Moza Air "Advanced Motion Timelapse" tutorial

Gudsen Moza Air, the first 3 axis gimbal with professional motion timelapse MOVE-SHOT-MOVE allow to shoot long exposure pics to get smooth and professional look in your motion timelapse shoots and now you can do with a video stabiliser!

[@shiramo]

Thanks for taking the time to post a helpful video! Im highly interested in the timelapse function especially since this seems to be the only gimbal on the market that has 'move-shot-move' functionality to work with Sony a7s II on the iphone app controller. Ive always shot star time lapses on a tripod...Does the gimbal 'lock' sufficiently to allow for long-exposure (~20 sec) shots during a night time lapse (in some windy environments) before moving to the next spot? Ive never owned a handheld gimbal and just wondering how this one would perform in very long exposure settings in night conditions (with some wind) to allow for in-focus images vs a traditional tripod?

[@GreasednGassed]

Great tutorial! Do you have any battery saving tips such as turn off preview mode? Should we be turning our phones to air plane mode just in case the time lapse is interrupted by a phone call?

[@AlexTimelapse]

you can set your timelapse with moza app and will not affect if you get a call or you want to make a selfie pic with your setup XD, if you will shot for long time (over 3 hours) i recomend to switch to evf(electronic view finder) , and set your camera in airplane mode on, this will make battery life a bit longer in your camera

[@xinx8]

After seeing this awesome video I checked if this gimbal was compatible with my camera and bought the Moza Air. The motion timelapse didnt work. Updates all the firmware, still didnt work. Then I bought a special Gudsen C1 Shutter controle cable...... and what do you know ? IT STILL DOESNT WORK !!!!!!

[@SebasEstuvoAqui]

it was very helpful, thanks a lot mate

[@user-qu8mi9io4u]

This feature made this gimbal to be the zhiyun crane killer! higher payload and amazing motion timelapse! Zhiyun wake up!

[@AlexTimelapse]

i even cannot compare with Zhiyun Crane (i own both gimbals) moza air have 2500gr payload, Zhiyun crane 1800, Many accesories included and as well moza air is the first ever gimbal with this professional motion timelapse mode, ah! Mimic control is coming! If you only need to get stable footage with a camera not heavier than 1600 gr Zhiyun will works fine, but if you want the same , plus use heavier cameras, use a dual handle, and make amazing motion timelapses for the same price you can buy the Moza Air, you are right i never used the Crane since i got the Moza Air, is the Zhiyun Crane killer lol!

[@brinkacekias]

Buenas Alex, se que trabajas con Sony, pero igual tienes idea, ya que desde gudsen no contestan a mis correos. Con la canon 5D, no funciona correctamente hace 1 de cada 4 o 5 fotos en el modo time lapso, sabes si el problema esta en el cable, ya que el disparador de 5d es un cable N3 y moza air incluye un micro USB(para video funciona bien). De cualquier modo gracias por tu tiempo. Saludos

[@Motortriker]

Just like the DJI Osmo+. I love this feature. The feature I wish they would program would be for the gimbal to have programmable way points in the movement where it stops: pan, stop for X seconds, continue pan, stop X seconds. On the DJI I can set numerous way points but it won't allow it to hover in any place for a duration.

[@AlexTimelapse]

DJI Osmo is a simple motion timelapse, continuous movement, pretty limited to shot with fast shutter speeds and wide angles to not get blurry images

[@Motortriker]

Alex Timelapse DJI Osmo + can set as many way points as you wish; you can set the shutter speed to any you wish (with my variable ND filter attached I can get beautiful 1second motion blurs in the middle of the day), with shutter intervals from .5 seconds to as long as you wish between shots; and with focus set from between 1 meter to infinity; between 20mm - 77mm optical (the Osmo can also shoot 100mbps movie files in Cinema 4K in D-Log or even longer non-loss zooms at 1080p). Perhaps the sensor quality wouldn't be quite as good as a Sony C-MOS sensor to a pixel peeper but for a time lapse I doubt a layman could tell the difference,. I pretty much guarantee no one could tell the difference on KZbin after it has applied their compression algorithms 😜 (edit) just for comparison, a video showing the Osmo+ against Nikon D810: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aae9YYyfbbCXg68

[@AlexTimelapse]

is not MOVE-SHOT-MOVE and you are using a very basic camera, i use any mirrorless or dslr camera for professional timelapse and i can choose any shutter speed , up to 5 movements, we are talking about two very different things

[@markshirley01]

Looks great Alex - I was going to buy a Crane as they get good reviews everywhere. I've never really heard of this brand until your videos popped up on my KZbin. Buying the Crane would have ment I'd have to buy a new camera as I own a Nikon D750 (750gms). The only negative I hear about the Moza is it takes a bit longer to balance it compared to the crane.

