- Hey guys, what's going on?
In this video, we're talking about the FeiyuTech G6
and if this is the gimbal that you need for your GoPro
or other cameras that fit on it.
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All right, so I did a video awhile back on the G5
and the G5 was an awesome gimbal.
I really liked it.
It's the one I've been using,
however, recently, I just picked up the G6.
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So, it's definitely improved
and you can tell just from the first glance
and just playing with it a little bit.
This is a much different gimbal in terms of...
They've redesigned the way it looks and feels
and some of the functionality.
So, the key thing you notice,
and you'll notice it right off the back
is that this is now slanted
so instead of having this motor right
in the back of your screen,
it's now a little bit lower
so you can actually see your screen
which makes a huge difference when your screen
is, like, this big.
Beyond that, one of the big things I noticed
is just the weight and the feeling of it.
It's a little bit thicker and it just has a more robust feel
so it feels like it can take a little bit more of a beating.
Other than that, some of the key things
is there's some new buttons on here
as well as you can now change the balance of this guy
so you can accommodate other cameras.
So not only can you use GoPros and cameras about that size
but you can use the Sony little RX0
and it comes with a little tray thing that you can set it on
so it's a pretty cool little gimbal.
All right, so before we get into the footage,
let me go through all the features
that you're gonna find on this gimbal
and everything about it.
So when you see the gimbal,
you see it's got a specific mount for the GoPro.
They have other mounts for other cameras as well.
On the handle itself you have a few buttons.
On the front, you have your joystick
which basically allows you to point the camera
up, down, left, right, any direction.
You have your mode button which will switch it
to the various modes.
So, locked mode, follow mode.
Just follow panning mode.
You can do selfie mode and that's also the button
where you turn on and turn off the gimbal.
You also have, underneath that, is your record button
and this, once you link to your camera,
allows you to just hit this button
and you can start and stop your record.
On one side you have a thread mount
so you can attach some other items to this.
You can put a microphone here or you can attach a mount here
that allows you to hook this to other things,
say, like a car mount.
On the bottom you have another thread
so you can add tripods or you can just put another piece
of gear on the bottom.
On the other side of the gimbal,
you have your USB port.
This is how you charge it and you also have another button
and this button allows you to change the camera settings.
So if you press it once,
it changes between the camera settings and the GoPro.
If you hold it, it allows you to go into a menu
that allows you to change the actually recording settings.
So, resolution, format, all that good stuff.
There's options to be able to change that
just on the grip itself.
Okay, and then on the front, you have a trigger.
The trigger will lock the gimbal
when you're in any of the follow settings
and then you also have a left and right trigger
which basically fix the tilt of the camera.
So if the gimbal leveling is off,
it allows you to make a quick adjustment
to get it back to level.
Also on the top you have a micro USB port
which allows you to charge your camera
while the gimbal is on.
It comes with cables that allow you
to keep the camera plugged in so your camera never dies
unless the gimbal dies.
And one more thing about this gimbal
is you now have an app that allows you
to do a lot of different things within the app itself.
So once you're connected
you can change your camera settings.
You can also change all your follow settings.
You can use your joystick and move the gimbal around
in the different directions when sitting
on a tripod or something like that.
You can also go into your settings
and when you go down to your auto rotations
this is where you can set the fourth function
on this gimbal, which is your time lapse feature
or just moving shot features.
So you can set up a movement that's a minute
that pans from left to right, up to down,
or you can do a time lapse over a series of hours.
And you set this all in the app here.
You have this added benefit
because you're able to have an app.
You can go in and set your settings.
It gives you the ability to do some really cool stuff
with time lapses and just moving cameras.
Also in the app, you have a lot of different settings
that you can adjust and then you can also go in
and update your firmware.
So, there's a lot of benefits to having an app
with this kind of gimbal.
Okay, but the key with any gimbal is does it work?
Does it keep your footage stable?
Does the software work?
All these things are the most important things.
You can have all the buttons but buttons are just buttons.
I've been playing with this gimbal for the last few weeks.
I was in New York.
I took it with me to York.
I was playing around with it
here in Santa Monica before and after.
And so, the footage that you're gonna see
is just kind of a culmination of a bunch of different days
that I've been playing with this gimbal.
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All right, so now I have switched over to
the GoPro on the gimbal is on the G6 right now
and I'm just wandering around
just trying to figure out how to get the whole app
to work with the gimbal and all that.
It's been one of the things that's probably
been the biggest frustration with this gimbal
is getting the app to function
because the app will work
and then all of a sudden the GoPro won't be connected
and then the GoPro will be connected but the app won't work
and then you'll try to update something on the GoPro itself
and then it just won't update.
It's been a lot of issues with that portion
of this new gimbal.
Every time I try to play with the app,
that's the biggest fail point
and I think it's hard to get something to connect
unless it's really well done.
So I have the camera turned.
You hit the button three times,
you get selfie mode, just like this.
Hit three times again and it doesn't do anything.
That's one other thing that I've noticed with this gimbal
is that everything works except for when I want the camera
to turn back around.
