P3P Picture Quality

[Liam_89]

Hi,
So after 2 months of bad weather I decided to take the P3P out this morning,
Clear blue skies and sunny,
But I'm always having the issues with still photos and video,
All of the time the photos look bad,
The sky will be white and blown out and the ground looks ok,
If I tap to focus the sky then the ground is completely dark,
Is the same for videos too,
I can't get anything that's useable they're all bad,
I used 3 batteries this morning trying to fiddle with settings on auto and manual, but I just can't get it to take photos where everything is exposed correctly,
Can anybody offer me some tips or advice please as it's not very good that I can't get any useable pics or videos,
Thanks

 

[Meta4]

All of the time the photos look bad,
The sky will be white and blown out and the ground looks ok,
If I tap to focus the sky then the ground is completely dark,
but I just can't get it to take photos where everything is exposed correctly,

No examples so I'll have to guess.

When you say the sky i blown out and the foreground is OK, that's a clue.
It sounds like you are trying to photograph high contrast scenes where there is a big variation between the highlights and shadows.
Your camera can't expose properly for both - you have to decide which you want to be properly exposed ... or look for subjects with more even brightness.
Start by having the sun behind your Phantom and lighting the scene rather than shooting towards the sun.
Or look for cloudy days with no shadows.

btw .. when you say you tap to focus, if you are shooting a P3, there is no focus.
You are tapping for spot metering.
You are telling the camera that you want the area you tap to be exposed properly rather than an average across the whole frame.

 

[Liam_89]

The spot metering explains it
I never knew I thought it was focusing oops my bad I've learned something there,
I will add a couple of photos,
One was fine and the others all the sky was too bright
I maybe need to practice more ?

 

[jofus]

The best way to combat high-contrast scenes like you're describing, IMO, is to shoot in auto exposure bracketing (AEB) mode. Take those 3-5 photos at different exposures and combine them to make an HDR photo. Example below is a panorama, but I used the same principles that I would use for a single shot.