In this video, we break down the exact Ace Pro 2 settings we used to get the cinematic travel shots you saw at the start—whether you’re strapping it to an FPV drone, taking it underwater, or mounting it to a board. We also clear up the biggest beginner confusion around modes: I keep it simple—Video mode for everything, Pure Video for night, and FreeFrame if you want the option to export vertical and horizontal (with the tradeoff of an extra step in post). From there, we dial in the look: I’m almost always shooting 4K (I avoid 8K because it can look too digitally saturated), choosing field of view based on the shot (Action for immersive POV, Mega when I want less distortion), and getting manual control with ND filters so we can follow the 180° shutter rule. For our “cinematic setup,” I run Standard color (not log/flat—personal preference), 4K 50, 1/100 shutter, ISO based on the light, stabilization on Standard, and Active HDR off because it can feel overly crisp and saturated. We also cover underwater fixes like turning off Clarity Zoom (water on the screen can trigger it and ruin your framing), setting a consistent white balance (around 5000–6000K), and when to use a dive case (deeper than 15m). Finally, for FPV we share the big gotcha: if you need gyro data for ReelSteady/GoProFlow, you must use FreeFrame—otherwise you’ll learn the hard way like we did.