Ahoj! This is Zdenka. Well, well, well. Here we go again. First smartphone gimbal of 2021.
Zhiyun did quite well with Smooth Q2 gimbal and now they are out with Smooth Q3. I am
very curious about this one. I am so curious to see how it is gonna do. But looking at
the picture straight up, I can tell you right now that for sure that there will be no motor
shown in the shot while filming with ultra wide angle lens. Well, Zhiyun has provided
this product to test and review, to have a first look, so let's take a look. As you are
looking at unboxing of this product, what is the difference between Q2 and Q3? Well,
the design is completely different. The measurements are a bit different too but not much. You
can see them being displayed on the screen. What is included? First of all, loving the
carrying bag. Inside is stabilizer, tripod, USB-C charging cable and quick start guide,
wrist strap, VIP card. It is quite impressive packaging. When it comes to weight Q2 is 440g,
Q3 is much lighter. It is 340g. However it can handle more payload. The maximum payload
is 280g. Q2 has 260g. This gimbal has a 1300mAh battery. Charging time is 3 hours and if properly
balanced you can get up to 15 hours of run time. Q2 has a battery which can be changed,
not this one. Q3 has a built in battery. The gimbal can be used in operating temperatures
ranging from -10 to +45 degrees Celsius. Great, so this can be used in Canadian winter. The
gimbal is foldable. Each motor has a lock so you need to unlock it first before you
start using it. This part is very similar to their stabilized selfie stick Zhiyun Smooth
XS except this one has a lock and that is a very good thing. So you loosen it, extend
until you hear click and tighten. Everything else is just the same like on the other gimbals.
The way you stabilize your smartphone is making sure it is leveled in landscape mode and portrait
mode. As you probably noticed this part is new. It is a fill light and you can turn it
180 degrees. It is 4300K light and there are 3 levels of lighting. We will get to that
later on and test it. How is the clamp? I’ve got Moment case on both phones it is holding
very well. Let me show you in detail so you could see how much room is there for those
who have larger phone cases. Maximum range of the clamp is 90mm. Let’s turn it on and
check it out. The power button has been moved to the back, that's different, that's new.
If you single press the power button, you will check the battery level, long press will
turn on and off and if you press 8x you will reset Bluetooth. I like the design, it feels
very comfortable in my hand, I also like the tripod with a long legs, there is less chance
so you won't accidently tip it over. The front interface is quite standard. It's very simple.
We are not getting a focus wheel with this one. You’ve got a joystick here, mode button
where you can change the modes directly on the gimbal. You can clearly see what mode
you are in, the light will be on. When you single press you will switch between modes.
When you double press it will go into the previous mode and if you press and hold it
will enter or exit stand by mode. Being able to switch between the modes directly on the
gimbal is huge because that means that you can film pretty much in any app. So what modes
do we have? Pan follow mode where you can go only left or right, Lock mode where all
motors are locked, Follow mode where up, down, right and left movements are unlocked, POV
which is like airplane mode and when you press one more time the POV starts flashing that
means that when you press joystick up or down, it will spin. The Vortex mode.
Before I continue let’s look at the motor range of motion. Tilt mechanical range is
-260 degrees to +80. Pan mechanical range is -150 degrees to +150 and Roll mechanical
range is -170 to +170 degrees. Oh, if you go all the way there, actually the gimbal
is blocking the camera. So you would start here and would have to crop it right about
there. How is the movement of the motors? Is there any vibration, is there sound? I
know that when I am moving the motors, there is absolutely no vibration, there is no sound,
it's very silent. It is well built. The only cracking here and there I actually hear of
the main body when I am moving it too fast. But if you gonna be moving it obviously slow,
you gonna be filming, you are not gonna hear that. I didn't see any problems filming in
low angles, no problem there. Let me change to Android phone though because it is way
bigger phone and let's see how the movements are there. So right now I have Samsung Galaxy
S10plus, little bit bigger phone on the gimbal and I already played with the movement. I
don't see any issues with it, it's very good, it is holding very well. It doesn't get stuck.
Let me put on following mode, it works just fine. Below the mode button is the record
button. If you single press you can take photos and film videos. Double press to switch between
photo and video mode, triple press switch front and rear cameras, press and hold to
take multiple photos. Zoom button is on the side and the last trigger button on the back
has a few more features. Single press to enable Smart Following, double press to re-center,
triple press to switch between landscape and portrait mode. And if you press and hold you
will get into Phone Go mode… which is pretty much sports mode. The gimbal will follow movements
just as it will react much faster. One more button we didn’t check out yet
and that will be the fill light button. If you press and hold it will turn on the light.
