Yesterday I did my first professional gig with the Osmo 3X, it's was b-roll of people. I brought it as a freebe so if things went south I wouldn't be in trouble. From a lot of practice I knew I have H drift but could not figure out the app adjustments, nor did I trust them.

So my very simple solution was to slow down my pan BEFORE the point I knew the shot would look best, the final phase of my drift would end up perfectly composed in terms of head room and looking room. I am a freelance DP so my footage will be edited by total strangers and I didn't want to mess them up by not having a good tail to my shots. I knew from practice that if I stop when IT LOOKS CORRECT, the Osmo just keeps on going for another second, thus ruining the shot, so I compensate by slowing down a little sooner.

Anyone else doing this? Seemed to work swell for me.

Ned
Chicago Videographer
www.nedmiller.com

That just no good to have to deal with a product not working as designed.. They probably mounted the onbaord acc/gyro mpu 60-- series by its heat pad when the data sheet says not to. I had to retrofit countless blade 350 qx flight controllers after the manufacturer designed them improperly. Same gyro design is in all motion stabilized devices.

Well, that response made absolutely no sense.

Chicago DP Posted at 2016-5-21 07:59
Well, that response made absolutely no sense.

Only made no sense to you..... They designed the gimbal improperly. You should not have to compensate for its design errors. Happy you found a way to make yours work for you.