First, let me apologize for coming on a little strong in my prior -- not my intention to do that.
Yes, much of traditional film making involves controlled lighting AND controlled BG and often involve a primary subject of people and for this D-log, even in an 8-bit camera, is advisable as it allocates more of the levels to the mid-tones giving greater latitude in post. But, drone videos are not shot indoors, for the most part, and we do not have control over the lighting or background. I would also mention that the kind of exposure and color profile settings that work in a studio setting are not always advised when shooting out of doors such as wildlife even when that is done without a drone.
The perspective a drone provides changes everything and what works in the studio will kill you in the air. I was like you when I first started with drones and went by the 24fps for the "Cinematic" look, but it became obvious that 24fps with a drone made the video uncomfortably stuttery. In fact, although I recommend 30fps at this point if we had higher bit rates and the actual ability to shoot at higher frame rates then I'd be inclined to go to 50fps or even 60fps, but at this time the image processing capabilities and bit rate are no enough to go higher than 30fps at UHD resolution. If I were shooting HD then I'd certainly be at 50fps or 60fps.
Additionally, the believed need for ND filters, which I also believed, did not turn out to be the case in reality as my ND filters sit unused in my case. A look at my
P4P videos on my channel should reveal that ND filters are not needed. Lastly, the insistence on D-log, which as I said is probably a good idea in the studio is a killer in the real world of drone videos unless the lighting and BG are tolerant of it. The biggest problem with D-log, as I see it, is that when you have low detail skies without detailed clouds the reduction in levels to code for highlights make the already evident banding issue that much worse. If you have highly detailed clouds that tend to break up the banding then D-log is usable, but I'm unconvinced that D-log is advisable at least 90% of the time.
Again, I apologize for coming on a bit strong in my prior.
Brian