display brightness?

Tarbaby · Jul 18, 2017

When I have the camera horizontal in the gimbal of my P4P the on screen display of DJI GO 4 darkens considerably making it difficult to see what the P4P sees. When I tilt it down slightly it brightens up and everything is ok. Is this normal or can anyone advise what I'm doing wrong.

rexster314 · Jul 18, 2017

It's the automatic exposure. When it's straight forward, it's compensating for the brightness. Tilted down opens up the shutter and lets in more light.
Read message #1 here

Tarbaby · Jul 18, 2017

rexster314 said:
It's the automatic exposure. When it's straight forward, it's compensating for the brightness. Tilted down opens up the shutter and lets in more light.
Read message #1 here

Thanks for your prompt reply. Is there anything I can do in the camera settings to prevent it happening?

rexster314 · Jul 18, 2017

All is answered in the user manual. Page 51 of the online manual

Tarbaby · Jul 18, 2017

Thanks again. Am I correct in thinking I should tap (padlock) AE to lock the exposure? Sorry for the questions, I'm a noob.

rexster314 · Jul 18, 2017

Take a look at this

Meta4 · Jul 18, 2017

Tarbaby said:
Thanks for your prompt reply. Is there anything I can do in the camera settings to prevent it happening?

Try to avoid situations where half the screen is bright sky and the other is dark foreground.
Shoot with the sun behind the Phantom etc.

smackc4 · Jan 27, 2018

Tarbaby said:
When I have the camera horizontal in the gimbal of my P4P the on screen display of DJI GO 4 darkens considerably making it difficult to see what the P4P sees. When I tilt it down slightly it brightens up and everything is ok. Is this normal or can anyone advise what I'm doing wrong.

Tap the screen on the area you want to adjust. (needs to be in range when doing so)

shockwave199 · Jan 28, 2018

Tarbaby said:
Thanks again. Am I correct in thinking I should tap (padlock) AE to lock the exposure? Sorry for the questions, I'm a noob.

If you're not interested in manual exposure, which to be fair some people aren't, then yes you can use the lock exposure and that will help you. Just get the exposure how you like it and hit the lock button to keep it that way. It's a quick way to handle what is otherwise auto exposure.