I was hoping someone could suggest better settings than the auto. I am an insurance adjuster and use the phantom for roof inspections and it seems like the settings need tweaking. I usually take the photos about ten feet away from the roofs and the photos just don’t look as good as you would think a 24 megapixel would look. I have attached a photo for an example. Most of the time they just don’t look crisp. Any help would be appreciated.
The only problem with the image you included is that it is seriously over-exposed.
The cause is most likely that you have accidentally set the exposure compensation to overexpose beyond what the meter calculates.
Look at the line of camera data on the screen.
It should look something like this:
The number under EV is what you need to check.
I suspect yours shows something high like +2.0 or +3.0 and that's overcooking your images.
It needs to be dialed back close to zero.
I find the metering on my Phantom generally gives proper exposure when I dial it back to EV -0.3 most of the time.
As for recommended settings, if you aren't familiar with camera adjustments,
I'd suggest using Aperture Priority (A), setting the ISO to 100 and the aperture to 5.6 and the camera will choose an appropriate shutter speed.
Leave White Balance of auto or manually select sunny or cloudy as appropriate.
That will get you good looking images almost all the time.
Don't bother with shooting raw images.
For what you want , that's not necessary and involves more photographic manipulation that you'd want to get involved with.
Jpg files will be just fine for your needs.
ps .. Don't try using an ND filter - that won't do anything at all to improve image quality.
In fact it would do just the opposite because it would cut the light getting to the sensor significantly and the metering would just allow a longer shutter speed to get proper exposure anyway..