The best camera we have that being said well quite honestly our smart films are the best camera companion and today we have something that will enhance the camera performance. Well smartphone gimbal's are usually quite expensive and I know you guys want something much more on a budget today I have with me Zhiyun smooth Q and they come just under 140 dollars.
The Smooth Q is a 3-Axis handheld gimbal that is designed to work with phones with display sizes from four point seven to six inches and that weighs up to 220 grams the phone can easily be attached to the gimbal and does not require any complicated setup all you need to do is Mount the phone either horizontally or vertically and then press the on button and the 3-axis gimbal will automatically adjust the phone's position and angle coming to the build a budget-friendly gimbal like this one does have few setbacks it has a plastic handle that does feel a little easy to break well the rest of the gimbal is quite well built with metal casings all round I really love the fact that they come with a hard shell carrying case like the one you get with Osmos for its protection and you also get a standard tripod mount on the bottom now the controls here are pretty straightforward you can use the joystick to pan rotate and adjust the tilt and if you've connected the smooth view to the Zhiyun assistant mobile app you can use the power record button to take pictures or start or stop or video the mode button enables you to switch between three modes a single press cycle forwards between the modes and double press cycle backwards to the mode.
The WT toggle button is meant to zoom in and out of the show nap and now talking about the app it presents information about the gimbal including the battery remaining current mode degrees of pitch roll pan etc inside the app you can even calibrate the gimbal and then comes the camera interface which is simple and easy to understand there are settings inside the camera where you can control things like the ISO white balance and the exposure compensation for the camera but DF support ISO values within 100 to 400 range which might not be suitable under all situations face or object tracking in this app works great in the Android app but somehow doesn't work well enough in iOS but then again this will probably be fixed in the future updates.
The smooth Q does a great job of keeping the track object inside the frame and since it does this with slow movement the output video is usually smoother the highlight of the skimble is the huge 26650 milliamp hour battery which can be charged by a USB cable with that kind of battery the demo can easy lost over ten hours of usage overall the gimbal does a great job they are not too many bumps or shakes visible it's not perfectly steady but overall really usable please keep in mind that the result also depends on which phone is using as a rolling shutter and lack of image stabilization can be an issue launched as a competitor to the Oslo mobile this gimbal has by far the best mobile gimbal in its price segment if you really want to get a steady and smooth shot while walking or even running the shoe in smooth Q is a decent entry-level smartphone gimbal.
If you are interested in SMOOTH Q , welcome to www.zhiyun-tech.com .
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