I recently wrote in my NAB recap about gimbals specifically: “...With both price and quality heading toward parity, I suspect we are coming to the point when the determining factor for plunking down your hard-earned cash will be customer service. Can you talk to someone at…
Which is the most useful for cinematic shots: a 3-axis gimbal; 5-axis in body image stabilization; or full-blown Steadicam with arm and vest? The Eyeconic Origin (currently on Kickstarter) splits the difference by addressing the up-down motion – the fourth axis -- that 3-axis gimbals…
We first posted about Raphael Rogers’ work in August 2013, when we – along with others -- rhapsodized about his sci-fi short BEYOND, shot on a Canon C100. A year later, Raphael contacted us and we posted again, this time about a gorgeous short he’d…
What is the connection between the new DJI Ronin 3-axis gimbal on the one hand -- and the kind of authentic joy and innocence most of us can only dream about capturing in motion on the other?[adrotate group="6"] Answer: this lovely and very personal minute-long…
Never mind that Ronin is an uber-cool name for ANY piece of gear. What’s really important is that DJI, maker of the highly regarded Phantom photography drone, has taken its Zenmuse 3 axis gimbal technology and dropped it into a MoVI M5 competitor. And brings…
A couple of cool DJI Ronin stabilizer videos that were sent to us - the first from NAB 2014 is one of the only "tests" done at NAB shot on the iPhone, but hey, you take what you can get [adrotate group="6"] DJI Ronin Demo…