This is also the way you turn it off. And if you single press you will switch between
3 levels of brightness. Let’s see. So it is evening right now. I am just recording
myself with a smartphone and let's test the light. I am gonna turn that on. So this is
what you would get if you would be using the light and I am gonna go with... ups.. I think
this is the lowest strength so this is how it's gonna look like with the light and I
am gonna put stronger, that's step 2 and I am gonna put the strongest and this would
be the strongest one. Let me turn that around and see what you can see. And as you can see,
I am clearly in the woods. This is how it would look like if you would be actually recording
with a light. Sort of like a flash light. Let’s check how stable the gimbal really
is. It’s time to do some running. Here is regular walk, here is ninja soft walk and
here is full speed run. I did this test in ZY Cami app which is the app you will be using
with this gimbal. So what do we get here? Iphone goes first. At the top left corner
we have home button, let's check that later. Now you can film in automatic or manual mode.
Let’s look at the video settings. 4K, 1080p and 720p offers 24, 25, 30 and 60fps filming…
nice… Below we have Glamour effect or beauty mode which doesn’t work in 4K, it works
in 1080p or 720p. It doesn’t work in 60fps. You can only use 24, 25 or 30fps. So let me
turn that on. There you go and I just put it to auto. Oh my... so this is how the app
thinks you should really look like but obviously you can change it to slim, smooth, enlarge
your eyes I believe, lighten and rosy cheeks and all that. So this is before, just no filter
and this is fully automatic glamour effect. Below we have settings. Under Shoot you can
turn on flashlight on your phone and grid. You can also change your white balance here.
Under Gimbal settings is where you select scene mode. If you are walking you select
Walk, if you are going to be running you select Run. You can change gimbal modes below. Change
how fast you want the joystick to move, you can adjust zoom speed, Invert pan and tilt
control, you can customize M button and perform gimbal auto calibration. That is something
you want to do before filming to make sure the horizon level is where it is supposed
to be. Under General you can customize theme settings.. I suppose this feature is coming
up because right now it is greyed out and then further below is your device information.
What do we have on the right side of the app? You can film Hyperlapse in 1080p or 720p.
You can choose from the following speeds 5x, 10x, 15x and 30x. Next we have Timelapse where
all the settings are at the top. You can create motion time lapse here as well. You can select
up to 5 points. Dolly Zoom feature is next. Then we have Slowmotion and I can see that
it is 120fps slow motion. Panorama is next. Here you can create magic clone pano, 3x3
panorama, 180 degrees panorama and 240 degrees. Video mode follows, photo mode,
Alive mode where you can do live streaming and smart which has pre designed templates…
something like stories. Just follow the movements and it tells you to do. Let’s try one…
You can also create your custom template… many choices of movements here… That's very
cool. And if you are prime member you can download even more templates. Here I want
to mention that in the package yo will find this little card which will give you 6 months
free trial for the prime membership area. You can also go to Smart feature here by clicking
on this button. Below you can switch rear and front camera, next we have record button,
gesture control and here you can access gallery of what you took. I want to see how the zoom
is gonna be. Well, I see 4 dots there. 3 of them will be switching between your lenses
and the 4th one will be strictly digital zoom so let's test how smooth it is. I can see
that there is a significant jump between ultra wide angle lens and standard and let's test
the tracking feature. It's got smart follow 3.0 so let's see how good it is when it tracks.
Let’s press the home button now. Here you can access video editing app. You can either
edit on your own or you can select templates and if you are prime member you can select
online editing with more templates. If you go to your account, here you can access prime
membership area where you have video materials, online editing, upload privileges, livestream
master, smart template, restream.. Few more things I want to check out before I move onto
the Android version of the app. One of them is, can we attach variable ND filter if you
are gonna be filming in the manual mode? As you know there are no holes on the other side
so you can't really attach counterweights. So right now I have the ND filter on. Obviously
it is not balanced well because more weight is on the other side so ideal would be to
attach something to the other side of your phone. I am working on this video for few
days just because it's a brand new product which means that things are getting updated
and added on daily basis. They are just catching on and the latest update I have actually that
they are currently, zhiyun is currently working with another company to create clip on counterweights.
So if that is gonna work, we will have a very sweet package when we will be able to use
variable ND filter with counterweights. I also asked them a question if it's gonna damage
motors if you gonna have it in a wrong balance. If you gonna be using variable ND filter without
counterweights and I was told that the motors might get little bit warm, they might get
hot but no it should not damage the motors. Can we use external microphone? Well, let's
go ahead and check that out. And I am back, I am filming in ZY Cami app. Hopefully the
audio is getting picked up so I am gonna walk away, turn around. If it does then you know
that this app is actually also working with the external microphone. Does it work with
other apps? I checked native camera app, Filmic pro, Protake and Moment. With all of these
apps, you can use the record button to start and stop recording or take photos. I also
checked zoom button and it is not working in any of these at this moment. Android users.
What are you going to get in the ZY Cami app or what you are not going to get there? When
you open the app on Android phone you will be able to film in 24 and 30fps in 720p, 1080p
and 4K. You are not going to get a slow motion. Everything else is going to work the same.
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this one out and do some filming with it. The video will be published next week. If
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