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Hi guys,
I bought a second hand phantom 4 at a pretty good price (600$). Though I knew that the drone was crashed before (there were clear signs indicating this) I tested it and it flew great, no issues when I bought it. Of course, this being my first drone I didn't have the time and opportunity to test every small detail in it.
Now I have found the reason for which it was cheap: it seems I have some "video" artefacts in dark colours and very light ones. In dark colours I get these strange pixels, moving around that dark colour, while in bright light, I get vertical stripes. The strange issue is that sometimes I get this...sometimes I don't. Also, while in 4k and low iso (or whatever seeting used to reduce to maximum the luminosity) I can see vertical lines formed out of these so-called "moving pictures".
You can see clearly what I'm talking about in the video below (windows of the hall and then the green area in the right of the screen).
Also, why I believe tha cable may somehow have an improper contact on one of the connections inside the gimbal is because the above tends to dissappear when I make the gimbal make some sudden moves while holding the drone. It comes back once the gimbal is moved from that position.
Now I searched online and the only close thing I could find was a dude who also hitted it in a wall and got this. He solved it by checking the ribbon cable of the camera...some connector moved during the crash. The thing is he doesn't give a lot of details about the repairament so I would need some other oppinions on how to overpass this (without paying 500euros for a new camera obviously)
thanks in advance!
I bought a second hand phantom 4 at a pretty good price (600$). Though I knew that the drone was crashed before (there were clear signs indicating this) I tested it and it flew great, no issues when I bought it. Of course, this being my first drone I didn't have the time and opportunity to test every small detail in it.
Now I have found the reason for which it was cheap: it seems I have some "video" artefacts in dark colours and very light ones. In dark colours I get these strange pixels, moving around that dark colour, while in bright light, I get vertical stripes. The strange issue is that sometimes I get this...sometimes I don't. Also, while in 4k and low iso (or whatever seeting used to reduce to maximum the luminosity) I can see vertical lines formed out of these so-called "moving pictures".
You can see clearly what I'm talking about in the video below (windows of the hall and then the green area in the right of the screen).
Also, why I believe tha cable may somehow have an improper contact on one of the connections inside the gimbal is because the above tends to dissappear when I make the gimbal make some sudden moves while holding the drone. It comes back once the gimbal is moved from that position.
Now I searched online and the only close thing I could find was a dude who also hitted it in a wall and got this. He solved it by checking the ribbon cable of the camera...some connector moved during the crash. The thing is he doesn't give a lot of details about the repairament so I would need some other oppinions on how to overpass this (without paying 500euros for a new camera obviously)
thanks in advance!