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- Oct 16, 2017
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Good morning, everyone!
I just joined a day or so ago. I'm an architectural and commercial photographer and wanted to know your opinions on this. I'm a bit on the fence about choosing between the Spark and the Mavic, although after many, many weeks of reading, watching tutorials, sample videos with and without post-production editing and color correction, I'm leaning way more towards the Spark.
I was able to find some full-res images taken from a Spark of a house, put them in Lightroom and after a bit of tweaking, got the images up to a quality that I wouldn't hesitate to show a client. So, my first BIG fear has been answered positively: the photographs that the Spark makes can be, albeit a bit small in dimensions, very usable at a professional level, even though they are not RAW images directly from the camera but jpegs.
Now, for my clients, it is VERY doubtful that any of them will actually ask for 4K at least in the next couple of years. I'm also sure this will change radically as soon as 4K TVs and 4K programming becomes the norm, much as HD TVs did in the early 2000's. So, for video, using Tripod mode, what is your opinion on the quality of the video? Is the 2-axis gimbal good enough? Is the HD video, with correct editing and, mainly, color correction, good enough to make simple videos for clients or for Getty Images (which still accept HD video but, as I said before, have informed us that 4K will become the norm in the future, but not yet)?
Videos for Getty Images tend to be VERY short. We're talking anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute, and without sound because clients usually like to put in their own voiceover and/or music.
What is your opinion on the Spark for professional use?
I live in Mexico City and would be recording videos and making photographs of the city and the country (registering the drone with our transportation ministry as soon as I get it, of course). I also just bought the Osmo Mobile for this purpose, too. The price here is about 900 dollars for the Spark Fly More Combo, while the Mavic Pro has a price of about $1500-1750 for the Fly More combo, so price is a factor, too.
Thanks, everyone!
Sergio
I just joined a day or so ago. I'm an architectural and commercial photographer and wanted to know your opinions on this. I'm a bit on the fence about choosing between the Spark and the Mavic, although after many, many weeks of reading, watching tutorials, sample videos with and without post-production editing and color correction, I'm leaning way more towards the Spark.
I was able to find some full-res images taken from a Spark of a house, put them in Lightroom and after a bit of tweaking, got the images up to a quality that I wouldn't hesitate to show a client. So, my first BIG fear has been answered positively: the photographs that the Spark makes can be, albeit a bit small in dimensions, very usable at a professional level, even though they are not RAW images directly from the camera but jpegs.
Now, for my clients, it is VERY doubtful that any of them will actually ask for 4K at least in the next couple of years. I'm also sure this will change radically as soon as 4K TVs and 4K programming becomes the norm, much as HD TVs did in the early 2000's. So, for video, using Tripod mode, what is your opinion on the quality of the video? Is the 2-axis gimbal good enough? Is the HD video, with correct editing and, mainly, color correction, good enough to make simple videos for clients or for Getty Images (which still accept HD video but, as I said before, have informed us that 4K will become the norm in the future, but not yet)?
Videos for Getty Images tend to be VERY short. We're talking anywhere from 10 seconds to a minute, and without sound because clients usually like to put in their own voiceover and/or music.
What is your opinion on the Spark for professional use?
I live in Mexico City and would be recording videos and making photographs of the city and the country (registering the drone with our transportation ministry as soon as I get it, of course). I also just bought the Osmo Mobile for this purpose, too. The price here is about 900 dollars for the Spark Fly More Combo, while the Mavic Pro has a price of about $1500-1750 for the Fly More combo, so price is a factor, too.
Thanks, everyone!
Sergio