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Drone Settings for Shooting Real Estate Video

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This video is how I set my drone up for shooting real estate video and stills and pretty much all other drone jobs.

12 Comments

  1. Dennis
    Dennis on February 28, 2019 at 2:12 am

    Thanks for the video! My question is why do you opt for 2.7k vs 4k? Say the final project is a standard 1920×1080–wouldn’t the 4k shot have more pixels, color information, etc. and ultimately look better when scaled down to 50%? Also you could crop and transform the shot much more if needed.
    -Dennis

    • Grant
      Grant on February 28, 2019 at 6:16 am

      Hi Dennis – yes you are right about scaling down 4K. For me thou 4K footage is just too sticky when editing with my older Macbook pro and the 2.7K footage is just a little easier to manage in my workflow. I have done 2.7k vs 4K footage comparison and there is not much in it in my opinion. When I eventually upgrade my Mac I will go 4K but at the end of the day my client and myself are happy with 2.7K. Cheers

  2. Ron Quarles
    Ron Quarles on February 28, 2019 at 2:38 am

    Good information for me. I have recently purchased the Magic Pro 2 and just starting on drone video.

    • Richard
      Richard on February 28, 2019 at 11:17 pm

      Hi, thank you for this – very informative.
      I may have missed it but do you have a preferred f-stop setting, especially in regard to using the ND filter.

      • Grant
        Grant on March 1, 2019 at 8:02 am

        Hi – my goto ND Filter is the ND8 which from memory is 3 stops. Cheers

        • Richard
          Richard on March 1, 2019 at 8:30 am

          Thank you

  3. Stuart Carr
    Stuart Carr on March 1, 2019 at 7:18 am

    Hi Grant, good info as always. Hope you are well.

    • Grant
      Grant on March 1, 2019 at 8:02 am

      Hi Stuart – yes all good here thanks, hope all well with you. Cheers

  4. Daniel Logan Sabrowski
    Daniel Logan Sabrowski on March 1, 2019 at 9:24 am

    Thanks for the vid man, very helpful as always! TBH I still just shoot real estate and the like @ 1080/60 and everyone gobbles it up with smiles ..reason being similar to your one reply where my clients are hesitant because they dont want a shopper who may have an older laptop or monitor having probs trying to watch one of their property vids. I’ve had a couple specify 4k but those were private clients who commissioned “event” videos ( reunion,wedding etc) and they were certain everyone of consequence could handle the resolution. I’m sure I’ll be seeing a steady uptick of people finally moving over but as of now 1080/60 is still awesome looking! ( some have even requested lower res bare footage so it an have a little fuzz to it and look more “filmish” )..but like you said tho it all comes down to what the client wants! Take care!

    • Grant
      Grant on March 1, 2019 at 9:34 am

      Absolutely – I have no problems with 1080p, how well you shoot and edit will always trump resolution formats and the latest gear. Cheers

  5. Zen Voorhies
    Zen Voorhies on March 26, 2019 at 2:55 pm

    Great information…I’m doing my first job next week…Quick question…could you share your render settings with us?
    Thanks Zen

    • Grant
      Grant on March 30, 2019 at 9:21 am

      I pretty much use the standard FCPX master file settings for video export of, Web Hosting, H.264 Better Quality, 1920×1080 and thats it.