Stabilizers & Gimbals
The best smartphone gimbal stabilizers help facilitate perfectly smooth whips, pans, and tilts, allowing you to capture steady, shake-free footage every time. Smartphone gimbals have exploded in popularity over the last decade, with countless new models arriving every year. Here are some of our favorites.
Best Smartphone Gimbal Overall:
DJI Osmo Mobile 6
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Content creation has exploded into a multi-billion-dollar industry with no signs of slowing down. While it’s true that anyone with a smartphone can become a content creator, the shift toward polished productions might have you browsing some more professional gadgets. Luckily, affordable, easy-to-use gear is widely available for every kind of content creator. Let’s explore some options you might consider snagging for your new hobby or upcoming project.
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As we approach the holiday season, it's time to start knocking those gift lists out of the way. If there's an aspiring filmmaker on your list, but you don't know what to give them to help kickstart their film production careers, then look no further―we've got you covered! In this gift guide we'll suggest a variety of products that we feel would benefit every beginner filmmaker.
Stabilizers
Shoulder Rig
The shoulder rig is a slept-on piece of equipment that deserves more recognition. It stabilizes camera footage while allowing the operator to
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There’s pros and cons for shooting video handheld or with a stabilizer, but which do you choose? How do you get smooth, steady footage? Sidney gives you a beginner crash course on filming handheld and with a gimbal stabilizer.
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Filming Handheld
1:46 - Filming with Stabilizers
2:40 - Handheld Best Practices
3:34 - Gimbal Best Practices
4:31 - Final Thoughts
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If you’re shooting video but you’re a one-person crew, cinematic shots are still possible! YouTuber Jacky Li shares how to better film yourself with these 5 creative techniques.
0:15 - Bird's Eye
0:44 - First Person POV
1:13 - Creative Movement
1:38 - POV Kit
2:08 – Mirror
Zhiyun wants your smartphone gimbal to do all the heavy lifting when tracking fast-moving subjects, so they designed the new Smooth 5S AI 3-Axis Smartphone Gimbal and AI Tracker. The Smooth 5S AI features several improvements over its predecessor, the Smooth 5S, including enhanced subject tracking.
So you just signed up for another corporate documentary shoot for another tech company at another local high-rise. They don’t want you filming in their super-secret proprietary lab and they’re definitely not flying you to China to see where the products are made, so you’re stuck in a cube farm trying to scrounge up useable b-roll for your interviews. Fear not. With some thoughtful planning and a little bit of ingenuity, you can get enough clips to make your piece shine.
Have I done my prep?
Fortune favors the prepared mind, which is why the
NAB begins on Sunday and this week was loaded up with plenty of reveals from brands hoping to capture attendees’ attention on the show floor. There’s always too much to cover—that’s why you should keep stopping by our NAB page to find the latest news, videos, and specials—and that makes it even more difficult to pick out the key products to highlight this week. We landed on the
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In a world where gimbals and motorized stabilizers are the cool kids on the block, the shoulder rig maintains its relevance quietly. Let's see why, even amidst all the high-tech alternatives, shoulder rigs are still a fantastic and practical solution for camera stabilization in any cinematographers tool kit.
Embracing the Weight: A Cinematographer's Endurance Hack
Ever find yourself wrestling with a camera rig, arms
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Representatives from Zacuto, Beastgrip, and Zhiyun joined us to discuss the best gear for your mobile setup. Watch this B&H video and learn to use your mobile phone to create professional photo and video work.
0:00 - Introduction
5:53 - Featured Products from Zacuto, Beastgrip, and Zhiyun
16:10 - The Zacuto Z-Finder
20:36 - Using the Gear for Vertical Video Recording
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Many budding sports and wildlife photographers dream of larger and larger lenses that get them closer to the action while letting in more light—allowing blazing-fast, action-freezing shutter speeds that capture priceless moments on the field or out in the field. But, with long lenses comes the increased chance of camera shake due to the extreme focal lengths. How do we combat physics here? Well, if you are entering the world of the
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Get ready to bring powerful lens control to your camera rig with Tilta’s updated Nucleus Nano II wireless FIZ lens controller system. The updated Nucleus Nano II system is made up of a wireless touchscreen hand controller unit and a powerful, compact
There's nothing like the feeling you get after playing your footage from an arduous day of filming, when you realize that everything you shot looks like your camera stumbled into a rogue washing machine, which then toppled down a comically large mountain range. Nothing like it. Unintentionally shaky footage can make a seemingly successful shoot become the bane of one's career. While there are certain measures one can take to mitigate the shakiness of footage in post, nothing will be as painless as simply stabilizing during production—hence the
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Filmmaker Rubidium Wu dives into the DJI Ronin 4D. Wu explains how the Ronin 4D captures smooth footage, regardless of your skill level, letting you take your filmmaking to new dimensions.
0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Different Gimbals and Camera Movements
7:15 - The Ronin 4D
11:00 - The Oner Example
18:00 - Lenses for the Ronin 4D
20:17 - Keeping the Flow of the Scene with the Ronin 4D
29:33 - Aperture Control
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