- Today, we're talking about the Feiyutech
G6 Plus, and whether this is a good gimbal
that you should get.
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So when it comes to gimbals, there's definitely
a few things that you have to consider.
I mean first, and the most important factor
with a gimbal is it smooth?
So, if it's not smooth, then nothing else
really matters because the point of a gimbal
is to get awesome, smooth footage.
The other part of it is just your user experience.
So what it's like actually working with
the gimbal, how it is to balance it,
how it is to put your camera on,
how it is to access all the functions
in it and just the entire overall experience
because if a gimbal works well,
then you're gonna use it.
If you have to fight your gimbal
and you're always trying to figure out
what setting you're in, then you're not
gonna end up using it.
So let me show you some of the footage
I've been getting with this gimbal
to show you how stable it is.
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so with the G6 plus, basically, this is a small,
portable gimbal that works with a bunch
of different styles of camera, so it works
with a GoPro, it works with a smartphone,
it works with small point and shoot cameras
like I have on here, and then it also does
work with small mirrorless cameras,
so I shot with this using the Canon M50
and this is a good gimbal for it,
'cause you can still balance the gimbal
so it basically works for any small camera
that you could think of.
So there's a few things that really stand out
for me in particular, and the slant design
on this smaller gimbal is awesome,
so you can always see the screen
and something's that really cool
about this gimbal is that even if you're not
perfectly balanced, it still works well.
You're still gonna be able to use this gimbal
and it's not give you a whole lot of shuddering.
Now obviously, you wanna balance
your gimbal and get it as close as possible
however, I've noticed that with this one
even if it's off a little bit, you can still
use it no problem, so one feature
that I particularly like about this gimbal
is this side magic focus ring,
so instead of just doing focus pulling
this also can control the zoom of your camera
or it can control the three axis of the gimbals
so you can use it to tilt, you can use it
to pan, or you can use it do your roll.
So having a multi-function dial on the side
is awesome because it's not limiting,
you can use it for whatever you need to
for the project that you're working on
and it's super easy to use, you just hold in
on the side and you can change the function.
Now in terms of other buttons that you have
on this gimbal, you have a trigger
on the back which locks it when you hold it
you also have on the back, this other trigger
which controls the roll, now personally,
with this roll trigger on the back
I'm not the biggest fan of it just because
if you accidentally hit it, it causes
your camera to kinda go wonky,
which is not necessarily a good thing,
I don't want that accessible at my fingertips
at all time, I'd rather have it be something
that I can turn on and off, 'cause there's not
a lot of situations where I wanna roll
like if I wanna do a roll shot,
it should be something that you can turn on
to one of the other buttons, to control
the roll like on the joystick
on the other side and then turn it off
when you're not using it, or if you're trying
to like rebalance the camera so that
it's back to center, but having that
always on the finger trigger, means that
you might accidentally hit it when you're out
shooting and cause the camera to kink to the side.
Okay, so let's do a little vlog test here
this is just hand holding the camera
one cool thing about this gimbal
is that it does have a quick release plate
so you can use your Standard Arca Swiss type plates
for this, so small tripods, a lot of
photography tripods use it, and for this
size camera, that style of plate works fine.
I just wanna show you guys a sample
of what this looks like, just hand held
you can just see how shaky it is,
this is just hand holding it and yeah
I'm gonna switch over to the gimbal.
All right, so now I'm just vlogging using
the RX100 Mark V, with the G6 plus Gimbal
and walking with it, so you can see
the difference just between hand holding
and with this gimbal set up, now the cool thing
about it is that this gimbal is so small
and so light that you're not gonna wear out
over time holding it like this.
You could do a day of vlogging like this
and you're not going to have issues
with this big whole set up, so for people
with smaller cameras, this is a nice
little addition because you can get
that really awesome, stable footage
no matter what camera you have.
This has a 12 hour battery life,
so one battery is just gonna last
you the entire day, and you can charge it
by just the USB port on the side of the gimbal.
And for me, one of the best things
about this gimbal is the fact that
it's so small and so lightweight
so you can put it on the end of a monopod
and you can get cool like Jib-like shots
it's super small, so you can put it
in your pocket if you need to,
so you always have a small compact,
set up when you're using this gimbal.
So honestly, my opinion about this gimbal
is that it is smooth, you can get awesome
stable footage, and that was my first thing
I said you have to have a stable gimbal
to be able to use it, this is stable.
Now, ease of use in terms of working
with this gimbal, this is probably been
the best FeiyouTech product that I've worked with
in terms of gimbals and the beauty of it
is it's under $300, so it's cheaper gimbal
that gives you a lot of flexibility
for the cameras that you're working with
so I definitely think that anyone
who works with small cameras, this is
the gimbal that you should go for.
So guys, if you wanna learn more
about this gimbal, I'll put a link
down below in the description so where
you guys can check it out, and guys,
that's it, I'll see ya on the next one.