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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

DJI Ronin-MX

6k for drone plus gimbal, seems like a good deal. If you already have a camera, then your ahead of an x5 I would say. I wonder what the payload limit is for ronin mx?

edit - payload 10 lbs.
 
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Now I can finally share that we have been testing both the M600 (with the new A3 controller) and the Ronin-MX since March. The M600 flies great and it is super smooth and stable. The Ronin MX really takes things to another level with the direct integration with he M600 - this eliminates the horizon drifts induced by the lateral G-forces in turns. For now we have been testing it with the Scarlet-X, Sigma 18-35 f/1.8 and the 50-100 f/1.8 and the DJI Focus. Can't wait for our Raven and more tests with Weapon and CF Epic. We will report back soon along with footage to share...

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:sifone: Peter
 
Says 30-40 "working days". Thats essentially 2 months. Wish its available sooner. BTW any idea on the cost of the circular handle bars (don't know the proper name) in their promo pic?
 
A year or less from now that will be a DJI movie camera under that gimbal. They are sitting on the Board at Hasselblad and are transferring technology gained from their 80 years of imaging and lens design experience. GoPro was the first to go - next up Arri and RED. Makes a very easy engineering project to completely integrate if you know exactly what camera package is going to be mounted. Your own
 
Okay I am excited about this cause my Current Ronin setup is not working and it has good days and bad days (most cause of the weight but which cases most of the frustration on set) My last shoot the DP and I were both getting frustrated even when it was balanced we couldn't get the settings to make it work :( So I would love to have this be a part of my Equipment list!!! But I really want an honest (someone that doesn't work For DJI to test it and tell us the pros and cons) DO U KNOW WHEN WE CAN GET THAT? Great new tool very excited about what DJI is doing!!!
 
Ketch Rossi will do a review in 2020 ;)
joke aside.
this looks like more Red orientated gimbal due to two LiPo batteries so it cuts down a lot of weight (battery plate + battery) as LiPos are small and powerful! it will probably work the same as Ronin and Ronin-M. hopefully theyll fix that horizont drift soon...
 
Uros Zuraj said:
Ketch Rossi will do a review in 2020 ;)
joke aside.
this looks like more Red orientated gimbal due to two LiPo batteries so it cuts down a lot of weight (battery plate + battery) as LiPos are small and powerful! it will probably work the same as Ronin and Ronin-M. hopefully theyll fix that horizont drift soon...
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LOL Uros... ;o)

Indeed the R-MX is designed for the pro cine cameras like RED's DSMC & DSMC2 lineup and ARRI Alexa Mini, that require separate power source. This solution works rather well (powering the R-MX from its own smaller M-type battery and powering the camera from the larger "normal" Ronin type battery). I am actually planing to test how long will the RED run with the smaller M-type battery - which will reduce the weight even further. This might be especially relative to the Raven...

The horizon drift is a thing of the past - for as long as you have the R-MX on the M600. The gimbals on their own are never designed to handle lateral G-forces. They need the data feed from a dedicated controller built for G-forces - like the A3. Note that the cost of the A3 is half of the R-MX all by itself. My guess is that they might in the future release a dedicated version of the Ronin for high-speed operations (shooting from variety of vehicles) where G-forces are the norm and it will have something like the A3 built in. One can wish... ;o)

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I dont know, Movi doesnt have a problem with that drift. We had to downgrade 2 ronins few firmwares back to get it working again. and that was a pain in the ass as German DJI support said its not possible and chinese said its possible but Mac software was only in chinese so didnt know what to press,... had to put parallels on to get the english version,... :D

My friend uses one of the big LiPo batteries (not ronin) to power his Red and it lasted him all day on the snow :)
 
Zeb B said:
A year or less from now that will be a DJI movie camera under that gimbal. They are sitting on the Board at Hasselblad and are transferring technology gained from their 80 years of imaging and lens design experience. GoPro was the first to go - next up Arri and RED. Makes a very easy engineering project to completely integrate if you know exactly what camera package is going to be mounted. Your own
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wait till you see what gimbals and copters are at the Red booth today. And do you really think DJI can make a more intuitive Gimbal than Red or Arri? Come on mate! Red has been eating Hassleblad's lunch since 2008. Having a 100 mega pixel camera like Hasselblad has just makes Red happier to have competition in the Pixel game. They've simply stayed out of the gimbal game. full disclosure Fanboy here
 
shashbugu - one thing DJI is good about is afordable price as they produce in masses in their own country. probably 99% of other boards and stuff have to come from china to US, pay a higher paid employs and then put together into a product that is more expensive. DJI doesnt care so much about customer service as westeren companies,... but people are willing to take the risk.
for the work i do its easier to buy 3 ronins and when one brakes down just use another one for a month or two while i try to solve the problem with DJI, with Movi i can only afford one,...
same probably goes with RED vs chinese company.
the only major and really important thing is that they are lacking behind in knowledge how to make all the components work together perfectly (software) and on field experience. in a lot of prducts from DJI and similar companies you can see they have never seen a real film or commercial set from up close and dont know why its important where a power plug is or stuff like that :D
 
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