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Look at this.
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I'm never gonna be able to top this backdrop.
This is as good as it gets.
The natural lighting is perfect.
The views are awesome.
The water is clear.
This is good, but today we're talking about this.
This is the Zhiyun Crane 3 Lab.
There's few things I like about it,
and a few things I don't like so much about it.
So is this the right gimbal for you?
And if you wanna a chance to win this Crane 3 Lab,
we are doin' a giveaway at this, so stick around for that.
Well, let's start off by rolling a few clips of
some of the footage we shot using this thing.
(adventurous music)
Right, so let's start with the obvious.
The reason why we buy gimbals in the first place,
'cause we want smoother footage, and so far so good.
All this footage is completely unstabilized
and there is no stabilization in the lens or the camera,
so gimbal's doing all the work here.
Most of this footage is shot on a 20 millimeter lens,
on my full-frame camera, but some of it
is also shot on the 50 millimeter.
It didn't do anything weird like vibrations or
weird things that older generations of gimbals used to do.
So that's awesome.
It works, and it works well.
And most of the time, that's all
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Now, let's move to the rest of the review.
So we've already established that this
Crane 3 Lab will give you ultra smooth footage,
but how's it compare to its competitors.
First of all, it is priced a tad bit higher.
I think currently it's around 899 U.S. dollars.
But prices on gimbals are always fluctuating,
so a quick Google search should tell you
how much you can get it for right now.
So for that higher price point,
we are looking for more features.
And Zhiyun themselves, they're pretty decent brand.
But with all their gimbals, I do always going into the app
as soon as I get it and dial down the sensitivities
of the pans 'cause sometimes it could be a little bit jerky
with the default sensitivity settings.
The most obvious thing that sticks out is
the shape of this thing is pretty different from
all the competition out there.
So after using it for a bit, I really do like to be able
to drop this camera down really low, very easily.
I love that I can get this camera right down to the floor,
just almost touching the ground.
Just shzoom.
And get super low angles and get it to tilt up a little bit.
It's awesome.
That was a cool shot.
It transitions very easily between
a low mode and upright like this.
And of course you could always just use this
like a traditional gimbal.
But this second handle, I actually am finding to be useful.
I feel like I have a bit more control
of the camera with this handle right here.
When I first got it, I was looking at this,
and it looks like it's a joint,
so that this handle here would turn.
But it doesn't.
One of the features that I really like that Zhiyun does
is that they lock all their axis.
So it does actually become really useful
because it locks and doesn't flop around in this setting.
So especially if you're just transporting it,
carrying it around and you don't want it to flop around,
it's awesome being able to just lock it in place,
and it's one solid object.
Now the base plate on here is a little bit elevated.
That's actually been pretty useful
because there are a lot of cameras now
where the lens does surpass the bottom of the plate.
It also does come with this lens support system.
And we're not really running heavy lenses on these setups,
but it does help actually stabilize the camera
a little bit more 'cause you have two points of contact.
So there's a little bit less play, and that's always nice.
And with gimbals, less play, the better.
And again you have a lock for each axis,
so you can focus on balancing
one at a time if that's your thing.
I always find the locks useful
for balancing this last axis here
because whenever I turn it over,
it's usually just flopping around and hitting things.
It does run off three 18650 batteries, which are great
because they're inexpensive, they pack a lot of punch.
If I was using a set all day and didn't have any issues.
So you have access to all your different settings here.
You have lock, pan follow, POV follow,
and you have a recenter button.
And as I mentioned, I did adjust my sensitivity settings,
so it's a little bit less responsive than stock,
but I like it in this mode.
And the pan follow mode is actually growing on me.
I didn't like it at first because it doesn't
track your up and down tilts.
But you can always just grab the camera and change the tilt.
So it's very intuitive once you get used to it.
So personally that's one of my favorite features
of this specific gimbal opposed to its competitors.
It's just how easy it is to just shoot up here,
get your shots, and then drop down low for low angle shots.
Very fluid.
Now there are quite a few bells and whistles
that you can upgrade on this thing like a focus motor,
and you can sync that up to this focus wheel right here.
And I generally use my gimbals pretty bare bones.
I just use this monitor back here,
and I use the autofocus on my cameras.
With the USB cable we are able to control
pretty much all the camera settings
that you'll regularly access like aperture,
shutter speed, ISO, all that stuff from right back here.
So it's always a big plus to just be able to hit
that record button from right back here
and trigger the camera opposed to just reaching over
and hitting that shutter up here.
There is a list of cameras that are compatible
with this Crane 3, so I'll throw that in the description.
