Feiyutech MG Lite User Manual

User Manual

For long lens camera, please install the camera closely onto the thumb screw

2016.11

V 1.46

3-Axis Gimbal for Mirrorless Camera

GuiLin FeiYu Technology Incorporated Company

1. Product Overview

MG Lite is one kind of 3-axis handheld gimbal especially for mirrorless cameras. Simple and clean design integrated strong operation function, easy to switch among more using ways. Panning / Tilting / Rolling 3-axis 360 degrees coverage, giving you ultimate experience while using the MG Lite for shooting.

* Default mode is handheld

* This product does not contain cameras and camera equipment category The showing camera is only for reference.

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Rolling

360°

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Panning 360°

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[1] Tilting axis [2] Motor knob ring of tilting [3] Cross arm [4] Rolling axis

Motor knob ring of rolling

[5] [6] Vertical arm [7]

Motor knob ring of panning

Optional Accessories

M22

M4 screw

Portable handle

Tilting

360°

[16]

[17]

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[2]

[3]

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[8] Panning axis [9] Indicator light [10] Joystick [11] Function button [12] Socket connector [13] Handle [14] 1/4 inch screw hole

Portable Installation

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[15] USB function interface [16] Thumb screw for ﬁxing lens [17] Adjusting clamping plate [18] Adapter(Clamping plate) [19] Thumb screw [20] USB cable（micro port） [21] Charger [22] Batteries (Type: 18650)

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Extended Installation

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2. Installation

18650

Insert the batteries

Remove the handle, insert 2 pcs 18650 batteries and tighten the screw.

Attention: Please complete the following instructions before power on the gimbal

Adjusting clamping plate

18650

Thumb screw for ﬁxing lens

Installation of adjusting clamping plate

Adjusting clamping plate light slip along the slideway to the suitable position. If use a long lens, please install the thumb screw for ﬁxing lens[16] after installing the adjusting clamping plate.

Tilting axis

Thumb screw

Adapter

Tilting axis

Camera must close to the tiltingCamera must close to the tilting

Camera balance adjustment

In order to achieve the desired eﬀect of the gimbal, the ﬁrst time to use or replace the camera / lens, or change the camera position, weight, size, appearance, please adjust the balance.

Please refer to the "Balance Adjustment" section.

3. Balance Adjustment

Balance adjustment

STEP 1

of the tilting axis

（1） Adjust the center of gravity of the

camera’s vertical position in tilting axis

Mount the camera on the adjusting clamping plate, ﬁx the tilting, rolling position, and keep it at the horizon level, and turn the lens down. Observe the camera status.

If the camera leans to front or back, then

loosen the motor knob ring(shown at right), and adjust the camera to the opposite position, until the camera can mount properly

As shown, if the camera is tilted toward A1, the ﬁxed plate live A2 direction, if tilted toward B1, the adapter should be live B2 direction.

Be sure to tighten the Motor knob ring after the adjustment (shown at right).

（2）

Adjust the center of gravity of the camera’s horizon position in tilting axis, after the adjustment of the center of gravity in vertical position.

The screws on the bottom of the adapter in a relaxed state.

Fix the tilting, rolling position, and keep it at the horizon level. Make the camera lens forward. And observe the camera status.

If the camera leans to front or back, then move the camera to the

opposite position , until the camera can mount properly.

As shown, if the camera is tilted toward A1, the camera live A2 direction, if tilted toward B1, the camera should be live B2 direction.

After the adjustment tighten the screws on the adapter

and the lens retaining ring.

( 1 ) Please mount the adjusting clamping plate, camera lens,memory card, etc. and then remove

the lens cover before the balance adjustment.

( 2 ) Simply loosen the Motor knob ring, the adapter or cross arm or vertical arm to move without

all wring out.

Power on / oﬀ

Camera

B2B2

Attention

As the stabilizer comes with boot self-test function, such as the stabilizer due to no load, the balance adjustment is less than ideal, or due to the intensity adjustment does not ﬁt and other reasons cause the stabilizer vibration is too large, the gimbal will automatically enter the Standby mode.

Installation of the camera

Correctly place the camera to the adjusting clamping plate, ﬁxing it by the thumb screw[19] trough the screw holes on the bottom of the adjusting clamping plate. Adjust the adjusting

clamping plate to make the camera close to the tilting motor, ﬁxing the adjusting clamping

plate by the thumb screw [19]. If a long lens,

the long lens close to the thumb screw for ﬁxing lens [16].

