Zhiyun Smooth 4 Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphone iPhone Android Cell Phone 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal for Vlogging YouTube Vlog TikTok Instagram Live Video Kit Support Cellphone 210g MAX
$89.00
Price: $89.00
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Function
Handheld Gimbal Handheld Gimbal Handheld Gimbal Handheld Gimbal Handheld Gimbal Universal Counterweight
CAUTION:
1. Set-Up Instruction: Remove your phone case if any, then BALANCE the gimbal with your phone BEFORE powering on.
How to Balance: Slide the smartphone in as close as possible against the tilt axis motor. Loosen the Roll (Y) Axis Thumb Screw (which is on the back) to adjust the gravity center by sliding the horizontal arm.
How to judge: When phone stays level in power OFF status, it is balanced. If your gimbal works well but FALLS in approx. one minute or a red light at the bottom, it is Not balanced.
Counterweight is needed (search B07G56PZYQ on Amazon) if case or lens added to the smartphone.
*Please kindly note that iPhone 12 Pro Max or iPhone 11 Pro Max will need a Counterweight to help to balance the gimbal
2: 3×3 Pano should be taken in a wide area, or it may fail.
3: NOT all functions are available for Android phones. Zhiyun has been improving ZY play APP, Android, and iOS, please always keep the APP update-to-date.
4: There are lots of VIDEO TUTORIALs on YOUTUBE that will help you master the gimbal.
Features:
Integrated control panel design: Smooth 4 is designed with a slider on its control panel and a trigger button on its back, to easily recognize and switch between different gimbal modes. It can reduce the need to touch the screen, and help users control both the stabilizer and mobile camera directly with hot-key buttons. Has “Vertigo Shot” “POV Orbital Shot” “Roll-angle Time Lapse” buttons.Focus Pull & Zoom Capability: You can zoom in or out as you want to take close-up shots.By pressing the FN switch button, the handwheel is configured into a focus puller, helping you achieve high-precision focus changes in real-time to create creative shots.PhoneGo Mode for Instant Scene Transition: Smooth 4 can respond to every delicate movement without delay without the need to worry about losing any shots.Time Lapse Expert: Smooth 4 can realize features such as Freestyle time-lapse, Timelapse, Motionlapse, Hyperlapse, Slow-motion, recording lives and displaying the art of time flow.Object Tracking: Smooth 4 can produce smooth footage and also track objects including but not limited to human faces with much higher precision.Two-way Charging with Longer Runtime: Smooth 4 can run for 12 hours in a row. The battery indicator tells you how much power is left. The stabilizer can be charged by a portable power source and the phone can be charged by the stabilizer via USB port on the tilt axis.Powerful Motor: The motor power of Smooth 4 has increased by a large extent, making it compatible to phones of large sizes. Meantime, it can be used together with many accessories such as LED light and camera lens.Tilt Mechanical Range：240 °Roll Mechanical Range：240 °Valid Payload：Max： 210g, Min： 75g
Package Including:
1x Zhiyun Smooth 4 Gimbal1x Type-C USB Cable1x Storage Box1x Tripod1x User Manual
Advanced Features:
Focus Pull & Zoom Capability
The more professional and delicated handwheel is built in Smooth 4, bringing you the unprecedented experience of smooth operation. You can zoom in or out as you want to take close-up shots.By pressing the FN switch button, the handwheel is configured into a focus puller, helping you achieve high-precision focus changes in real time to create creative shots.
PhoneGo Mode for Instant Scene
Like a high-end sports car, Smooth 4 can enter PhoneGo mode and release the potential of motors in a flash. It can respond to every delicate movement without delay without the need to worry about losing any shots.What’s better is that amazing scene transition can be achieved in your footage without post-processing.
Filmmaking Making
Zhiyun Smooth 4 turns your mobile phone into a professional filmmaking camera, helping you create stable and smooth footage with just your phone. The design of integrated control panel can reduce the need to touch the screen, and help users control both the stabilizer and mobile camera directly with hot-key buttons. Get one now to create your own Hollywood movies with just phones!
More Features:
Object Tracking
Smooth 4 can produce smooth footage and also track objects including but not limited to human faces with much higher precision. You can frame the object you want to track on the screen, and the stabilizer can do the rest. Shooting has never been so easy, but now we have Smooth 4!
Time Lapse Expert
Smooth 4 supports all kinds of advanced shooting techniques. It can realize features such as Timelapse, moving time lapse, Freestyle time lapse , Hyperlapse, Motionlapse,
Slow-motion, recording lives and displaying the art of time flow.