[@AlexTimelapse]

I was a Zhiyun Crane user but since they never released a "decent" motion timelapse i discovered Moza Air , i found is a better gimbal than zhiyun in many points, the payload is higher 2500 gr in front of 1800 gr of the crane, many accesories included like dual handle and connection cables, and now the big plus, moza air is the first ever gimbal with advanced motion timelapse, the reason is Gudsen team listen what the customers want

[@jankoman]

by the way. are you in any way connected to Gudsen (makers of Moza). Are you "sponsored" or compensated in any way?

[@AlexTimelapse]

like any other customer i feel you can connect with Gudsen team and give your experiences, suggestions or ideas, i felt they took note when i suggested a Move-shot-move system , since April i been helping to develop and test the advanced motion timelapse mode, i feel very thankful for this collaboration , today i have in my backpack a quality 3 axis gimbal with professional motion timelapse mode that was my dream for over a year and many other customers can enjoy it, i think all the tech brands need to listen more to their customers is extremely useful :) (I tried from other gimbal brands, but the answer was," Awesome we will pass this info to our team!" Or , "we will consider , thanks so much" )

[@markshirley01]

Janko Kosi me - no - I'm not connected at all

[@jasonffx01]

Hi, while panning and 1 sec shutter speed, the non moving image will also get blur right?

[@cre8tivity06]

I just set my camera and MOZA Air up the exact same way you did in the video and I’m not happy with the results. It’s not smooth like yours. Mine has a stuttery effect to it. What can I adjust to make it smoother? Should I remove some points or add more points along the path?

[@AlexTimelapse]

i guess you choose a big angle and you took not enough pics, this is something very important in motion timelapse, according the angle you will move for example let's say 90 degrees, the motion will be very different if you shot 200 in this 90 degrees or 400, and the difference will be a smooth movement or a choppy movement ( you can get with short shutter speeds),Moza Air adcanced motion timelapse works better than some professional motion timelapse devices , is about to get used to it

[@SaberUniversal2024]

Muy bueno...estamos x acá por Rubenguo jejejej desde Colombia...

[@projectunposed]

I have a hard time connecting my Moza Air to the Assistant App on an Android Samsung M20 smartphone. I activate bluetooth turn on the app and hit the "search" button for Moza Air but all I get is..."No MOZA device discovered. Please make sure your device is in the valid range and unconnected" Any solutions to this?

[@AlexTimelapse]

sorry i am not android user, no problems with iphone, contact with gudsen

[@MediaBrighton]

Good video but I can't get it to take pictures on my Sony a6500. Tried both manual and auto focus. Are there any other settings in the camera I need to do to allow the camera to talk to the gimbal?

[@AlexTimelapse]

make sure your gimbal is set to Sony camera (you can set from the phone app, thumb controller of softsare app) as well make sure autofocus is off, you do not need any other timelapse app or device to use advanced motion timelapse with the moza air

[@cre8tivity06]

I have the same camera and he's right, the motion timelapse on the Moza Air works but its not actually taking the photo. I am sitting here testing it right now and its not taking any photos. I do have the paid Sony TL app on my camera and have been using that but I thought I would try it without using the TL app since you mentioned you don't need it when using advanced motion timelapse. Also any suggestions on focusing? I tend to use AF just to lock in the focus then will switch it over to MF with focus peaking turned on especially when I am walking with the gimbal. I am noticing a lot of my shots are out of focus. Not sure if that is because I am shooting on a slow shutter speed to create the motion blur or what.

Hola Alex. En cuanto saldria? se ve que funciona muy bien!!!

[@AlexTimelapse]

va de lujo, pues vale 600 US$ , y hay un distribuidor en España, te voy a agregar al grupo de Moza Air en Español en Facebook y ahi ves mas info

un precio muy comedido ehh, tocará ahorrar :D lo veo un producto fantastico

[@AlexTimelapse]

Apodax son los que venden Moza Air en España

Lo estoy mirando y es perfecto para timelases nocturnos o para usarlo solo de estabilizador. Solo el de la gopro me costara mas de 300 euros....

