Zhiyun Increases Payload 50%, Crane Stabilizer Now Able to Fly 5D Mark III

[Axel]

On 6.11.2016 at 5:12 AM, Cinegain said:

Speaking of improvements (didn't feel like opening a whole other thread) and carrying bigger loads, ha, now here's a nifty idea!

(video)

~ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/firstsparkgear/daisho-turn-your-camera-gimbal-into-a-shoulder-rig  | http://www.firstsparkgear.com/daisho/ ( via )

Reducing two major problems of handheld (pistol grip/dual handle) stabilizers... all the heavy load on your arms, creating muscle exhaustion and up/down bouncing movement. Not too shabby.

Inspiring. Looks pretty simple. Most of the time, the horizontal rod lies just loosely on his shoulder. Makes me think of the big box full of cheap rig parts I've gathered over the years (parts from India or China). Kept because they are worthless anyway and because I thought, who knows?, they might come in handy one day. The center piece somehow reminds me of something:

... maybe some connection of my old U-flycam up in the attic?

[Cinegain]

Yeah, it's a really basic idea and technical solution, I imagine you can put together something like that yourself. I'm looking forward to the future where we will all have 3D printers/CNC machines at home that also prints chipsets/boards, so you basically just buy a design for 5 bucks or whatever and build it at home.

[Orangenz]

On 05/11/2016 at 1:31 AM, jonpais said:

 The Zhiyun Crane currently sells for as little as $586.00 USD over at AliExpress.

That discount has departed? Presumably back again soon. 

[jonpais]

30 minutes ago, Orangenz said:

That discount has departed? Presumably back again soon. 

I've seen it online for as little as $450.00 I think. It's much more than that here though. It's a little more expensive if you want the remote, but since it works with any smartphone, I don't think a remote is that necessary anyhow. Version 2 should be released anytime soon.

[Ki Rin]

It seems like a number of sellers on Ebay are already selling the V2 if the pictures are to be believed.

[SR]

I hope Zhiyun releases a 45 degree version like Pilot H2's. This seems like the next logical solution so you don't suffer if you don't have a flip out screen.

[Orangenz]

9 hours ago, jonpais said:

I've seen it online for as little as $450.00 I think. It's much more than that here though. It's a little more expensive if you want the remote, but since it works with any smartphone, I don't think a remote is that necessary anyhow. Version 2 should be released anytime soon.

I think that those prices are usually for the the smaller M model but I'll check every so often as sales do pop up regularly.

[jonpais]

1 hour ago, Orangenz said:

I think that those prices are usually for the the smaller M model but I'll check every so often as sales do pop up regularly.

It might have been the M.