Air 3. With ND filter behaviour question.

monchan · Sep 3, 2023

Had my first flight with freewell nd + pl filter on. First the drone said gimble overload. I was very gentle putting it on. Took off and put back on again. Then it said. Wide angle lens attached.

Flying was all good. Video+ single photos . But I couldn't take any Panos. Withe ND on. Is that normal?

mavic3usa · Sep 3, 2023

monchan said:
Had my first flight with freewell nd + pl filter on. First the drone said gimble overload. I was very gentle putting it on. Took off and put back on again. Then it said. Wide angle lens attached.

Flying was all good. Video+ single photos . But I couldn't take any Panos. Withe ND on. Is that normal?

Have you seen this?

monchan · Sep 4, 2023

Yeah, Thanks I have seen that. My post was probably not the clearest. I know how to use them and why.
I was just worried about the gimble overload message.
And was wondering if it is normal for the drone / rc to say wide angle lens attached, when in fact it
is just a nd filter.
I would not have thought the gimble would be stressed by the extra weight?

old man mavic · Sep 4, 2023

@monchan ,i have the DJI ND filter set and have not had any gimbal overload messages ,but it is definitely the filter being fitted to the camera ,that is causing the messages to appear
try starting ,and stopping, the drone a few times with the filter on ,it might help

Xi Zhou · Sep 4, 2023

Swap filters (or adjust, in the case of the vari-ND) with the drone off.

MavicShooter · Sep 7, 2023

It is the weight of the filter. If you notice when the drone start and initiates the Gimbal built in test, the gimbals jumps and moves every which direction. When it "jumps" if it detects that it has to correct itself MORE than normal(due to a heavier lens attached - not necessarily the type of lens), it defaults to "oh a wide angle lens attached"

As mentioned, a method is try starting and stopping it again, you could reposition the gimbal(drone off) and try it angled in different directions to determine if it is any help.

monchan · Sep 8, 2023

Thanks. Took it out yesterday with the ND1000 for some long exposure, and it was fine. But they are thinner and lighter the the ND/CPL lenses. Will try them again on the weekend. Cant start it up in the house as my other half doesn`t know I got it. Still rocking the air 1 as far as she is concerned.

monchan · Sep 11, 2023

Took the Air 3 a few times over the weekend.
Making sure to turn it off everytime before changing filters.
Pretty sure I did that the first time, but not sure.

Results were kinda mixed, sometimes it would say wideangle lens attached
and I wouldn`t be able to do pano`s. Other times no message, as normal and was able to take pano`s with a filter attached. So not sure why this would happen.