Our Personality Behind the Profile series, showcasing some of the most influential and popular social media profiles in the fire service looked at a dozen influencers. Robert Policht dives into how he ... The lens weight remains the same but the mass moment arm changes with movement of the lens elements.

Understanding the Context

The CGO-3 gimbal was not designed with multiple lens options in mind so any change in lens carries the risk of altering the weight and balance enough to prevent the software and actuators from fully stabilizing the image. The lens can be changed quiet easily. On my Typhoon H (CGO3+) I swapped the original lens to one made by Peau Production. The main reason for doing so was not to gain more focal length but to improve color and sharpness, since many CGO3+ had some trouble with it.

Key Insights

Mine had blurry areas on the left side of every image or video. The improvement is ... Said mini zoom as stated in my post and their description copied below: With it being over 40 degrees narrower than the stock GoPro lens, 8 degrees narrower than the DJI Inspire X3 and Phantom 4/3 cameras and 16 degrees narrower than the Yuneec H CGO3+ camera, this lens brings your subjects closer without being too zoomed in to introduce unwanted image jitter. Available in a large selection of ... Just got to test the Peau 3.97 lens Jimmy Oliver with ShadowQuad installed in the CGO3+ on one of my H480's.

Final Thoughts

Used a Yuneec dark UV even though it was overcast. This is a first pass focus but I was impressed with the narrower FOV and the increased focal depth. Still working at getting camera...