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Eric Cheng

Tag: gimbal

The incredible pace of aerial-imaging technology

Earlier this week, DJI announced the Zenmuse H3-3D 3-axis gimbal for GoPro HERO3 and HERO3+ cameras. Traditional, 2-axis gimbals correct against unwanted movements in pitch and roll, but don’t have a 3rd motor for correcting movements in yaw (turning from side to side). When shooting video from a camera mounted on a 2-axis gimbal, twitchy ...

I just received my Phantom 2 quadcopter with H3-2D gimbal, and was pleased to see that DJI has incorporated “anti-drop” screws into their vibration mount. You no longer have to worry about the entire gimbal and camera assembly coming completely off of the quadcopter. Update: Steve Doll informs me that other gimbal designs solve this ...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riB6dR1SwIg?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque&w=250&h=141] Experimental cloud timelapse (1 shot every 0.5 sec, GoPro HERO3 Black). Shooting into the sun gives the scene way too large a dynamic range to successfully capture using a GoPro. Next time, I will probably spot meter to expose the clouds successfully. Also, there was a lot of wind, which makes for shaky ...

I absolutely love the aerial perspective. This is a picture of my wife snorkeling outside of Swallows Cave in Vava’u, Tonga. You can see the little mushroom island’s entire underwater reef structure.

Aerial footage taken in Tonga, September, 2013. Huge thanks to Julian and Ildi Cohen and the crew of the S/Y Bella Principessa for their hospitality (I used the catamaran as a launch platform). GoPro HERO3 w/polarizer on a DJI Phantom quadcopter with Zenmuse gimbal. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

I managed to get great aerial footage of whale sharks is Isla Mujeres by launching a quadcopter off of a 34-foot boat, but the flight controller (DJI NAZA v3.14) made the experience a pain in the butt because it refused to arm until the quadcopter was (relatively) still. had to wait until the boat was ...

GoPro polarizer solutions for Phantom Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal

LayerLens for GoPro3 with circular polarizer lens mounted on GoPro in Zenmuse H3-2D gimbal Lately, I’ve been flying my quadcopters over the ocean, which makes me want to put a polarizer over the GoPro HERO3 Black camera that I use on my DJI Phantom. So far, I’ve found two solutions for putting a polarizer on a GoPro ...

Our friends Aaron Grimes and Russell Brown  have completed a video filmed with DJI Phantom quadcopters in the ghost town of Bodie, California. Check it out—it’s beautiful. (Note that they had the required permit to fly in a state park) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Clean DJI Phantom quadcopter with gimbal and internal FPV transmitter

DJI Phantom with DJI Zenmuse H3-2D brushless gimbal, GoPro HERO3 Black edition, internal ImmersionRC 600mW 5.8Ghz FPV transmitter, and modified radio with pitch knob on back. I’ve ben using my first DJI Phantom quadcopter now for about 6 months. It’s been on hundreds of flights, and I crashed it numerous times while I was learning to fly it, ...