CAME-TV 7800 3-Axis Gimbal Overhauled Now All Tool-Less Balancing


CAME-TV 7800 overhaul updated handles tool less adjustments



tool less adjsutment yaw bar  tool less adjustment roll bar



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25 thoughts on “CAME-TV 7800 3-Axis Gimbal Overhauled Now All Tool-Less Balancing

  1. Ema

    I bought this gimbal directly for their site, Once it arrived i opened the box and saw the parts shabbily arranged. I immediately smelled a rat. I had to assemble most of the parts my self even though i ordered a 'pre assembled ready to use gimbal'.
    I spent days trying to balance the gimbal and it would not work. I contacted CAME TV and they claimed that i had tampered with the PID settings. I knew that i was going left with a worthless piece of crap when they refused to take the gimbal back, even after uploading 2 videos to prove that their gimbal doesn't work.

    I feel duped. Please save your self the hassle and do not buy from this scam company CAME TV.

  2. Stevan

    Ive had some terrible luck with the 7800 swaying to the side when turned on and it jerking around. I used your auto tuning video as a tutorial to try to auto tune the PID and now its kinda worse off.

    any advice on to what I can do to reset it or slowly bring it back?

    as well I seen in your review you're using the 5D mark 3 with it and using it in briefcase mode. Is that a setting for the motors ?

  3. theIdol

    @Emm - Thanks so much that did it. I'm almost there. Here is the strange part. If I take the gimbal and put it on it's side with the joystick side toward the bottom the yaw arm stays in the middle perfectly, but if I reverse that, the yaw arm completely flops around inside out. I did not see any examples of this behavior on the balance videos. Do you have any insight into that issue?

  4. Emm

    Post author

    @theIdol - Yes, the bolts that clamp the rear bar that sits horizontally across connected to the Roll motor.

  5. Emm

    Post author

    @theIdol - If your camera is flipping over, then the side arms might be pointing up too high. Loosen the clamp on the rear roll bar and move the side arms pointing downwards a little.

  6. theIdol

    I just got this unit yesterday. Emm do you have any tips on getting a A7s balanced in the new 7800? Adjusting the cage so it's not bottom heavy causes the unit to flip upside down. I am using a metabones mark IV and a 11-16 tokina.

    Any advice would help alot.

  7. konsta

    does a 7' monitor leave enough space in between the upper handle? i mean if there have to be quick changes between handles maybe a 5' monitor would be better?

  8. thecat

    How does the monitor attach to the camera in gimbal setup? Is it wireless?

    I have a GH4. Can you recommend any monitor wireless that can display 4K and fits nicely on the CAME-7800?

    Thanks emm

  9. johnny

    I am actually liking the new Came-7800, it only took me 5 mins to set it up with the gh4, however, it will still be a bit of time spent to adjust the cage to fit and balance but it's not hard compared to the one before.

    One thing to pay attention is the vertical bar that holds the 2nd IMU, it may come assembled off center (mine came crooked) so once I centered it, and turned it on, it was off a bit (a quick acc/imu/gyro calibrate fixed the issue)

    Also, although I don't like the new stand (it was made a slight shorter than the gimbal), it serves a good purpose to keep the gimbal balanced for GUI (if need to).

    BUT, while messing around, we noticed you can take the tips off of and add suction cups and making it to be a stand to mount the gimbal on cars. 🙂 So maybe I'll start liking it more.

  10. Eric

    Emm, same question as above but vs the Defy G2x. Very similar specs but almost $1k in price difference between the two.

  11. OldCorpse

    It used to be said that one downfall of the 7800 compared to the Birdycam 2 was that it was harder to set up. So now that this aspect has improved, is the 7800 easier to set up than the Birdycam 2? That's what I'm hoping Emm can tell us.

  12. Emm

    Post author

    @Joseph - It can be added but that means taking the whole system apart and rewiring everything.

  13. Do you know if this is something we can add to our existing 7800, its kind of hard to tell by these pictures? I just bought mine about 3 weeks ago, had I just waited a bit longer:-(

  14. Kevin

    If they make the same changes on the Came-Mini, I would finally buy it. Otherwise I am waiting until the Came-mini makes those changes.

  15. Emm

    Post author

    @Dan Eckert - The 3rd axis (panning) makes a big difference if you are planning to walk or follow. Otherwise if you are just moving the camera around while minimally walking, the 6000 does an excellent job of keeping the horizon level.

  16. Emm

    Post author

    @Guillaume - Good suggestion, maybe they will. It's still based on the same frame, but it would take having to rebuild the whole system from scratch and rewire everything.

  17. Louis

    The one I'm interested in seeing is their up coming mini. Do you have any news on it and are your gonna have one to review?

  18. I just purchased one of the last CAME 6000 2 Axis Brushless Gimbals. You featured it a while back. I hope I made the right decision!

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