@DancingCamera

Gimbal will be added to deals later today or tomorrow.

when he puts it together in the video, it looks fragile in places to me. I'm torn between this and the ronin. The ronin is so heavy though.

Still no in depth review.

have you used it? The side material on the sled looks thin. Believe me, I want to like it.

That said, how on earth would I know how strong it is from looking at a picture? this is the video I'm talking about. When he attaches the sled, parts of the side look not all that robust.

This is probably their most technical product and I'm not sure they're up to it. If there can be a weak spot where there will be a lot of repeated torque, of course it would give one pause. I don't have a birdy to play with, so I have no idea.

So I'm waiting for a real review, not a quick look.

totally not fragile, i've hung this thing out of the back of a truck and rode through a crazy dusty dry lake bed, taken it out on the ocean, and i even store it in a backpack and take it hiking. i've used it at least 4 times a week since i first got mine around two months ago and it's held up amazingly well. haven't had a single problem with the hardware whatsoever. if you were to look at it now you'd think it was brand new

I'd rather get this than the ronin because the ronin is so heavy it's unusable for most people(people think they can handle it, but they won't be able to) without other support. Even their ads have easyrigs and steadicams all over the place. That's with young strong professional steadicam guys.

If people have one, please review it. And please check every screw hole and spring to make sure they're machined properly.

I hate putting out this much money without touching one. But no rental house is going to carry them. I haven't found one in Scandinavia that carries even the Ronin. It's the over-priced movi all the way.

anyone been able to get a Black Magic Cinema camera with a large lens working well on this. it's near the weight limit.

@MRfanny vertical height cannot be shortened, if you want a smaller rig, they are releasing a smaller one later in the year.

as far as running, the amount of jitter is actually way more dependent on your ability to run smoothly. there is no gimbal that will give you no jitter at all while running, because that's an up and down movement, and these do not stabilize in that direction. there's no magic stabilizer that can get rid of the footfall of a bad operator.

I'll be getting mine in on Thurs. Can't wait to test it with the BMCC 2.5k and the Pocket. Don't be surprised if this gimbal starts putting out much better results than the Ronin in the under 5lb body arena.

Controlling pan and tilt via an Android app... is freakin amazing. Just the movi control module to let you do that is more than the birdy.

@peaceonearth

It is not pro operator or operator at all. Just guy who works at Varavon.

@Dancing Camera. Would love to hear your thoughts on this coming from Steady background.

I am considering one of these as a gear purchase before end of year tax time. Its between the Birdycam and the Ronin for me.

Would you guys say it's necessary to have a friend on set to control pan and tilt? Am thinking about getting this but I mainly shoot solo so that may be a problem.