Guess what came a day early!!!!!
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Had to be adaptive in order to get the gimbal balanced. The new zinc weights are larger than the ones in the video so, to clear the ribbon cable and still balance properly the weights on the back of the camera had to be repositioned. The 10g goes where 10g and 5g both used to go and one 5g goes on the bottom of the camera in the center.
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The last 5g goes on the side as shown in the video
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The balance doesn't get much better than this and is good with two filters in place.
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With one filter and the CPL the balance is closer to OEM which means the camera tips forward slightly.
I cannot use my Polar Pro filters or my OEM UV filter without the gimbal pulling up and to the right when looking at it from behind.
The Polar Pro gimbal holder I mentioned earlier fits over the lens cap that comes with the set.
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At this point I am still working on a method to allow the barrel to remain on the camera and still lock the gimbal and fit in my cases.
The fit and finish is excellent and the glass itself seems to be professional quality.
There was some earlier concerns about whether the barrel would interfere with the ground as the gimbal initializes. In 5 initializations, I experienced no interference.
I also experienced no interference between the barrel and the UAVbits camera guard. I expected there would be some big issues but there were none.
I do expect interference when using the CPL filter but have not had the time to look into that yet.
Kind of a cloudy day here but I did shoot a little video in LOG at 1080/30. I had no problem setting the camera to 60 with the ND 16 installed.
So far I am a very happy camper. I will try to upload some raw footage later tonight.