Beginner's Guide to Smartphone Gimbals - DJI . Zhiyun . Hohem . Moza . Feiyutech
Learn how to master your smartphone gimbal. And if you’re thinking about buying a new smartphone gimbal, then make sure to watch this video first.
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Do You Need a Smartphone Gimbal?
04:05 FiLMiC Pro Cinematic Stabilisation
04:54 How to Choose a Smartphone Gimbal
08:07 How Much Can Your Gimbal Carry?
11:44 Using Counterweights
12:19 How to use Smartphone Gimbal Modes
16:20 5 Tips to Remove Footstep Bobbing
19:44 Advanced Gimbal Modes
22:21 Calibrating a Gimbal
23:20 Portrait or Landscape?
24:17 Adding a Tripod
25:34 Adding a Monopod
26:58 Solo Filming with Smartphone Gimbal
28:50 The Android Problem
29:48 Where is the Mimo App for Android?
30:00 Zhiyun StaCam App
30:40 Do We Need Smartphone Gimbal Apps?
30:55 Timelapse Motionlapse Hyperlapse
32:01 Other App Features
My daughter wants to shoot a short film for her school talent show. So we're headed to the park today to put all you've taught me to work 🙂. Thanks Simon.
that's awesome. Happy filming!
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Just the kind of video I was searching for. I like how calm you're when explaining.
Got to say, this is brilliant. Bought my OM4 last year, and I have failed to progress with it. This has woke me up to what is possible to great some interesting and useful shots. Thank you 👍
Soo useful, have had a zhiyun sitting in a droor for almost 2 years because I did not know it's functions, you have answered so many questions in a few minutes, clear, funny and useful. this is one of the best tutorials I have seen. will follow and like. thanks so much
This was helpful! We are planning a shoot in a mall, where we have two hours. I will keep my monopod attached all the time. Thank you, Simon, I learned a lot from you. Not just this video, I've been cramming! I really like the way you explain things.
Thank you much for the production of this Gimbal Video explanation!!! The Production, explanation, footage, composition, etc is top notch Simon. This Video is Pure Gold. I can't even fathom how long it took you to edit in the cutting room!!!!!!! Once again, thank you and cheers from California from a beginner Gimbal and Drone Guy! Good day, Matthew
This is my fourth "MM" video in a couple days. I've been shooting pictures as a hobby for a couple years now, and I feel like I've gained a ton of experience in the last 2 days as a result of your clear concise videos. The information contained within as well, as the overall production value are nothing short of inspiring as a "wanna-be" filmmaker and YT content creator. I will continue consuming these instructional videos as long as you continue making them sir. And if I ever encounter you in the real-world I would love to buy you a beer good sir. Thanks again for all your hard work.
Where can I purchase it?
Loved the video Simon. Extremely informative, keep up the fantastic work!
Awesome video. Comprehensive and clear. Thank you for sharing the knowledge
An excellent straight-forward tutorial. Thank you.
The best gimbal tutorial on KZhead. Thank you for sharing.
I have been fretting over the challenges of packing and lugging my full DSLR-Gimbal-Motion Control gear on a planned trip to Paris and London. As I will have my iPhone with me, I thought I'd investigate the possibility of lightening the load without lessening the quality of a travel video (just for fun) and, thankfully, I found your channel! BRAVO!! You have given me an entirely new view of shooting quality video with a minimum of gear (better on the back, the budget and easier to secure and protect from thieves!) So, I have just now subscribed to your channel and look forward to learning more from you. To be honest, I find your teaching-sharing style to be the most enjoyable I've found on KZhead! Well done. My sincere thanks and greetings from the USA!
Thank you Don! And welcome!
Very well put together, very informative. Cheers!
Mr.Apostle you always seem to impress us with knowledge!!!! Thank you
Thank you, Mr Simon. Really needed this.
This is the best phone gimbal video I've seen. Thank you.
Great content! Thank you for all of your knowledge, hard work and dedication to your art. Just subbed!
