I've been looking at getting a 3-axis gimbal for some of my shoots. Mainly as I want to get away from Jib and Dolly shots given my often "on man band" on set (often 2 man band, me on the camera directing and 1 sound person); anything beyond sticks or limited handheld takes up too much time or effort to set-up, so I've often free-handed the camera and stabilized in post - not ideal but that is what I have right now.
I currently own a very basic FlyCamNano for my GoPro, it does the job but is very basic and requires a lot of balancing work and still a lot of post-stabilization in the computer (plus there is that lag issue on the camera when watching the clips etc). Great for some shots, but as I move "more cinematic" I want more control over my shots than the GoPro can provide (given the fixed wide angle slightly curved lens and small chip size for low light).
This summer I picked up a FS700, replacing my GH2 as the primary camera. A very sweet upgrade etc, but when I look at stabilizing it... well you start talking a lot of money, skill, experience with Steady Cams such as Glide Cam etc. Then along came Movi, and that is looking a lot more my style; but its quite expensive.
Fast forward about 6-9months and here we are with a multitude of 3-axis gimbals. Currently though I know that the Defy G5 and Movi M10 will work with the FS700 and I'm wondering what others might work? As there are a lot of out-croppings of companies that can do this but I'm new to this kind of camera stabilization?
I currently own a very basic FlyCamNano for my GoPro, it does the job but is very basic and requires a lot of balancing work and still a lot of post-stabilization in the computer (plus there is that lag issue on the camera when watching the clips etc). Great for some shots, but as I move "more cinematic" I want more control over my shots than the GoPro can provide (given the fixed wide angle slightly curved lens and small chip size for low light).
This summer I picked up a FS700, replacing my GH2 as the primary camera. A very sweet upgrade etc, but when I look at stabilizing it... well you start talking a lot of money, skill, experience with Steady Cams such as Glide Cam etc. Then along came Movi, and that is looking a lot more my style; but its quite expensive.
Fast forward about 6-9months and here we are with a multitude of 3-axis gimbals. Currently though I know that the Defy G5 and Movi M10 will work with the FS700 and I'm wondering what others might work? As there are a lot of out-croppings of companies that can do this but I'm new to this kind of camera stabilization?
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