- What's going on fellas.
Today we're talking gimbals.
And they're awesome right?
They give us super smooth footage
in terms of our pan, tilt, and our role.
But SteadiCams generally still have
a slight advantage over them
because they also absorb your steps.
So vertical motion of up and down,
which gimbals don't do yet.
Now there's the Arri Trinity,
which is the combination of a gimbal and a Steadicam.
So it's really the best of both worlds.
But the downside is that it costs a trillion dollars,
or more like $70,000.
But it might as well be a trillion
because we can't afford that (beep).
Now this is my favorite gimbal
that I use for flying heavier cameras
like the Ariel X-mini or the Red.
Which is the Movi Pro.
This stuff is surprisingly light weight
but once you a camera on here
then it gets a lot heavier.
And that actually does tend to help a little bit
because you don't get too much of that bounce
simply because it's heavy.
But the lighter your setup gets,
the harder it becomes to hide
that up and down footsteps
that you often see in gimbal videos.
Now if this thing actually works as well
as I'm hoping it does, in theory,
it should give it another layer of stability
on top of what the gimbal's already doing.
And make it look a whole lot more
like an actual professional SteadiCam,
rather than a compact gimbal.
But the big question I have right now,
is does it actually help absorb
that up and down motion?
Or does it actually make things worse
by making it move more?
I don't know.
I'm trying to hold it stable.
Is it helping?
Let's take it outside and give it some real world tests.
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Oh.
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Okay, let's take a quick look
at what we're working with here.
Now this handle was actually specifically
designed for the Ronin-S.
So apparently with the Ronin-S,
it can slide on and off pretty easily.
All it is is just like a little latch back here.
But this is the Moza Air 2,
which has a slightly thicker handle at the bottom
so it doesn't slip on and off
without actually taking out the batteries and this handle.
So, that's kind of a pain.
Design wise I think they did a pretty good job
on these handles.
I believe this is the second generation.
They have a less expensive version of it.
But they said this is better
and more improved stabilization.
These can flip upside down so you could hold
that gimbal up higher.
And I was just doing a shoot
where I was filming an interview
and I was just kind of floating around like this.
I was really glad that these handles were down here.
Because holding stuff up here,
compared to down here, it's a huge difference.
Also for travel, these handles slide off pretty easily.
So, you can travel with it a little bit more compact.
I did notice this handle starting to slip on me.
But I think that just wasn't tightened down
enough in the factory.
There we go.
Yeah, so all it took was a little bit of tightening.
And there are these nobs here,
which is used to kind of either tighten
or loosen the strength of the springs.
And that's all gonna depend on how heavy your camera
and your gimbal is.
Boot up the camera.
And there we go.
That's what we're working with.
Now in terms of the gimbal itself,
I have the Moza Air 2.
They sent it to me to try it out.
And my first question was,
well how does it compare to the Ronin-S?
I actually never really used the Ronin-S
for more than five minutes so I can't say for sure.
But my home girl Atola Visuals
did a video on it so go click it if you wanna see
a comparison of the two.
She says she prefers this over the Ronin-S
because the biggest complaint with the Ronin-S
is how big and cumbersome it is.
It's about half a pound heavier than the Moza Air 2,
which is actually a pretty significant difference
if you're trying to hold a gimbal up for very long.
And the Moza Air 2 is claiming a heavier payload.
Is that true?
I don't know.
I have to test them side by side.
But yeah, with the Moza Air 2,
I've generally been happy with it so far.
One complaint I do have is,
once that battery life on the gimbal
starts getting a little bit low
the camera motors do cut out.
So ideally you really wanna be running these things
with full battery life.
With a fresh charge.
But if you start getting kind of lower,
like almost to the bottom,
then this thing is not gonna be reliable at all.
It's gonna be working for a few seconds.
Then it's gonna dip out.
And then it's gonna come back and stabilize
for a little bit longer.
And then dip out again.
And I actually noticed that a lot of other gimbals
do that as well.
So keep some fresh batteries in your kit.
