This might be the perfect solution for those of us wanting a better camera

cameraguy · Jul 28, 2016

WALKERA - G-3S

I've read on this forum that the Gimbal bay will accommodate 3rd party gimbals. This one allows you to fit a Sony RX100 - any of them to the SOLO.

I own the camera , so I'm really thinking about how much this might improve things.

Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?

Bellyrolls · Jul 28, 2016

cameraguy said:
WALKERA - G-3S

I've read on this forum that the Gimbal bay will accommodate 3rd party gimbals. This one allows you to fit a Sony RX100 - any of them to the SOLO.

I own the camera , so I'm really thinking about how much this might improve things.

Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?

Hi,
You have the Sony RX100 already?

cameraguy · Jul 28, 2016

Bellyrolls said:
Hi,
You have the Sony RX100 already?

I have the RX100M4. They are all the same size. These cameras have been available for about 4 years in one version or another.

Bellyrolls · Jul 28, 2016

cameraguy said:
I have the RX100M4. They are all the same size. These cameras have been available for about 4 years in one version or another.

That's cool. I sent a email to Colin at 3dr a couple weeks ago asking about the release of the Sony UMC-R10 that's just available for site scan now. I don't need site scan but really would love to have the gimbal and camera by itself. He responded back and said that once site scan is up and running for a while that he feels confident that it will be released for sale by itself and I can't wait.

blumoon · Jul 28, 2016

cameraguy said:
WALKERA - G-3S

I've read on this forum that the Gimbal bay will accommodate 3rd party gimbals. This one allows you to fit a Sony RX100 - any of them to the SOLO.

I own the camera , so I'm really thinking about how much this might improve things.

Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?

Would you assume that the gimbal would support smart shots?

cameraguy · Jul 28, 2016

I would like it to, but frankly if I could get a high quality of 4K, I'd be happy.

ChrisBird · Jul 29, 2016

cameraguy said:
I would like it to, but frankly if I could get a high quality of 4K, I'd be happy.

Yes the gimbal bay will fit other gimbals. Check the solo dev site to see if the plate fits otherwise you might need to build an adapter to hold it. If you have done the pwm mod (and have a breakout board) you should be able to control the pitch (including in smart shots) - or if it supports Mavlink over serial then no need for the mod. You wont get start / stop integration without integrating the camera.

Keep us posted on how it goes.

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yt lee · Jul 30, 2016

The bay may take other gimbal but the interface limits the control and communication to certain gopro cameras only. Even you are willing to make a fc firmware change or hardware modification, you will be on your own dime to get FAA air worthiness certification.

cheebs · Jul 30, 2016

IMO, there's just one big problem with this: Walkera. I don't have a single item from them that works properly.
Also, the combined weight of RX100 + gimbal is 638 grams, IIRC the payload of the Solo was not much more than 400 grams?

Brendon Baddiley · Jul 31, 2016

I would be keen to have a camera with better control over iso, shutter speed and aperture

Anmol · Jan 7, 2017

Did anyone ever try to get the new RX100 m4 or m5 to work with Solo ? The payload is not the problem - if you
do not use the GoPro gimbal it can take plenty.

cameraguy · Jan 7, 2017

Read above your post. The whole thread is about this camera

Hope this helps

Anmol · Jan 8, 2017

The Walkera has bad reviews. And I have not seen any description of how the Walkera is mounted to the Solo. Hence I asked...
Could you kindly provide some sample videos ? Or pics to show how you mounted the gimbal to the Solo ?

Payload is not the problem...
the max payload of solo is 700g. the gimbal + gopro is about 390g.
If you are not using the stock gopro+gimbal, you can make it work with the RX100 + Walkera..

A thin hdmi cable can be connected to fpv as well..Not sure how the tilt controls will work - perhaps the Walkera will have to rigged to connect with pixhawk..