Screen Brightness Vs. Screen Size | Combating Sunlight When Flying Drones

Published: October 23, 2020

Author/Pilot: TJ Schwartz

Category Tags: FLIGHT TIPS,VIDEO TIPS

#PilotSchwartz shows just why you might see a Montana Drone Company pilot in the field with a smaller screen. It all comes down to screen brightness and the nits!

Nits are the unit of measurement for screen brightness. One nit is equal to the amount of light one candle gives off in a one meter cube. To combat direct sunlight you need a screen with more than 1,000 nits of brightness. Most of today's tablet's suffer from the same nit output of 400-500nits. Sacrificing screen size for screen brightness Montana Drone Company pilots use cell-phone screens that output over 1,200 nits! Have a tablet in mind that outputs over 1,000 nits? Let us know in the comments and we'd love to take it for a spin!

Screen Brightness Vs. Screen Size | Combating Sunlight When Flying Drones