Ahoj! This is Zdenka. Zhiyun came out with a brand new product.
This is selfie stick slash gimbal, it is stabilized
selfie stick. This product is geared towards younger generation,
towards social media. If you are serious filmmaker, this might not be the product
for you but if you have at home teen or you have a loved one you would like
to buy a gift for and you want to get them
into the world of gimbals, this might be quite an affordable gift. Now is this any
good? I am curious myself. I want to test it out
because it's got only two axes. I want to see the stabilization.
Let's do this. And for the new faces, welcome.
My name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to take better photos and
videos with the latest gear and possibly participate in creative camera
challenges, consider subscribing. Let's start with
the disclaimer. This is not a sponsored video, however Zhiyun
provided this product for a review. The packaging is quite nice.
What you get inside is the gimbal, tripod, wrist strap, pouch,
charging cable, manual and other goodies. When you hold the gimbal, you can tell it
is super light. It is made of plastic. The weight is 250g,
maximum payload is 235 grams and
here are the measurements. Battery USB-C charging port is right here. It has 1,000mAh
battery, so once you fully charge it, it will last
about 4 hours which is not too much. Maximum is 5.5
hours according to manual which is not again
too much. Charging time is 3 hours and you can
operate it in the weather raging between -10 to plus 45 degrees.
The gimbal is in the lock position. How do we unlock it and attach the phone?
Very simply this part needs to be pulled up, there are ports at the bottom which
need to be connected. So pull it up all the way until it
clicks. The top part is locked right now so turn it to unlock
and the bottom part is locked as well, so you need to turn that as well.
so the buttons are facing you. The phone clamp
is very tight. I'm actually finding that I have to really put a lot of strength
to put my phone in it. Now, on my phone I have very thin
case. It's the Moment case and I have a smaller phone Iphone 11 pro.
So once I attach the phone in.... see..... and I do have to work really hard to
put it in. It holds very well. I would not recommend
big case. I would just recommend to actually take off
the case for the best fit. Now, it is a good thing that it is
holding very tight because you are not going to
lose the phone but on the other hand, yeah, it is very difficult to put it in.
To balance it better I'm going to attach the tripod
and you're just going to move the phone to the right and left until it's
perfectly balanced like that. Then you're ready to go.
Before you turn it on for the very first time make sure that you have ZY Cami
app installed on your phone and make sure your bluetooth
is enabled. The power button is here on the top
part, so once you press that, then you will turn it
on. Also make sure that you go to ZY Cami app first because you're not going to be
able to use it. You have to open up an account, you have to register yourself
and then the first thing you should do is update your firmware.
Before I show you all about the app, let's look at the buttons, let's look at
the gimbal one more time. It's got typical record button here,
joystick right here, mode button here and zoom on the side.
That's it very simple. The zoom button is very responsive and
it just works very nicely. So let me zoom all the way and you can see that it goes
quite quick
and let me zoom out.
Here we go. The way you work your gimbal is obviously with the joystick.
If you press left then the phone is going to turn left.
If you press joystick to the right then the phone is going to
turn to the right. Now, if you press the joystick upwards,
you are going to turn, spin the roll motor
counterclockwise. If you are going to press the joystick down, you're going to
spin it clockwise. There is really no re-center
button on the gimbal so what I'm doing,
I just press the M button. It is going to switch the mode but it will also
re-center the gimbal. When you press the M button one time, you
can switch between 2 modes. One is pan follow mode
when just pan is available. And when I press it one more time then I'll get to
lock mode. There is also pan roll following mode
available. That can be changed though in ZY Cami app. When you have it sit on
a table like this, you just have it straight
up, if you want the phone a bit higher all you have to do
is extend the selfie stick. It's a little bit harder to put it up.
Now, once it is up, if you need a little bit
better angle, you need it little bit tilted towards you, all you have to do is
just pull the phone towards you. So this is
quite useful if you are just walking around
and recording yourself and we know the best angle. A little bit from the top
down and a little bit to the side. So that's
how it's used and if you don't need it anymore like that, just make it straight
and bring it down. One thing I just noticed is that if you are closing the
selfie stick, you can't do it this way because this
part got already disconnected on me 3x.
And then I had to connect the port and turn it on. So when you are closing the
selfie stick, you really just have to put your fingers here in the front
and push it down. What does app offer? You can film in automatic or manual mode,
on Apple you can film in 24, 30 and 60 frames per second in 4k
1080p and 720p. Now, I'm not too sure about Android.
That might be different. I actually read that it offers only 30 frames per second.
Next we have glamour effect which is not supported if you film in
4k or 60 frames per second. So you can only do that in 1080p
720p in 24 and 30 frames per second. The beauty effect is quite complex so
you can choose from many settings to make yourself slimmer,
have bigger eyes, smoother skin and all that.
Next we have gimbal settings where you can change video settings,
gimbal settings and general settings. Let's get to actual filming and let's
start with the stabilization test. First I'm gonna be just walking normally.
The heavy foot. Then I'm gonna go as a ninja, I'm gonna
go, soften my knees and just really really soft walk.
And the last one will be full speed run. Now keep in mind that this is two axis
gimbal so obviously the footage will not be as
stable as you would get it with the 3-axis gimbal.
If you look at the right side of the app, first we have Hyperlapse available,
time lapse, slow motion,
180 degree panorama,
video, photo, you can live stream or use Smart which is also called stories on
other gimbals. Just select preferred template you like,
follow the steps and it will help you record and edit video with music,
transitions and all that, ready to post on your social media.
There is a lot of these graphics also in them so it clearly shows it is mainly
geared towards younger crowd and I would even say women mainly.
When you record, you can lock exposure/ focus.
To lock it, simply tap and hold the square. It jumps up few times and that is
when I noticed it gets locked. There is also follow feature. Just drag
on the screen to select face and the gimbal will
follow you. If you go to the main area of the app,
you can edit your video there. You can also become a premium member, you
can pay for that part where you can access further editing
templates. The app has also gesture control. It's
just right here. You press it, it starts identifying gesture, you turn
it off. What this app doesn't have is that you cannot switch lenses if you
have multiple lenses on your phone. However if you close the ZY Cami app and
go to native camera app, you will be able to switch obviously it there. You
will be able to film there. Also the buttons will work, you can start
recording, stop recording, you can switch mode. So if I press
M I'm in a lock position. If I press M one more time, I am in pan follow mode.
The only thing is not gonna work is zoom though. You cannot
zoom here but I also noticed that if I went to
native camera app first before I even opened up ZY Cami then I was not able to
work the gimbal. You simply need to go first to ZY Cami app
to enable all that. And then you can close the app, it will, it will work in
native camera app. So what do I think? Well, I think a lot of
young generation which love social media will really enjoy this, especially women.
They're gonna have a lot of fun with this.
What I didn't like about it was the fact that I have to register the account and
put a lot of info there. And also I didn't like the fact that I
have to open up a membership to get the further editing
options there. Also, I didn't like the fact
that it's got only maximum 4 hours lifetime battery and you have
to charge it for 3 hours. But what I liked on the other hand is
the app. The app has everything like all the
other gimbals have pretty much. It's got a lot of options
there. I also like the fact that once I got out of the ZY Cami app and I went to
native camera app on the phone I could actually switch
between the modes on the gimbal. I could use the ultra wide
angle lens and I didn't see the motor in the shot.
That's a huge bonus. Very rare. Again it is not really for
serious filmmaking, it is marketed very well for social media. For those who
are interested to see the pricing, international link can be found below
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