Warm tip: If the ﬁrst time to use or replace the

camera / lens, or change the camera position, weight, size, appearance, it is only ﬁxed, without tightening the middle screw too tight, in order to facilitate the balance after adjustment.

Power on： Long press Function Button and release it until the green light is on.

Power oﬀ：Long press Function Botton and release it until the green light changes from quick ﬂashing to constant.

If the battery power is too low, the red light

will ﬂash 3 times every 5 seconds. Please shut down the gimbal in time, and recharge or replace the battery.

T=Tight L=Loose

Tips: Just need loose the motor knob ring without all

A2A2

wring out when adjustment

Motor knob ringMotor knob ring

AdapterAdapter

Cross armCross arm

Camera

The bottom of adapter

B2B2

Thumb screw

STEP 2

Balance adjustment of the rolling axis

Adjust the center of gravity of the camera’s horizon position in rolling axis, after the adjustment of the center of gravity in tilting axis.

Fix rolling position manually and keep the camera at the horizon level, leave hold of it and observe the

camera status.

If the camera leans to left or rihgt, then loosen the motor knob ring (shown at bellow), and adjust the cross

arm to the opposite position of the cross arm, until the camera keep the current position after adjustment.

As shown, if the camera is tilted toward A1, move the cross arm to A2 direction, if tilted toward B1, move the cross arm to B2 direction.

Be sure to tighten the motor knob ring after the adjustment (shown at bellow）.

Cross armCross arm

Tips: Just need loose the motor knob ring without all wring out when adjustment

STEP 3

Balance adjustment of the panning axis

B2B2

Adjust balance of the panning after the balance adjustment of the tilting and rolling.

Keep the socket connector of the gimbal parallel to the ground, refer the right picture:leave hold of it and observe the camera status.

If the camera leaning left or right, loosen the Motor knob ring (shown at bellow）, adjust the vertical arm to leaning opposite direction,until the camera keep the current position after adjustment.

Be sure to tighten the Motor knob ring after the adjustment (shown at bellow).

As shown, if the camera is tilted toward A1, the vertical arm live A2 direction, if tilted toward B1, the vertical arm should be live B2 direction.

Socket connector

Horizontal

A2A2

B2B2

Vertical armVertical arm

Tips: Just need loose the motor knob ring without all wring out when adjustment

STEP 4

Camera adaptation parameter adjustment

After ﬁnishing the stabilizer balance adjustment , turn on the gimbal for a testing, please refer to point 5 in "Installation" chapter.

If there is a slight vibration happen on the panning / rolling / tilting axis after power on the gimbal, it means the adaptation parameters needs to be adjusted.

Steps:

（1）

After power on, You can adjust the adaptation parameter of the corresponding axis while operation the function corresponding keys（as shown below）.the led will keep ﬂashing in the adjust mode.

（2）

If the panning axis / rolling roll / tilting axis from side to side, then move up the joystick to increase the adaptation parameter.

（3）

If the motor has felt the feeling of holding the handle, then move down the joystick to decrease the adaptation parameter.

（4）

After the shock rocker disappeared please release button and click Save function parameters.

Joystick down

Decrease the

parameter

Joystick up

Increase the

parameter

Function Button Adjusted Axis

Tap button for ﬁve times

Tap button for six times

Tap button for seven times adjust for tilting axis

A1A1

adjust for panning axis

adjust for rolling axis

4. Operation

Function Button

Power on / oﬀ

Switch the working mode

Realize other functions

Identify the current mode of the gimbal by the indicator lights

Explanation of LED indicator status

LED status Mode / Status

Blue light ﬂashes once

Blue light ﬂashes twice

Blue light ﬂashes for three times

Blue light keeps ﬂashing Initialization failure / Malfunction

Red light keeps ﬂashing Entering standby / Entering power oﬀ

Operating Instructions of Function Button

Operation

Single tap

Double tap

Triple tap

Quadruple tap Reset

Long press for 1 second

Long press for 3 seconds

Function

Panning mode / Lock mode

Panning and Tilting mode

Rotate 180°in horizontal Make the camera lens rotate 180 °

Standby

Power oﬀ

Working Modes

Panning Mode

The camera can move to left or right smoothly along with the handheld moving. The tilting and rolling directions ﬁxed.