So, when you're vlogging, you hit the button three times,
it turns, it looks at you, you get this shot
but if you want to turn it back around
you have to actually, physically move the gimbal.
And then I could just hit three times,
it turns right back around to me.
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Okay, so my thoughts on this gimbal after playing with it.
One of the things that really bothers me
about these kind of gimbals that are coming out now
is the apps and the software that goes with it.
So a lot of times with gimbals like this,
the apps don't necessarily work that well.
They're good to have.
You can do some cool things within the app
but unless the connection is solid and it's easy to set up,
I'm not gonna use it.
I mean, if it's easy to use you're gonna use it.
When I'm out shooting and I have this thing next to me,
if it's taking me 15 minutes to set up the app to this,
I won't ever use it.
And that's one of the things I found with the G6.
You might be able to connect the camera to the gimbal,
or the phone to the gimbal,
but getting everything to sync up and work all the time
is kind of frustrating.
It doesn't always work.
There's a lot of times where it just wouldn't connect
and I don't know why.
You have to shut off everything,
turn it all back on and then all of a sudden it works.
In terms of using the software daily
and using the app daily,
it's not something that I'm gonna use.
However having that app allows you to do things
like the time lapse feature
and change the settings for your time lapse feature.
So that's a big addition to this one that I really like
is that now I can set up a shot
and do either a timed period or time lapse period
and get a different shot that you couldn't normally get
with this size gimbal.
So that's a huge bonus, however,
you just need to give yourself a little more time.
So if there's issues with the app
to figure out your settings,
you can take the time and turn things off
if it's not connecting properly.
But beyond the app and beyond the connection issues
that I've been having,
this is a really solid gimbal.
With the addition of the screen on the back
which shows you battery, your mode and all that,
it makes it a much different experience,
than, say, like the G5.
When you have to click it and everything's done
off just lights flashing,
having a screen is a huge upgrade
and just being able to see right away
that I'm in lock mode or I'm in follow all direction mode,
it's a quick reference so I'm not sitting
there clicking through menus and it's just a button.
So that's one thing I really like about this gimbal.
Obviously, being able to screen
is probably one of the biggest pluses of this.
You can now see the screen and it's easier to use.
It's a very simple thing.
I don't understand why more gimbal companies
aren't putting this into their gimbals
because so many of our cameras nowadays
have a screen on the back.
Even with the GH5, you can swivel out the screen
but when I'm on a gimbal, a GH5,
the screen's put on the back.
This would be ideal in every gimbal.
So in terms of the buttons
and the ability to connect your gimbal to your camera,
that's something that does work to a degree.
After you connect it, it seems to work
and it seems to connect all the time.
And you obviously have your record button here
which is great because it records and it stops recording.
And because it connects to easily without having
to do anything, I use this one all the time.
The one on the side, however,
when you hold it, it's supposed to give you a menu
so you can change your camera settings.
I have been having some weird issues
where every time I try to go in
and change my camera settings,
using the buttons, it just doesn't ever save.
In terms of connecting to the stick,
the record button works.
This button works on the side
when you're switching between video, photo
and time lapse mode,
but when it comes to actually changing camera settings,
I've been having a lot of issues trying to make it work.
If you're gonna be connecting your camera to the stick,
you really have only the ability to record,
stop recording, and then change between the modes,
which is not that big of a deal
because your settings are right here on the screen
and you can just change them there.
It's also much quicker to change it on the screen
than trying to deal with the menu on here.
In terms of usability, the other thing
that really bothers me is having the tilt
on the front here,
so when you're holding it and you accidentally hit that,
your camera's gonna start spinning one way or the other.
I just think it's kind of a ridiculous button
to have on the front here
because there's no reason to even use that.
It's only if your camera's off kilter
so it should be somewhere, like maybe up here
where you might use it once in awhile
to do a quick adjustment,
not where your finger's on the trigger to stop it
because sometimes you hit the...
And it goes.
So, that was another design flaw in my book.
However, as a whole, I think this gimbal is solid.
Even though there are some issues with the app
and some issues with the connectivity,
a few of the buttons in weird spots,
as a gimbal for a GoPro or any other small cameras
this has been my favorite to work with so far.
It's smaller than the GoPro Karma.
It has more options, more features.
You can put more cameras on it
and it works as a basic hand held gimbal
with a few extra features
that make it a little bit easier to shoot.
At the end of the day, the main thing that matters,
is it a piece of gear that you're gonna use?
And this is definitely a piece of gear
that I would have in my bag and I would pull out and use
because I know I could turn it on,
I could get into the follow mode that I need
and I can get stable footage.
And then on top of that, if there's a few little tweaks
here and there, I know I have the freedom
to be able to do some extra stuff with this gimbal
and you just gotta learn the quirks of it
so that you know if you're doing a time lapse shot,
for example, you give yourself a little more time
to use this piece of gear to do that.
All right guys, so I'd love to know your thoughts on the G6.
Is this a gimbal that you would be interested in?
Let me know in the comments down below
and if there's any other gimbals that you have worked with
that are this size and work with this size of camera,
I'd love to hear your thoughts
on how they compare to this one.
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