Mini 3 Pro ND Filters, Which Inexpensive Filter is Best?
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- We tested three kinds of filters for the DJI Mini 3. The results are interesting, check it out for yourself! We used an exposure equation to test the accuracy of the ND as well as out color chart to check for color cast.
00:00 Introduction
01:13 A Bit About ND Filters
01:54 Camera Chart Comparison
02:07 Freewell Bright Day Pack
03:20 Freewell All Day Pack
04:14 Neewer ND Pack
05:11 Artman Pack
06:45 Skyreat
07:45 ND Accuracy Comparison
09:08 Freewell Bright Day Pack
09:34 Freewell All Day Pack
10:54 Neewer ND Pack
11:22 Skyreat
12:00 Artman
13:01 Sharpness Test
13:52 Outro
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I would say this was exactly what I was looking for, but it was beyond what I was looking for! Super comprehensive, informative and thorough, thanks for the video!
Very nicely done! I even learned what affect each filter is supposed to have on the camera. Great job! I’ve been looking forward to this video ever since I ran into Jason and Rob flying the mini 3 pros on Octozilla. 👏
This is EXACTLY the video I was looking for. Thank you!
Enjoyed how you tested each one throughly , not just by the “look” from video.
Thank you for some quantitative data and tough scrutiny. It's much appreciated.
Excellent and very very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Wow. An honest and scientific review. Subscribed and will be checking out your classes.
That was some pretty awesome work. It's even more awesome because you gave it away.
Would have very much liked the DJI ND filters included. Since it's a DJI drone, one would think to test their filters as well.
DJI's have been out of stock... Unfortunately we haven't been able to get our hands on them. When we can though, you bet we will be testing them!
Saw a test one line where DJI filters changed the coloring as well.
Amazon currently has them if I'm not mistaken. Amazon has better stock than DJI's site in my personal experience so far 🍻
I should have known your reviews would be so thorough and fact-based (just like your classes). This helps so much as I purchase my second drone!
Great video. Thanks for sharing all this info!
Thank you for doing this. I just picked up a used mini 3 Pro for those times i want to travel light or don't want to risk dumping my M3P in the drink. I'm trying to get better with video, so it's time to start following best practices for shutter speed. I mostly fly over or near water, so the CPL will come in handy as well.
I am glad I got the Neewer ND filters. To me they seemed pretty equal to your final choice. You didn't care about the 64 ND filter, but some do and some don't. I got the 6 set that included the 128 ND filter. I wondered how that would have done on your stop test? I got lucky after all. I was afraid after I watched your video I was going to be aww hell, I should've could've bought me that other filter!
The set I purchased was for my new DJI Mavic 3 Classic. I am totally loving this drone! Thank you for the video, Greg!
I got the all day pack. I also got the neewer 6 pack ND/PL pack. My mini 3 pro arrives tomorrow so we’ll see. I’m just a hobbyist and have used Freewell, skyreat, polar pro, DJI, and now neewer NDs. I haven’t noticed any of them being “bad”, but I’m also just a hobbyist and not a professional. Glad to see neewers held their own! Thank you so much for being thorough, honest, and most importantly unbiased. So hard to find that when it comes to these brands
Do you have any opinion on the neewer filters?? Did you try them?
Thaaaaaaank you ! What a great test !!!
The best test about nd filters 👌
Thanks for the test, bought the Artman (with your affiliate link) instead of the brand all the YT are prompting.
Thank you
This is pretty epic
You always do a very thorough and detailed review of most anything. It's always a revelation for me from you! Thanks! a lot! I have a 2 in 1 Neewer ND/CPL filter. It this a good investment? Thanks for your insight.
How about Mavic 3 classic filters? Purchased Neewers for Mavic 3 Classic based on this video. Great work as always Greg. Thanks
Good review. Wish you had included the BRDRC HeiyRC Store filter set with Polarizer nd combinations. Looked really interesting so went ahead and ordered some to try.
Great review (trying to figure which ND filters to buy for my new mini 3 pro)! However, I think, you mixed up two sets one point. At the colour comparison you said that ND16 from the Freewell Bright day had an 'additional issue', but then, in the stops accuracy comparison, you referred to that 'other issue', but it was for the ND 16 in the All Day set 🤔
Subbed strictly due to your thoroughness and unbias
Believed all the hype. Think I’ll send my Freewill back. Don’t want the ND to affect post. Thanks Greg.
very helpful and you just saved my $14.. thanks
I wonder how consistent each brands are in the manufacture of their filters, would be interesting to see if there are variations between the same Freewell ND16 filters for example. Maybe you got a bad batch ..
Have you tested for susceptibility to flare?Are any of these brands multicoated? I note that my Freewell All Day set has an orange bias in the stronger densities and especially the ND/Polarizer filters. Is it deliberate by Freewell, to counteract bright blue shadows? Not what I want in cloudy bright or overcast
lol the triple drone mount is mad XD
Nice 😃
NDPL filters test next please. i've seen a sunnylife vs freewell review where the polarisation seems almost completely missing with the sunnylife
Drone comparison Neewer looks best. Does the Neewer allow stacking, and does it fit well ?