* Boot default mode: Panning mode

Panning and Tilting Mode

The camera can move to left or right and tilt up and down smoothly along with the handheld moving. The rolling directions ﬁxed.

Lock Mode

The camera stays in its current orientation. The panning, tilting and rolling direction are all ﬁxed.

Other Functions

Reset

Reset the tilting axis of the gimbal to initial orientation and initial mode.

Standby

In standby model, keep the gimbal in power-up state, the motor stops working, the indicator light ﬂashes for three times, and single tap again to wake the gimbal.

Indicator lightIndicator light

Panning mode

Panning and Tilting mode

Standby

Lock mode / Initialize the gimbalBlue light constant on

Low battery （please charge or change the batteries）Red light ﬂashes three times

Explanation of joystick control

Joystick Camera lens

Down

Left

Joystick up

Down

Left

RightRight

Joystick

down

Explanation

Single tap to switch between panning mode and lock mode

Under panning and tilting mode, single tap to switch to lock mode

Reset the tilting axis of the gimbal to initial orientation and initial mode

Single tap again to awake the gimbal, or triple tap to initialize the gimbal

5. Gimbal Horizontal Angle Adjustment

( Initialize the gimbal)

The horizontal angle needs to be adjusted whenever the following situations happen to the gimbal:

（1） The tilt angle is not leveled with the horizontal surface. （2） The roll angle is not parallel to the horizontal surface. （3） Under lock mode, the panning angle drifts.

Adjusting steps:

In boot-up state, long press the Function Botton until the red light ﬂashes quickly to enter standby

（1）

status, the blue light will ﬂash 3 times periodically.

Lay the gimbal on a static ﬂat surface and triple tap the Function Botton. Initialization is successful

（2）

when the blue light changes from constant on to ﬂashing 3 times periodically.

When the initialization failed, the LED indicator will ﬂash quickly, repeat step (2) to reinitialize.

6. Firmware Upgrade

micro port

Function

Function Interface

Interface

USB Cable

Upgrade steps

Please visit the oﬃcial website www.feiyu-tech.com to download the relevant programs for

(1)

upgrading, including USB drive program, ﬁrmware upgrade software and product ﬁrmware, and install the relevant software, decompress the ﬁrmware ﬁles for standby application.

(2)

Connect the USB cable with micro port as the above picture.

(3)

Please upgrade the relevant ﬁrmware according to the operation instructions of ﬁrmware upgrade software.

Upgrade........

7. Parameters

Tilting / Rolling / Panning 360°

Tilting Increments 2°/s ~ 75°/s

Panning Increments 3°/s ~ 150°/s

Usage Time 6 Hours

Adaption

Weight

Micro port

18650

Charger

Connect the Micro-USB port of the USB cable with the charger, and the USB port with 5V USB power adapter.

DISCLAIMER

Prohibit any user for any illegal purpose. Users will be responsible for all behaviors of purchase and use products.

The Company assumes no liability for any risks related to or resulting from the debug and use of this product (including the direct, indirect or third-party losses).

For any unknown sources of using, we will not be at any services.

You can get the latest user manual from the oﬃcial website: www.feiyu-tech.com

Feiyu Tech reserves the right to amend this manual and the terms and conditions of use the gimbal at any time.

Sony NEX-5N/NEX-7 and other N-series, SONY A7RII / ILCE-7R / ILCE-5100, Panasonic LUMIX GH4, Canon 5D Mark III (with standard lens), and other cameras with similar dimensions with weight less 1630g（The camera weight including the accessories of lens and ect.）

887g (Not including the accessories of batteries,camera,camera lens and ect.)

USB Cable

How to Charge

5V USB

Power Adapter

(Equipped by users)

Package List

Product model

MG Lite gimbal

Handle

Adjusting clamping plate

Thumb screw for fixing lens

Thumb screw

Quantity

Product model

USB cable (micro port)

Charger

Batteries (type:18650)

User manual

Warranty card

ATTENTION

Please correctly assemble the gimbal in accordance with the diagram.

Please install the camera, complete the installation and balance adjustment before power on the gimbal.

Please charge the battery with the standard charger.

When the gimbal is not in use or placed on the table, please ensure it is powered oﬀ.

Please visit the oﬃcial website of Feiyu Tech to get related information: www.feiyu-tech.com

Support email: service@feiyu-tech.com

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