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DJI-Paul Posted at 7-23 00:47
For those speculating why it’s going to take a while before we’re able to add these functions, let me try to explain in as simplified terms as I can.
We just finished the Ronin-SC release and all hands were on deck to ensure a smooth launch. For ActiveTrack to be added to a product such as the Ronin-S, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure a properly working function. We need to go through the evaluation process of whether it can even be accomplished. If it can, we need to figure out the success rate and whether there are possible failure points. For everyone using this product, to make it look effortless and work well is actually really, really difficult.
Hi DJI-Paul,
Thank you so much for the detailed post. I have been agonizing a bit over the dilemma of having literally **just** purchased the Ronin-S, only to see the Ronin-SC feature set. I need the payload capacity of the Ronin-S, as I am firmly invested in DSLR cameras. By the way, I am also a Ronin-M owner. I will restrict my comments to the Ronin-S.
ActiveTrack 3.0
Yes, please add me to the list of people who would benefit greatly from this add. It is my hope that in whatever capacity you can make that add, that you will do it, and that DJI will commit to it. I understand that the platforms are different, and there are challenges. I hope you will personally intercede on the part of Ronin-S buyers who, like me, bought what we assumed was the "new" thing, only to discover days later it isn't.
Force Mobile
I'm curious if the availability of IOS-only for Force Mobile is a hardware issue or a time constraint? That said, I would like to advocate for adding BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY to as many Android OS versions as possible. For those of use who use Android phones as monitors/remotes, the NOTE 4 is absolutely the ideal platform due to its size and it's "last of the replaceable battery" status. With a few (now cheap on the used market) NOTE 4 phones, and a handful of batteries, the number of control and monitoring functions available for a reasonable price is mindboggling. The NOTE 4 runs Android 6.01. Please do what you can to support it (the Ronin-S app currently does). And for all folks here on the forum, hopefully that's a nice tip for you. When I'm shooting with my Canon 70D, for instance, I can control the Ronin-S with one phone, and use another (via WiFi) to completely control and monitor the camera...pulling focus, etc. Really a remarkable ability for so little money.
CANON 70D (and various iterations of that model, i.e., 80D, etc)
I hope you will soon expand the control set for this camera and the Ronin-S. Why? Because it has so much better remote and focus capabilities (pursuant to my comments above on Force Mobile) than my 5DmkIII bodies. By combining Ronin-S control via Bluetooth, and Canon control via WiFi, the possibilities for DSLR shooters with the Ronin-S is really stunning.
Thank you again, Paul, for responding to this thread. I will remain very hopeful that DJI takes the Ronin-S seriously as a professional platform, and that it won't be made obsolete rather than updated via software/firmware. I find that to be somewhat the case with the Ronin-M, which I adopted VERY early, and which I really wish had better battery technology (my two batteries are now dead to the world, hence my emergency purchase a few weeks ago of the Ronin-S for a shoot). At the buy-in level of these tools, I would like for them to have usable service lives equivalent to bodies and lenses.
Best to you. Please update us with any word you get. I will bookmark this discussion. |
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