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A friend bought me a set of cheap nd filters for my p4 for Christmas. I was shocked by the price he paid for them, but I tried them out, a few days later. They are much heavier than the stock clear lens on the camera, but threaded right onto it. Upon start-up, my gimbal started freaking out. It violently jerked up and down, hitting the stop point a lot harder than I'd like. Quickly, I shut it down and replaced the lens with the original. On the next start up, everything was normal with the stock lens. I put the nd filters on after starting up and it was fine. As a control for this experiment, I tried it again another 2 times with the same results. Lesson learned. Don't buy cheap nd filters. I have no idea where he got them and I'd never consider asking him to exchange. It just seems in bad taste. At least I didn't waste my own money on useless stuff...well...today, anyway....