Zhiyun Crane 2S Gimbal Performance Test [Sony A7III, 85mm, Sirui 35mm Anamorphic, 24-105mm]
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2020
- Zhiyun's Crane 2S 3-axis handheld gimbal is created for larger mirrorless cameras and heavier lenses. I gave the gimbal (and myself) a workout in this test. My Gimbal Masterclass: gimbalmasterclass.com/brandon/
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No slow motion. That is cheating.
I like this statement and your honesty.
yes i agree with you so many video claim they know how to use gimbal but are shot with 120p slow mo
I really like this review. It seems like every single review on youtube was just all the positive opinions with zero flaws (trying to sell you) so your honesty is much appreciated.
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@@anakmama9118 Hiiii!!!!! :D
I like how simple, organized and unbiased your videos are..
UNM! Fellow filmmaking New Mexican here 🤙🏼 great video. It’s awesome to see these reviews to figure out if certain gimbals will work with the content we shoot. I shoot with a ronin-s but found it to be really buggie. Zhiyun has never failed me. But I worry about their ergonomics. So many gimbals to choose from!
Nice work Brandon! Love the content~!
Excellent video as always Brandon
Appreciate the honesty in this review man! Thinking of getting the Weebill S now :)
I've had the Weebill-S for over a year and it's a great little gimbal for light-duty shooting.
If you have a light weight setup than weebil s is perfect! But if you use bmpcc than you might want to look at a heavy gimbal like the crane 3s or 2s
Hey, you dropped your hat :D ... Very nice tests there. Thank you.
Whaaat UNM represent!!!
Excellent review! Thanks!
Thank you for your honest appraisal
Awesome stuff mate
Nice to see some footage in ABQ 👍🏽 low light looks great here I know not much available lighting here
Thanks for very helpful and honest review.
This is amazing ❤️
free unit and unbiased test!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!
Best gimbal on the planet, Brandon Li himself 👀👀👀.
3:50 look at him go🤣🤣🤣 the man the myth the legend haha, great stuff as always
Pretty cool! Nice video. ✌️
I love all your video
After I heard about Zhiyun Crane 2s, the first thing I did was, searching it on your channel. Finally 👍
reis al da türkçe incelemesini izleyelim bir de 😁
Fantastic
Beautiful video bro, I want to buy one of this gimbal. 😍😊👍🏽
awesome, thanks.
*love it ❤️❤️❤️*
Great video
Got mine, had to return it. Pretty heavy setup with my S1H. Beside, You will need the wireless transmitter in order to access camera mode on your phone unlike Crane 2!! Aesthetically, Love it. Functionality, not so. Great Review Brandon!
The superman logo is cool looking
I also own an S1h. What did you end up buying, or are you also waiting on the Ronin S2?
Interesting and honest review! (finally) For smooth gimbal shots, would you always advise (must use) a lighter setup or is a little heavier something you could also get used to? I'm so in love with some cinema lenses I have and they are just not the lightest let alone with a camera + cage. Got rid of the Ronin M because of the size / bulky-ness and doing research for a new one now. Thanks a bunch.
Camera vedio 🏅
FINALLY someone who calls out slow MO as cheating.
Nice 👍👍👍
Now I am having second thoughts about this upgrade path. Would love to see if it could balance the DZO Parfocal Zoom lenses, video xmtr, remote zoom & focus controls, might be the extra weight it needs to perform at it's best.
I think your voice is very good and noble. wow.
I still like Air 2 ability to change motors sensitivity with dial scrolling. It is so easy and handy. This function lacks in Cranes lineup.
Agreed, that thumbwheel is genius
Speaking of extreme situations, I made so many figure skating videos with the Crane 2. My only gripe was I had to use POV mode to manually counter the horizon tilt when orbiting. It’s sad that they still haven’t addressed inertial compensation. The DJI Ronin SC is now the gimbal I use most, even though I preferred the smooth look of my Crane 2, because it handles horizon roll very well.
Do you know which gimbal has the smoothness of the Crane 2 but the inertial compensation of the Ronin series? I don’t need the massive payload of the Movi Pro.
