- Hey guys, what's going on?
In this video we're talking about
the Accsoon A1 gimbal and why I think this gimbal
blows all the others out of the water.
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So if you've been watching a bunch of the videos
in the last couple months on this channel, you'll realize
that I've had a lot of different gimbals sent to me.
So, a lot of companies are coming out with gimbals now,
and everyone wants YouTubers to review them
because it's a way for them to market their product,
get people to try new products
that they might not normally try.
This is the Accsoon A1 gimbal.
This is a company I've never really heard of,
they reached out to me, they asked me if
I wanted to try out their gimbal.
This one works with DSLRs, it works with mirrorless.
It's a little bit beefier than some of the other gimbals out
there and basically I've been playing with it
for about the last month,
and I have to say I am super impressed with how
this gimbal works and the footage that I am getting from it.
So before we go into details about this gimbal,
let me just show you some of the footage
I've been getting with it.
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So all of this footage I've been shooting with
the GH5 and I've been shooting with a mix of lenses.
I've been trying my wide lenses.
That's what I typically use on a gimbal.
You put a wide lens on, you get some really cool effects.
However, I noticed that this gimbal was
especially smooth so I started playing around
and I started putting my 50 on, I've been putting my 85 on,
and I've been getting some really cool results
because when you put a long lens on a gimbal
you get this awesome dynamic footage that you wouldn't
normally get if you just use a wide lens,
and that's one thing about using like a GoPro
with a gimbal is it's always wide
so when you're using your mirrorless or your DSLR
and you put it on a gimbal with some longer primes,
you get some really cool footage, you get that shallow look,
you get that parallax effect with the
background moving really fast.
It just gives you something different that you don't
normally see when people are playing around with gimbals.
It's similar to drones when you have
something like the Inspire and you put
the long lens on it, you can get some really
awesome footage that a lot of people aren't getting
because everyone just has a wide lens on
the Phantoms and the Mavics and all that.
So this gimbal definitely is smooth, and that's a big
key with a gimbal is, is it smooth?
So I haven't had a whole lot of micro-jitters with it.
I haven't had a whole lot of issues with it balancing,
once you get it balanced, once you get it up and running
The Accsoon A1 is killer gimbal.
So last month I did a video,
I tested three gimbals against each other
and all of them had their issues, and just in comparison
using this gimbal and the same type of
setting I got none of the issues
that I had with those three gimbals.
So let's get a little applause (audience applauds)
because it's a nice and smooth gimbal.
It's nice, it's great, gets some awesome footage.
So let's talk about the details about this gimbal,
and more than just about how smooth it is.
Okay, so the basic package comes with the gimbal,
you get your batteries, one of the big things that I
really like about this is that it comes with
a tripod mount that you can mount on most
Manfrotto tripods so if you're switching between
say your tripod and your gimbal, you're not gonna have to
take it off or, you're not gonna have to add something
to your gimbal to make it work.
The same mount will work for everything.
And the plate itself is very nice in that I've never
had issues with the camera twisting off.
With the FeiyuTech I had issues with getting it tight
enough that the camera wouldn't spin while it's on
the gimbal, and I've never had that issue with this one.
Also, on that tripod mount you also get a lens holder
so if you have a heavier lens, or you even want a little
more protection from moving, you can use that lens mount.
Another key thing that it comes with is the tripod
on the bottom which is so helpful when you're balancing.
One thing about the Accsoon is that the whole thing seems
very robust, it doesn't feel like
you're gonna break any part of it.
The tripod especially just feels super solid.
So that's one thing, I travel a lot, I'm always throwing
gimbals around, I don't usually bring the case,
I just throw it in my bag.
So I like that fact that it feels heavy.
It feels a little bit more heavy duty than some
of the other gimbals, I feel like I'm not gonna
destroy it if I throw it in my backpack
and my backpack gets tossed
when we're on a bus or something.
In terms of balancing, it's super easy to balance.
It's got labels on all the different areas where
you can balance, so you can write down your settings
for each lens on your sled, on each of the motors,
and that way you can just get it right to those settings
and then check it, maybe do a little tweak here and there
but for the most part it should be balanced
if you write the numbers down right.
So, having that is huge, you can see the numbers clearly,
it's easy to go through and balance every time.
