I noticed just how smooth the gimble is almost to the point where certain shots i can get with out even putting the bird in the air, my question is has anybody used thier phantom by getting shots just by walking with it, and is there a device to put around it like a handle or something?

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Osmo would be better for this purposes... The local length of phantom would be too long for the close shots

DJI-Tim Posted at 2016-2-26 11:28
Osmo would be better for this purposes... The local length of phantom would be too long for the clos ...

The Osmo is much more practical to handhold but the focal length of the cameras is both the same at 20mm (35mm equivalent). They both give a wide FOV of 94 degrees.

In answer to the OP's original question, yes you can use the phantom as a hand-held gimbal. Its not particularly practical as its not designed for this but it will certainly work, It can be very useful if you want to get a very low to the ground shot and don't want to risk clipping the ground. I even made a video about it, the section with hand-holding the Phantom is at 4:50

jonscott Posted at 2016-2-26 12:56
The Osmo is much more practical to handhold but the focal length of the cameras is both the same a ...

Extremely informative

DJI-Tim Posted at 2016-2-26 05:28
Osmo would be better for this purposes... The local length of phantom would be too long for the clos ...

Gonna go with that "local length" was supposed to be "focal length"  eh?

I could not find the link, but there is a 'strap' or 'carrier' for the Phantoms that allows you to use it as a hand-held cam.

I did a couple of times, it worked really well and the shot was better than the steadicam from the camera crew.
You MUST have someone with the remote looking because sometimes the camera jumps a little when doing lateral shots, forward or backwards shots doesn't have this issue.

All of the close in shots of the steam engine were made by hand holding the phantom.  Having the transmitter on a neck strap is helpful.

hummingbird.uav Posted at 2016-2-27 09:33
All of the close in shots of the steam engine were made by hand holding the phantom.  Having the tra ...

Cool video !

Anytime I need a shot below 7 feet I hold my P3P and run the scene. I am in the process of making another YouTube mini movie and half of the scenes I shoot are hand held.

Great job of syncing the departure whistle with the video!  Nice video.

I was considering using the Osmo for my work, but I already had a GoPro H4 that was not getting enough use, so I simply bought a low cost Chinese hand-held gimbal unit.

Sure I have done that a lot. Flying and then combining with walking with the drone makes a nice video! No one can really tell you didn´t actually fly those indoor shots or under the bridge

hummingbird.uav Posted at 2016-2-27 18:33
All of the close in shots of the steam engine were made by hand holding the phantom.  Having the tra ...

Very nice? How did you record the sound?

Swedrone Posted at 2016-2-28 02:52
Very nice? How did you record the sound?

I gave one of the engineers a head mounted GoPro, all of the sound is from it.  Trickiest part was building the whistle sound, a combination of 3 different whistle blows.

hummingbird.uav Posted at 2016-2-28 20:18
I gave one of the engineers a head mounted GoPro, all of the sound is from it.  Trickiest part was ...

nice job  

yeah that video was awesome! i definitly would love to do some handheld shots , i thought i seen a video where a guy had his P3 mounted

My buddy has a P3 Pro and an Osmo but he made a carrying handle for his P3 to use it as a steadicam just to test it out.
I don't know how it worked out for him.