Thanks for the review, Greg. Surprising info about the Freewell filters since they are so often hyped by CZcams pilots.
It’s no surprise, they buy all those CZcamsrs with either free products or sponsorship. Every single CZcamsr. So much so that I couldn’t find any one reviewing neewers. I’ve bought freewell for many previous drones (air 1, air 2s, mini 2) I’ve used polar pro on mav pro, and skyreat on mini 2. I tend to buy two sets per, ND and ND/PL. so I couldn’t find anything on the neewer, but people do use them. So I bought the neewer 6 pack ND/PL and the Freewell all day. My mini 3 pro comes tomorrow so I’ll see how they do. Even though you can’t trust CZcams reviews when it comes to freewell, I find they make a pretty good filter. But I’m just a hobbyist so take that with a grain of salt! It was very refreshing to see this review wasn’t biased even tho Freewell provided the filters. They were probably not very happy after they saw the review wasn’t a shill sell out like they wanted. I have nothing against them, and like I said used them on nearly all my uavs over the years, but it’s annoying when you’re trying to find unbiased reviews of other companies and can’t bc all the CZcamsrs are all touting freewell for their own personal gain
@@michaelv1984 thoughts on the neewer? Did you try them?
Can you do a video like this for the Air 3?
So, the Freewell Bright Day is a combination ND/PL filter. Didn't seem like you mentioned that. And it requires the PL position be dialed in prior to launch. How did you set this up since it will affect the results seen.
After seeing this I returned the one Freewell ND64/PL and K&F UV filter I had for the Artman set….
The one thing you forget to mention is that the Freewell Bright day also has a polarizer built in to reduce glare with the built in ND8-ND64. So if you film near the water I would recommend the bright day set from freewell so you can reduce glare. It would be cool if you do a follow up with polarizers. Again I think the Freewell will be the best for polarizer but would love to see a test done.
i've considered cpl nd's however, there are very few around aside from freewell i think.. at least, that i've seen when i was looking at buying some. wish there were more out there to choose from :)
Skyreat has ND/PL. $31 for 3 amazon. Good reviews. Difficult to ever get it just right with each flight different depending on conditions.
@ginamariephotography The Neewer kit I got from Amazon came with ND8, ND16, ND32, ND64, ND128 and a CPL.
And a bonus, the DJI cover actually fits in the case 😊
@jaysonallen3100 yeah, I found some pl nds from neewer have those as well, found them after this post but they don't fit very well m3p, feels like i almost need to force them on; i don'tof course. Whereas the regular ones, also from neewer, seem to fit really well
@@ginamariephotography I noticed this also as well from
Skyreat. They sent out plastic version and they fit okay. I don’t prefer Freewell but cause is testing done by Pilots Academy. They change the color and also the 32 is not really a 32 etc.
Can't find the Artman brand for the Mini 4 Pro. :(
what about k&f concept?
cool I never thought about testing out different filter brands!
The bright day are polarizing filters, does that make a difference?
Thanks for the test, this was very well done. I have the FreeWell Bright day pack, but mine goes from 16 to 1000, with circular polarization. I want to return them now that I see this, but I was just wondering if the test is affected by the circular polarization?
Yes I just posted a similar comment regarding the Bright Day being a combined ND/PL. Really surprised he didn't mention this since it is important. The Polarizer will definitely affect the image. I'm looking at options for my Mini 4 Pro and do like the combined ND/PL. I'm generally flying in brighter conditions and have always liked the look given with polarizers. Did you end up keeping the Freewell or did you get another brand? What are your thoughts?
I kept them, just so I'd have a good polarizing set and those super high Stop ND's, and ordered the NEEWER ND & CPL 8 pack set, which comes with a normal non ND circular polarizer and a UV filter, in addition to 6 normal ND's.
Ok, so just to be clear, that bright day set is NOT circular but linear polarized, meaning as you change the angle relative to the sun the polarization effect changes, you have to set the angle on the lens before you launch(weather or not you'll be perpendicular or parallel to the sun), making it poor for dynamic angle videos but good for set up pictures.
The main reason I got that bright day pack was the fact that it contained the high stop filters, so I could attempt daylight long exposures. Have not tried the long exposures yet because it's tricky, but hoping that will work. I now have too many ND filters, but I really love this drone.
I did test the bright day pack with normal videos and pictures, and even during sunset, where I have a waypoint mission I do most days for a project, I compared the waypoint shots framed the same, one with the Bright day NDPL and it worked as advertised, killed some bloom/glare and gave clarity to some white surfaces that were washed out with overexposure in previous waypoint shots. I think it's a good set.