[@AlexTimelapse]

La verdad , si te quieres pillar un sistema profesional de motion timelapse , hasta ahora habria que ahorrar unos 1200 euros, este aparato es un estabilizador de video que funciona de lujo, consigo los mismos resultados que usando un DJI Ronin y lo mas importante, tanto para timelapse como para video , el Moza Air lo puedo llevar en una mochila , por 600 euros se convierte en una herramienta para hacer video estable de calidad, motion timelapses de calidad e incluso hyperlapses, todo eso en una mochila con una camara y dos objetivos y vas sobradisimo XD

[@cloud9photography126]

I don't shoot time-lapse, I roll video for hours and then I speed it up in post. can this gimbal just move from point A to point B while my camera is rolling video?

[@AlexTimelapse]

yes, can do in continuous movement, or move-stop-move for long exposure pics for timelapse

[@jankoman]

Alex, are you using a quick release plate for Moza? Which one? Any recommendations what fits perfectly?

[@AlexTimelapse]

i use a small one, i bought in a photo store shop in Hong Kong, no brand

[@МирелаДимитрова-о3о]

My camera is sony a7rii and it doesn't connect with the gimbal, i don't know why, is it a problem that i don't have the timelapse app on the camera, because it is not supported in my country. I am using the cable to connect the moza with the camera, but not taking photos at all.

[@AlexTimelapse]

make sure your gimbal is set to Sony camera (you can set from the phone app, thumb controller of softsare app) as well make sure autofocus is off, you do not need any other timelapse app or device to use advanced motion timelapse with the moza air

[@cre8tivity06]

Also I’m not seeing the FPS setting in my Setup either. That might be why my Timelapse came out stuttery.

[@lifescape9847]

Could recommend some guidelines on camera shutter speeds? Im mostly going to be timelapsing sunset or sunrise

[@gtarthv]

1. does the best setting for shutter interval always +2 and shutter duration always +1 over the camera shutter? 2. i have sony camera with timelapse app, it mean if i want to create timelapse with this gimbal the camera timelapse app won't be necessary? Thanks. . .

[@Shiftx07]

1. To my understanding, the interval is how long of a wait in between shots and the duration is how long it'll wait on that shot. So a faster shutter like 1/250 would just be at 1, but for longer exposures you'd want to set it for the shutter speed. I haven't used this for longer exposure shots yet. 2. The cable will fire the camera for you, all you would need to do is have your settings set that you want in camera (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO) and then program the gimbal to fire the camera via Moza Assistant App.

[@enna]

During motion timelapse, does gimbal stops when shooting? move - stop(shot) - move - stop(shot).......

[@AlexTimelapse]

Yes, the first ever 3 axis gimbal with this professional motion timelapse feature, is awesome!! you can see on the last clips, i used 4 seconds shutter exposure, if the gimbal is giving continous movement, even very slow the clip with have blur

[@Motortriker]

Yeah. All true. My original post wasn't trying to say the Osmo+ is an equivalent to your equipment, it was that I would love the feature to be added for the gimbal to be programmable to move-pause-move-move-pause etc. And in the Osmo's case, to program zooms into the movements too (rather than digital zooms in post). Sorry if my comment annoyed you. I wasn't trying to disrespect you or your work. It's fantastic. (subbed)

[@vlinnus]

As I understand, this works only with constant exposure(app keeps constant settings troughout the shooting)? Aperture priority not possible?

[@AlexTimelapse]

i posted a few days ago my test in Aperture priority mode, check on my channel " Hong Kong sunset from Tamar Park" i just need to set the lowest shutter speed i will get during the sunset, according 5 seconds exposure will be the lowest shutter speed, i setup from the app

[@ZoltanHubai]

Does this 'move-shot-move' work only with Sony cameras? As far I can see the Sony is connected to the Moza Air. Is there a cable available for Nikon DSLR for connecting it to the Moza Air? If no then how will the Moza Air initiate the capture on the Nikon camera?

[@AlexTimelapse]

The advanced motion timelapse is still in Beta version, in a few days will be released, the moza air come with 3 connection cables for Sony,Panasonic and Canon, already other moza air users asked for the Nikon cable and Gudsen noted it

[@AlexTimelapse]

BTW Zoltan, are you the genius who created qDSLRdashboard?

[@ZoltanHubai]

I'm the creator, but far from genius. To bad there is no Nikon cable, would be nice if there is some instructions on how to build one (only for shutter release) so that SMS works.

