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Today we are talking about a brand new gimbal
from Zhiyun, that's right, if you didn't get the memo,
that is how your pronounce it, Zhiy-un.
Like you in, but like Zhiy-un and there you go.
Now you won't forget, you're welcome.
It is time to change this backdrop,
the season is changing, summer is ending.
Ah, give me one second.
Oh my god, this thing is massive.
What do you guys think?
It's a little bit distracting for this specific show, huh?
I think what I need to do is put a tighter lens
on here and just blur out that background a little bit.
Let's try the 50 mil.
And there, does it look like I'm outside playing
in the fall a little bit?
I don't know.
Thank you to Fox Backdrops for sending this out to me.
They wanted to offer you 20% with code GENE20,
in case you're using it, this isn't sponsored or anything
but if you're looking for backdrops,
maybe go check 'em out.
Anyways this is Zhiyun's brand new Smooth-Q2.
Do we another phone gimbal?
I'm losing track of phone gimbals.
To be honest, I wasn't really excited about this gimbal
when I first got it,
but I've used it for the last week and it's actually
a pretty solid gimbal.
What I like about it is that, yes, it is nice and small
but the motors are nice and strong,
the footage comes out super smooth
and it's super, duper simple.
Sometimes you don't want all those bells and whistles,
you just want something that works and works well.
And again, this video 100% unsponsored.
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And this backdrop actually smells a lot like paint.
Actually, I have no idea what that smell is
but it doesn't smell great.
Oh God, yeah, that smell really started to get to me
so turning on this fan and I had to open up
all the windows, that's why the lighting has changed.
So if you do end up getting one of these,
I suggest unraveling it outside
and then just letting it air out for a few minutes.
Now, one of the the things I really like about this gimbal
is that it's made mostly of metal
so it feels really nice and solid in the hand.
And most of it is actually this giant battery right here.
This is a 21,700 battery
with a 16.2 Watt-hour capacity,
so that's actually pretty significant
for a little teeny gimbal like this.
I mean, it's almost the same size as the battery
that powers this 6K camera.
I mean, of course, it only powers this
for like six nanoseconds, but this,
it will run this for a long time.
Now, just to give you an idea of size difference here,
they are next to each other
and, of course, this is folded up.
This is how they look open.
And I do like how you can set the Zhiyun down
without any tripod legs, opposed to the Osmo,
(murmurs) would just.
So on he Osmo, tripod legs is a necessity,
this you can go with or without.
Another thing I love about this Zhiyun
is that the motors feel nice and strong.
So the best way I could describe it,
the Osmo Mobile does do a good job at keeping it stable,
but it feels like it's gently kind of holding it in place.
While the Zhiyun just grabs that phone, it's like,
"You will be stable."
Just to give you an example,
this is the Moment 18 mil lens,
which is one of the heavier ones, honestly.
And if I throw it on, it keeps it up.
And even though it's completely unbalanced,
it's still able to keep the footage pretty smooth.
Of course, if I start moving it fast
it will start to freak a little bit but it can work.
Opposed to the DJI Osmo, if I slap the same lens on to it,
it's just like, "Nope."
Things I don't like about it is
that it doesn't have any locks for any of the axis
so it could bing around a little bit during transport.
And this Osmo Mobile 3, as long as you close it,
it stays in place, so that's nice there.
My other big issue is having the motor right here
because a lot of these phones that are coming out now,
they're gonna come with ultra-wide angle lenses,
like the new iPhone's supposed to have them,
Samsung has them, Huawei has them.
I'll throw this wide angle lens
so you can see what I'm talking about.
But notice that right here on the right
you can see the motor in the shot
when you hold it upright like this.
And that's what was nice about the Osmo Mobile 3,
is that they really tucked in that motor
so it doesn't get in the frame with any wide angle lenses.
So, originally, I was just gonna make this video
about why you shouldn't buy this gimbal
because you could see that motor in the corner
but after shooting with it for a little while,
realized it's actually not that difficult
to get the motor out of frame,
all you have to do is just add a little bit of tilt to it
and it's gonna clear your frame.
You just don't wanna hold it straight up like that,
you just need a little bit of a angle.
It actually hasn't been that much of an issue,
much less than I was expecting it to be.
And, of course, if you just go full flashlight mode,
then it's not an issue at all.
I did ask Zhiyun about this and they said
they're working on a firmware update
to make sure that that's not an issue,
so maybe that firmware is basically gonna hold the phone
just like this, at a slight angle and just lock it in there.
So that instead of the natural position being like this,
it will be a little more like this.
I'm assuming that's what they're gonna do.
I don't know what the pricing of this is just yet
but the time this video comes out,
you should be able to just look it up
or I'll put it in the description down below.
But, considering that the Osmo Mobile 3 is about 120,
I assume they're gonna be right around there to make sure
that they're competitive.
And I actually kinda like how simple it is.
Notice that there's not that many bells and whistles
on it, there's just a few buttons
to get between your different modes.
You have your pan-follow, your log, your follow and POV.
What's cool about this, is that it connects
to your phone automatically with Bluetooth
so you don't have to pair them all the time.
And the record button here works
with your default camera app.
And even if you use apps like FiLMiC Pro
or Moment, which is the one I use a lot
with this anamorphic lens, it's cool that this record button
can automatically recognize that there's a phone nearby,
I don't have to pair anything,
if they're both on and they're gonna sync to each other
and I can hit that record button and it's gonna work.
So I love that I don't have to open a specific app
and get them connected in order to use that record button,
it just works right out of the gate.
If you wanna go into vertical mode,
all you gotta do is just turn it that way.
If you wanna go into under-slung mode,
just turn it that way, it's very intuitive.
You can attach this phone just like any other phone gimbal,
just like that, but you could also just completely remove
this clip, so it comes off separately.
And they said they did that
'cause then you can just keep the clamp on your phone
and you could very quickly attach it.
And you don't have to worry about rebalancing it.
But, I think that's just as much work
as just taking your phone off and on.
And after you do this enough times
you know exactly where the center of your phone is.
And since these motors are nice and strong,
even if you have it a little bit offset ,
All right, I really have to go packing now.
See you guys later.
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