Recent content by laselvasurf

Just to clarify, can you adjust aperture in the settings currently or are you locked into whatever the lens what last set at? Considering doing this modification...

Technically you could. But I would not as the wind resistance caused by lens hoods really throws gimbals off. I don't know the exact weight, I could tell you in the next few days though, I just need to dig out my scale.

I own a S1000 and GH4 setup, complete dual operator with light bridge and the works. It's about a $16K package new. I haven't flown it once since I got the X5. The only thing I keep it for is VR work where I'm suspending a nest of GoPros from a pole underneath it. The A2 flies really well...

I'm with you there, I've been doing this about as long and even two or three years ago if someone said I could get this kind of footage from a UAV under $5K with a 90mm eq lens, I would of just laughed at them! To me jello is a product of rolling shutter because of higher shutter speeds and poor...

I always check focus in still mode as it zooms in when you select the focus slider to verify focus. I then switch over to video mode once I'm confident the focus is correct and I'm ready to roll. I can't tell focus well enough without the zoom feature to be confident in focus either, even with...

It's a tight fit, but it does work. I would rather mess up the zoom ring on a cheap lens than sand anything down on the gimbal!

I fly in manual focus all the time. I check focus before I hit record, just like I would on any of my ground cameras. Once focus is locked I roll the shot and fly off. For some shots, I've had a third person pulling focus for me, but most of the time it's locked after I record.

You have very good eyes. I have been watching it on a 70" 4K monitor at my studio and can see a little shake, but I don't see any jello. The gimbal isn't perfect with that long of a lens, there is no gimbal capable of being perfect at 90mm(eq). But it is REALLY good.

The 14-42mm is decent at best. I wouldn't use it for higher end work. It isn't as sharp and it's terribly slow for low light work. If you're shooting stills and in bright day light, it's not terrible :) The zoom really is built into the Go App, that part of it is pretty awesome!

Balancing is a challenge but totally doable. I use a combination of a 37>46mm adapter ring, clear UV filters, ND filters and and the empty metal balancing ring provided by DJI. Depending on how much light there is I use a different combination of those items.

Thanks for watching! I would definitely recommend getting the Olympus 12mm as it's the best all around lens for the X5 in my opinion. After that, the 25mm and 45mm are awesome, but the 45mm is limiting because it's such a narrow FOV. The 25mm can still be used for a lot of stuff as a single...

You're right about the first scene, but we were shooting for a specific project for which that wouldn't of worked. These shots are the better rejects for the project, the real shots are even nicer in some cases :) As for the X5. It's an amazing little camera. I would say that it has replaced...

I finished up a multi-day shoot using only the Olympus 25mm and 45mm lenses on my X5 and thought I would post some of the footage so everyone can see what those lenses offer. This as all shot dual operator on the latest FW(I updated the morning after it was released and it's been absolutely...

As for other lenses, I've found the X5 to be quite good. I've now shot with the 12mm olympus, 15mm DJI, 25mm olympus and 45mm olympus, all with great results.

The horizon is about the same as the X3. I did not do any editing to it in post, but I did adjust as need be while flying.