Recent content by Maranatha Photography

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    Do i need to counter-balance my gimbal?

    Don't know much about the Gimbal itself, but I would not recommend buying from Gadget Salon. I tried to buy some CF props from them. They advertised them as being "balanced". When I got them, they were not only not balanced, but they weren't even matched. The weight difference from the...
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    Propellers

    I'm not from Missouri (The show me state), but I am one of those people that has to check things out for himself. No matter how many of these posts I've read were people said they Carbon Fiber props aren't as stable, to just stick with the stock DJI ones........ In the back of my mind, I...
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    Focal Length of DJI Phantom 2 vision plus

    Point taken.... First off, you are correct about 110 degrees....looking closer I see I accidentally took the specs form the standard Vision 2, not the Plus. Secondly.... Yes, I'll grant that a fisheye lens can give a much wider Field of View than a Rectilinear lens of the same focal length...
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    Focal Length of DJI Phantom 2 vision plus

    The math doesn't quite work out though. DJI advertises a FOV of 120 degrees. With a 6.17mm X 4.55mm sensor and a 5mm focal length the FOV is only 75 degrees. With a sensor that small, you'd need a focal length of closer to 2.5mm to actually capture 120 degrees Field of View.