The DJI Phantom Quadcopter for the GoPro Hero cameras are still gaining popularity, but getting smooth footage is impossible without a few modifications. The first step is to ensure your rotors are balanced properly, and then start looking into a way to create an isolation mount for your camera. There's been several ideas on how to create this, but this DIY Wire Isolation Mount seems to be a great and more secure solution.
Do you have another Post/links i may have missed which reviews any other accessories for the DJI Phantom? With the $200 price drop this week I couldn't resist picking one of these up along with lots of extra batteries, props, etc. Figured if I'm going to abuse one learning might as well be a less expensive model then I can consider what the upgrades will offer on the new models which I believe will be out later this fall. Do you feel these wire type mounts work better than the ones that use the rubber grommets in reducing vibration?. I read somewhere that with the rubber ones because of the softness of the rubber may not support the weight of a GoPro if you want to use it with its waterproof case. If I find the quad copter thing to be useful in my business I probably will step up and buy one of the more expensive gimbal mounts but I also might wait to see if it makes since to spend $699 plus the additional upgrades necessary for this legacy model or wait to adapt such capabilities to a newer version of a quad which will probably offer more capabilities as a stock model.
@Rick - ND helps, but far from a fix I have tried. Especially when the scene changes exposure so quickly in the late afternoon it will just boist noise levels in the camera.
DJI Phantom GoPro Quadcopter Kit GPS + NAZA-M - eBay
gnarg
Emm,
Do you have another Post/links i may have missed which reviews any other accessories for the DJI Phantom? With the $200 price drop this week I couldn't resist picking one of these up along with lots of extra batteries, props, etc. Figured if I'm going to abuse one learning might as well be a less expensive model then I can consider what the upgrades will offer on the new models which I believe will be out later this fall. Do you feel these wire type mounts work better than the ones that use the rubber grommets in reducing vibration?. I read somewhere that with the rubber ones because of the softness of the rubber may not support the weight of a GoPro if you want to use it with its waterproof case. If I find the quad copter thing to be useful in my business I probably will step up and buy one of the more expensive gimbal mounts but I also might wait to see if it makes since to spend $699 plus the additional upgrades necessary for this legacy model or wait to adapt such capabilities to a newer version of a quad which will probably offer more capabilities as a stock model.
apostolos
What would the ND filter do in relation to the vibration?
Breezemont
Sorry folks, I changed my username on eBay and didn't think about broken links.
Growing pains...
You can find them under user nomojello
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Thanks for the plug!
Emm
Post author@stephen diaz - Sold out right now. Keep checking back.
Stephen Diaz
aw "no results found"
VanWeddings
pretty damn ingenious. thanks for the find!
Emm
Post author@Rick - ND helps, but far from a fix I have tried. Especially when the scene changes exposure so quickly in the late afternoon it will just boist noise levels in the camera.
Rick
Or you could just put an ND filter on it.