I have seen a couple of dslr gimbals on ebay, some with motors and some without. Some with circuit boards and some without. I have no idea where to start. What I am looking for is a dslr gimbal that can accommodate a few different cameras and that is not made for one specific camera. Any suggestions?
I tried a lot of them before the days of drones with built in cameras. The best ones were the DJI zenmuse gimbals. They are made for specific cameras, but will work with others if they are about the same size, just need to balance it first. The Alexmos boards are the most famous, and were pretty much what started the whole brushless gimbal revolution. They aren’t too difficult to setup. The 32 bit ones are better. I think they’re quite well developed now? https://www.basecamelectronics.com/ The Phobotics boards are pretty good too. I believe they have quite a lengthy initialisation process, but stay locked in nicely once it’s done? https://phobotic.com/ The least hassle is definitely a zenmuze though, just works when you power it up. You might be able to find a cheap used one on eBay? Zenmuse Gimbal on DJI website
Will the Zenmuse gimbal attached to my m v2 flight controller just like a cheaper Walkera gimbal would? In reality, that aspect is very simple, just a couple of wires for roll and yaw in addition to the power wires. I already have the camera hooked up to a HD to analog converter and transmitter so that is no problem. I don't need to use DJI lightbridge system. Thanks for your reply.
You don’t need to attach the zenmuse, or the others, to your flight controller, they have their own controller. Just need a few spare channels on your receiver for tilt, and maybe pan, and to activate the shutter. You don’t need a lightbridge unless you want hd video transmission. I would recommend it though as it’s a lot better than sd video transmission, safer as well.
Thank you, that makes a lot more sense now. I am looking at one on eBay that has the Alexmos 16 bit, not 32-bit controller. Although when I look online for information, I don't really see anything for a 16-bit, just ate or 32. That should be easy enough to swap out if it's no good. It is built and complete with motors and controller for 400 American dollars. Very tempted to push the buy button.
I had that one, was from Maytech, they probably have new ones now? http://www.maytech.cn/en/product/fpv/gimbal-frame/3-axis-gimbal-frame You can buy stuff directly from them if you want, might be cheaper?
Just remembered, I had this one as well: https://www.arrishobby.com/arris-zh...-p-738?zenid=70c71374bf9c986229162802dd57c8ba It was pretty good, worked well out of the box with my sony NEX 5 at the time. Probably get those cheap now,or use it with a NEX 7 instead, or a Black Magic Pocket Camera or Canon M? It's worth not going too heavy with the camera to get more flight time.