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fansa84fe8a4 Posted at 2017-11-28 08:16
I don't see why a clear filter would be an issue as the Phantoms all have one. Helps for bug strikes too.
No matter what lens I use on the I2, I have do some balancing act with either the front or back. A Velcro dot on the back can hold various coins, and a rubber band on the front with a bit of a tin can can balance the front. Just goes with the territory. Being back-heavy means I can put something on the front if even a couple of step-up rings or a blank filter ring. I use the Breakthrough brand of filters as they seem to be a bit heavier than the B+W being made of brass, although thinner and sharper overall with far truer color without the ND tint issues as seen by the stronger ND series.
What's important to note is that you can only fit ONE filter/ring on the X7 with the lens hood on. Ask any professional photographer/videographer and they will tell you the same, that anytime you can avoid putting unnecessary glass in front of your lens is always ideal. I won't go into reason why, a simple google search will yield sufficient information. As for the stock X7, it clearly won't balance as a stock unit, and I shouldn't have to pay hundreds more for balancing rings and ND filters to get the system to work.
I have now realized that what they are doing is shipping the X7 with the same balancing ring from the X5S, which is 10g too light for the X7. This helps them cut costs, but unfortunately they need to manufacture a separate heavier balancing ring for the X7.
I did some extensive testing yesterday and I was getting a "Lens Not Connected" error with the 16mm lens when not properly balanced. After switching out the filters, restarting, and balancing properly, the error went away. I was also getting jittery lag when panning up and down at full speed when the gimbal was imbalanced, but that disappeared after properly balancing. What's also worth noting is that the gimbal isn't just "slightly" imbalanced with the provided balancing ring, its a MAJOR imbalance. A 10g imbalance is a lot when we're talking about such a lightweight platform. |
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