Motorised Gimbal?

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Anyone here with experience of a motorised gimbal for videoing with their Canon Eos M or similar sized camera? I've seen some posts recommending the Zhiyun Crane 2.

I have an M50 and looking to film a tour of our Coffee shop having had a visit from a Google Streetview rep. They want £200 for a one-off shoot. I'd rather spend the money on hardware and do it myself.
 
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Zhiyun Crane 2 is the one I have. It is probably overkill for the M50 as it can carry quite a payload, also it's a few years' old now. I would go for something a bit smaller and up to date. Like most things, it takes some practice to get good results.
 
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Zhiyun Crane 2 is the one I have. It is probably overkill for the M50 as it can carry quite a payload, also it's a few years' old now. I would go for something a bit smaller and up to date. Like most things, it takes some practice to get good results.
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Like the look of the Crane M3, might go for one of those and appreciate your point about practice - sure it's not as simple and easy as they make out on the promotional videos...
 
Spend a spare hour or 2 watching Steve Wright https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnOnlineVideo/videos follow his techniques and you could create a better video hand holding your phone than you'll do after a lot of practise with a Zhiyun. Start with this video its more along the lines of what you might be doing
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwSMNAirYk

Or spend £60-80 on a phone gimbal, a bit of practise and you'll create something good for your coffee shop then you can sell it on for £40.

I have a Zhiyun Crane 3 LAB, its very good, it does take a lot of practise, the main difficulty i'm having is being able to see the screen and what im shooting as i move the gimbal around, and its fairly heavy, i tend to use a Moza Mini Mi with my phone a lot more than i use the Zhiyun.
 
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ScottT said:
Spend a spare hour or 2 watching Steve Wright https://www.youtube.com/c/LearnOnlineVideo/videos follow his techniques and you could create a better video hand holding your phone than you'll do after a lot of practise with a Zhiyun. Start with this video its more along the lines of what you might be doing
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwSMNAirYk

Or spend £60-80 on a phone gimbal, a bit of practise and you'll create something good for your coffee shop then you can sell it on for £40.

I have a Zhiyun Crane 3 LAB, its very good, it does take a lot of practise, the main difficulty i'm having is being able to see the screen and what im shooting as i move the gimbal around, and its fairly heavy, i tend to use a Moza Mini Mi with my phone a lot more than i use the Zhiyun.
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Thanks for that, will take a look. I do have a phone gimbal, the Zhiyun Smooth Q bought on a whim some years ago. I didn't get on with it, phone too big I think, but will dig it out and give it a go with an LGV30 I now have. If that does the job, then happy days and money saved (y)
 
While obviously they help a lot ad are kind of fun it's a cumbersome thing to take anywhere and set up/balance.
So much so that after initial enthusiasm you will probably hardly use it.
Better to concentrate on technique and keeping camera still by other means if not a tripod.
 
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