Thanks for that video! Very well explained, especially interresting was the chapter "how to use the gimbal modes"
I watch all the advertisement in all of his videos. I am a newbie in using gimbal and this is very informative.
Excellent explanatory video and so easy to understand, thanks.
Thankyou so much💓, everytime we shared our problem and you helped us with resolution this is called great learning and GOOD MENTOR...
Awesome instructions! Thank you and take care!!
Thank you for the well rounded video.
Hi Simon, thanks for this and all your other videos! I have learned so much from binging your channel the past few days! :)
Very helpful and informative. Thank you for doing this
你一次過將所有寶貴的經驗精準地分享了，非常慷慨。👍👍👍💖
Brilliant work ! Congratulations
Another great video!! This is super-helpful, as I am getting started using a gimbal with my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. Thanks so much for all that you do here on KZhead. I really appreciate your creativity, technical knowledge, and willingness to share both of them together with such well-planned and well-executed presentation!
Hi just wanted to know ..if ur facing any issues with s22 ultra..I'm planning to buy .. but thr are mixed reviews .. please help 🙏
Let me know which gimbal should I buy for my Samsung s 22
Wow of all the videos that I watch on gimbal your video is THE BEST. Thank you for shooting a very comprehensive and professionally put together video on smartphone gimbal. I have already subscribed to your channel. Thank you ! Fan fr Singapore.
You have one of the dopest voiceover voices haha! Your delivery is the thing. Gives off an assuring vibe. Keep it going lol 🙏
This is the greatest guide ever
Amazingly helpful video!
Awesome! Now I know which one for me. Many thanks Saimon.
Great video! Very helpful, thanks
Video full of Information. Thank you so much sir! ❤️🙏
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Greetings from Brazil.
finally i got the answer, the best gimbal for Android. thanks for sharing
absolutely great video , thank you
Amazing and really useful information and the way you explained things is really make it so exciting for me to start shooting some videos❤
Having bought a couple of gimbal stabilisers recently and added to them as I've worked out the limitations of the more basic models I've been watching some videos about gimbal operating with varying levels of helpfulness. KZhead suggested this video which I thought at first might be a bit high level for the information I'm working with as a beginner but I've found this to be very helpful and in depth. Obviously I've liked and subscribed. The amusing thing is that I want to make a video about the people listed on my local war memorial and thought my original video footage could be completed in a day - entirely possible if you want something quick and unspectacular - editing in other relevant photos and other shots later. We're in February at the moment but since I've looked into the cinematic effects that can be created with a gimbal I've extended the shooting timeline exponentially. From originally thinking I could shoot, compose, research, edit and finally produce in two to three weeks I'm now quite prepared to extend the timeline up to early November.
Excellent. This is what is called a professional advice. Thanks.
Thanks a lot for your guides. You've solved a question that I've had for years. There's a mid 90s hip hop music video for a song called "93 til Infinity" by a group called the Souls Of Mischief. I always thought there was a cool effect that I was confused how it was achieved. It's the vertigo shot! Thank you!
17:01 yay bonus, I'm wheelchair bound, was main reason I brought the smooth 4, my plan was to find some sort of clamping mechanism where I could attach the gimbal to my chair via the tripod camera screw mount but have had no luck yet, I'm 99.9% on my own except dogs and fox rescues and would never allow anyone to push my chair anyway so is the perfect solution as need both hands to push my chair. Ps I absolutely love your videos, you have taught me so much, just wish I had your smooth voice and confidence. Big thankyou for your amazing videos and advise, honestly would not have known where to start without you.
if you have a standard chair with tubular steel arm rests, perhaps a motorcycle gopro mount and a gopro screw adapter will work for you. Added bonus, all the little links for the gopro system make it easy to position your camera and lock out solidly in place. But be warned that while they might take the weight of a phone, a phone and gimbal might cause the links to loosen or droop.
