Hi!

Just got my Ronin-M and love it so far!

I have a Sony A7SMII with Sony's 28-135 Servo Zoom lens.    The lens is large and heavy.  I have to balance the camera so far back I cannot put it completely on its back to adjust the tilt portion of the gimbal.   

Anyone else have this combination of camera and lens?   I really want this to work but am at my wit's end.

Thanks!

Attach some kind of weight on the back of the camera, so you can tilt it forward

Hi Stacy, I have not tried the A7SMII with that lens combination, but what I have seen is larger cameras mounted onto the Ronin-M using Tilt Bar Extension Rods. These will give you a little more room for balancing the weight of the camera with that larger lens. Here is the link on BH = http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr ... extension_rods.html

Hope that helps. If you do manage to balance your rig using these, it would be great for the community to see an example. Best -George

George Mihaly Posted at 2016-1-19 11:13
Hi Stacy, I have not tried the A7SMII with that lens combination, but what I have seen is larger cam ...

Stacey: I can perfectly balance a Canon C-300/Canon 24mm f 2.8 pancake lens/BP-955 battery on my Ronin-M using the DJI tilt extensions. The camera is quite tall so I stripped it down to body only (no top or side handle, on camera monitor/XLR, or eye piece) . Total mounted weight is  4 pounds 4 ounces. Using lightweight wide to medium primes or short zooms vs heavy, long zooms is more practical on the Ronin-M and the center balance of your camera naturally shifts forward. IMHO: anything over 50mm is a bit tight for gimbal use anyway.  It flies well except the tilt back is slightly limited by the top hot shoe but I don't expect to ever need it to tilt back that extremely.

Have you considered using something shorter and lighter than a 28-135? Sony and other manufacturers offer lightweight, fast, wide zooms and primes that are both sharp and inexpensive.

Keith

Hi Stacy, did you have any luck getting the lens on there? I just bought the same lens for my A7s and was hoping to use it on my ronin m