Ronin-S Essentials Kit how is it different from the Standard Kit is it
worth it find out in the video coming up so we're
on the DJI store and we're going to talk about the Ronin-S Essentials Kit it
retails for just $499 in the DJI site and if you go to the Standard Kit it's
at $749 so the essential kit you're saving $250 for me this is like a
no-brainer if you're thinking about getting a gimbal you don't want to watch
the end of this video just get it okay get the essentials kit you don't need
the standard kit so the essential kit is really what you want and the standard
kit comes with things that you really don't need and I'm gonna explain why so
the first thing I'm gonna talk about is this focus wheel okay this focus wheel
you can get on a DJI site for $59 but with the essentials kit it doesn't come
with a central kit and to me you don't need it when I had the standard kit and
I was using this focus wheel I would just turn it and turn it and turn it and
it would take seems like forever to focus from one spot to another so when I
was rack focusing from something in the foreground to something in the
background or vice versa it would just take so long and it wasn't really
working so for me it just didn't do the job that I needed it was just too slow
and for focused you need that to be fast and you needed to be accurate and it
really wasn't that accurate and it just took too long so I think DJI realized
this and that's why they eliminated it from the essentials kit so that's first
things first so the other two major differences between the essential kit
and the standard kit is that the essential kit has this tripod so does a
standard kit but the standard kit has a tripod that's made of metal whereas the
essentials kit has this tripod that's made of plastic now if you look at them
they look the same to me they both do the same job that's not that big of a
deal okay I can deal with having a plastic tripod you could also buy one
separately if you wanted but it's not that big of a deal the other thing they
have is the standard kit has just a little
box this accessories box and that little box you don't need I use a ziploc bag to
store all my accessories and it also has these control cables now some of these
control cables are essential however the thing is you only get the one cable the
USB see that's used for charging the device so you don't get all those other
cables with the essentials kit if you wanted to buy one of those cables you
could just go to the DJI store and buy one of these cables I've included links
to all of this stuff in the description below and these cables are just like $19
the IR the infrared cable or if you want the multi control cable the type C or
the type B or the multi USB all those are $19 so they're not that much even
the mini USB it's $19 with the money you're gonna save the 749 versus $4.99
if you need to get one of those cables for $19 maybe two of them for $38 it's
not that much more money and to me is you're still gonna save a bunch of money
by using the essentials kit now let's go and see the difference if we scroll down
we can see what's in the box now in the box you're gonna get the gimbal
obviously the BG 37 grip which is the battery that lasts 12 to 15 hours okay
they both have that they both have the camera mounting plate and that comes
with a little screw that you use for the mounting plate and you get three screws
and then we also have the lens support now the lens support is good for
especially for DSLR cameras and big lenses like 70 to 200 millimeter lenses
or big lenses like that the lens support is going to be helpful now I found I
used it more with the DSLR than a micro four-thirds or a smaller camera but you
know what a lens you have and having that lens support they both have it the
camera riser more micro four-thirds smaller cameras are going to use it
smaller DSLR cameras bigger DSLRs probably won't need the camera riser but
it's there and the USBC cable this cable has a USBC at one end which you plug
into the device you can put the other end the USB into a charger a power
adapter sorry now this power adapter I like to just call it a brick
basically comes with all your phone or any other device you probably have this
it's a USB at one end and then just a little outlet II out there so you can
just pick this up on Amazon or any other place I'll leave a link in the
description below with it but you can just use this the one that you have with
your phone it will work perfectly fine it does not come with the essentials kit
but like I said you probably already have it or you pick it up for a few
bucks so it's not that big of a deal the hook and loop strap for gimbal this is
good when you're just traveling without the case you just want to walk around
with your gimbal you can just put this strap around it when it's not in use and
that strap will keep it all together and keep from getting damaged the storage
case this case is a hard foam it's like the other DJI cases very well built
highly recommended it's easy to transport your stuff with this storage
case everything will fit in there whether you get the standard kit or the
essential kit everything is gonna fit in that storage case and like I said this
case is great you really don't need to buy another case now the focus wheel
already touched on that only comes with a standard kit not the essentials kit
but you don't need it instead what I recommend you do is get the Ronin s
focus motor this is gonna be a lot better option and it's definitely worth
$169 because with this on it's actually gonna work very well to control the
focus the iris and the zoom whereas that focus wheel that comes with the standard
Ronin S doesn't work very well so this is the way to go and if you're
interested I'll leave a link in the description below then we look at all
our cables now we have the infrared cable the multi camera control cable the
