Thanks Ken.. I dont need or want pan.. just nick and roll. I have invested like yourself a lot of wedge to get this far and I dont want to spoil the ship for an hapeth of tar. I am confident I can fly the shots I want to get but just need a mount to keep the camera stable. I have been experimenting with just a GoPro attached directly to the landing arms and apart from take off I am not seeing any vibration issues with the ADX3. If the rain stops here I am going to try a flight with the Panasonic on and see how it looks, I know I wont get the smooth flight with out a compensated mount but I just want to see if the vibration is ok. I got an email from Sandor at Digitech to say he had 20 Pro Mini mounts on back order so I aint holding my breath. I need to move soon as I have orders and projects I want to start. Ill go take a look at avertical view.
Thanks for the info again
dave
PS hows the snow?
Dave, from my experience I'm finding it's the whole package that makes the difference, not just the mount you use. I see it sort of like this, you can have the best equipment available, but if you don't know how to use it properly, what good is it. Conversely I've seen real pros do amazing things with run of the mill and home built equipment, it's all in how you set things up to work with the frame, flight controller, motors and props, etc.
The other factor, and it's a big one where I live, is the weather you're flying in. I live less than 25 miles inland from the Atlantic ocean and it's a very rare day here when there is NO wind. Still photography in windy conditions is a piece of cake compared to trying to get good usable video from a multirotor heli that's pitching all over the place. Trying to stay still enough in the air to record what's going on below or even just record video of a static setting can be very challenging when the wind is gusting from nearly nothing up to 15 to 20 mph, makes good video editing software a must along with long recording times to make sure you have a couple minutes of good footage.
Still, I'm really starting to understand the nuances of multicopter setup as well as camera mount setup to get the best results possible, now it's going to be all about flying skills to put the equipment to good use. With a multi it's all about smooth and altitude control, very unlike the frantic all over the sky style of 3D flying with RC Heli's (not that I could do any of that and not crash anyway!)
On the subject of snow, I've had enough of it for this season. I spent most of yesterday removing a few feet of it off the roof of the house and garage, there's been an epidemic of roofs falling in around here over the last couple weeks and I'd rather mine not!
Ken
