I have a much better understanding of what you were asking now.
For the CGO-4 I shoot in MOV format for the data rate and convert to MP4 in post.
Natural and Scenery settings work well. Vivid is exactly that.
Frame rate is on you based on what you’re doing. I generally use 24.
You need a FAST writing card. What you used on the H will likely be too slow. V30 is good, V60 is ideal. If you get choppy results in pan the cause is the card. The CGO-4 is a data collection animal.
I try to shoot 90* to the side when moving forward faster than half normal speed using 4k. Better results are obtained aiming at less of an angle to the side.
EV is your friend! Since the Plus does not have a histogram we need to learn how our ST-16’s present an image. If it looks right on the ST-16 it’s over exposed. Use EV or shutter to darken the image about 1/2 to a full stop. You can lighten later but a lot of data was lost if it was too bright.
White balance seems to work well on Daylight even when cloudy.
As I go back and forth with the light metering you’ll have to find what works best for you. Sometimes center works best, other times averaging depending on the background.
If you want to play depth of field manual focus is very helpful. Set the focal distance and go. I don’t like the auto focus. It doesn’t seem to me to be as crisp as it should be. We can single tap a spot on the screen to zero auto focus in better but I don’t get the results I expect. Yours may be great. It may be I need a better lens than the stock unit.
The 920 does not maneuver as fast as an H. It really likes yaw and roll coordination to provide nice sweeping turns. You can use pitch and roll to follow a crooked path but you’ll want to be ahead of the aircraft and initiate side movement (roll) a little ahead of whatever is on the ground is changing direction. If changing direction where both yaw and roll is to be used, lead the change with yaw. You’ll get super smooth turns and impressive video that way. Oh, the gimbal is great!
Full zoom will experience some shimmer, especially when the aircraft is moving. Half zoom works better.
When the gimbal switch is in Velocity position my tilt slider is pretty much dead for the first 1/3 to 1/2 travel. After that it’s pretty **** sensitive.
If you have a low wind day you have to give “GPS off” a try. Give yourself plenty on open space. Best average speed I’ve experienced is 44mph and it handles the pretty much the same as when GPS is on. It’s a helluva “woosh” as it goes by
. Come off the throttle gently as braking seems to be enhanced when GPS is off. The Zippy batteries do not get “deep dived” when at speed like H batteries do.
You might experience power ups where the camera fails to deliver an image. That does not happen often and re-booting the aircraft takes care of it. Important; do not move the camera while the aircraft is booting up. That really irritates the camera and a re-boot is assured. If you forgot the lens cap, wait until after boot up to get it.
If you choose to remove the camera and store it in the case, remember to turn off the camera before powering down to retract the lens. You will not get it back into the case with an extended lens. If you keep the camera mounted there’s no need to turn off the camera. Just power down the bird and leave the lens extended.