Ahoj! This is Zdenka. This year has been all about gimbals on this channel. Mainly smartphone
gimbals. But few large ones as well. Zhiyun reached out to me if I would be
interested in testing and reviewing Zhiyun Weebill-S gimbal. Now I have here Sony A7Siii
and Canon M6 mark II. I am gonna be testing this gimbal with both cameras. I am not
being paid to say certain things, this is gonna be unbiased review. What I have here
is a standard kit. They also offer Zoom/Focus pro kit and Image Transmission Pro Kit. In
the standard kit you are going to get the gimbal
and a tripod. The gimbal arrives in this padded protective box. It is not really a case to
take it with you. Luckily the gimbal is really small so you can take it in your backpack
anywhere. As they say, it is a tiny giant. When it is folded, it is A4 paper size. The
stabilizer weighs 895g, quick release plate weighs 120g, battery weighs 95g and
tripod weighs 180g so the total is 1kg 290g. It comes with 2 18650 Li-ion batteries which
can be fully charged in about 2.5 hours and will give you maximum 14 hours working time
if well balanced. You can operate it in the temperatures between -10 and plus 45 degrees
Celsius. How is attaching, balancing and connecting a camera? Well each axis has lock
so it makes it very easy to attach and also quick plate is quite nice so you can take
the camera in and out whenever you want to. Balancing was quite standard and I’d say
pretty simple with both cameras. The last move which is this one made me think a bit
because it is quite different from the other gimbals
I used before but now that I did it 30x, I am becoming and expert. Luckily there is manual
included in the box, but I still suggest looking up online because the letters are quite
tiny. If you are brand new to this large gimbals you might have tough time figuring out how
to actually connect camera to the gimbal with included cable. It is not just plug in
and play type of thing like with the smartphone gimbals. You have to change few settings on
the gimbal and in the camera for the record button to work. And it's not just this
gimbal. I had to do the same thing with previous gimbals as well. To make you life little bit
easier, I decided to include it in today's video. So let's do very quick run through
how to actually connect, make your life a bit easier. For Sony A7Siii you need cable
Micro USB to Multi USB. Once you turn on the gimbal, press bottom 3 dots, to open up menu,
select camera and Sony. On your Sony camera go to Menu, Network, Page 1 transfer/remote.
I had to turn off Control with Smartphone and then I went down to PC Remote Function
where I turned PC Remote ON. And that was all. Now you have to turn on your gimbal first,
then turn on connected camera and there you go. Shutter is working from the gimbal. For
Canon M6 Mark II you need Micro USB to Type C cable. Once you turn on the gimbal, press
bottom 3 dots, open up menu, select camera and select Canon. I don’t think you need
to enable anything on that type of camera in
the menu, at least I don’t remember I had to do it with previous gimbals, but now the
shutter is working. Design of this gimbal allows
you to film in the upright mode. When you lift it you just fold the legs to have bigger
grip. Or you can film in the Sling mode once you attach the tripod to the battery
compartment part. You cannot just tilt it forward to film in sling mode as the motor
would be touching your lens. What is very important is how it actually feels in the
hands when you are using the gimbal so let’s talk
about that. When I am holding it with my left hand on the top to be able to reach the trigger
and the wheel here, I am finding that I am covering all those buttons here on the
top. So that is something you need to get used to, to figure out how to hold it properly.
Luckily though, there is a button which I will show soon which can lock all the buttons
so you don't accidently change some settings. The tripod part here at the bottom has nice
rubber surface so it doesn’t feel like it could actually slip out. Let’s check
out the buttons and modes. Power button is on the side. Once you turn the gimbal on you
will be in pan follow mode. There is a switch on
the side to either select pan following or Lock mode. When I press the function button
on the top and hold I am in the GO mode, the gimbal reacts very fast. At the front you
have nice OLED display which shows which mode you
are in battery status and if you are connected with camera. Below is classic joystick to
control movement left, right, up and down. Next we have POV button. Press 1x to get to
POV mode, press 2x to enter VORTEX mode and with just joystick press left and right to
spin it. Or you can press 3x to start spinning automatically. If you press POV button and
hold you can enter and exit standby Mode. On the right is record button, and below is
wheel which has many functions. When you press LV on the top that will make camera enter
and exit Live Preview Mode. If you double press the LV button you will lock and unlock
all buttons on the front part of the gimbal. That is as I mentioned so you don’t accidentally
change something by touching the buttons. Three dots at the bottom will take you to
menu where you can customize everything such as motors, camera, advanced, trajectory, vortex,
tracking, focus wheel, joystick, calibration, angle, key and about. Left and right arrows
allow control electronic zoom when carrying a Sony camera. You can change that
in the menu on Sony, just go to Shooting, page 9 which is Zoom Range and change it to
Digital Zoom. Now when press left and right arrow on the wheel, you can get electronic
zoom in and out. With Canon camera I don’t get the electronic zoom but I can control
ISO, Shutter speed and aperture and with some Canon cameras you also get electronic zoom.
What I would like to point out is that whenever you are shopping for a gimbal for your camera,
please check compatibility list to see what the gimbal offers with your particular
camera so when you get the gimbal, you are not surprised that some of the features are
not there which you wanted. And I hear that so much when it comes to smartphone gimbals.
With Sony A7Siii I cannot control the shutters speed and aperture like with the Canon camera,
but it's a no big deal for me to set it up on a camera. There is trigger on
the other side. If you press and hold you enter into all follow mode. If you double
press you will recenter the gimbal and if you
triple press you get to selfie mode. The camera will turn towards you. All right. Stabilization
test. I am gonna take both cameras out because they are both very different and I am
gonna test them both with the gimbal. Sony goes first. And as always here is walking
with no gimbal, regular walk with gimbal, ninja walk and full speed run. Let’s do
the same test with Canon M6 Mark ii. What are the range
of motors? Tilt and Roll is 314 degrees and pan is full 360 degrees. The gimbal can be
connected to a phone so let’s check that out
the app. The is very simple and basic. You will use ZY app. You can take photos, record
video, joystick allows you to control gimbal moves, you can control roll movement, you
can change gimbal mode, Under sync motion you can customize the motors and control gimbal
movements with your smartphone. And at the top right corner you get scene mode selection,
you can calibrate your gimbal, check strength and obtain device information. I don’t see
timelapses options here. What are my thoughts about this gimbal? Well, I like the
compactness. I like that you can actually fold it, it's quite small and it can fit in
your backpack. It's got all the features for basic filming. Everything you pretty much
need. I’d say it is litte bit better for Canon
cameras. You get to control more from the gimbal and you also get electronic focus with
select Canon cameras. However with Sony you get
Electronic Zoom. This is interesting how it is different with different camera brands.
I am not much of a fan of removing the tripod and attaching it here for the sling mode
because it slows me down little bit and it's the extra step. But for some people it can
be a very good thing. Because you can actually see the screen much better when you are
in that position. The ZY app is quite basic. But you don’t get the timelapses and other
advanced features. If you don’t need it, for basic filming it is actually quite nice
of a gimbal. For the pricing as always, international
link can be found below the video in the video description. It will show you the pricing
in your currency depending on where you live. Well, hit the thumbs up if you found
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