@@nikytamayo I have no arm rests on mine only option I have is on frame, but I have titanium chair with quite a wide frame tried all my go pro mounts but not seen the motorcycle ones, will have a look thankyou.👍
@@Leehensman there are also table clamp mounts with screws for tripod bases that people use for product shots or mounting mics. mobile photography si such great fun, as all this hardware is a fraction of the price of what's needed for a camera! Caveat emptor, some of the knobs on the cheaper ones strip easily!
@@nikytamayo thanks will check it out, one way or other I will find a solution.
Thank You very much Simon. This is excellent guide. Best wishes from Poland!
You're very welcome!
Nice explanation, thanks!
Great tutorial thank you
my compliments for the video, I'm starting as KZheadr and you are very professional and with very good rhythm 👏🏻
Thanks for this video. very useful for someone starting out. :)
Superb video…thank you.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Thank you from Türkiye. It's very helpful 💯👍👏🏻
Thanks for sharing man :)
Another awesome video! I can’t wait to order my Crane M3! I have my iPhone 13 pro and my moment lenses just came! Thanks Simon you’re such an inspiration! 😊
Please share with us how that works for you. Be interested to know if you can get your iPhone to balance in the gimbal with the lenses and/or filters on it. What made you select the Crane 3? Was it the gimbal video put out by the guys at Moment lenses? They found that with lenses on the iPhone it was near impossible to balance the entire rig in a popular handheld gimbal. Plus, the rig then exceeded the payload limit of the gimbal. Bummer. I really wanted to buy one of these devices, but I want to use it with lenses and filters.
@@johne1599 the Crane M3 is a Hybrid Gimbal and it can handle all of the weight of your phone plus lenses and filters all at once. Since it’s a hybrid Gimbal it can also handle the weight of DSLR cameras as well! It’s well worth it. A little pricey, but I’m buying it regardless of price because I want something that can handle alot of weight and still give me great quality video. Simon did a video on the Crane M3! Here is the link to his video! kzhead.info/sun/dbBud7OenoWiioU/bejne.html
Perfect Video. Thanks a lot👍🍻😎
You should do voice overs. Or meditation tapes. Your voice is awesome!
What an AMAZING video! Thank you so much! Do you have any video about tips for real estate content?
lol 18:06 Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban SA, I was probably at that game, nice. Great Vid BTW
Informative information mate!....Liked & Subscribed!
Great video. I am using a Crane m3. However I am wondering if you are disabling image stabilization in Filmic Pro while using an anamorphic lens? I have the impression that it is smoother on the gimbal but sometimes seems to wobble a bit horizontally.
Thanks a lot for your explanation. From Indonesia
I'm really excited about gimbals . . . I need to steady my video . . . About to buy . . . Thanks . . .
Nice Thanks you for sharing
Thank you Simon for a very interesting and informative video. I really enjoyed this video. One of the things I wanted to know about was the 'smoothness' of the joystick operation. For example: on the basic Mavic Mini Drone I was surprised to find that with updated firmware, the lens Gimbal's up and down pan could be tweaked to perform a very smooth operation even if you 'snatch' at the thumbwheel that operates the up and down pan of the camera. You can adjust how this works in the Drone's software settings. kind a delayed vertical pan-initiation with delayed pan-stop. Does something similar exist for Phone Camera Gimbals? One where the Gimbal's software can 'ease-in' and ease-out of both horizontal and vertical pan shots. I was wondering which gimbal you think has the smother joystick function. Once again, thank you for an enjoyable video.
Great video!
Thank you, Geralt
Smartphone gimbal is very useful, thanks for the review sir 👍
Loved the comprehensive information provided in this video. Loved the locations which you have shown in this video. Being a Londoner myself, I am wondering which UK village/town is that, or is it even UK?
OK! I had made up my mind about which gimbal I was going to buy the DJI and I have watched many of your videos about gimbals. After watching this video my head is about to explode now I’m back to square one and really don’t know which one I need lol. Love your videos looking forward to the next one and maybe by then I will have a gimbal in my shopping cart.
Just bought the Zhiyun smooth 5 combo kit ;-0
@@miketheweaver923 have you been happy with the Smooth 5?
