niclariv
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Canada
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I have the 12 Pro Max, and bought a DJI OM 4. Here's what I've found:
There is no issue with the clamp securely holding the phone. It may seem a bit funny because the clamp edges are rounded and the edge of the phone is not, but it still holds it securely. If I just put the phone in the clamp and give it a shake, there's no wiggle, so that isn't a problem.
The big problem is that the horizon is not level. When I first start the gimbal, it's just not level - tilted one way or the other. I tried the gimbal calibration and it seemed to work - the horizon was level... but if I put the gimbal away for a while and try it again, once again the horizon isn't level. I shouldn't possibly have to recalibrate it at every use, right? That would be very, very inconvenient, and I never once had to calibrate the gimbal on my old Zhiyun Smooth Q.
Things I've tried so far:
•Returning the first gimbal and exchanging it, thinking I just got a defective one - the new one is exactly the same
•Running the gimbal calibration several times
•Doing the manual horizon calibration
Manually calibrating the horizon in the app seems to have had the best result so far. When I had just done the automatic gimbal calibration, if time went by and I fired the gimbal up again, the horizon would be noticeably off - it seems always tilted to the same side. It seems that now that I've done the manual calibration, it's 'better' - though not perfect.. Maybe I wouldn't have noticed if it had started off this way, but now that I've noticed that before I did the manual calibration there was an issue, plus I've got grid lines turned on, I can't 'unsee' it.
Note that I don't think the problem is because of the iPhone 12 Pro Max. I stuck my old iPhone X in the gimbal (which is erased so I can sell it, so I didn't actually run the camera app, just looked at how it sat in the gimbal) and it appeared that the horizon was titled by about the same amount before I did the manual calibration.. so unless the iPhone X is too light for what this gimbal is expecting, and the iPhone 12 is giving it a different problem, I think the issue is with the reliability of the gimbal in general.
Funny if I try to google my horizon issue not much comes up, I'd think it would be a more common problem. Has anyone else experienced this? Any fix for it? I'd like to figure this out quickly while I'm still in the return period. |
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