What non-gopro cameras are people using on solo?
Are there any cheap HD cameras with HDMI output that anybody recommends?
Are there any cheap HD cameras with HDMI output that anybody recommends?
For those fixed mount mapping cameras, you don't find the pitch/roll angle of the aircraft to be detrimental to the images? It seems like every image would be a slightly different angle as the solo compensates for wind and makes turns. I've never tried it with anything other than the GoPro on the gimbal, which does a decent job keeping it level.
What type of fixed mount are you using?, I'm planing to use my Nex 5 to with my solo.I'm using a Sony Nex5t on a fixed mount with a 16mm F2.8 pancake lens.
your a hard company to track down, I found your youtube and linkedin, but where is the website sir?I use a Panasonic DMC-GM1. It is a 16mp, micro 4/3 camera with interchangeable lenses. Currently running the 14mm pancake lens, but the kit 12-32mm works great with legs extensions. The 14mm is a touch lighter.
I am not sure what the fascination with automatic camera triggering is. Majority of my missions are flown at 50m and 5m/sec speed, taking a picture every 1 sec. At this setting, I get a ground resolution of 1.35cm. That is a pixel size of 1/2 inch on the ground. The GM1 has an intervolmeter that can be set in 1 sec intervals. I shoot in manual, iso 200 (lowest the camera goes), speed 500 (fastest the camera will shoot with mechanical shutter, the electronic shutter has given me issues in the past). I meter the light for aperture setting. If there are scattered clouds, i sometimes shoot in speed priority and let the camera auto meter for every shot (this has caused missed shots). I shoot in raw, so correcting the exposure in Lightroom is very easy. I can easily get 2 stops of exposure correction without losing any detail with this camera. My overlaps are 90% front and 80%. I know seems like overkill, but i have never had time in the field to process my photos to see how many shots were missed or blurry. With this overlap, I can throw away all the bad (if any,) and cherry pick the very best. No matter what camera you put on a uav, the camera will not give feed back if the photo did not take or was blurry. Even if someone came up with camera that did give feedback, is the drone supposed to turn around and try again? This why I go beyond the recommended overlap and could care less if I have automatic triggering.
I have also added a true analog fpv system with negligible latency. Trying to fly the Solo with digital latency is very difficult when doing tower or roof inspections. This is basically the same setup most fpv racers are using and I have it wired directly to 12v supply on the main board. When i turn on the battery, it fires up. Slap on my Fat Shark V3's and I can put the Solo confidently anywhere I want.
So to sum it up, forget automatic triggering for missions and mount any camera you want on the Solo. Lighter is better. My Solo weighs exactly the same as with the gimbal and GoPro mounted. So I have not lost anymore flight time than anyone else and I get better control with much better pictures. Still fits in the backpack with 7 batteries and 2 chargers! I keep the camera in a separate Pelican case with my GoPro, lenses, camera chargers and batteries.
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What type of fixed mount are you using?, I'm planing to use my Nex 5 to with my solo.
Sorry, one of these days I will get the website back going. Has not been a priority, unfortunately. Main business is 3D modeling for gps machine control and custom modeling for engineering.your a hard company to track down, I found your youtube and linkedin, but where is the website sir?
tell me more!Sorry, one of these days I will get the website back going. Has not been a priority, unfortunately. Main business is 3D modeling for gps machine control and custom modeling for engineering.
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