I do still kind of want that Ronin-S
because it seems to be able to fold up smaller
because you can take it apart right in the middle.
This is one big unit so you can't really
compress it into a small box.
And the box that this comes with
is just kind of like a cardboard box,
which won't last you very long.
I regret doing this bit because now I don't have a box
for my Moza Air, but this is what it comes in.
This is not gonna last you long at all.
You're definitely gonna wanna account
for the fact that you're gonna need
to put some money into a case.
Downside I noticed with the Moza Air 2 itself
was that I had a lot of issues with the roll.
So a lot of times I would see a little bit of this.
Or this.
Especially while was doing like an orbit shot.
So if I had a subject standing right there
and I try to wrap around him,
I would lose my roll and my horizon pretty often.
And I'm not 100% sure why
because I have the latest firm wear on here.
I have the camera calibrated on here.
And I have my roll horizon locked.
So in theory it should stay level
throughout any sort of movement I do.
But I've seen other people with the Moza Air 2
have no issues with that.
So I don't know, am I doing something wrong?
But besides that, every other move I've tried,
flawless.
I also do really like this screen back here
because you get to control all the parameters right here
without hooking it up to any sort of app
or anything like that.
You could easily adjust the sensitivity of the gimbal.
Now let's talk about the Z-Axis stabilizer, right here.
These handles, are they actually useful?
Or are they kind of gimmicky?
And I would say they actually do help.
It's kind of funny because the whole time
we were using this we kind of thought like,
oh, I don't think it's actually helping.
I think it's actually making the footage worse.
But when we went back and played back the footage
it was always smoother when we have these handles.
Now I wouldn't say it's a night and day difference.
It's not like if you have really terrible gimbal footage
this is gonna magically make it better.
But it does pad it with an extra layer of cushion.
Of course there's gonna be downsides
to having these handles.
One, it's gonna be bigger.
It's gonna be heavier.
It's gonna be more cumbersome.
It takes a little while to get used to,
and also you're not gonna have as easy access
to all of these buttons back up here
or up top on the camera.
So I'd say if you're already really happy
with the way your footage comes out
from your gimbal you don't necessarily need an extra layer.
But if you do still see a little bit of that up and down
and think it could be improved,
then this is definitely worth a look.
And this whole access, the up and down,
is an important one.
Because you know SteadiCams,
they have that whole arm that stabilizes the up and down.
If you're gonna mount it to a vehicle,
you can attach a FlowCine arm,
which will also help absorb a lot of that motion.
So across the board, you could get pretty stable footage
with a gimbal but this is just kind of
that final layer to absorb anything you're doing
in a foot step, if you're walking through uneven terrain.
And there's also some nice touches,
like quarter inch spread at the tips
of both of these handles.
So if your gimbal itself doesn't have a place
to mount a monitor, you can mount it here.
And it also comes with one of these adapters.
It has a quarter inch spread on the top.
You could throw this on the bottom down here
and these can clamp onto it down here.
So that would actually make it easier
to take on and off.
But I personally would just rather
mount it up here because first of all,
your center of gravity is a little bit higher up here.
And also I can't really imagine having one of these
without these tripod legs down here at the bottom.
And I also do really like how these handles
can be used on many different systems.
This can handle gimbal setups
from 1.8 kilograms up to five kilograms.
So pretty good wide range of stuff
that you can use on here.
Anyways, if you're interested in any of this stuff,
I'll link it all below.
But more importantly than these gimbals
and cameras and all of that stuff,
I need your honest opinion,
take that poll.
Is this the coolest car ever?
Or is it super ugly?
I'm on the fence.
It's a Jeep Gladiator.
It's the perfect vehicle for me
because I really, really love my Jeep,
but at the same time, I really want a pickup truck
because I can utilize that truck bed.
Sam says I should get a Toyota Tacoma.
And to be fair,
that was probably one of my favorite vehicles I've ever had
was my Tacoma.
That thing was a beast.
But I also really, really love my Wrangler.