How do you manage the slow motion. In your examples is very smooth. Did you do it in post? (how) Or do you shoot in slow motion mode via Mimo? Thanks
I could sleep to this. And good info!
Awesome video!
Excellent!
Great insight into using smart phone gimbals - thanks! I'm hoping to replace my (several) GoPro's with just the OM5 and my Pixel 6 - do you think that this is feasible? (I tend to use the GoPros for my boat videos (external and internal walk throughs)
Thank you!
Really I enjoyed it and it's worth it
Thank you,sir
Excellent video, thank you 🙏 ………
I decided to make my vlog, and this channel helped me on my new journey😁
That's awesome!
Your videos are always so good man. Love how you explain things and your voice is so calming and engaging. Do you know if there is any gimbal out there suitable for smartphones like iPhone 13 Pro Max with accessories (e.g VND) that can also support full frame cameras like Sony a7IV with a 1.4f 35mm GM lens?
thanks. I'm not very knowledgeable on regular cameras as I don't own any. But if the Zhiyun Crane M3 can't handle a a7IV with a 1.4f 35mm GM lens then you might need to get a full DSLR size gimbal and use a mounting clamp on it for smartphones
Very clear explanation...what gimbal can you re ommend sir to handle both smartphone and action cam...thanks in advance...your new subscriber here from the Philippines
Great sharing video. I learn so many from this video. Big LIKE and greeting from Singapore
Thank you! Cheers!
Well done.
Very good
I would love to get this one day day
The is brilliant. Informative but not at all padded-out. Can you imagine if all KZhead "Guide to" video's were of this quality?
I am about ready to get a smooth 5 with a mono pod and moment 67 mm filter mount along with a variable ND and most filter. That should get me well on my way to filming. I have an IPhone 12 max pro.
it's a nice setup
Awesome
Oh wow good video but why nothing about control over focusing and DoF? Is there is any solution on using wheel on gimbal to rack focus?
It was great and interesting I want to start velog which one is better Dji handled paket or like these gimbals please inform me.
Great.....🙂👍
Nice video Simon! What pro app for filming are you using?
Hello , I have two question 1 which gimbal is having inbuilt charging facility through gimbal battery for android smartphone 2 suggest a gimbal which can be used with Sony A73 with kit lens as well as android smartphones.Thanks
Great walk through 👏 Any tips for using Mimo exposure lock and X-rite Colorchecker Passport Video? Can't seem to get it working right when mixing with clips from Samsungs native app.
if you are on iOS, I would use a fixed white balance setting for every shot that you want to match
3:35 talks about the #1reason I got one after buying iPhone 14 pro. There is an active mode built in but the quality goes to shit compared to the regular camera. Thanks for the video. You got a like and a subscriber!!
Simon you are amazing
you too
Thanks for a great video! Is the Zhiyun Smooth 5 compatible with Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G?
Hi mate, love your informative videos... just recently got my first mobile gimbal and was wondering if you find it best to disable OIS and/or EIS when using a gimbal? I've noticed some micro jitters etc. in my footage but can't work out whether its better with or without OIS / EIS.... I'm using a PIxel 6 Pro with DJI OM4 SE with FIlmic Pro app for recording.
I would use only OIS if you have the option. If EIS is causing a problem you get a kind of delay where the phone stops the image then catches up. Plus EIS usually degrades the image. Use software in your editing system to smooth it out instead
@@SiHorrocks Thank you for the quick reply. So gimbal and OIS don't fight each other? I'll try get some clips with just OIS and OM4 and see how I get on. Thanks again.
I’ve got the om5 and I don’t use it as I hate it, this has taught me a bunch of stuff that I wanted to do with it but I couldn’t figure out! Thank you!
Can you make a lifting crane shot with Feiyutech VB3 or 4? I mean pan forward from bottom (ground level) to top holding gimball normally (not upside down), not like in DJI OM6 where you have to handle gimball sideway.
Channel good mr 😀😀😀