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Can you use Night mode with D-Log M on the Mini 4 Pro or Air 3?

Not on the Mini 4 Pro or the Air 3: DJI's spec pages list Night mode (ISO 800 to 12,800) as a Normal-mode feature, while D-Log M stops at ISO 1600 on both. Example: a dusk scene that needs ISO 6400 can be shot in Normal, where the range is 100 to 6400, but in D-Log M you are capped at ISO 1600, which is 2 stops darker, and Night mode's ceiling of 12,800 is 3 stops above it.

Last updated 2026-11-11.

The stops between Night mode and D-Log M

DJI's spec pages for the Mini 4 Pro and the Air 3 give the same three ranges: D-Log M 100 to 1600, Normal and slow motion 100 to 6400, and Night 800 to 12,800 in Normal mode only.

D-Log M at 1600 is 2 stops below the Normal ceiling of 6400 (6400 ÷ 1600 = 4, and 4 is two doublings) and 3 stops below the Night ceiling of 12,800 (12,800 ÷ 1600 = 8). Night mode also starts at ISO 800, three stops above the D-Log M floor of 100 (800 ÷ 100 = 8).

On the Mini 5 Pro and Air 3S the D-Log M ceiling of 3200 is one stop higher than on the Mini 4 Pro (3200 ÷ 1600 = 2); we read no Night mode figures for those two.

Your choices in low light

Stay in D-Log M at ISO 1600 and keep the shutter near double the frame rate; the clip then comes out darker than a Normal or Night clip of the same scene. Or switch to Normal or Night mode and give up the log profile for that shot. DJI's pages we read give no noise figures for either path, so we do not rank them.

A slower shutter than double the frame rate also adds light, at the cost of more motion blur; 1/25 s instead of 1/50 s at 24 fps is one stop.

Sources

Read on 2026-10-29. These pages change; if a line here no longer matches, the linked page wins.

Questions

How many stops is ISO 1600 below Night mode's top?

3 stops: 12,800 ÷ 1600 = 8, which is 2 × 2 × 2.

Does HLG work in Night mode on the Mini 4 Pro?

DJI's spec page lists Night mode for Normal only, so not in HLG either.

Can I raise D-Log M above ISO 1600 on the Air 3?

Not by DJI's spec page: it lists D-Log M from 100 to 1600.

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