Control Panel Design
Smooth 4 is designed with a slider on its control panel and a trigger button on its back, to easily recognize and switch between different gimbal modes.
Two-way Charging
Smooth 4 can run for 12 hours in a row. The stabilizer can be charged by portable power source and the phone can be charged by the stabilizer via USB port on tilt axis.
New Control Panel Design
Hot Keys Design for Instant Controls:
Zhiyun Smooth 4 turns your mobile phone into a professional filmmaking camera, helping you create cinematic and expressive footage with just your phone. Its unique control panel saves you the trouble of touching the screen multiple times and helps you take film-level footage.
Easy Mode Transition:
Smooth 4 adopts the latest concept with slider switching stabilizer modes. With it, you do not need to memorize all operation modes.
Push slider up or down to enter PF or L mode. By pressing “PhoneGo” button or “Following” button to enter specified mode.
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Multiple Exposure
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Long Exposure
✓
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Filter
✓
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Live
Available (Change Camera mode to ORIG) ✘
Slow Motion / Timelapse / Motion Timelapse / Vertigo effect
✓
Depend on Phone Model
Panorama
Available, but the result may depend on the shooting environment Available, but the result may depend on the shooting environment
Resolution
Resolution may depend on the phone model Resolution may depend on the phone model
Manual mode
Params and scale may depend on phone model Params and scale may depend on phone model
Video / Front Camera / Albums / Grid / Flashlight / Stabilization / Scene mode / Application mode
✓
✓
Remote control / Motor torque / Calibration / Params adjustment / Video quality
✓
✓
👍👍【Filmic Pro】The official APP for Smooth 4 is called ZY play. But Filmic Pro has best in class support for Smooth 4, you can use Filmic Pro as an alternative to ZY play.
👍👍【Control Panel】Integrated control panel design,Focus Pull & Zoom Capability
✅✅【MUST KNOW】Balance the gimbal before use: Slide the smartphoone in as close as possible to against the tilt axis motor. Loosen the Roll (Y) Axis Thumb Screw (which is on the back) to adjust the gravity center by sliding the horizontal arm.When phone stays in level in power OFF status, it is balanced.We recommend you VIEW the video tutorials, There are lots of tutorial videos on YOUTUBE that will help you master the gimbal.
👍👍【PhoneGo Mode】PhoneGo Mode for Instant Scene Transition
👍👍【Time Lapse & Object Tracking】Time Lapse Expert and Object Tracking available, Supports Two-way Charging with Longer Runtime
Customers say
Customers find the camera support well-made and a good value for money. They appreciate its reliability, strong motors, and protective case. Many like the video quality and features. However, some customers have issues with app compatibility. There are mixed opinions on functionality, ease of use, and stability.
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Sherman –
1st TIME COMMERCIAL USE Experience & Tech/Usage Insights
Researched many YT videos that compared handheld gimbals vs steadicams. Attempting to use more mobile phone shooting moving forward (instead of my DSLR), and wanting an affordable yet effective unit on my first gimbal, and glad ZY Smooth 4 caught my attention. It beat DJI’s Osmo due to price point, functionality and availability.I’m glad I picked up the ZY Smooth 4 about a couple of months prior to my first commercial production with it, which was purely unintentional.My local client, who’s a speaker, who’s also a very active person, felt uncomfortable/nervous sitting in front of a camera. To give her peace of mind, I suggested a walk on the river, while we talked and I would shoot the video on the gimbal. She loved the idea and settled on a date and early morning meetup at the river so we would have less foot traffic at that time.Both of us preferred this “walk and talk” video style. For her, it was natural to do this as an active person, much like speaking to a girlfriend while out for a walk. For me, I knew this would get her blood flow moving, reduce nerves, and the natural morning light (vs afternoon harsh light) was good for the shoot.Believe it or not, we shot 2 videos (one was a Welcome video, and the other was an About video), both only required 1 take each! LOL! We produced the first video walking the river one way, then turned back and shot the 2nd video going the other way ðHere’s some insights on the Smooth 4:- The ZY Smooth 4 build is impressive. Has weight in your hands, but not so heavy to strain your hands/arms on a longer shoot.- The ZY company is consistently working on upgrades to the ZY App, which is good to see- ZY does provide information in the booklet on setup and usage, however, I found most value in YT videos from other users showcasing functionality and use cases- Key Tip: Balance your iPhone in the bracket BEFORE powering on the Smooth 4 unit.- Recent News: Filmic Pro app now works well with the Smooth 4. Check out YT for how to use it with Smooth 4.