All gimbals will have some horizon tilt with extreme movement, so I don't know which is best in this regard
ooo u duning a grat joob its so help full for me thanks
I think the biggest advantage of this gimbal is the fact you can easily pop the camera off and put it on a tripod and pop it back on as well as make it go vertical. If only the Weebill were that easy and convenient.
Zhiyun has their own quick release mechanism, I’ve been using it for over a year. A manfrotto plate that splits in half. You can use 2 of these plates and keep one of them on the tripod, one on the gimbal. Then you can quickly swap gimbal to tripod.
Glad I got the Ronin-S :)
Thanks for this honest review, i would say the Crane s2 is not made for such light setups, like you said there are way better tools like weebil s or Ronin SC. I used the Crane s2 for around 1 Week now with an Bmpc 6k and Sigma Lenses and it works great for normal shooting, i would say this is a situation where it atm. is the best one hand Gimbal but as you said not for lighter setups :)
Glad it's been working well for you!
Come on,Master Li don’t need a gimbal,he is the human gimbal
Great video and objective, i also have problems with horizon leveling on my feiyutech ak4500, thought it was just my model but seems to be a general issue with gimbals. On the whole love these things, the way they work. I feel more in control than free hand. Thanks for a unbias performance review without the BS
How is ak 4500? I am planning to get one
@@milangurung4349 i like it, it has alot of features and like this gimbal is on the bigger side. It can carry bigger cameras and fit larger cameras, it does get the shakes sometimes and needs re-tuning or balanced better. But overall i am happy with the build quality and performance.
@@waynosfotos i am hestitating to buying it since there is not a single video about this ak4500's real world review, like you said in two video i also saw some shakiness on vortex mode on this gimbal. Before i buy this i want to know whether its feature like go mode, vortex and steadiness are on par with crane 3 lab, moza air 2 and ronin s or not.
@@milangurung4349 i did a lot of research and there is quite a few reviews around, most where positive. The gimbal is very well made and can carry a lot of weight, i do feel this is the problem with the ak4500, with the lighter cameras, the motor strength needs to be right not to high. I did see this happen in the review here. My two i was going to choose from where the weebil s and ak4500, both have underslung mode which i need for car photography. I would say if you have a smaller lighter camera, go the weebil. If you want to put on heavier stuff go the ak4500, pretty much everything is in the box including focus puller camera control and extra handle + remote wand.
@@waynosfotos i have 80d with ef16-35mm f2.8 iii with me. Ok i will get it next month then, tha k you for the reply brother, have a nice day
I read where a heavier camera does seem to do somewhat better. I have a BMPCC4K, so if I buy one, I'll keep the camera on the Smallrig full cage.
The weight of these gimbals is the problem. The sweet spot is a lighter gimbal with a reasonable payload. The crane v2 remains my favorite gimbal. I just hope they update it with a firmware to add vortex mode.
we use the ronin s, after seeing the we will not be upgrading, probably keeping it for another 2 years. there is really no need to upgrade gimbals every year
Hi brandon! I woud like to ask. I noticed at around 2:21 min mark. When your testing the gimbal while running what do you think caused the jittering? is it the weight of the lens? or is it because of the form of your body? I have the crane plus. and I mounted it on my a6400 w/ sigma 16mm. been having this kind of issue( if it is an issue). My theory was its because of the payload of my gimbal. and when I saw your video it seems to me that its not about the payload. Maybe the weight of the lens? Thanks man! Nice content as always
The gimbal should be able to carry a S1H with a cine lens so it's not the weight. I've used gimbals for 5 years and gotten great results so it's not my body form either.
Nice review! I struggle to find a good replacement to my moza air, I've tried the weebill s, and even if it did good on shots with a lot of mouvement (like parcour or running) and with narrow lenses (35mm.50mm), I was really disappointed at its performance when I attempted whide angle cinematic smooth shots. I feel like it's the same for the Crane 2S so I wonder if it's some kind of strategy or limitation, it seems like you can't have the best of both worlds.
