Field card

D-Log M field card

What DJI publishes about shooting log, on one page. Print it or save it as PDF from your browser.

By drone

Each row links to the drone page; the sources for every number are listed there. The Mavic 3 (original) is left out because its spec page could not be read.

From DJI's pages

• Shoot the log profile in 10-bit where DJI lists it: D-Log M and HLG are 10-bit and H.265-only on the Mini 4 Pro and Air 3, 10-bit on the Mini 5 Pro, and 10-bit on the Air 3S (H.265 for 4K). DJI: Mini 4 Pro specs DJI: Air 3 specs DJI: Mini 5 Pro specs DJI: Air 3S specs
• Stay inside your model's ISO range for log. DJI lists lower ceilings for log than for Normal (Mini 4 Pro: Normal 100 to 6400, D-Log M 100 to 1600). Night mode, 800 to 12,800 on the Mini 4 Pro and the Air 3, is a Normal-mode feature, not a log feature. DJI: Mini 4 Pro specs DJI: Air 3 specs
• D-Log has a higher floor than D-Log M on the Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro: D-Log starts at ISO 400, D-Log M at ISO 100. DJI: Mavic 3 Pro specs DJI: Mavic 4 Pro specs
• Slow motion can have a lower ISO ceiling than standard video in log: on the Mavic 4 Pro Hasselblad, D-Log M goes to 6400 in standard video and 3200 in slow motion. DJI: Mavic 4 Pro specs
• Convert with the LUT whose name matches your drone and profile ("D-Log M to Rec.709" for D-Log M, "D-Log to Rec.709" for D-Log). DJI: LUT downloads
• DJI's spec pages that we read give no video shutter range for log, and no ND recommendation. DJI: Mini 4 Pro specs DJI: Air 3 specs DJI: Mini 5 Pro specs DJI: Air 3S specs

General practice, not from DJI

• Shutter rule of thumb (180-degree rule): a shutter speed at double your frame rate, for example 1/50 at 24 fps and 1/120 at 60 fps. In bright light an ND filter prevents overexposure so you can keep that shutter speed. Ferntech (DJI retailer, not DJI)
• ND factor to stops: ND8 is 3 stops, ND16 is 4, ND32 is 5, ND64 is 6. Ferntech (DJI retailer, not DJI)