In the video he seems to get the two sets confused, because they only found one problem with the bright day pack, the Stops were perfectly on point, it was the other set that had the big issues.
*I would recommend the Neewer 8 pack with CPL and UV, it's just more practical, you don't have to mess with the linear polarization setting, you'll likely NEVER use the super high stop ND's (you can barely see through them during bright conditions) and it has a UV filter, which you WILL get use out of as you can just leave it on instead of DJI's default blank.*
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@spladam3845 Thanks, apppreciate the feedback. Good to know they are linear Polarizers vs circular. That makes a difference. May go with the Neewer set too. Wish you could stack the CP onto the NDs. For the price the Neewer should work fine. Thanks again.
np, glad I could help another M4Pro pilot.
By the way, the CPL, the circular polarizer, it has a spinning filter top like the linear, with a white mark, but instead of changing the polarization angle, it just decreases and increases the polarization (sunglasses effect).
And yeah, if we could stack them, it would be so easy to get the perfect combinations.@@christopherlyons7613
Glad I could help another pilot. The circular polarizer in that set (CPL) has a spinning filter top with a white mark like the linear polarizers, but instead of changing the polarization angle, it changes the general amount of polarization, great for water shots. I just leave the UV filter on when not using an ND, because UV is just generally bad for the sensor anyway, and there is no shot where it would be a negative. The 8 worked great for sunset and the 16 helped for bright early Louisiana morning, have fun. @@christopherlyons7613
Wish you would have included PolarPro ND filters. They are supposed to be very premium compared to what you tested.
Polar Pro's ND filters are pre-order only right now for the Mini 3 Pro. The filters they have available are anamorphic, which wasn't what we were testing in this video. When we can get these guys though, we'll be comparing them!
Thanks, glad I didn't buy the Freewell, however I probably don't use mine as often as I should. Fast forward comment, and it is a comment, not meant to be a criticism. It is suddenly fashionable to do live Q & A CZcams events. However, other CZcamsrs ask for questions then select the best questions and answer them in 20 or 30 minutes in a video instead of taking the time to scan and make comments and then get to a worthy question. After and hour, half filler, some of us get bored and move on, others hang in for the meat of the subject. I and others always watch the meat only Q & A answers with much more interest than sitting as someone combs thru the noise to find the meat. Again, and old man's comment, don't know how a vote would come out...
Re: live events, we discussed this with my team and will have a better method for the next one. This was our first attempt and it will be better next time.
please do a mini 4 pro version!
Working on it.
I loved the comprehensive review. Still would have loved to see a sharpness test instead of just blindly taking your word.
I hear you. We decided to exclude it because it would have basically been the same pictures due to lack of changes in sharpness.
So Artman it is, thank you so much, so many stupid video's out there that cannot compare these filters since they're sponsored by them...
How do you know if the set you have for the freewell was not manufacturer's error for that particular set. i.e. ND8 mistakenly used in ND16? Should get another set to see if its the same across.
BTW my JSR ND and NDPL filters were all spot on tested with a Sekonic Light meter.
One thing though was when i was using the ambient metering (with the dome) I had weird results but when I used the spot metering, all the results were spot on and consistent.
Damn it.. you made me curious. czcams.com/video/4ikdnmi6gzc/video.html
What if you use an ND filter in AUTO mode? Will it bring better quality over AUTO mode without ND? Is there a point in using ND filter in AUTO mode?
Great question. The difficulty in using ND filters in auto mode is that you don’t know which setting the drone is going to change automatically to properly expose the image. It could be adjusting shutter (good) but it could also adjust ISO (not good).
Do MIni 3 pro ND filters fit the Mini 4 pro ?
Unfortunately no.
@mikefish6467Money.
Wow I can't tell the difference between any of them I guess I don't need an ND filter
Great info! BTW, who makes Artman???
I think that's the brand.
Artman all day every day
are you sure?
@@SeanDaPaulSeh they're more accurate than all the others so yes... Why, do you know something we don't?
I wanted to buy the Freewell. This video kills that idea. That influencers are saying only good things about these filters (they get them for free) I understand. But why are all the reviews on this filters by normal custumers then so good?? Maybe you have a set with an error in it?
When you only use one set, it might look ok but once you start comparing them, they may not come out as good as you think. I've talked to a few influencers who confirmed our findings.
Why do they give these ND filters such high numbers, ND filters are normally based on how many photo stops they reduce the light by.
Why dont they simply us stop numbers ?
It would make thing easier, wouldn't it!! I agree.
Yeah, I suppose it got to do with marketing. The higher the number, the more expensive it sounds :)
@@kottik1 I was involved in the photo industry 50 years ago, we sold nd filters by stops.
So you knew if you put on a two stop filter it would be like reducing either the aperture or increasing the shutter speed
All freewell though.... thought I would see some other brands....hmmmmm to me not a true tes
All freewell? We tested 4 different ones in this video.
So......who won?