Before attaching the 3D-printed mount to your Phantom 2, screw down the aluminum DJI Mounting Bracket. The file for my 3D-printed camera mount is available on Thingiverse.Ģ. Once you see an image, rotate the lens until the image comes into focus. Focus your new lenses - use the GoPro Mini USB composite cable and a television, or use the GoPro app and your mobile device. Five turns is enough to keep it in place until you are ready to focus the lens and have the camera outputting video to a television or the GoPro app on your mobile device.ģ. You could permanently damage your GoPro’s CMOS imaging sensor by smashing into it with the lens barrel. Do not screw the lens in all the way into the camera.
When you are ready to screw the new lens in only give it five turns. A word of caution before opening your GoPros and changing the lenses: PeauProductions released a great tutorial on replacing lenses in a GoPro 3+ Black or GoPro 4 Black. The tape will keep the lens firmly seated in the camera barrel.Ģ. Wrap the threading on your 185-degree lenses with thread seal tape.
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To be clear, Autopano Video 2 / Autopano Video Pro 2 works in conjunction with Autopano Pro 4 / Autopano Giga 4.
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Shapeways quoted us $66.15 plus shipping to print the dual GoPro mount.Īutopano Video 2 ( $326) or Autopano Video Pro 2 ( $653)Īutopano Pro 4 ( $109) or Autopano Giga 4 ( $217) Send the file out to a service - there are dozens. If you don’t have a 3D printer:Ĭheck with your local library or maker space. One DJI Phantom 2 GoPro Mounting Bracket ( $12)Īccess to a 3D printer with enough filament to print the camera mount (on a MakerGear M2 this mount required 38.2 meters of 1.75mm filament). One Kyosho Z8006 Zeal Vibration Absorption Sheet ( $14.94)Įight ½-inch long by ⅛-inch diameter nylon spacers One DJI Phantom 2 drone system ( $499.99)
White thread seal tape (aka plumbers tape) ($2) One GoPro Mini USB to RCA Composite Cable ( $13.99) so you can focus your new lenses on a television - video quality on the GoPro app is not great and makes focusing harder. Note: The URL and page title incorrectly state the lens is 180 degrees. Two M12 185-degree lenses ( $89/lens) to replace the stock lenses in the GoPros. It is only compatible with the GoPro Hero 3+ Black (there is no Dual Hero System for the GoPro Hero 4). One Dual Hero System ( $199.99) to sync the frame rates of the two GoPros. Two GoPro 3+ Black Cameras ( $357.99/camera) - unlike other third- or fourth-generation GoPros the 3+ Black is compatible with the Dual Hero System.
As a bonus, the GoPro’s video out capability also enables first-person view video for piloting. My solution: a camera rig consisting of two GoPro 3+ Black cameras with aftermarket 185-degree field-of-view lenses. I wanted to build a 360-degree video camera rig that is low cost, is light enough to mount on the ubiquitous DJI Phantom 2 drone, and has good video quality. Or, you can mount six GoPro cameras in a ball-like configuration to create a 360-degree view, but you are still going to have to shell out $2,000 to $3,000 just for the cameras, and only large multi-rotor drones can carry their weight. If you have $15,000 to spend and happen to be near a YouTube Space, Google’s Jump VR camera system can shoot 360-degree footage, but at 15 pounds it weighs too much for most drones. There are a few consumer 360-degree cameras currently on the market - Ricoh's sets two 180-degree lenses back-to-back on their Theta M15, and VSN's Mobil V.360 uses one lens and a mirror - but both have poor image quality. The immersive experience is especially fun on mobile devices, which translate physical movements of your phone or tablet into onscreen exploration of the 360-degree environment. Videos captured with 360-degree camera systems allow viewers to pan around and explore recorded scenes.