Hey Brandon, firstly I would like to thank you for your videos they are very helpful. So I just got a new Crane 2S and a Sony A7S3, I'm super confused about connecting both of them, I'm using USB C - C cable, it seems to be working but I'm unable to figure out how to control camera operations from gimbal such as start/stop recording; I searched all over the internet and just came across more beginners facing the same problem but no answers in sight. Hope that you could help, thanks in advance
Hi Brandon, I notice you mention you're having a hard time doing smooth pan which is the exact problem I have with my Crane 2 (i was gonna upgrade to Crane 2S). Which gimbal that you have tried that given the smoothest pan so far?
bro, if you want a smooth pan, just make the pan speed is slow, thats my trick
Thanks for the review Brandon! I too struggle to get smooth pan with my gimbal. I have had two Moza Air gimbals and it was an issue with both of them. Which manufacturer/model do you prefer when looking for a gimbal in order to get smooth pan? Thanks!
For my serious shoots, I use Icecam with custom settings. bdn.li/my-gimbal
Im here to see Brandon run around
Brandon Li(Don't confuse with the other guy, B. Lee). Your motto must be: Stay Creative. Enjoy watching your videos and more importantly no b___s___t but concise. BTW I am NOT a videographer, trying to learn a few tricks when I start doing vlogging. Cheers.
Great video! Do you live in Thailand?
After reviewing both which would you recommend between this and the DJI RS2 ?
I am super curious, what shutters speeds do you use, and how the heck do you still create motion blur?
Hey Brandon what did you used to connect the sony a7 iii and crane 2s ?
I want to ask! weebill s and DJI Ronin sc would recommend that
Waiting on the new DJI RS 2 to come out before I make a buying decision.
Hey Brandon, i come up with an idea on smaller gimbal for my A7M3+24-70GM/Batis 18, and planning to buy ZV-1 too recently, I own a ronin-s but i think its too massive for me on daily use, thinking of buying another Webill-S or Ronin-SC, which one would you recommend?
Perfect for bmpcc 6k
Can someone clarify what steadyshot means? Is it a setting on the gimbal? Because I can´t find it in the instruction manual
My only assumption is maybe in the camera
here i was thinking i needed to buy the crane 2s. (The newer is better false idea) but after this ill stay with my weebil s. thanks brandon people are quick to get behind this lens but wont state they used SS in there shots .
Thanks for a video
Brando what s your favorite gimbal and why?
For my serious shoots, I use Icecam with custom settings. It is reliable, built tough, and I can fully customize the settings using SimpleBGC software. bdn.li/my-gimbal
@@BrandonLiUnscripted thanks Brandon!
Hi,
For a 24-70 mm lens (f 2.8 Sigma or Sony lens at over 800g) would you recommend Weebill S or Crane 2S ? Not sure if the small Weebill S could handle well a zoom lens.
The first honest review. I was so close to but it but no more. I do own a Sony a7III & 24mm 1.4 G master I need a lighter gimbal. I’m thinking about weebill S or roninc SC. But the thing is i want to add another lens for close up, something lik 85mm 1.8 or a 55mm. Which gimbal do you think should I get?
❤️🤟
Do you prefer to auto focus or keep it in manual and maintaining distance when using a gimbal?
Depends on the shot. I made a big FAQ page and this is one of the questions: learn.unscripted.com/faq/
RUN!
Brandon, were you able to adjust the shutter speed or use the record button on the gimbal using the Sony or like the weebil s did you have to set the gymbal to the Panasonic camera setting.
I didn't try to use the gimbal to control the camera
Thanks
I've been going back and forth from my crane 2 and new crane 2s (I returned the crane 3s, way too heavy).. By chance do you feel like the build of the crane 2s allows for a bit more shake? I keep going back and forth and every time I feel like the 2 is smoother than my 2s.
Just got mine and coming from the DJI ronin S I actually really like the gimbal. However my shooting style is very different to Brandon’s and I have not encountered some of the issues he did.
@@TSC.Productions thanks for the added input, much appreciated. What's your setup as I know weight distribution can play a part in all this?
@@buddyfx7026 hey no worries I am rocking a Fuji xt4 plus my iPhone external monitor with the video transmission add on as well as a bmpcc 6k with that same set up and have had no issues as of yet. The lastest firmware which came out a few weeks ago made it even more smooth than before! Both cameras are not rigged out to keep weight down. Hope that helps !