So when you're switching lenses, or you're switching
cameras on the gimbal, you might wanna go between cameras.
You're not gonna have an issue trying to find those spots
or you're not gonna have to try and mark it on
the actual gimbal itself, you can just
write down the numbers on your phone.
In terms of battery life it lasts a long time,
I have not run out of battery yet on it.
I've used it all day just shooting on and off with it
and I've never had issues with the batteries running out.
So on the website it says six to eight hours, I've not
tested that fully but I can say that it easily has
gone through an entire day of me shooting
off and on, and it's worked great.
And one thing about this gimbal that really
stands out compared to some of the others I've
worked out recently is the app.
So a lot of times like I've said in the past
the app is a cool, unique thing that gives you
more abilities with a gimbal, but unless the app connects
and unless the app works you end up not even using it.
So for a while I just played around with the gimbal
as a gimbal, I wasn't trying to use the app
because I just wanted to get a feeling for how this goes.
If I don't wanna have my phone around or
I just wanna use the gimbal as is.
Then I started getting into the app
and I was super surprised at how quickly the app functioned.
One of the things that I've had issues with in the past
is connectivity, so I would turn on the app, I would turn
on the gimbal and things just wouldn't connect.
With this one I turn on the gimbal, I turn on the app
I hit the button and within a few seconds it's connected,
and it doesn't drop at all so that's huge.
That makes it so that you can actually use the app
and it makes it that you want to use the app.
So the features in your app that you get are really useful.
You obviously have time-lapse, so you can pick your
spots beginning to end and do a motion time-lapse.
You can also do live action motion
so you can pick multiple spots,
and that's one thing with this gimbal that's really cool
is in the app you can pick a ton of different spots.
You can have the camera shifting up, down, left, right
all this and just key frame it
and set your time between each key frame.
And it's a pretty intuitive way to do it,
and it's all done just in the app,
and then you can hit start and go.
So it's super intuitive, it's super useful.
I can see myself using the tripod
that they provided with the app,
and actually doing motion time-lapses which is something
I don't really do with gimbals
because the apps are always a pain to work with.
But this one makes it super easy and it makes me want
to actually use the functions like the time-lapse
and the real time motion,
and another thing is all these apps always
come with a joystick on your phone.
You can control the movements with your finger
and it will move the gimbal.
Well one thing is that it's pretty responsive so that when
you move it, it moves, there's not a huge lag time.
So you can actually use it and do real time movements,
something that's pretty useful.
Also in the app is your settings so you can change
how fast, how responsive it is.
That's always good to use because depending on
your situation, you might want it to respond faster,
if you're in a fast-paced scenario and you want things
to whip around, or if you're trying to get
that buttery, silky smooth footage
you're gonna really pull it down and make it smooth
and then it will respond and take
longer to do the different movements.
So as a whole, if I was going to
recommend a gimbal right now,
I would recommend the Accsoon A1.
This is one that I think has a lot of potential
to get some really awesome footage
and everything just works as it should.
Now I notice there are some other gimbals coming out.
DJI just came out with their version of this style
of gimbal, it has a few extra features
like the focus wheel and all that.
However, it is more expensive than say the Accsoon.
This is still under $500 so it's a good gimbal
that's priced a little bit lower and you get a lot of
features that you would expect
out of a more expensive gimbal.
So definitely something to keep in mind if you want
to keep your budget down, you just want
a gimbal that works, this is a great one.
If you're looking for added features
obviously the DJI has all these ways to expand it,
and do all this different stuff.
It is pricier and I haven't actually worked
with it yet so I can't speak on the stability
of that gimbal specifically but I think that
that is in a different class than this.
There's a lot of gimbals out there that
are like the Accsoon A1 and I think out of
this style of gimbal, this class of gimbal, this is
the best that I've worked with and I definitely am
gonna take this with me when I'm traveling for
the next few months in Vietnam, and Cambodia,
and the Philippines, this is gonna always be in my backpack
ready to go because I know I can pull it out.
I can get smooth footage and it's easy to calibrate
depending on what lens I'm using.
Alright guys, that is it, I would love to know
your thoughts on the footage that
I showed you from the Accsoon A1.
If you have any questions about this gimbal in particular,
leave me a comment down below.
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