- Battery life is solid and long-lasting. Since my first charge of the Smooth 4 unit, the battery has held strong. In fact, my iPhone battery dies much faster, naturally due to shooting video. If you can, get the lightning cable to connect your iPhone to the Smooth 4, so you can keep your iPhone charged while shooting video.- I appreciate the screw on tripod legs that come with the Smooth 4, for laying on a flat surface. I’m about to get an Insta360 ONE panoramic camera, and I can envision sitting my iPhone in the Smooth 4 phone bracket, and setting the Smooth 4 on a taller tripod, so I can shoot the 360 away and out of sight. This way, I have both my Pano camera, and my ZY for video shooting if the client calls for that added service.Here’s some insights on the videoshoot with the Smooth 4:- Until I started playing with the Smooth 4 video quality settings, I didn’t clue in that my iPhone 6S could shoot in 4K.- Tried shooting in 4K, but its a storage hog. Will shoot 1080p next time.- The video footage will store in the ZY app, and you’ll need to then transfer it from ZY app to your iPhone’s media library. As such, I highly recommend dumping as much “stuff” off your iPhone prior to the shoot for more storage room.- In shooting with 4K, I only had room for 2-3 videos before I ran out of room and phone battery. Hence no B-roll in the above videos.- Had troubles exporting from ZY app library to iPhone Photo Library due to space shortage. After dumping more media and apps, I could transfer 1 x 4K video, import to Macbook Air, delete it off ZY & Photo Library, then transfer/import the next 4K video. May also try shooting 1080p next time. Or a bigger capacity iPhone. ð- Highly recommend you get the lightning charge cable to continually charge your iPhone while shooting.- Bring along your laptop or external drive to dump footage off your iPhone, so you can continue shooting more footage. Unless you only care about a short shooting window.- My Zoom audio with Sennheisser wireless lav was unusable due to fabric shifting sounds from walking. So what you hear is my iPhone audio, not too shabby.Hope this helps you in your decision whether to grab your own unit of the Smooth 4 🙂
Shui K Tam –
Still loving this!
This is my first gimbal and I am impressed with the built, features and functions. I was going to purchase the Smooth Q until I heard about the Smooth 4 coming out soon. The price is great! Lower than previous model. I am glad that I waited for a few weeks. It is a must-have for all video makers if you record on your smartphone. It feels good in your hands and operating is very simple. The 4 modes provide want I need. It is packaged well in a nice protective lightweight case. One bonus free gift not mentioned in the description but in the box with a note saying to choose a charging cable depending on what phone you have. ( update: I was told that the charging cable is under development and will be sent out once it is available). Just send them a message thru Facebook with your choice of USB Type C or Micro USB or Lightning. I heard some have issues with ZY Play app for Android devices. I have tested this on my Samsung S7 for 2 days and it has worked great. I also have the LG V30 which I will try later. I can not comment on battery life yet since its too soon. I will continue to update my experience once I learn more about its features and capabilities. I want to add that I got excellent support from Zhi Yun team on Facebook. They said for me to notified them when I have any issues. This tells me they really care as a customer and wants their customers to be satisfied with the product and service. Below are photos taken by me.Update: May 2020. Still loving this device. I have switched my phones and have used it on my Samsung S10 (see photo added), Note 10 and Huawei P20 Pro. These phones have better cameras that complement this gimbal. There were some software hic-ups like freezes or app closes but most are addressed with updates. I also received the bonus charging cable by mail. Good quality cable and it was used to keep me shooting longer. Having this gimbal for almost 2 years, I would say it’s been great. However, I would like a new model to be smaller and lighter. I like to pack things light as I travel. I can’t wait to give that a try.
Paulo Cesar Telles Fraga –
O aparelho é muito bom. Recomendo.
Edgar ruiz –
Pésimo material se sobre calienta cuando lo usas son mamadas ð¤¬ð¤¬ð¤¬Y por el tiempo transcurso ya no aceptan devoluciones ð¤¬
Vera Pforte –
Ist sehr nice
Cadavrexquis89 –
Non volevo comprarlo perché alcuni amici miei hanno un altro gimbal di un’altra marca e ho pensato che fosse una follia. Invece alla fine ho ceduto e devo ammettere che questo prodotto è incredibile!
Aingeru –
El Gimbal, no está mal. Me decidà por este modelo, después de mucho leer al respecto. El manual que trae, es muy parco, y hay que mirar en la red, para aprender un poco más. Dicho esto, decepción total, a los dos dÃas de uso, dejó de funcionar, desconozco si fue por la temperatura que habÃa en la calle……Listo para devolver, me replantearé la compra de otro modelo de gimbal. HabÃa comprado una funda para este gimbal, y ahora me tendré que quedar con ella.