hi for over four months now I've been rocking the DJI RS3 Pro gimbal I've made quite a few videos
on it and throughout the initial first couple weeks I shared all my thoughts but now I want to
share what I believe is the ultimate gimbal rig to finish out 2022. we're going to be talking about
a couple accessories from small rig the digital photos Thanos SE and the dzo vespid Cyber let's
jump into it as I mentioned we have the RS3 Pro as the base my camera is the pocket 6K Pro lidar
on top there a couple accessories I've made plenty of videos about so I'm not going to go deep into a
nice little mini v-mount spot right here but where they are resting is what the new accessory is all
about this is made by small rig and essentially a dual Arm System that can easily be put on or come
off just loosen it click the button to release so say you have mounting options is definitely
an understatement and then it comes with a smart handle which we're going to talk about
a second which again this is a NATO rail so you can basically slide it to wherever is
comfortable for your grip and then on this side we just have a basic rubber handle nothing too
fancy going on here but it's comfortable then we have one extra little function and this is
a Bluetooth transmitter essentially and this actually communicates with the smart handle
allowing you to use all of the functions just like you would on the back of the Gimbal and
did I mention that it is actually magnetic you can charge it via USBC the battery lasts
a long time and again it's magnetized so it just pops on right back there the reason that
you may want a dual hand grip design especially for doing weddings or events or anywhere that
you're going to be holding it up a long period of time this is a good amount of weight to hold and
when you're using the center your your arms are coming in closer to your body and it just takes
more energy out of you when you can spread your hands out it just allows you to hold it so much
longer now the only downside it doesn't have a focus wheel and this probably the biggest
con of the entire system to be honest because what this means is I can't actually do this and
then manually focus because one hand has to be in the middle here so I can have a focus
wheel now if I'm using the lidar system which is incredible with the vespid Cyber we'll talk
about that more in a little bit if I'm using that autofocus then of course I'm fine to just
grab these two handles move around and basically have a sweet autofocus cinnamon break if I'm not
needing a v-mount battery to be over here I will just detach this handle and this way I still have
two kind of more widespread it's a little bit more comfortable but I can still have access to
my focus wheel here and use my right thumb to control the gimbal I love that the Aesthetics
match the RS3 Pro's design so it's black and red everywhere it looks really good it looks like it's
a first party accessory if you notice I have the camera not only on the base plate to the RS3 Pro
but it's actually on the tilta base plate with the Tilted camera cage on this creates a really Ultra
fast quick release system and especially most of the time if I don't have the lidar system on then
you can see I just have the camera the fall focus is on the right side that is key which
means I can actually just unlock this from the Tilted base plate in the back Slide the camera
out and seriously within like five seconds I'm back to a handheld rig and so now I can go from
Full handheld whatever doing this back onto the gimbal just slides into the Tilted base plate
lock it in and since I didn't have to adjust or like move forward and back base plates it's
already balanced it's already still lined up with the Focus motor so I don't even have to
change that and speaking of it let's talk about this best bit cyber this is actually the first
dzo lens I've ever tested out and they sent it over a couple months ago when the investment
cyber was still kind of in beta they had just freshly announced it and it's awesome for a
couple reasons obviously when it comes to the gimbal you have this brand new like smart Port
I don't even know what you call it but just plugs into the Focus motor of the RS3 Pro and you don't
have to calibrate the motor at all now you'll find some videos out there and comments possibly even
from me from a couple months ago stating that oh this vest with cyber thing is not working
like you still have to calibrate it with RC Pro and that was an older version of the RS3 Pro's
firmware which has since been updated the build quality is incredible it's all metal design it's
really heavy the focus gears are actually a lot looser than my iric cine lenses still smooth
and it doesn't feel like bad loose it's just definitely takes less effort to focus very quickly
these definitely bring a little bit more character to the image I'm not going to say it it looks like
a vintage lens or gives anamorphic characteristics they're definitely subtle but it definitely has a
little bit more of a softer cinematic feel to it don't get me wrong it's still a very sharp lens
it's just one of those things that's a little hard to explain but hopefully you can see it in
the sample footage I think 35 gives you a decent amount of the background and location but really
hones in on whatever subject you are shooting and this lens is the perfect addition to the ultimate
gimbal setup all right so we have the gimbal we have the lens we have the camera but how the
heck do we run this thing for an entire shoot day digital photos send this out to me a couple months
ago and it is the Thanos SE first of all I've used full-on Steadicam vest rigs in the past and while
I thought that was going to make me the ultimate filmmaker as a as a content creator it is the most
like obnoxious thing ever I mean you have to bring a c-stand wherever you go you have to balance it
it's just a ton of gear that you have to pack with everything essentially the way this works
is you put this vest on you want to make sure it's nice and fit and snug am I fashionable so then you
have the arm what I love about this setup is that it's definitely extra but it's also not
where that Steadicam setup was just take the back here you slide it up and down depending on where
you want it to rest say I want it right here and then I just push this guy down that's not going
anywhere you just have these knobs that adjust the tensions here's kind of an ingenious setup up that
I was not the first person to do I actually saw oh man I forget the Creator's name I'm either gonna
put the b-roll over top if I find or link them in the description but how you're supposed to use
this uh loosen this up a bunch and then you take your gimbal like the the stick part right here
and then you can see it's just a hole and so you just put the gimbal down through here tighten it
up and that works fine but I wanted something even faster these quick release things which are all
over the place now this one is from manfrotto to give my gimbal from here to here I'm going
to take off the quick release top take that just kind of tuck it underneath so that way it's not
like swinging all over the place and take this which is currently on a tripod take that off
super fast now I just take the quick release put it on the bottom bring this around front
and boom but you could essentially operate this with just your you know little fingers at the time
it takes all the weight off and it distributes it around your your back and your waist and your
shoulders and so you could easily shoot all day with this no problem and if you're wondering if
you can do uh different gimbal moves and stuff like that right here to twist down like this
super easy and go left and right so for me this is indeed the ultimate gimbal setup for 2022. I mean
the fact that I can go from a full-on vest support rig to hand towels in less than like 30 seconds
is pretty incredible and to get all these features this lens just all working in a
really cohesive manner is just something that I never thought was really possible now I know that
none of this stuff is super cheap but I think if you would have shown any of us this gimbal setup
maybe seven or eight years ago and then shown the final price point for the entire setup it
would have laughed at you and called you crazy huge thanks to dzo small rig DJI and digital
photo for sending all this gear out for me to use if you guys have any pointers or tips of
what you would change about this setup I would love to hear them down in the comments below
but make sure you stay tuned because if you're interested in lenses and Camera stuff I've got
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