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Hi. Does anyone know what the blinking orange LED inside the "USB-C Camera Control" and "Focus/Zoom Control" connectors on the Crane 2S means? I have seen that it flashes at different speeds, depending on the way we use the Crane 2S, be it PF, POV, etc... but it is a light that is hardly visible, since it is very dim, and also, It's inside the connectors.
Hi Brandon , thanks for the video , how did you get the sony a7 3 to connect to the gimbal? i cant acces focus ore rec button , thanks
Hey bro , did you find the solution ? Cause i have the same stuff??
Love your Honesty bro !! YT is filled more of junk . What do you recommend if i had only one tumble to buy ? Still weevil -S?
Weebill-s is a great inexpensive small gimbal. I use Icecam Tiny Ultravision for most of my serious shooting.
Brandon Li sure do you prefer ultra Vision over weebill S? . Also how can I join you bro I can Atleast contribute for your BTS videos. Am a huge (is small word ) fan boy
Hello Brandon, i have problem with my a7iii, when recoring video 4k 25 or 24p(handfield) the video is juddering. Does gimbal fix this problem for me?
What’s the smoothest gimbal you’ve ever used?
I don't know if it's just me, but I feel as though there's more shakiness to the footage, especially the up and down during the walk/run test. Do you normally apply stabilization in post in all of your other videos?
I never post-stabilize my test footage
Brandon Li do you think this gimbal just doesn't handle the vertical axis well? (The seeming bumpiness)
Hi. Brandon Li
Can you tell me which app is coming out at 08:00?
Beat me to it by 6 seconds!
Does it work for a7 iii? Because when I plug it up it's not getting the functions to change the settings from the gimbal. When I press record from the gimbal the camera does not record! please help! I use the cable and it's charging but it's not giving me the option to control the camera from the gimbal. I've the gimbal set to sony! any help?
Hey bro did you find the solution for it , i have same sony a7iii and crane 2s?
Best gimbal for an iphone 13 pro max?
Ok what I learned from this video is that there is a lighter gimbal for my GH5s called weeble-s. I can't stand the weight of my crane 2 anymore...
This seems a lot like the moza air 2. Which do you think is better?
They're both too heavy for my style of shooting. I made a Moza Air 2 review with the same camera so you can do a direct comparison: ua-cam.com/video/I0pZ8LwZCdY/v-deo.html
Can the sony a7iv work on this gimbal?
crane 2s vs ronin rs2?
Hard to tell if gimbal is good or its just Brandon gimbal master li
1:53 OfCourse it will tilt because you're holding the gimbal at sling handle.
How to test a gimbal? Well just run really hard 😂
Very nice brandon genesis You are always a genius, but you did not answer my question, is the Blackmagic 4k camera good, or do you prefer it over the A7sii or 2020 cameras? What do I choose? Because I want a photography camera with high features ahmed for iraq basra💪🏆
Thanks! I've never used the BMPCC4k
Wich are better, zhiyu crane 2S or moza air 2?
I made a Moza Air 2 review with the same camera so you can do a direct comparison: ua-cam.com/video/I0pZ8LwZCdY/v-deo.html
Can u suggest me the best one from weebil s and ronin sc
I prefer weebill s
Brandon Li - thnx
First on here today
not buttery smooth as they advertise. dissapointed
Ouch
Is it heavier than ronin s
Feels about the same. Not heavier.
Brandon Li thank you looking forward to buy for my bmpcc 6k
I bought the s, new, for $350.
These motors are much more powerful then the original Crane 2 yet this looks much less stabilized. Something is going wrong here, I suspect Zhiyun is behind on the software, which they are always terrible at compared to DJI.
I tested the Crane 2 with almost the exact same setup so you can do a direct comparison: ua-cam.com/video/rxnedXT-q2A/v-deo.html
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"Not sure if it's my favourite because it's too heavy" hmm it's not zhiyun's problem that you have noodle arms buddy, nice video though!
You will refer to Brandon as “master” not buddy
@@allinthemind2006 I don’t think so buddy
So what you're saying is you're not strong enough 😜
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