No options for mounting audio, monitors, vmount batteries and such with the weight limits. Don’t assume your rig will never change and don’t limit your rig to a gimbal, that will limit your scope of work and income. The idea of not being able to use the tools needed to properly do a job because of a gimbals limits is weak for me. IMO Only pro the gimbal has on the steadicam is ability to be a remote head on a jib. It’s worth buying the steadicam upfront instead of spending $700 here and couple hundred in attachments and adapters to get things to work how you vision. Most people will buy a gimbal then it’s too heavy so they buy a backpack vest to hold it and that’s just cheesy looking where I come from and you’ve now spent more than you would have on a steadicam.

Starts defeating the whole purpose of cinema instantly. No way for real wireless video feeds with the weight etc.

No way to even use a matte box on the dji. I’m going with a used steadicam since it doesn’t need batteries and naturally hands free, about same price as a gimbal and one of those weird fishing pole vests to hold it from above your head. The ronin responded best when I held it upside down but then I couldn’t see the screen and had to hold my arms even higher.Įither a ronin m, ronin 2 or a movi seem to be the only options for realistic gimbal stabilizers with customer support for cinema cameras. Glad I rented because I will not buy anything like that. Turns so slow with the weight on it that when I tried following someone I could not get the stabilizer to turn fast enough with them, had to use my hand to turn the camera even with the joystick. I can’t have any tethered cords or else it trips it out. I have to flip my camera upside down to get the weight to offset with my cage, will need a small cheeseplate to use the stabilizer with no cage as the hole on bottom of camera will make the camera hit the stabilizer and won’t fit. That’s max weight with any of my lenses i can get on it.

I have a small rig cage with the ssd attachment on my p4k.

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