Gimbals

[MrB.]

Apologies if this is the wrong forum to ask this (feel free to move it mods) but I’m looking at getting a gimbal to use with my Samsung S8 and a small action camera just to add some additional shots into my company videos. It has come down to either the DJI Osmo Mobile or Zihyun Smooth 4. The issue with the Ziyhun is seemingly the app is terrible for Android and it’s object tracking, well, doesn’t really. The DJI is a bit more expensive, and whilst both of those issues work better, it doesn’t seem to be as well equipped as the Zihyun.

Does anyone have any experiences they can share that might help me decide?

[Tycho]

I have the Osmo Mobile 2 and it is really good.

Here is a video of the stabilisation with my Note 8:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hpEpgN8SrkgqCtaR7

[MrB.]

Thanks for that. The DJI's stabilisation looks very impressive, and I have to say it's the one I'm coming down on more due to what I hear about the Ziyhun's app. I'm a (very) amateur at this, so anything that can help my videos look a bit better is what I need!

How do you find it for ease of use? Do you use the DJI app, or another such as Filmic Pro?

[Tycho]

I find it easy to use although I wish they would have kept the trigger and also made a triple click on the mode button remappable as it is used to change between front and back cameras which is useless to me.

I do use Filmic Pro since they added Osmo 2 support and it is really good but Samsung don't allow 3rd party apps to use all the available framerates which is a bit of a dick move IMO. If I want to do slow motion then I have to use the official app although you can still use the gimbals mode buttons without the DJI app.

[kev1974]

DJI Osmo Pocket has been launched today for £319 in the UK, and includes the camera on the handheld gimbal unit.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/11/28...

As far as I can tell you can either use it standalone, or attach a smartphone directly to it and then it gives you additional control over the gimbal functionality (and a bigger screen to shoot with).

[Craikeybaby]

That does look like a good bit of kit!