This is interesting and the price is even more interesting. Ahoj! This is
Zdenka. I have brand-new gimbal here from Hohem called Isteady X. This is
3-axis stabilizer. I actually wanted to review this gimbal. I was very
interested in it because as we know, Hohem is one of the best sellers on
Amazon so I wanted to know what they came up with this time.
For a new faces my name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to take better
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sponsored video however Hohem has provided the product for a review. The
box has really nice design right? Very colorful, it's like the tease. I like that
we can immediately see the gimbal through the cover.
It makes you want to rip it apart to get to it and try it out. So what is
inside? The first and obvious is the gimbal itself, mini tripod, power cable,
wrist strap, storage pouch and manual. Let's start with the gimbal itself. It
comes in two colors, either in black or white and obviously this is the white
version. As the description says, it is a world's lightest palm-sized foldable
gimbal. The weight is 260 grams and I think that especially female users will
appreciate the size and the weight because it does fit in a handbag.
When it is folded it's not swinging around. There's this little lock here
which is good. The material is hard plastic so that's why the gimbal is so
light. It is quite pleasant when you hold it in a hand. I don't feel it should be
slipping out. The mini tripod is very basic and it's very lightweight because
of its design. I just would be a bit gentle with it, I would not apply too
much force, the legs could possibly break. It stands quite well, it's not gonna tip
over. So how do you open it? Very easily. You just pull it up here, tighten this
lock, attach the phone and then when you are filming, make sure that you actually
unlock this bottom part. If you want to lock it back, you just click it back. And
I really do like that lock there because normally when you are attaching
smartphone to all those gimbals, the gimbals tend to swing around in all
kinds of directions but with this one, you just attach the gimbal like
this, balance it, make sure it's balanced... actually it is already balanced because I
remembered where I put it last time. And done. It's all you have to do. There is
actually a reason why it has all those locks. This is so far the only gimbal on
the market which can be used as a selfie stick. The gimbal doesn't have to be on,
you will just lock all three locks and use your phone right away. So when you
need to take a quick selfie with your friends but your arms are short, just
quickly pop it on. How is the fit? I have two phones here, two operating systems
because I want to make sure I test it with both. One is Apple iPhone 11 Pro and
the other one is Android Samsung Galaxy S 10 plus which is quite large phone.
Let's start with the smaller one. Phone's holder with range is between 55mm
and 90 mm. It is the biggest range of all latest gimbals. It
can also handle quite heavy phones as the maximum payload is 280 grams. Iphone
is in, balancing is super easy, you just have to make sure either
side is not going down. I have Moment case on my phone and it fits quite well.
The grip is very tight and quite big so it certainly won't fall out. Let's look
at the bigger phone and fit. Android Galaxy S10 + goes in. I also have
Moment case on this phone as well and I can fit it in no problem. I also have
this screen protector on, kind of like a sticker and I noticed the grip is so
strong and deep that when I was balancing the phone moving it from side
to side, it lifts the the plastic a bit. When you take the phone off you can
actually see it. It shouldn't happen though if you have a harder screen
protector. It's just maybe because I have that very thin one, the sticker. The
battery lasts 8 hours so it's not the longest time but it's certainly
still many hours of filming. To connect it to your phone, you need to download Hohem
pro app and I can tell you right now that both systems Apple and Android
had no problem pairing the gimbal, also the features in that app are the same on
both, there was nothing missing and there was nothing extra. Let's turn the gimbal
and see what the app is offering. It is very easy and very simple. Its beginner
friendly. I would say it is for someone who just want to turn it on, film with it and
share it with their friends and on social media. There are automatic
features and some manual ones as well. On the right you can select if you want to
shoot photos, videos, time lapses or moment which I'll show you later. On the
left you have home button, then you can turn on flash for photos or video light
for filming. Next follows option to switch between a front and rear camera.
If you have multiple lenses on your smartphone, unfortunately you cannot use
them in this app, if you want to use them you have to film in a native camera app. Can
you see gimbal motor when you film with wide-angle lens?
No, not at all. You can film with wide-angle lens with this gimbal and yes
you can use native camera app. It is still connected with this gimbal via
bluetooth. Back to Hohem pro app. Below is face-tracking. In photo mode it's very
helpful when you want to take selfie. Tap the face tracking, tap on the
screen and I have three seconds to get ready for a photo. It takes photo on its
own and the same goes with the rear camera. Let's see how well it follows you.
Let's do little test. So I'm gonna tap on face tracking, I have it on a tripod
and I'm just gonna move around. I'd say it follows you pretty good. Let's go to
settings and start with the video resolution. You can film 30 frames per
second or 60 frames per second in 4K, 1080p or 720p. Hm... so there is no 24
frames per second. OK, well if you have Apple, then if you want to film in 24
frames per second you're gonna use native camera app and then if you have
Android if you want to film in 24 frames per second, then you have to use Filmic
Pro app. And for those wondering, Filmic pro is not compatible with this gimbal,
you would simply have to tap on the screen. Below we have those basic manual
controls I was talking about. You can select ISO and you can also select the
shutter speed. You can also turn on the grid if you like. Let's look at gimbal
settings. Here is where you can change your filming modes. Unfortunately you
cannot change them with the press of a button.
You can change them here. As a default , gimbal is in
pan/tilt follow mode which you will be using
using the most. Than we have Pan Follow mode, All Lock and POV
mode.
Shooting style is the next option. You can choose from normal, gentle, sportive
and speedy. What it is, it's a preset how fast your gimbal is going to react.
Normal is the slowest, gentle still slow but little faster, sportive is faster and
then speedy it is the fastest. And then further below you can customize the
movement of your gimbal motors and joystick. You can also perform auto
calibration here. Last one is just information about your gimbal. In the
left bottom corner we have zoom and focus controls which I like lots. In
this app I'm finding the zoom quite smooth.
I just have to see how smooth this gimbal is, so first I'm gonna do just a
regular hard walk and then I'm gonna do that ninja
filming walk the smooth walk and last one I'm just gonna do a run.
It is quite smooth for the fact that it's such a light gimbal. Usually the
heavier gimbal is the smoother it gets. Hohem says that it is equipped
with enhanced DC motors and the I steady 3.0 anti-shake algorithm system so it is
strong enough to handle those phones up to 280 grams. You can also flip it down
to film in low angle. When it comes to tilt, I gotta say that the range is quite
limited. I'm finding that it doesn't go a lot up and it doesn't go a lot down. When
it comes to panning, it does rotate all around so it's quite good.
What we didn't talk about yet are those buttons. The first is power button to
turn it on and off. If I tap 1x it will switch between portrait mode and
landscape mode. If I tap 2x, it will recenter the gimbal. Next is shutter.
Press 1x to take photo. Press 2x to record a video. Joystick is here
and zoom is on the side. Last two features in the app I want to mention
are effects where you can change the look of your photos and video. And
finally the fun moment feature. Choose your preferred style, follow instructions
and you will end up with a little edited video with the music effects and all
good stuff to share it right away.
You can also do Dolly zoom here where you can select all your preferred settings,
smart motion time-lapse where you can also set up everything in a great detail,
panorama video,
fantastic rotation and inception mode.
From what I noticed the app gets updated very often and right now when I tap on
the screen while I'm filming, I can sort of select a brightness but I didn't
figure out a way to lock it. I don't think you can lock it right now. So when
you're filming and you go from dark to bright and bright to dark, it's gonna be
jumpy on you but who knows maybe down to the road they're gonna add that feature.
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