Is the Moment Mavic 2 Pro Anamorphic Adapter Worth It? 

Thank you for making this honest review, it's getting more difficult to find good reviews with all the paid and sponsored videos out there, definitely appreciate this!!

Finally! Someone who is realistic about their reviews and the practicality of if it will work or not. Definitely realistic about what will happen 👍🏼

11:18 Covid-19 Quarantine is not really that lonely with this kind of RU-vid content. Thanks!

I got an anamorphic movie coming up and the director ask about drone shots. The budget is tight so this adaptor for the Mavic 2 is a life savor!

Excellent video! Just excellent, brilliant and answers just everything I needed to know at the moment.

honestly , one of the most sincere and ' real ' review about this lens....thank you so much

You have a great personality and sense of humor. Also, great review! I want to shoot a movie so anamorphic lens is very important to me.

Awesome hack for those that don't want to remove for each battery change: brings 4 books with you to the shoot (or any 4 identical objects 1-4 inches high). Elevate the drone at least one inch with the books under each leg (leaving a gap under the camera). Callibrate without removing the adapter. The extra inch allows for the full range of motion from the gimbal, even with the adapter on. Not only does this allow for the adapter to stay on, but I find the calibration to be much more accurate (no jitter or overload after using this method)

The review I needed. Thank you!

Great video review. I recently have been getting into a lot of specific ways to enhance video from drones and cameras. I do a lot of let's say, "high pressure filming environments" where the time and extra steps and parts wouldn't work out well. Will release a video about how well drone lights from companies like Litra actually work because I can't find anything other than promotional material about them. Great to see some honest reviews about other gear like this, I suspected this would have this kind of issues back in the kickstarter campaign and chose to follow my gut. Your review confirms it so thanks!

Brilliant video. On point, to the point, techie and realistic.

Thanks for the review! I am compelled to tell you something that might benefit you and others. A person talking about artifacts as if they are desirable reveals inexperience. In professional work, part of the job of a grip and a camera assistant is to protect against flares. You will be fired from a job if you consistently miss protecting the lens. Anamorphic flares, any flares, are a byproduct of lens design and the coating technology we had at the time. Ask a real Director of photography whether he or she wants to have to worry about flares when shooting into lights what do you think the answer will be? What a pro wants is control. Control means choice. Tools that enhance flexibility without compromise are what the craftsman wants. You have no choice that this lens will flare looking into the sun. Your choice is now limited. You are now compromising. You want a flare for some creative notion get a plugin. Now you have a choice. You have control of the image. Next lets romanticize grain and gate weave. :-) Thank you for the review and the excellent documentation.

Thnx. I dont need to think abt anamorphic for drone from now.

Best honest review I’ve seen of this lens. Definitely not worth the money or the time.

good review dude, recalibrating the lens wouldn't be a problem for me as I do a lot of commercial marketing and can take my time. I could see it being an issue for someone shooting event style productions such as weddings ect.

nice review 👍

I have extended landing gears on Mavic's, upon a battery swap with the landing gears elevating the aircraft will the gimbal calibrate properly with the attached lens? And do you think the Moment is worth purchasing at $199 or more on? Are there any sufficient anamorphic lenses you can attach directly to the Mavic gimbal like the ones sold by Polar Pro or PGYTECH?

Do you know if the anamorphic adapter works on the mavic air 2S?

What editing software do you use to de-squeeze the video? Also what format are you recording in? MP4 or mov?

Step One is missing a crucial detail. Before power-up, remove the lens clear filter. With the opened/bare lens, power-up, allow the system to run its cycle. Then, lay it on its back and proceed with installation as explained here. If you look closely at this video, you will briefly see that as the anamorphic lens assembly is placed on the camera, the filter is missing.

You have spoken of the mighty Limp Bizkit, my friend. Welcome.

Very informative.

Great Video, the battery isn't a deal breaker for me. With that said how many times if any during in flight did you experience that camera drop "pointing straight down" calibration problem. Cause that would freak me out and that would be a deal breaker.

Moment got my business now, But do you have install lens while the drone is on?

Can they make this Anamorphic Adapter with lens for Autel EVO 2 Pro as well? Also can they make a 58MM telephoto lens adapter for drones as well?

subscribed after that limp bizkit joke hahaha

Deal breaker! Thanks!

It's a nice option but the stress of trying to get it on and hopes it calibrates is hit or miss. Realistically the size should be smaller and the counter weight shouldn't exist. PolorPro's ND filters uses the prongs to hook up its filters to the drone's sensor. Pros Creates cool filters in the daylight. Giving that cinematic feel Nice and small easy to put store away in bag Cons: It's very easy to break the handle to the counterweight. Takes too much time to put it on the drone Pretty sure this thing has costed tons of drone owners at least over 1K of accidental damages to DJI Drones Night shots are hit or miss depending on location. Engineering and design of the lens could be better. I give it 3/5

Once I realized you have to calibrate every single flight I returned it.

Deal Broken... Would like a filter like this but not willing to do that to my Mavic.

Counterweight in the hold-ring, so a heavy Metal, built into the Harnes (Belt?)of the Ana Lens, would balance the Lens .... something which is customary to do with gimbals... and which MOMENT-Team just did not care much about... it seems...

flying over a major highway, at night, unlicensed (when they find your youtube channel and ask if you get 1099'd), with a modded drone, seems sketchy af

Thank you for the info... i decided to not to buy.. i will stay to my polarpro filters.. xD

Sure way to break your gimbal!

not good long term for the drone

No, no, and no. Not worth it, but this does give me ideas about how achieve similar results without losing clarity. If someone wants to know what I mean I'll break it down

Waste of money , complete frustration with this lens attachment.. definitely will break the gimball oneday...Seems like moment created this lens attachment in a laboratory conditions.. on the fields , it is very difficult to get this attachment to work .. donot buy , it is not worth it with the risks associated..