GoPro Hero 3 & 4 (and same sized Firefly 6S, Git2, EKEN H8…) RiderM features wireless remote, you can either get a remote control or connect the gimbal with your smartphone to remote control the gimbal’s head. Zhiyun Rider-M features 2 removable 900 mAh Li-ion batteries. I’m not sure if there is a USB-C cable available, with Hero4 it was possible to power the camera and to grab the A/V video signal which is transmitted to the 3,5mm jack at the bottom. On the head there’s a port to connect the gimbal with the camera. There are 3 operation modes: Locking mode which keeps the camera at the same position Pan-Follow mode, where the camera follows pan movements of the gimbal & Pan-Tilt-Follow mode where the camera also follows up / downward movement of the gimbal. It doesn’t feature a GoPro mount itself, you need a 1/4″ thread to GoPro adapter, or you can use standard photo gear to mount it. So you can either mount it or attach it to a selfie stick to use it handheld. RiderM features a 1/4″ thread at the bottom of the gimbal. Here’s my detailed review of Zhiyun RiderM Due to the form factor they often have smaller batteries than their handheld counterparts. Of course you can also use it handheld, when combining it with a selfie stick. So I think this is the most versatile type of gimbal with one downside. I prefer wearable/mountable gimbals as you can attach it to any GoPro mount such as suction cup mount, chesty or clamp. I’ll update my blog when I test one of these devices. I want to give an overview of some models which fought my attention. In general I would classify 3 groups of gimbals: Additionally it replaces several other gear, like stabilizer, dolly, jib,… So if I could only choose one accessory/mount for my action camera, it would be a gimbal! A smooth video is not only more pleasant for the viewer, it gives the video a professional touch. This Gyro function can be observed in the following videos.As you might have noticed while reading my blog, I’m a big fan of gimbals. In most of the cases the gyro works so well that even hand holding the camera without any kind of monopod or handle generates much more steady images and prevents annoying shake. To have noticeably good results this systems uses the input of a accelerometer to "measure" the needed movement and thus selecting the correct regions for cropping based on the movement or shaking of the camera. This is done by using pixels outside the border of the visible frame to provide a buffer zone from which to crop the motion but this will also reduce the resolution in some cases. When this feature is enabled, the working techinque is based on shifts of the electronic image from frame to frame of video, enough to counteract the motion or at least minimize it's presence. The Git2 uses hardware digital image stabilization with the help of a gyroscopic (accelerometer) sensor. This explanation calls it hardware based? However it works, it works very well anyway! Totally different to software based image stabilisation which shifts pixels around. My understanding was the sensor actually moved to compensate for violent movement. Well I appear to have got that wrong, I was under the impression that the Sony Exmor IMX206 senor must have had moving parts in a gyro? To sense movement.
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