I'm under the shady bridge here in Chicago but this is the perfect location to talk
to you about my new cinema camera and the gimbal I'm gonna try to fly it on let's go
so today we got to talk about two hot pieces of gear a few months ago I got the Panasonic Eevee
a one and legit cinema camera and super stoked to finally share with you on this channel and
then the other day failure tech emailed me it was like hey do you want to test one of our gimbals
and I was like you let's see what you got and I saw on their website the 8k 4500 which has
a payload which should be able to carry my be a one so let's try it out and see if they work
so let's figure out if it works or doesn't oh and since we're talking about gear in
this video there will be a giveaway so make sure to stick around to find out how you can
win an ak-47 and start commenting below on what you would do with such gimbal let us
know let's quickly touch on why you would get a cinema camera like this in the first place I
had two reasons on the one side it ups your production value no surprise here the image
quality is generally much higher than what you get out of a DSLR but it's also more versatile
in terms of the features that comes with as well as what you can mount on it and the second reason
for me is it pushes my boundaries I'm a lone SG go kind of guy and nuki always pushes me to
uplevel my understanding of certain aspects in the filmmaking process as you may know I
learned everything I know about filmmaking on YouTube and through trial and error this is
just the next step I already tried flying this camera on a glidecam an all-boy even with the
contraption that takes all the weight off my wrist there is no freaking way that I can hold
this longer than 30 seconds I mean seriously Devon Graham how are you doing this there's
no freaking way that I'm gonna fly the ebay one I like em and that brings me to the ak-47 right
pay your tech sent me the skin before review but they didn't have any editorial control over what
I'm saying in this video we keep it 100 on this channel so expect my honest opinion it's camera
tech call today good Zilla gimbal others call it the Ronin killer in this video I'm not gonna do a
standard review because honestly there's so many already out there but instead I'm gonna walk you
through what I think are the standout features off this gimbal and make it really differentiate from
the other top-line DSLR gimble's in the market right now out of the box this gimbal comes with
a ton of accessories and what really stood out to me is that it included a follow focus which
you usually have to buy separately with the other game boats obviously it comes at a price with 749
as the starting price it is definitely more expensive than a mosai r2 and the Ronin ass
but if you would have to add the follow focus to those two game bolts you roughly come out at the
same price but the key differentiator with this gimbal compared to the other ones in the market
is that you have the option to buy a ring frame like this one for to handle setup I feel like
this is absolutely necessary if you want to fly a cinema camera including its monitors on
a gimbal like this size because not only does it equally distribute the weight on both sides but
it also allows you to mount monitors on top of it which helps you in framing and focusing your shot
what I find incredibly useful is the ability to lock the motors for transportation or for the
set up the Ronin s doesn't have that feature and the Mo's are air to has only the ability
to lock one of their motors I just don't like my gimbal to flap around in my in my backpack
which no no no bueno no fun the other part of really stood out to me was the chat screen I
didn't expect it to be that useful but it turns out it makes you so much more efficient to go
through the settings and you don't have to use the app at all another really cool accessory
that comes included with this gimbal is this magic wand what feiyutech calls hyperlink not
only can you use it to pull focus but by the move of your wrist you can move the gimbal I
haven't really tested it in a real world scenario but I can imagine with the two operator setup and
second operator could just use it to pull focus and move the gimbal you usually see this kind
of feature only with gimbal that are much much more expensive so it's dope to see it actually
coming in this package there's definitely not built for cinema cameras and you're limited
in terms of what lenses you can use in order to have a workable weight distribution if the lens
is too heavy you will have to push back the camera so far that it hits the motor and then
you're limited in its movement in the range of movement so you will have to keep it to shorter
physically shorter and lighter lenses up front so that you find the right weight balance to make it
work now with all this said let's put this combo to a test and explore Chicago and see what kind
of cinematic footage we can capture I will see you back at home with more info on the giveaway
I hope you enjoyed this footage and the tiny tour of Chicago but before I tell you my final
thoughts and experience of working this gimbal with this camera together I will share with you
how you can win this gimbal three easy steps first join a notification mob by simply subscribing and
hitting that notification bell and second let us know down in the comments below what you would do
with this gimbal and third there is a link in the description to submit your entry into this
contest the most creative comment wins I will announce the winner in about 4 weeks time in my
next video and will also notify you directly but now let's get into the verdict you want to come
up here so let's talk about battery life first I was running around for about three hours and
I'm down at one bar of four so about a 25% I would expect this gimbal to hold up for about
four hours with a heavy camera setup like this mounted on it second the focus motor actually
came in very handy during the shoot to adjust the focus throughout and the knob here to adjust
the focus is actually perfectly positioned for your thumb so that was great however it gave
up on me about 75% into the shooting time and then I couldn't use it at all I was not able to
restart it the world lights blinking and I went through the normal setup process and calibration
process I don't know what's wrong I have to talk with failure check which have actually a
great customer service I want to call this out as well third is this magic want the hyperlink
yeah it's super actually super super helpful in particular if you want to have your gimbal set
up stationary and 1/2 smooth motions this was actually the most useful piece because these
little knobs that you find on your gimbal are not that actually precise so using this hyperlink was
surprisingly delightful and I think this is definitely one of the unique selling points
of this gimbal and I really enjoyed it and fourth the gimbal itself on how its stable the Canberra
and this is a tricky one at some point it started vibrating again and I haven't changed a waiting
structure I haven't changed the calibration but it particular started when it was tilting down
so it was definitely getting out of its comfort zone and then it starts swinging itself into a
vibration habit that is obviously not wanted and and defeats the purpose I attributed that
to the heavy heavy camera setup and I would expect a normal DSLR to work perfectly on it
overall I think it's a great gimbal it comes with all the belts and whistles you would expect from
a high-end consumer gimbal like timeless modes you can set your camera settings once you hooked
it up here it's a solid solid solid gimbal if you want to put a DSLR or mirrorless camera on
it but on the other side I would not recommend this gimbal if you run a cinema camera on it
because if you own such camera you're likely in situations where you 100% have to rely on
your gear and have it just work but again I think it's a great gimbal for DSLRs and Melies cameras
and in your capable hands you will be able to shoot shoot amazing footage I cannot wait to
hear from you what you would film with it and as always thanks so much for watching have a
good morning have a good night have a wonderful day wherever and wherever you are around this
beautiful planet bye bye just wanted to announce the winner of the loot deck plus giveaway from my
last video first of all thank you so much for all the amazing comments I'll read them all
super creative stuff in there and it was so hard for me to pick actually a winner didn't expect
it to be that hard but eventually the depth of this creative comment made the difference
to me so congratulations the way not sure what your real name is but you just won a loop debt
plus so that's awesome and then there was this comment by chris springer who shared the story
of his girlfriend sister who is a form of autism and recently showed interest in video editing so
to support her on this journey I want to send out my own loop deck class to her and and you
know kickstart hopefully a video editing career so Chris and the way please email
me and everyone else have a good morning have a good night you know the drill Cheers bye bye