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Eric Cheng

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Pura Luhur Uluwatu is a spectacular Balinese sea temple in Bali, Indonesia. The temple sits on a sheer cliff, and guards Bali from evil spirits from the south-west. There is no way to see this temple from the “front” except by aerial vehicle. Shot with DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, Ricoh GR APS-C camera, and Boscam FPV ...

I spent the last 2 weeks diving the southern part of Komodo, Indonesia, leading an underwater photography expedition for Wetpixel. We spent quite a bit of time in Horseshoe Bay photographing marine life at famous dive sites like Cannibal Rock, but whenever the wind died down, I flew my modified DJI Phantom 2 and took ...

Version 3 of the Ricoh GR APS-C camera mount for DJI Phantom 2 is done! It’s ready for some serious field testing.

I have chosen to use a Ricoh GR APS-C camera in the air because it is the lightest camera with an APS-C-sized sensor, and it’s great to see others hacking large-sensor cameras onto various small-ish multicopters, as well. Philipp Stark recently attached his Fuji X100S camera to a small hexacopter. The X100S uses an old-school ...

My Ricoh GR camera mount for the DJI Phantom 2 continues to evolve. The first version used the top vibration dampener plate of the Phantom 2 Vision (the dampener assembly is available for $10 from dealers), a bottom plate laser cut for me by Keri Wilk, and an inexpensive Giotto mini-ballhead. I wrote about the ...

This seems to be my new morning ritual. I wander downstairs to check out the newest 3D print I made, which is inevitably some kind of adapter for mounting cameras on to quadcopters. This piece will be used to mount my Ricoh GR camera to my Phantom 2 in a recessed way, closer to the ...

Hello, everyone! I’ve created a new Skypixel Aerial Imaging mailing list. I’ll use the list to send out occasional summaries of Skypixel content and information about aerial imaging using multicopters. There will be no spam, and I’ll never sell your contact information. Click here to join mailing list. (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

FPV and H3-2D gimbal installation on DJI Phantom 2

This post is an evolution of my old FPV Deconstruction post. Yesterday, I installed a DJI Zenmuse H3-2D brushless gimbal for the Phantom 2 quadcopter along with a Boscam TS-353 5.8Ghz FPV video transmitter. The gimbal installation took less than 10 minutes, and the FPV transmitter installation, not much longer. Here’s how to do it. ...

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 ...