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What shutter speed should I use for drone video at 24, 30 or 60 fps?

Set the shutter to about double the frame rate, the so-called 180-degree rule: 1/50 s at 24 or 25 fps, 1/60 s at 30 fps, 1/100 s at 50 fps, 1/120 s at 60 fps. Example: at 30 fps, 2 × 30 = 60, so 1/60 s. In bright light you hold that shutter with an ND filter instead of letting the drone shorten it.

Last updated 2026-11-11.

The full table

24 fps: double is 1/48 s; the retailer guide we cite uses 1/50 s, the nearest common setting. 25 fps: 1/50 s. 30 fps: 1/60 s. 48 fps: 1/96 s, nearest common setting 1/100 s. 50 fps: 1/100 s. 60 fps: 1/120 s. 100 fps: 1/200 s. 120 fps: 1/240 s.

1/50 s instead of 1/48 s is a difference of less than a tenth of a stop, so it does not change the exposure in any way you will see.

Why double the frame rate

At double the frame rate the shutter is open for half of each frame's time: at 30 fps a frame lasts 1/30 s and the shutter is open for 1/60 s of it. Half of a full 360-degree turn is 180 degrees, which is where the rule's name comes from. It is a convention, not a technical limit; a much shorter shutter is allowed, it just renders motion with less blur per frame.

Slow motion costs light

At 100 fps the rule gives 1/200 s, which lets in a quarter of the light of 1/50 s: 2 stops less. At 120 fps, 1/240 s is about 2.3 stops less than 1/50 s. In log that matters, because the log ISO range is narrower: on the Mini 4 Pro, D-Log M stops at ISO 1600 against 6400 in Normal, and on the Mavic 4 Pro Hasselblad camera D-Log M goes to ISO 6400 in standard video and to 3200 in slow motion.

On the Mini 4 Pro, DJI's spec page notes that 4K at 100 fps with HLG or D-Log M is recorded in H.265 only.

Where the rule comes from

The rule and the 1/50 s and 1/120 s examples come from a guide by Ferntech, an authorised DJI retailer, not from DJI. The DJI spec pages we read give no video shutter range for log and no shutter advice. The other table values are the same doubling.

Sources

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

Questions

Is 1/48 or 1/50 right for 24 fps?

Double 24 is 1/48 s; the guide we cite uses 1/50 s, the nearest common setting. The gap is under a tenth of a stop.

Does the 180-degree rule change in D-Log M?

No. The rule uses only the frame rate; the color profile does not enter the arithmetic, so the same doubling gives the same shutter in Normal, HLG or D-Log M.

What shutter for 4K 100 fps on the Mini 4 Pro?

1/200 s by the rule. DJI's spec page notes that 4K at 100 fps with HLG or D-Log M is H.265 only.

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