Looking for Camera gimbal
- Thread starter ovdt
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mbsteed
aerial video centric
Photoship One has a number of choices - these maybe overkill for the size of camera you have in mind:
http://www.photoshipone.com/products/3xpro/
http://www.photoshipone.com/products/mktr/
http://www.photoshipone.com/products/3xpro/
http://www.photoshipone.com/products/mktr/
That mount looks OK but it uses toothed gears for drive. Not very smooth, and vulnerable to wear, slop, broken teeth and jumping.
A version with toothed belts is much smoother and more reliable, and if you're prepared to spend that much on a mount, it's worth spending the bit extra for belt drive.
Hi Ovdt,
You're right it is fairly heavy at 870g, it was designed for a very large airframe (you can see it at the bottom of the ad on the website). It actually weight almost exactly the same as a current AV200 360 (about 40g more), and is designed to carry a heavy camera (up to 2.4Kg).
Bit of overkill really unless you want to carry an SLR or pro HD camera, but the drive is very smooth, and on a suitable machine the extra 40g or so will go largely unnoticed.
You started this thread a while ago now, what did you end up getting and how is it?
Alex
You're right it is fairly heavy at 870g, it was designed for a very large airframe (you can see it at the bottom of the ad on the website). It actually weight almost exactly the same as a current AV200 360 (about 40g more), and is designed to carry a heavy camera (up to 2.4Kg).
Bit of overkill really unless you want to carry an SLR or pro HD camera, but the drive is very smooth, and on a suitable machine the extra 40g or so will go largely unnoticed.
You started this thread a while ago now, what did you end up getting and how is it?
Alex
I ended up building my own but it's taking some time
I'm using a MD2 camera mount for now but it is just for stills; not suitable for videos. The servos provided with MD2 mount (Hitec HS225MG) are not strong enough for handling a Canon 550D with a Tamron 17-50 lens. So, I can use it only with Sony NEX5.Until I finalize my build, I need a decent Camera Mount suitable for videos. I want to spend money on something useful and rigid.
My mount will handle a 550D no problem. I've tested it with a 30D, with a Canon 35 - 70 zoom and it was fine.
Unfortunately to properly carry and control the weight of camera you want carry, the mount needs to be strong and there's no way to avoid a certain amount of weight and quite a high cost.
Photo Higher are the only mounts that I know uses toothed belt rather than gear drive, although I notice they now use gears on the roll axis, (but I think that's necessity of design rather than choice), and for pan on some, but not the pro mounts. From a performance point of view, belts are the route to go for smooth motion if you can.
Painful in the wallet department though!!
Unfortunately to properly carry and control the weight of camera you want carry, the mount needs to be strong and there's no way to avoid a certain amount of weight and quite a high cost.
Photo Higher are the only mounts that I know uses toothed belt rather than gear drive, although I notice they now use gears on the roll axis, (but I think that's necessity of design rather than choice), and for pan on some, but not the pro mounts. From a performance point of view, belts are the route to go for smooth motion if you can.
Painful in the wallet department though!!