Now one major issue I am having with the software
is that if I turn off my Canon EOS R while it's connected,
it just puts my camera into this error mode,
which is really weird,
and I can't turn the camera on and off.
I literally have to pull out the battery
to reset the camera, and then it'll start working again.
I'm pretty sure this issue is gonna be fixed
in later firmware update.
But for now, if this camera is plugged in,
I can't turn off the camera,
unless I turn off the gimbal first
and then I turn off the camera.
Then I'm good.
If and when they fix that issue in the firmware,
I'll let you guys know in the description.
But one of the very unique things of this is
that it actually can turn your phone into a monitor.
On the smaller one, the Weebill Lab, it did that as well,
but it used the picture quality out of the USB-C
and sent it to the phone.
There's a lot of drag.
It just was not useful at all in my opinion.
But this Crane 3 has a whole separate device down here
and it sucks the signal out of your HDMI on your camera
and sends that signal to the phone.
And I'm not gonna say it's perfect.
I mean, here, I'll do a screen capture of it.
So you can see the signal that I'm getting out of my phone.
But you can see that there is a little bit of choppiness,
but it's actually not terrible.
The EOS R has a pretty decent display
that flips out right here on the side.
But if I didn't have that, I would definitely
be using this transition.
I don't expect this to have that much range
because it's not really designed
to be a long-distance monitor, but that's pretty cool.
All right, why don't we see if we can even
step outside for a second.
Keep walking, keep walking, wow.
So he's actually outside walking around now,
and I'm still getting a signal.
And this signal's going through some walls.
Definitely is not meant to be a
long-distance image transmitter.
But that was pretty cool that it was able
to even get that far.
It was Jonatan's first time using it,
and do you like it?
- Oh, I loved it.
So I like doing a lot of low angle shots.
- Yeah.
- So for sure makes it a lot easier.
- Thinking back on my Spokane trip, I would actually think
that I've had it in the low mode about 80% of the time.
It's actually a pretty compact, low-angle gimbal,
so can stick out the side of a car
and just hang this down low and get a pretty cool shot.
But, anyways, today will be the day
I land my kickflip while moving. (laughs)
I can feel it.
Anyways, if you're interested in winning
that Zhiyun Crane 3 then just leave a comment
in the description, window why you want it,
and we'll pick one random lucky winner to send it out to.
So good luck with that.
And watch me do a perfect kickflip while moving.
Here we go.
(skateboard clattering)
Ow!
Anyways, let's hear some comments from my last video,
which was all about the DJI Spark,
and I also try to land a bunch of kickflips,
failed a bunch of times.
Top comment was from kaskasero.
Doctor Strange, I saw 14 million future kickflips.
Potato Jet, how many did I get right?
Strange, none.
That's very motivational.
Thanks, guys.
Rise said, I sold my Spark
because it had always flew away from me.
Tons of videos about this topic on YouTube.
Get the Mavic Pro instead, and I love it.
So much more reliable.
I'd agree with that.
The Mavic Air definitely seems like a
big step up from the Spark.
So if you can squeeze out a few extra hundred bucks,
it's definitely worth it for that upgrade.
(skateboard clattering)
I watched so many tutorials on YouTube on how to kickflip.
It said, it's good to just practice
this motion a whole bunch times.
You'll be able to get it.
They also said, just practice flicking it
without trying to land back on the board.
(skateboard clattering)
Make a video about using the FPV Race Drone and make B-roll.
I've actually just ordered an FPV Race Drone,
so I'm definitely excited about that video.
Coming on that soon, I'm sure.
The kickflip sequence should have been
a pain in the ass to edit.
It's actually not that bad
because unless I crash the skateboard, it's very quiet.
So on the timeline, I can just
look at every single spot I try it,
just extract all those out, bunch 'em together, done.
(skateboard clattering)
I feel like I'm getting worse. (laughs)
(skateboard clattering)
Try mounting the wheels on the other side.
You'll have success half of the times.
That's actually (laughs) pretty accurate.
Wonder if anyone's ever done that,
put trucks and wheels on both sides of the skateboard.
Frankmittenz says, it's all about the flick.
Let the ankle break, so it's loose for a proper flick.
Pow, that's what I keep seeing all the reviews.
It's all about that pow, pow.
Let's try it.
(skateboard clattering)
Yo, Jonatan, (laughs) can you bring me some water, please.
Now, the real reason why I called you here
is 'cause I need moral support.
I need some, like, motivation.
I need some good encouraging words to do this kickflip.
This is how you be a hype man, you go, yeah!
- Yay. - Yeah, exactly, do that.
(Jonatan cheers)
Now, do that.
(skateboard clatters)
(Jonatan yells) Ow!
(bleep)
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