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<blockquote data-quote="Wanderer" data-source="post: 29439" data-attributes="member: 5235"><p>I am flying camera drones since a couple of years now and I am very disappointed with the auto exposure feature of the Spark. It does a poor job compared to a GoPro or even a Mobius or a 30 EUR FPV Runcam. All of these cams handle auto exposure quite well and in many cases almost unnoticeable. The Spark cam, however, does not.</p><p></p><p>On cloudy days, you can't pan the camera from ground to the sky (or vice versa), it results in either too bright or too dark exposure. Auto exposure is just unusable (unless you are living in sunny California).</p><p></p><p>So I think the best would be to forget that auto exposure thing and go manually by adjusting the ISO and shutter settings according to the light conditions. </p><p></p><p>But how to do so in a single pan shot, if you are moving from a darker to a brighter environment? </p><p></p><p>It's just too akward to fiddle around with the ISO / shutter settings in the app <u>while</u> you try to control the gimbal and the Spark, all at the same time! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>I tried to put the auto exposure lock on a function button, so I can point the cam to an object with medium brightness and lock the exposure then to avoid exposure changes. But the results are still poor.</p><p></p><p>Am I missing something here? Any advices on how to keep a good exposure / how to do it manually? What's your preferred method here?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wanderer, post: 29439, member: 5235"] I am flying camera drones since a couple of years now and I am very disappointed with the auto exposure feature of the Spark. It does a poor job compared to a GoPro or even a Mobius or a 30 EUR FPV Runcam. All of these cams handle auto exposure quite well and in many cases almost unnoticeable. The Spark cam, however, does not. On cloudy days, you can't pan the camera from ground to the sky (or vice versa), it results in either too bright or too dark exposure. Auto exposure is just unusable (unless you are living in sunny California). So I think the best would be to forget that auto exposure thing and go manually by adjusting the ISO and shutter settings according to the light conditions. But how to do so in a single pan shot, if you are moving from a darker to a brighter environment? It's just too akward to fiddle around with the ISO / shutter settings in the app [U]while[/U] you try to control the gimbal and the Spark, all at the same time! :eek: I tried to put the auto exposure lock on a function button, so I can point the cam to an object with medium brightness and lock the exposure then to avoid exposure changes. But the results are still poor. Am I missing something here? Any advices on how to keep a good exposure / how to do it manually? What's your preferred method here? [/QUOTE]
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