ViiGim 503 (3 axis gimbal) - Sony a6300 - E 35mm 1.8 - DOF demo

[Hanriverprod]

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/111981584325?

Just under $500. I was looking at the ms1 or pilotfly before. This would be my first gimbal and this looks pretty smooth. What do you guys think?

 

 

[tdonovic]

I don't think its a bad pick, dual IMUs is good and it runs SimpleBGC, so at least it has good firmware. At this point though, I would be looking at a gimbal with encoders, it seems to make a really big difference, so you don't have to calibrate it as accurately and it also means the battery lasts a bit longer. See if you can pick up a cheap 2nd gen Came-Single or something similar. It will be a bit more expensive, but I think it will be better.

[The Chris]

Doesn't the H2 have encoders? It still needs tuning from what I've seen on their Facebook page. 

[Hanriverprod]

1 hour ago, tdonovic said:

I don't think its a bad pick, dual IMUs is good and it runs SimpleBGC, so at least it has good firmware. At this point though, I would be looking at a gimbal with encoders, it seems to make a really big difference, so you don't have to calibrate it as accurately and it also means the battery lasts a bit longer. See if you can pick up a cheap 2nd gen Came-Single or something similar. It will be a bit more expensive, but I think it will be better.

Yeah I'm in Seoul so it's difficult to pick up used video equipment because of return policies incurring even more shipping and customs charges. I need to either buy what local distributors here are selling or usually get something new and hope that it doesn't have a glitch. I've gotten burned too many times buying used items and having to return it with the policy that I have to pay for the shipping costs as well as new custom charges to get the replacement. We need more resellers in S Korea. There's so much production going on here, I don't know why companies like aputure and cametv don't come in stronger.

[ViiGim Kovacam]

This is the latest test using G85, Leica 25mm F1.4 and 12-35mm F2.8 on the ViiGim 503 klassisch. you guys can compare with the Sony 35mm F1.8.