type C type B all three of these cables you get for $19 each now they don't come
with the essential kit but you don't really need them for every camera so it
depends what camera you have if you go to the Ronin s camera compatibility list
which I've included in the description below for Canon for instance you need if
I'm using let's say a 1 DX mark - I need the infrared cable to start and stop
recording and then to capture photo and video I can use that by pressing the
record button on the Ronin S and not have to touch my camera to start and
stop recording the multi control cable be also start and stop recording video
capture photo I can do pool focus electronically and
trigger the autofocus so having these little cables you have to look at this
compatibility chart most of you will probably use either Canon Panasonic and
some of you will be using Sony some very few I would guess would be Nikon but
most would be Sony Panasonic and Canon now I will say Nikon has stepped up
their video but most people you usually use Sony or Canon is my recommendation
if you're a Panasonic or Nikon it's cool too and Panasonic actually seems to be
the most compatible from the beginning working very well with the Ronin s but
this little chart shows you how to do it and it's very helpful without making
this video too long you can just get one of these cables and I've included that
link in the description below pick it up if you need it first check the
compatibility list for your camera and then over here for your lens okay
because it has to be a certain camera with a certain lens and then it'll tell
you all the firmware what the camera does the setup etc so let's go down now
to the tripods like I said before with the essential one you get the plastic
tripod with a standard version you get the standard kit you get the metal
tripod they basically do the same thing you don't need this power adapter if you
already have one or you can get one they're very cheap the accessories box
as I said before you really don't need it in a pinch you can use a ziplock bag
all right now two Allen wrenches the Allen wrenches are great for attaching
things to the side like the focus wheel cheese plate and other things but I
found that you could just get an Allen wrench somewhere else local hardware
store or Home Depot they only cost a few dollars so that's not that serious
either and the hook and loop strap for cable you can buy a bunch of these
online and you really don't need them you can even use a rubber band so you
don't really need that like I said all those things because you can get these
cables by yourself you could get the better focus wheel you don't need this
focus wheel you're essentially looking at a better kit with the essential kit
for just $499 so to me it's a real no-brainer alright so here are my final
thoughts the essential kit is essential if you
want stabilized video with a micro four-thirds camera or a DSLR camera so
if you use any camera like that and you want to get super stable footage
professional-looking footage the essential kit for 4.99 to me is really a
steal because DG I got rid of all the stuff that you really don't need and the
only thing you might need is one of those multi control camera cables
they're only $19 so you just pick that up on the DJI store it's not that big of
a deal so when you put it all together for $4.99 plus that little cable plus if
you needed to get a power adapter like this that come with your phone it's not
that big of a deal and you might be spending five hundred and fifty dollars
max so that's still $200 off the standard price and you don't have to
worry about all that stuff that you don't need
all right so having a plastic tripod versus a metal tripod it's not that big
of a deal because they both work the nice thing about the Ronin s on the
bottom it has two thread sizes that will fit virtually every tripod so you could
use it with your tripod with a monopod and you don't have to worry about any of
that even a car mount if you wanted to use that you could try that out as well
although be careful with that and I'm not sure exactly why DJI made this deal
so good maybe it's because there's other competition maybe it's because they've
sold so many Ronin s's and they want to pick up their sales by making a
spectacular offer to me this is a no-brainer if you have $500 and want to
get stabilized video this is the way to go the other way if you want something a
little smaller you're the Osmo pocket but obviously there's so many benefits
to having a DSLR Micro Four Thirds camera the most obvious is having good
audio which DJI hasn't produced that adapter for the Osmo pocket yet that
will allow you to hook up an external microphone so if you want really good
audio and you already have a DSLR Micro Four Thirds get the Ronin S essential
kit and me personally I use the Ronin s with my Canon a TD cuz it has great
autofocus so I really didn't have to worry about the focus motor that
I suggested you get but focus aside the Ronin s battery lasts all day 12 to 15
hours you're never gonna run out of battery life it's not that heavy to me
it feels really good really solid and weight really isn't an issue and the
nice thing about the roan s you don't need an external monitor because you can
see the monitor no matter where you move the Ronin s the monitor stays there in
position it's never blocked by the device itself for me buying a unit
that's only $500 to get professional video quality this is amazing it's
incredible how technology has changed so much and with technology like this it
really makes the playing field a lot more even where as someone who can't
afford the really expensive equipment you don't need that just get this Ronin
S for five hundred dollars and you can get all that smooth cinematic footage
without breaking your bank that's all I got for today guys if you enjoyed this
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