Pro. Also, look at the trees in the background, also clearer on the Mini 5 Pro.

Here is the video these clips are from. What's frustrating is the reviewer says at 5:47 he sees no difference but it's obvious to me.

https://youtu.be/h9WJeLrBXfY?t=304

The photo isn't the best I know, but you can tell the Moto G Stylus 2025 on the bottom doesn't look any brighter than the 17 Pro on top.

I picked up a Moto G Stylus 2025 and I noticed the screen is not even as bright as my iPhone 17 Pro which is extremely surprising as the Moto rated at almost DOUBLE the brightness.

I have brightness slider at 100% and Adaptive Brightness on/off didn't seem to make a difference at the max brightness. What am I missing?

Please please please, this question post is only for people who've actually used the Potensic Atom 2. I am trying to figure out if it's worth it to go from a $210 drone to a $925 one.

I just got a Potensic Atom 2 and am trying to decide if I should get a DJI Mini 5 Pro instead. I paid $210 for the Atom 2 Fly More Combo and the M5P Fly More Combo is $925.

I know the normal comparison is to the Mini 4K, which is why I ended up with the Atom 2. Half price and has LOG, tracking, waypoints, etc. On paper it's not worth 4X the money but I really liked the way some of the shots in the videos below look and can't help but wonder *how much* better would they look if I was flying a M5P instead.

FWIW, I also bought an Avata 2 (never had any drones before two months ago and now have two), if the M5P had FPV like the M4P, I would have already bought it. I don't want to get a M4P because the price is too close to the M5P and it will frustrate me that I didn't get the better quality one with pricing that close. I doubt they will but I really wish DJI would add FPV to the M5P.

Here are a few videos I threw together quickly on my Atom 2 if you want to see (force 4K on WiFi, for some reason YT stalls my videos) night shots at the end:

https://youtu.be/i95KDaP2nKs

https://youtu.be/iTlGXzu5meY

Thanks for your input.

I was above the trees, I didn't see any birds and there was a bit of wind but nothing absurd. I thought it was a goner. The drone was sideways for a second.

Any idea why this happened?

Has anyone found a filter that will work on this redesigned E24 lens? Apparently the Mini 4K ones don’t work on this larger lens.

I see that *some* people who got the Costco version of the Atom 2 got the version where the lens says "E24" and is supposedly f2.8 and Potensic claims it has better image quality.

Does anyone here actually have this E24 version and is it better? Also have you been able to find an ND filter that works on it?

I noticed some Costco buyers also ended up with the f1.8 version so I'm not so sure what's going on or why "E24" means "f2.8". Also, technically f2.8 should have *worse* low light performance than f1.8.

I see Potensic refurb has both versions listed for sale so I'm just wondering if one is more preferred.

Can you please take your Atom 2, in sport mode, set the gimbal to 0° and fly the drone forward. What happens to the gimbal? Now do the same with the gimbal at -90°.

My gimbal jumps and doesn't go back. Only in sport mode. Does yours?

The video above is a screen recording demoing this behavior. First I fly in normal mode up to 19mph. No gimbal issues. I come to a complete stop and turn on Sport mode. At around 2mph the gimbal jumps to -5°. I did not touch the gimbal control.

It will also snap from -90° to -70° as well in Sport mode.

In Normal mode I get to 19mph and the gimbal stays locked at 0°.

In Sport Mode, at less than 2mph, the gimbal snaps to -5°. It's not wind as I do it both on the same shot above and I'm going SLOWER in Sport Mode.

I do not touch the gimbal control at all in is video.

The movie started at 21 minutes and I wasn't there because AMC doesn't honor their word.

I have A-List and cannot stand the insane amounts of trailers anymore so I have it timed to walk in around 20-24 minutes after show time. If I am early, I will stay outside the auditorium until the AMC thing starts playing.

I went to Backrooms that started at 2pm. I walked in at 2:23pm and the movie was already playing. I left went into another screening that started at 3pm and the movie started playing at 3:21pm!

25-30 minutes means if I arrive at 24 minutes after show time I should miss nothing. It's bad enough AMC thinks it's reasonable to ask people to sit for almost a half hour for trailers (32 minutes sometimes and once they played 25 minutes of trailers before a 45 minute IMAX documentary!!) The least they could do is be accurate with the actual movie start time.

I will now show up at 20 minutes after posted showtime and listen to music with ANC earbuds until the movie starts playing. Congrats AMC, you continue to find new ways to upset your customers. Hope that works out for you!

TL;DR: rendered videos are 3X source footage, videos micro-stutter on YouTube.

Free version Windows 11, 20.3.2B9, 9800X3D, 4080S, 64GB, NVMe

I am new to Davinci Resolve and have not edited footage in over a decade. I have watched a few tutorials on YouTube and did look at the Wiki but I am still running into a couple issues. I'd appreciate any advice.

I know I'm very new, but it seems like I am getting different results when following the same steps as guides I'm watching. I see that Resolve is incredibly powerful and am trying to learn on my own, but when I follow along and get different results I get stuck.

I've noticed my videos once rendered play perfectly fine on my PC but when I upload them to YouTube and play them back on my phone they will have micro stutters occasionally during playback. I will rewind and it will play smooth but then micro stutter somewhere else.

I can't blame my phone or YouTube necessarily because I have a 17 Pro and Wifi 7 with gigabit, so there should definitely not be a problem. This issue is also present on other phones I've tried. I have never seen this on other YouTube videos I watch so I keep thinking it's something I'm doing wrong. It's not a data loading video paused stutter, its a micro barely perceptible stutter, but it is there.

The file sizes seem really large and if I try to restrict them the quality is awful. A 45 minute TV show is 3GB, yet my 47 second clip is 2.2GB? My Avata 2 drone source clips seem to be 14mpbs (3686mb for a 4:11 clip) but the Davinci output is 46mbps (2200mb for a 0:41 clip). The audio clip I used is 3.6mb and is 2 minutes.

I've also maybe seen a bug in color correction where when I select multiple clips at the same time (they are all highlighted in orange) and adjust the Color Wheels, only the first clip I selected (it's the only one with the orange outline on the clip thumbnail) will change. The work around was to select them all, right-click the first one and click "Apply Grade" to change them all, but the guides show selecting them all should work.

Thanks.

TOP: Battery that came with Avata 2

Middle two: Batteries I bought, came in boxes at end.

Bottom: Obvious Generic

I believe the batteries I bought (middle two) are counterfeit even though the serial number shows up in the Avata 2. The packaging looks legit and so do the batteries, but I suspect something is off.

I don't think the serial number showing is proof it's legit either because I also have a definitely generic battery that does not have any sort of serial number on the actual battery and that too shows something on the Avata 2.

I bought 2 batteries and the design on the stickers are slightly different and I could swear the flight time is not as long as my original battery. They did come sealed in "DJI" packaging.

The button doesn't always turn on the lights, once all 4 lights were blinking and once the drone wouldn't turn on with the battery.

I bought the Avata 2 batteries from https://www.ebay.com/itm/358190504468

The seller and the listing itself has good feedback. I believe the batteries may be counterfeit. Where should I get real batteries? These look real and the serial number matches, but I'm not so sure, so it seems like most people would be fooled. It just seems exceptionally strange that the labels are different and counterfeiters are getting very good.