Well the price has finally been released for the new DJI Phantom gimbal @ $699.00 and comes complete as shown below. The nice features are the ability to charge the GoPro while flying and the ability to output video to your video Tx all contained inside the arms of the gimbal. Full details HERE
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Woah, that's one intense test. Very impressive.
Talking about money.
Well for 270€ you can use a prebuild alexmos gimbal achieving this:
http://vimeo.com/68798773
I am not a particular fan of the shop, but here are the gimbal components in detail used in that video:
http://flyduino.net/Flyduino-2-Axis-Full-CF-Brushless-Gimbal-V20-Pr...
http://flyduino.net/Alex-Mos-Brushless-Gimbal-BLG
And that shop is not cheap.
So what you pay with Dji is the name.
Cheers Rob
Wow, talk about haters! I agree their gimbal is priced a bit high, I would like to have seen it in the $499 range but to say it’s only worth $75.00 is a little ridiculous. This isn’t some cheap Chinese copy, it's a well designed unit with Swiss motors, anodized aluminum arms, fully integrated electronics including video output and gimbal controller that works out of the box.
There are a lot of other alternative but most require a lot of tinkering. A lot of people have bashed the Phantom as well but they sell over 8000 a month and there is a long list waiting with deposits made on the new gimbal, even at the released price point.
We need new models for Sony NEX series, for remote sensing applications that can pay the bills.
You can't ignore the price tag as realistically, the end product i.e. the video you get from the hero3 is no better than open source or other alternatives for brushless gimbals at a fraction of the price. People can say 'oh it's the research cost', and it looks nice etc, but research on youtube and google is free. The price tag will only cost you time measured in minutes and a few moments to order the boards and gimbal motors (and gosh, a frame too).
In addition threads on rcgroups where you can order premade 3d printed solutions from online sources are inexpensive in comparison too.
Martinez and Alexmos have done well.
I would always go for the original from Alexmos. He got the idea and brought it to a perfect working level (from what i see on the videos), besides this he is not a big company. So supporting a russian genius instead of money saturated DJI would be my way to go. The decision is also easy because other gimbals will have to prove that they work as good as his. For me the decision from an ethic and usability standpoint is clear. It's really rare that those 2 factors come together. Just my 2 cents....
Actually, it's a very pretty pro looking aluminum mount and it's got that swell (and really expensive) Zenmuse label on the box.
I'm sure it's a very nice and functional gimbal, I just don't think I'll be getting one.
I'm waiting for the new 3DR one they showed us a CAD drawing for a month ago.
I'm guessing it will work at least as well and I'll be able to afford the Hero Black I want to put in it with the money I save.
$700!! ill stick with my $100 rctimer one thanks....
Hmm... Buy this, or buy a small quad and DIY the gimbal for the same price...
Noticed cogging here and there in the videos on their site, especially at the end of the second.
Well it's hard to beat the quality of the "inventor" Alexmos. For that price you can build the original + gopro 3 and for the rest of the money you saved you can have a good time in the night club.
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