I mean my Wrangler can go anywhere.
So the Gladiator is kind of the best of both worlds
because it has that pickup bed,
but it's also a Jeep so I can still have both.
I don't know.
It just looks a little bit unique,
and I don't know if I want it.
- Jeep Gladiator.
More like gee, I'm glad I don't have this ater.
- Shut up.
Is Sam right, is it too funny looking to get one?
Or should I get one?
Is it actually really awesome?
I don't know you guys.
Anyways, let's continue on with the comments.
Night Owl said, what the (beep).
How to cook potato.
(laughing)
Hey how come a lot of you guys put an e
at the end of potato?
Is that like how you spell it in other places or something?
DLSR Video Shooter says,
I hate hair cuts too.
The best part about being bald (laughing).
Catch the Internet says, this comment will get a heart.
Okay, just because you guys ask for a heart
does not mean I will give it, okay.
I do not give into peer pressure.
Except for just this, just one last time.
Ravencroft says, that's the most irresponsible,
dangerous, and idiotic thing I've seen in a long time.
I love it.
Sarad says, say my name loudly looking up in the ceilings.
What, why would I, why would I do that?
Like I said, I don't just give into peer pressure
just because you guys ask me to.
- Sarad Pandey.
- There see, I was not the one
that gave into the peer pressure, okay.
Sam did.
The Mad Scientists says, geez, that hair is lit.
Read more, what?
Is happening?
I clicked the read more.
Did you just type read more in bold
to make me click on it?
How dare you fool me on my own channel.
I always love the amount of doggy footage
you put in your videos.
Just in case that skateboarding dog footage wasn't enough,
they wanna see you more,
so you can you just hang out here a little bit.
This should up my like ratio hopefully.
You were moments away from becoming a literal jet.
Just upside down (laughing).
Paulo asks, should you use image stabilization
when you're on a gimbal?
It really depends on the image stabilization
you have your camera system.
Sometimes it does help just smoothing things out
a little more.
But sometimes the image stabilization
can counter what your gimbal is doing.
For example, older iPhones,
if you throw those onto a gimbal
it actually freaks out a little bit.
So you just have to try out your camera
and your gimbal and see which one looks better.
Edward says, my dog has three legs too.
His name is tripod.
Wait seriously Edward, that's awesome.
Just like lefty over here.
Carrie was just saying the other day
how she's like, maybe I should have put
a little bit more thought into Lefty's name.
She gets a lot of weird looks
when she tells people that her name is Lefty.
Tripod's a really good name.
I also thought southpaw would be a pretty good name
for this one.
At 8:31 I'm pretty sure that's a kangaroo (laughing).
That was the coolest dog I've ever met.
Super happy.
Super cool.
And it kept reminding me of like a T-Rex.
Just how it would stand up and just hop around.
It was super interesting to see.
Also in my last video I did a Canon 80D giveaway,
which is still up for grabs.
One of the requirements to win the 80D
was to tell a family member that you love them.
So one comment said, I told my mom I loved her,
and she asked me what do I want?
That's honestly kind of like my mom too.
Like, we have a great relationship,
but if I ever say like, I love you mom,
she'll be like, what do you need?
(laughing)
TheLydonRay said, I petted my dog.
Her name is Yuki.
I told my mom I loved her.
She told me to shovel the driveway (laughing)
Paul says, a video with mosaic blur at the middle part
of a Japanese guy, great.
Oh that's,
that's weird.
That's a weird comment.
If you don't get it, then you don't wanna know (laughing).
JessiDriftwood says, I feel like this video
was sponsored by Canon but I actually don't know.
(laughing)
It actually was sponsored by Canon.
But they were pretty lenient on what I had to do and say.
So, yeah.
The top comment from the Canon video was,
Dan and Nak, who said the sponsored video ever.
Well thank you, I'm blushing.
And so is Sam.
Anyways, thanks guys for tuning in.
And please don't forget to like and subscribe
and all this other stuff.
Okay, I'm gonna go take a nap now.
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