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Nebula 4000 lite, mini gimbal for GH4, A7s
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  • Manu4VendettaManu4Vendetta

  • MikeLinnMikeLinn

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  • grisnjamgrisnjam

    This guy upgraded to 32bit ... not for the faint of heart:

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  • chauncychauncy

    I did not know it used the 8 bit board. Vastly inferior in everyway to the 32 bit and its software. Not as mature, fewer features. And I personally think even the new 32 bit simplebgc has a long way to go to be as useable as it should be. It's the opposite of user friendly.

    If the 8bit will be end of life and unsupported going forward, that's a significant issue. No fixes, no updates.

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  • cls105cls105

    I almost got the came mini gimbal but decided to wait for a revised nebula 4000. I can't wait for a v2 to come out.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    The SimpleBGC controller is really the secret sauce in all of these gimbals. Otherwise it's just differences in the mechanical design, motors, and battery. If I needed a gimbal today, I wouldn't hesitate to buy the Nebula 4000 Lite. It seems to perform well when properly tuned.

    SimpleBGC also is responsible for good amount of small and/or cheap gimbals price.

    I think we'll see much more advanced and cheap alternatives in coming year.

  • gabiloursongabilourson

    Premium interesting info @balazer ! :-)

  • balazerbalazer

    Most of these moderate-cost brushless gimbals, including the Nebula, CAME-TV, and Varavon models, are based on the SimpleBGC series of controller boards from Basecam Electronics (formerly AlexMos).

    The Nebula 4000 Lite uses the older and apparently discontinued 8-bit SimpleBGC board. Others are using the new SimpleBGC 32-bit board, which has improved performance and features like auto PID tuning, support for a second IMU (sensor module), and IMU temperature compensation. It's possible to replace an 8-bit board with a 32-bit board, but personally I just plan to wait and see if they revise the Nebula, or for a similar product with a 32-bit board to be released by another manufacturer.

    The SimpleBGC controller is really the secret sauce in all of these gimbals. Otherwise it's just differences in the mechanical design, wiring, motors, and battery. If I needed a gimbal today, I wouldn't hesitate to buy the Nebula 4000 Lite. From the videos I've seen, it seems to perform well when properly tuned.

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  • SuperSetSuperSet

    I have the Varavon Birdycam 2 and it's easier to balance and tune than this Nebula gimbal. And the footage comes out looking great. BUT it's not as mobile and can't fit into as many places as the Nebula. As mentioned back on Page 4.. I'm keeping an eye on Varavon's answer to this. I'm sure it will be a better product.

  • MikeLinnMikeLinn

  • fehafeha

    This also needs a practice etc ... But it looks promising and it does not require "steady cam" super skills ... We could not even dream about this few years ago ...

  • duckparkduckpark

    This hast to be the best 699 dollars you can spend on the quality of your film making at the moment. It has already opened up so many new possibilites for me and I haven't even plugged it to a computer yet!

  • gabiloursongabilourson

    +1

  • Sph1nxsterSph1nxster

    The price point of this device means that it becomes more readily available to consumers with little or no experience. This also means that you will get a raft of inexperienced footage shown to the masses.

    I think the device is more than capable in the right hands

  • chauncychauncy

    why do people keep posting these gimbal tests with up and down bounce and shivering vibrations? Planning the walks a little bit isn't a bad idea. I have to keep reminding myself to slow down on the pans, otherwise it's like being on a boat in rough seas.

    Then maybe work with the thing, is it balanced, are the pid settings at least in the neighborhood of optimal. Follow someone at a trot or run, over broken ground, then the problems become more obvious.

    I like the form factor of the nebula, but I'm not convinced it can create high quality gimbal footage. Most of what I've seen looks like relatively good stabilized hand held footage. Don't most of us want those dreamy floating steadicam shots? I know it's cheap and all, but it's not that cheap.

    I still think the birdycam is one of the best performance/price gimbals. It's bigger but folds small, and it's light, which is absolutely critical for a lot of folks.

    I wonder if the single balance point of the nebula style gimbal: that this is about the best it can do. Hard to tell without it in hand.

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  • gabiloursongabilourson

    95 % of test vids you mean...

  • paglezpaglez

    last video is the worse example of video about gimbal I've seen. Absolute piece of crap

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