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Zhiyun Smooth 4 Professional Gimbal Stabilizer for iPhone Smartphone Android Cell Phone 3-Axis Handheld Gimble Stick w/ Grip Tripod Ideal for Vlogging YouTube Vlog TikTok Instagram Live Video Kit

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Color: Black


Features

  • Filmic ProThe 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.
  • MUST KNOWBalance 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 ModePhoneGo Mode for Instant Scene TransitionControl PanelIntegrated control panel design,Focus Pull & Zoom Capability
  • Time Lapse & Object TrackingTime Lapse Expert and Object Tracking available, Supports Two-way Charging with Longer Runtime

Product Dimensions: 4.84 x 4.13 x 12.91 inches


Item Weight: 1.1 pounds


Item model number: Smooth 4 Black with EACHSHOT tripod


Batteries: 2 Lithium Ion batteries required.


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: March 15, 2018


Manufacturer: Zhi yun


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    • 1st TIME COMMERCIAL USE Experience & Tech/Usage Insights
Color: Black
The media could not be loaded. 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 😁 Here'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. 😜 - 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 :-) ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2018 by Sherman
    • Personal Safety and Security Risks and Unethical Behavior
Color: Black
Anyone following the CIA's breaches in security and Wiki Leaks exposure of hardware and software being inserted in Apple and other phones to allow them to be hijacked will have some awareness that the biggest game in town in security agencies all around the world is this: The ability to control phones to use them in Intelligence gathering, information manipulation, identity theft and more. The ability to control another countries cell-phones is a more useful form of power in today's world than the ability to lock up an entire country because of the cost-benefit ratio. If you can gather information about another for $1. vs. spend $100,000. on a prison per person per year to extract information or influence it is simply more efficient. Here is what that means for you and I: 1) A cool new app is developed that we have come to feel entitled to be available for free. 2) It costs tens of thousands to develop. If the developer charges for it we will go to the free app. 3) So security agencies approach individuals and companies with a proposition: "We will under-write your entire app and you can use our money to make it the best app around. All you have to do is secure for us permission to make phone calls, permission to turn their phone on and off, permission to know their location, permission to look through their contacts and in most cases we won't use this. But if we have an urgent need to see what 100,000 Americans are talking about to gauge the American response to an invasion of Taiwan or we want to manipulate their politics, we will use this loophole and have access to their phones. 100,000 from this app. Another 200,000 from this other app. Another million on this app. And we will pay you an additional $100,000 in bribe money to be quiet and no one will be hurt." In short, intelligence and government agencies are subsidizing cool features in exchange for buying covert influence and intelligence. This can then be used to further weaken an individual and family through blackmail if need be. "We need someone working in this factory. Let's look at all the photos of the people working there and find an affair. Then we have who we need to steal a factory secret, or get someone to sabotage someone or an industry." This is more efficient than war, re-naming, conquering and arguing because it co-opts the fears and unconsciousness of individuals willingly. So where do you find the suspects in this war to control and influence via the smart phone: In the permissions an app says that it needs to run. It is those permissions that allow it to sell access and influence. I keep my phone in airplane mode most of the time and use it mainly as a camera. Turning on blutooth for pairing with a gimbal makes sense and requires no special permission. I pair with all kinds of devices without issue. Zhiun wants to take a lot of phone control or it says it will not and cannot function even to act as a zoom button. 1) It refuses to work if my location is not on (does someone need to know where I am in the world with a camera on or is that something the customer needs?) 2) They want access to all my photos and videos. (I cannot imagine a scenario where I need this for my use of a gimbal, so who wants access to all my media on my phone). 3) They want access to my phone and the ability to make calls. While this could come in handy for China or the CIA or another country to suddenly call in information or reach out to my contacts, why do I need a Gimbal that knows who my friends are? 4) Why do I need to grant the app permission to make separate audio and video recordings? The crux for me comes when the gimbal refuses to do the most basic function until I not only grant the app location information but it refuses to pair until I go into my settings and turn on my application so that the app can send my location to someone else in real time. Here are some possibilities to be aware of: 1) An app can be safe when installed, then be sent an update that is not safe. 2) An app company can sell information or access that is only utilized once. It's like giving a key to the house that is not used by a thief until the perfect moment and only once - the moment needed to steal 100,000 identities and dis-orient a country or unsettle it as a tactic in the biggest war, which is economic and political. 3) A government can bribe/seize/ manipulate a company to expose their clients at the last minute and then exploit these permissions and no one knows about it as it's happening, which the U.S. government has done with all the major U.S. companies including Apple and Microsoft. Microsoft would not let me use outlook on my phone unless I gave Microsoft permission to turn on my phone remotely and make changes to the phone. If that is not a key then I don't know what is. The two powers vying for dominance are China and U.S., each of which has shown a willingness to violate the human and ethical rights of it's people and break the law in the race for ongoing dominance globally. Do you want them using your phone for their games? Every smart device, every permission, every absurd permission, allows remote interests that do not put your personal well-being first to influence the device that influences us to an alarming degree. This can be done unconsciously or systematically: A stranger shows up to your son and offers them the drug of choice if they will just do this one thing they are in a unique position to do. A pattern unfolds that is not in anyone's interest but a "security agencies" twisted sense of power. A company goes bankrupt that would not have. The balance of power shifts. No one knows why, or what it would have meant if information had come to light. The press gets distracted by a murder created to distract them and enabled by the real-time location access of a phone: "Shoot pointing in this direction. We will tell you when his phone has been hit and you will know you got him." You never have to see the target. Please ask your companies why pan and tilt can't work without access to your address book? Or why zoom can't work without knowing your location? Or why an immediate update is needed when it could be added to the app itself that is checked by play store? It is simply a reality that people all around the world are bidding for your information and most of them are not doing so with the primary goal to improve your life, and will sell you out for a buck even if it ruins your relationship with your child, husband or job. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2018 by Dane
    • Calibrate it before you turn it on!!
Color: Black
This is my second one. The first I turned it on without calibrating it and it flipped out. The zoom wheel popped off and I couldn't get it back on. The second time I calibrated it first and it is fine. Regardless of me calibrating it first or not, it shouldn't have fallen apart. Anyway, this does a good job as it is. I've not used it as I bought it to take on a trip and it broke right before I left. So right now, I haven't had a reason to use it. I may update this review later. For better or worse. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2022 by Timothy G. Beeman

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