- Hey guys, what is going on?
So today we're talking about a Gimbal for the GoPro
or any other action camera, the G5.
I'm gonna show you how this thing works
and I'm gonna show you some awesome footage
that I got riding around town today.
They have these new scooters in Santa Monica
that basically run off an app.
You literally walk up to them on the street,
they'll be sitting there and you use your app
to basically unlock it and go for a ride.
So I figured, perfect scenario to play with the Gimbal
is to take one of these scooters out and go ride around
and see what kind of footage I can get
taking this guy on a scooter.
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Okay, before we get into the footage that you can get
from this Gimbal let's talk about the features.
So the G5 comes with this awesome little neoprene case.
It works well, it holds it nice and snug.
Another cool thing about this case,
it's got a place where you can put on a strap
so I just grabbed one of my camera straps
and then I had her slung around me for the rest of the day.
Okay, so the design of this Gimbal is simple.
It's water resistant which is a huge perk.
It's got a few buttons, all which actually do stuff
that, you know, is important, all of it works.
So looking at the design, you put the GoPro in
by just loosening up the two little screws.
You stick your GoPro in and then you tighten it down.
The one downside to this is that when you put it
in this direction it seals off the power button.
So now you have to unscrew it and take the GoPro out
to get the power button to turn on
and then slide the GoPro back in.
That is one of the biggest flaws
of this Gimbal in particular but
it's not the end of the world.
Also, with this Gimbal is that there's a cable
that comes with the Gimbal that goes
from the Gimbal to the side of the GoPro
and that allows you to keep the GoPro charged the whole time
so it's always feeding power into your GoPro.
And this is particularly awesome because
you don't have to take off the door with the G5.
I like the way that they've set this one up because you can
just lift the door and keep the power in.
Okay, so let's get into the functions of this Gimbal.
You have two modes, one of them is lock mode
and one of them is follow mode.
So in lock mode you can use the joystick
and basically point your Gimbal up down left right
and use that to direct it.
You can also use the bottom button
and basically what that does is it
auto-rotates the Gimbal to have selfie mode.
So now you can vlog by just
holding this button for a couple seconds.
The mode button, when you click that
it will take it into follow me mode.
And so that's where when you move the Gimbal
in any direction the camera follows with it.
I particularly like this mode.
This is what I use all the time.
And I like the fact that this Gimbal is simple,
it has a couple functions, it has lock, follow me,
selfie mode, and then when you're in follow me mode
there's a button on the front
so when you're holding it it's a trigger.
That locks it, so you could be following
and then say you want to stop the camera
from following the Gimbal movement,
you just hold the trigger.
This comes in handy all the time.
And the last thing on this Gimbal,
on the side is your port so you can charge the battery.
Just plug it right into a wall from here.
Guys, it's a very simple Gimbal and that's why I love it.
It's so simple but very effective.
All right guys, let's get into the footage
'cause I know you guys want to see this.
All right, to do this test I'm going
to go explore Santa Monica.
I'm gonna go find a scooter called a Bird.
There's these scooters just all over town
that you get an app with and with that app
you can just walk up and pick up the scooter and go.
It's probably like the coolest thing.
It's, I don't really know how to explain it,
kind of like an uber, but that doesn't
come to you, you go to it.
I don't know, it's a great way to test this.
I'm gonna go meet up with my buddy
and we're gonna go just ride all over Santa Monica
playing with scooters, why not?
It's a good way to play with Gimbals, play with scooters,
it's a good way to spend the day.
One thing that really stands out to me
is the fact that the audio sounds awesome
out of the GoPro on the Gimbal.
I've played with Gimbals in the past
where you have like a whine or you just
have a sound coming out of the Gimbal
that distorts the audio coming out of the GoPro
or whatever camera you have on the Gimbal.
And the fact that the audio's so clean
with this Gimbal makes it awesome.
You know, with the feature that flips the camera
so you can do selfie mode.
This is actually a great tool for vlogging
to keep your shots stable,
and especially paired with the GoPro six
this is a pretty awesome combination.
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Mine just stopped,
(bystanders shouting)
come on, hello!
Okay, that was hilarious, but one thing I want to point out
about going up this hill with the Gimbal in my hand.
I definitely wasn't paying attention at all to the camera
but the fact that it still stayed pretty smooth
and just, you know, it's not a good shot
but it's not a bad shot either.
I was more focused on making sure
that the scooter wasn't gonna tip over.
The fact that the Gimbal kept the camera so smooth
shows how good the stabilization is on this Gimbal.
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All right guys, I hope you enjoyed the footage I got
riding around on those electric scooters.
It was a ton of fun.
Don't get me wrong, it was fun making this video
because I got to go play on scooters all day.
I felt like I was a kid again.
All in all the Gimbal worked great.
There were some times where it didn't register
and it kind of spun around and did all this stuff
but you know what, these things aren't perfect
and when it worked, it worked great.
If I'm gonna take a Gimbal on the trip for my GoPro
it's gonna be this guy.
I enjoy using it and you actually get some
really awesome footage with it.
So what do you guys think?
I'd love to hear from you.
Leave your note in the comments.
Have you worked with any other GoPro Gimbals
and how have they worked for you?
Any Gimbal that you use is gonna help enhance
your shooting 'cause it gives you those
really silky smooth shots no matter what you're doing
and there's some awesome ways that you can use Gimbals.
I'll create another video on that soon.
All right guys, that is it, done, finished.
That was a lot of fun.
Guys, thanks for watchin' and
I will see you on the next one.
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