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OIS induced artefacts is something we all discover. OIS can be so effective in smoothing out your raw recorded images that it is hard to turn it off. Many claim they do because of the jitters it can cause during pans and camera moves. Arguably better to avoid those moves and benefit from the...

Simplest way is to place a small compass on the PL, having noted the direction of North beforehand, and then move the servos in towards it and wait for the compass needle to move. As for the curly cable, you will probably find that it is amazingly heavy compared to an equivalent length of...

Really smooth, clean and sharp, well done. Same question as always ... what camera? That doesn't look like a NEX because you can see all the tiny branches instead of a smudgy fluff. I reckon you might even be using a video camcorder rather than a video capable stills camera. It's a MOS sensor...

Duh! Stupido. I didn't read your post properly. With the PL mounted in the front it is still picking up magnetism from the Roll Servo (which appears to have the strongest field of the three, followed by the Tilt). It won't be easy shielding that Roll servo. Hell, it won't be easy shielding any...

Won't argue with that. JPEG's from El Cheapo Compacto are good enough for web use but not for printing. Clever shot of the wine glasses. The propwash hasn't caused a ripple.:highly_amused: BTW.. We had to watch out with the altitude from this angle because the plot on the other side of the...

Ferrous metal wrapped around the PL, or even very close to it, would only interfere with magnetometer's reading of the earth's magnetic field and lead would block it completely. A Mumetal shield placed between the offending servo and the PL magnetometer might be effective but where does one...

It was a brighter day when we went back to do the shoot with the 5D two days later, not to dismiss the normally excellent and very appealing colour balance of the 5D. If there is a blue sky the 5D landscape shots have simply gorgeous colour (see below). But there is no getting away from the fact...

In the absence of any physical or photographic evidence I remain unconvinced and will wait for tangible results from three different camera mounts, each with a different stabilisation drive and each with a different IMU mounting aspect. I do accept that with the level of technology we are...

Crazy Germans! Nice idea.

Do you remember that? When we would not have had time to pass by Barnstaple and you commented how we were headed for the 'Pirate Coast'. We arrived at Porth en Alls on Friday afternoon and it was bright sunshine and absolutely charming. Did a walk around planning shots for the video of the...

The first is Porth en Alls, Prussia Cove in Cornwall. I took the MK Octo not long after assembling it with the intention of filming my nephew's marriage within the walled garden. Come The Day and the heavens opened. The following day the clouds cleared for about 40 minutes around 4:00pm...

Aha. Lucid. So that is what we are talking about and point well taken. We will see.

Touché. Ha-ha.

Oh dear, here we go again. Is it safe to assume that you are filling in time while the video files are rendering again? If you wish to make a point then explain it with clarity. Cryptic suggestions followed up with comments alluding to everyone else' stupidity hardly makes it worth posting at...

So what's your point?

Which will present a problem since we have discovered that on an AV200 the magnetism emitted by the powerful servos engulfs virtually the whole mount, leaving nowhere to install magnetometer reliant gear.

Friends in Ohio are going for this with a Copterworks heli. It is not actually available yet. We will know more once the first eager batch of guinea-pigs and beta-testers ... I mean customers ... start giving some feedback. Of course our number one priority is camera stabilisation but only...

To follow up on my first response, the servo centering facility SVR1 which allows the RTH position to be adjusted has a maximum throw of 500us. This is sufficient to compensate for about 15-20° of negative tilt of the mounted PL. If the mounted PL is set at a greater negative angle than this the...

At the present time this drift is 'normal'. As I understood it the magnetometer (or compass in everyday-sprach) is there to address this inherent gyro characteristic. However, it seems we have discovered that there is too magnetism around the gimbal servos for the Picloc to ever be out of range...

What camera were you using there? Did a recce for a château ruin that gets used for weddings and garden party type events. I am very much looking forward to doing this one.