[@AlexTimelapse]

i think Gudsen will produce a Nikon cable and since today i will push for it, i think Qdslrdashboard could be a great help, a negative point of shoting motion timelapse with this gimbal is a bit sensible if i have to touch the camera, i success in some windy days shot, but if i have to change iso or shutter speed i get a little bump and i have to correct in postproduction, i will test my next holy grail using qdslrdashboard

[@ZoltanHubai]

Actually did ask for a SDK or some documentation related to the communication protocol they use but didn't got any reply from Gudsen, I also ordered one Moza Air.

[@ayobori]

I use sony a7r III and testing to use this app. Always shoot half amount of photos to be shown in 'TOTAL PHOTOS'. Is it possible?

[@AlexTimelapse]

with moza air or other professional timelapse devices i always calcultae by myself, if i take one pic every 10 seconds i know this is 6 pics per minute, then every 4 minutes i am creating one second of video..., they need to fix that "calculation" hope they will do with next firmware update

[@matthewmoyes3060]

can't do with the canon eos 5d mark II, with the mirror is up it only lets me set the longest shutter speed to 1/30th and it doesn't let me add start/stop points. do you know anyone whos done it with this camera?

[@mitchellhadden]

Is there any way to program this gimbal to continue shooting statically once it has reached the end point?

[@AlexTimelapse]

yes, set from point a to point b and then choose point c with the same position than point b

[@mitchellhadden]

Alex Timelapse Thanks for the reply! Now I just need to figure out why the gimbal is not triggering my shutter in advanced mode and I'll really be in business. Any advice?

[@cre8tivity06]

It keeps telling me Invalid Data! What am I doing wrong? I set shutter to 3s and interval for 3s and total length 10 minutes. I click Path, then move the gimbal to the starting point and hit Add then I pan the gimbal how I want it to go and hit add again at the end point. When I hit start it says invalid data! If anyone has mastered this please help me out with what I might be doing wrong.

[@AlexTimelapse]

this is because you are not following the tutorial, specially the second 2:42

[@Em-nu9zj]

Does the gimbal trigger the camera with the included control cable?

[@AlexTimelapse]

yes, for now with the Sony, Canon or Panasonic included cables

[@Em-nu9zj]

Thanks. The cable is needed for the time lapse feature?

[@AlexTimelapse]

you can use an external invervalometer, specially if you plan to change the interval, and you will have to syng the gimbal movement with the intervalometer (pressing start at the same time...)

[@tonynguyen-ji8no]

can anyone tell me what the cord is suppose to do when plugged in like he has it? plugged it into my lumix and it doesnt seem to do anything? Also am I suppose to set up the time lapse on my camera too or is this cord suppose to iniate the time lapse on my camera? Just got the moza, newbie to all of this.

[@AlexTimelapse]

The cord (conexion cable) will triger the pics and sincronice with the movement, I am Sony user but i heared the new Gh5 camera upgrade blocked the use of this cable, hope panasonic will release a new firmware that will works like before

[@tonynguyen-ji8no]

thanks so much! i'm actually using the G7 but still apart of the G series, so it really shouldnt make a difference. But ya i guess i'll have to wait on panasonic to come up with a new firmware. Hopefully it works on the G7. In the mean time do you have any suggestions as to how i can prevent the movement from going at the same time as the picture gets snapped = it causing a blury timelapse.

[@AlexTimelapse]

use the normal motion timelapse mode, as well you can find a tutorial on my channel, do not take pics under half second shutter speed, this is the limitation of the continuous movement, the moza air is the only gimbal with this advanced motion timelapse and allow you to shot long exposure pics , hope will works with your camera with panasonic firmware update

[@hgbodashgbodas2775]

moza aircorss app i can't set fps

[@itslit4927]

my Camera isnt shooting any photos, why ? can you help me ?

[@AlexTimelapse]

you must set your camera in settings on the app, which camera do you have?

[@itslit4927]

a 6300. i used similar settings to you but i didnt work properly. Can you gibe me some good settings for a test ? and which mode do you use ?

[@AlexTimelapse]

set everything in manual, specially , manual focus on your lens could create that problem

[@itslit4927]

It works now thanks you !!!

[@AlexTimelapse]

Please note, i am not supporting this brand , they had a very bad customer service , as well marketing department is not professional , i cannot support a brand with so many internal problems anymore, this company is a joke, i highly suggest to look for another gimbal brand, i recently found another gimbal with move-shot-move Accsoon a1

[@trent_burns]

Good to know. Any updates on the Accsoon A1-S?

[@SeqMod]

still shitty or fixed?