I would go with the gimbal for outdoors and filming indoors where I really don't need to change the camera lens. Handheld would be at weddings and parties where I may need to change the lens or zoom in on someone without having to recalibrate the gimbal which can be a pain in the butt.
In my case, i have parkinson , my sony a7c was unusable in videos. In photo it’s ok as i can always increase the shutter speed. So i just bought a Weebill 3s and my videos are fantastic now. You can always inject some camera movement in post (as special effects, like war field or some special shake to match an specific actions). The gimbal save my camera, or i think i would have sell my entire kit. The different mode allow different movements. And it is not like if it is on tripod for static scene. Go and Pov mode are very dynamic. And the other mode look very professional. Gimbal is great.
Comparison at 4:07 - honestly the handheld shots are chaotic and only useful for situations where you want to show sudden chaotic energy. Gimbal running shot shows action without giving the impression of uncontrolled energy. So it's a creative decision. A shot of a little girl in a white frock running in a field using her young energy, use a gimbal. Same girl same field but she is being chased by a chainsaw killer - use handheld.
i use gimbal for follow shots n orbit..n mostly fpr my wedding video..i prefer handheld because the movement is natural n i have more freedom to move around..
I have built four rigs. One of them for my Iphone as well. I love building rigs and I use them when I'm doing cooking content and filming independent pro wrestling.
I think they both definitely have their own jobs/reasons for use. Neither one of them is better or worse. Thanks for this video talking about both of them 🙂 *I'm a complete beginner to video making and recently am learning about cameras, gimbals and all of that
I would go with the gimbal for outdoors and filming indoors where I really don't need to change the camera lens. Handheld would be at weddings and parties where I may need to change the lens or zoom in on someone without having to recalibrate the gimbal which can be a pain in the butt.
That's totally fair, there's definitely a lot of situations where each of them shine
In my case, i have parkinson , my sony a7c was unusable in videos. In photo it’s ok as i can always increase the shutter speed. So i just bought a Weebill 3s and my videos are fantastic now. You can always inject some camera movement in post (as special effects, like war field or some special shake to match an specific actions). The gimbal save my camera, or i think i would have sell my entire kit. The different mode allow different movements. And it is not like if it is on tripod for static scene. Go and Pov mode are very dynamic. And the other mode look very professional.
Gimbal is great.
That's totally fair. That's one situation where a gimbal is a great tool, especially if it takes your camera from being unusable
Comparison at 4:07 - honestly the handheld shots are chaotic and only useful for situations where you want to show sudden chaotic energy. Gimbal running shot shows action without giving the impression of uncontrolled energy. So it's a creative decision. A shot of a little girl in a white frock running in a field using her young energy, use a gimbal. Same girl same field but she is being chased by a chainsaw killer - use handheld.
I completely agree. I actually posted a short about this very topic and said very similar things
i use gimbal for follow shots n orbit..n mostly fpr my wedding video..i prefer handheld because the movement is natural n i have more freedom to move around..
Totally fair point
I have built four rigs. One of them for my Iphone as well. I love building rigs and I use them when I'm doing cooking content and filming independent pro wrestling.
Nice. Building rigs is definitely part of the fun
You did great! Thanks very much. That was v informative to sbdy that has zero experience of either
Gracias
I've never used a gimbal stabilizer because I don't have one hahaha, I'm often handheld when recording
That makes a lot of sense. I was the same for a long time, I only got my first gimbal earlier this year
I think they both definitely have their own jobs/reasons for use. Neither one of them is better or worse. Thanks for this video talking about both of them 🙂
*I'm a complete beginner to video making and recently am learning about cameras, gimbals and all of that
I absolutely agree, every tool has its function
Great explanation
I prefer handheld and shoulder rigs all the time but gimbals are fun and fast when you don't need to manually focus on the image
True, I'm not a fan of balancing gimbals though, I'd much rather build a rig