Shooting fireworks in auto or manual

[xbiron]

Hi guys,

I want to shoot a video of a fireworks tonight. It will be near to a lake and I will be abble to shoot it from the lake. I did some shootages when the sun was gone at very dark light, and the image was very noisy.

My question is what's a good setting to shoot some fireworks ? Is it better I let my P3P decides the best exposure in auto mode and play a little with the EV ? Or in manual mode ?

Thanks for the tips.

Xavier

 

[phantomized]

EV 0 leave everything automatic. The bright lights from the fireworks should be enough to give you a nice quality video, try to get as close as possible without flying in to them. Good luck and looking forward to seeing them.

I filmed a fireworks show once, and if I do it again I would get a bit closer, and do more panning as I'm moving around to give the video a variety of angles. Also, fly over top of them with the camera facing down, some beautiful shots will happen.

 

[xbiron]

Thanks for the tips man. It's a small event in the small city, so don't think they will be so impressive. But I hope they will last long enough to allow me to get the shots I want.
I love your idea of getting a view from above.

 

[druss2001]

If you do shoot from overhead, check with pyro technicians to verify how high the fireworks will go. Don't want to have them shoot your bird down.

 

[xbiron]

Hum ya… so maybe not this time. I'm still novice, I won't take the chance.

 

[phantomized]

Hum ya… so maybe not this time. I'm still novice, I won't take the chance.

Just do it, no guts no glory. Fly to 400 feet and slowly come down to a comfortable height.

 

[Adil J]

Just do it, no guts no glory. Fly to 400 feet and slowly come down to a comfortable height.

Haha this is a good comment. Just do it, it's actually not that big of a deal, if anything the drone will fly back.

 

[gegetrane]

Being a photographer/videographer and having shot a couple of fireworks (not many though), I would definitely go for manual with an ISO no more than 400 in video to prevent too much noise. And adjust speed accordingly. For photos I would use ISO 100 only since the opening at f:2.8 is already letting much light from the fireworks enter (with an SLR I use f:5.6 or f:8 for 8-10 seconds).
IMHO

 

[xbiron]

Ya right. Do it for glory lol. I'm not rich (and brave) enough to risk my investment. So I've shot it tonight. And everything went well. I was a little too far but I had the wind in front and I was afraid of ashes. Images in auto mode were nice. I will share you the video soon. Thx guys.

 

[xbiron]

Here is the footage of my first fireworks experience

 

[barefootbeachcombing]

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Right now, it's blocked.

 

[xbiron]

ooops sorry, is it working now ?

 

[barefootbeachcombing]

ooops sorry, is it working now ?

Yep!

 

[gegetrane]

Bravo xbiron !
What settings did you use ? Not much noise, so low ISO ?

 

[xbiron]

Thx. Just auto mode. I didnt even play with EV

 

[n6vmo]

Shot my first fireworks experience in 'Auto'.

 

[xbiron]

Nice