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Just curious, it's only capable of video on the phantom and cannot snap a picture like the P2V+ correct?
sar104 said:It can take still images if you put it into photo + video mode, but only at predefined intervals. You cannot manually trigger a photo.
Lasvegascfp said:So you can set it to take pics at certain intervals? Like every minute etc?
Lasvegascfp said:So the photo quality isn't as good I take it?
mediaguru said:Lasvegascfp said:So the photo quality isn't as good I take it?
Correct. GoPro is not a DSLR! It shoots crappy JPG's, no raw. As most of what I do is photography (not as much video) that's why I built a big hexacopter, so I could put a better still camera in the air.
sar104 said:mediaguru said:Lasvegascfp said:So the photo quality isn't as good I take it?
Correct. GoPro is not a DSLR! It shoots crappy JPG's, no raw. As most of what I do is photography (not as much video) that's why I built a big hexacopter, so I could put a better still camera in the air.
I think the question was relative to GoPro photo mode, not relative to a DSLR.
mediaguru said:sar104 said:I think the question was relative to GoPro photo mode, not relative to a DSLR.
Yes. The point of the statement is that the photo quality is not great on a GoPro, not close to comparing to a decent camera or DSLR.
sar104 said:mediaguru said:sar104 said:I think the question was relative to GoPro photo mode, not relative to a DSLR.
Yes. The point of the statement is that the photo quality is not great on a GoPro, not close to comparing to a decent camera or DSLR.
I'm pretty sure that everyone is already well aware of that.
Lasvegascfp said:What camera do you shoot with MGuru? You "built" a hex copter? Sounds like fun... How does one go about getting started doing that?
tom3holer said:A little correction for the GoPro 3+ black. First off it does take very credible pictures/stills if set up right.
If you are after stills then the best resolution will be in time laps, not video plus stills. The manual is a little deceiving in saying it shoots 12mp at 1440.24. It does but the output Jpeg you see is very compressed. Time laps works fine in aerial work for stills. You see the video for camera aiming but every 5 sec, or whatever you use, it blacks out for a second or so to take a pic. The Jpeg file size for a given shot is usually 3 times the size of a shot from video plus stills mode. The file size for the work I do, waterfront homes, is approx 6.3mp, and for a still from a 1440/24 with 12mp stills its 2.3mp, clearly a lot of compression is going on.
Tom