DJI Ronin-SC - Pro Combo Gimbal Kit With 3-Axis Professional Portable Stabilizer, Control Cables, Holder, For Mirrorless Camera, Lightweight & Compat, Compatible with Nikon/Canon Panasonic/Fujifilm

This is hands down an essential bit of kit for the solo shooter, be that events, promos, music videos and travel vlogs!I use this with a GH5 and a lumix 18-35mm f2.8 and a lumix 35-100mm f2.8, both of which it handles lovely and as a bonus, the focus wheel works wonderfully electrically via usbc. The gimbal also serves as a good guide to not change the focal length often as you should rebalance it each time. That said, the smaller 18-35mm can be zoomed in and out without rebalancing and still works well! Just not recommended nor good video creation practice.The way it breaks down is fantastic and lightweight to take on travels in your bag.Balancing the gimbal is very easy (watch a YouTube tutorial to start though). The only issue I had was the optimism of connecting a HDMI to a atomos inferno which was attached by an arm opposite the focus wheel. This set up becomes heavy and not as fun to use but still possible- just make sure you get a super lightweight hdmi 😊The app is great too with some unique features.Overall fantastic and great as your first gimbal and introduction into the world of filming.

Great build quality. Easy to balance and the app works very well.

I purchased this Gimbal about three weeks ago, I managed to get the pro combo version for £329 direct from Amazon UK, I highly highly recommend you hold out and buy the pro combo version when the price reduces again to the price I paid, as it works out like £10 more than then standard version. At the £329 I paid for the pro combo you effectively get over £100 of extras for free!. Because even if you don't hook up the full follow focus (I think it's called) system the side wheel/control thing you get with the pro combo version can be used as an electronic focus device in selected cameras, meaning you don't need to touch the camera to zoom (check DJI website for comparability) when the camera is connected to the DJI Ronin SC with the included usb to multi cable for Sony cameras, usb c to usb c for other cameras, for cameras with standard usb B connectors there is an a usb b adapter in the package!.Onto packaging and build quality, as you would expect from DJI if you've owned any of their products before, watched reviews or seen unboxing videos. They tend to copy apple in their packaging. The item comes in a grey carry case made out of the same material use in push bicycle helmets, a form of hard abs foam, over that is a sleeve with the poducts picture and information etc etc. Apon opening the carry case the gimbal and its components extras are all secured nice and tightly so not much more I can say about that, just they would be secure in their to transport without jangling around! The Gimbal itself is relatively light when you first pick it up, I have been using it with an RX100va so a very night small camera and after walking around with it for say twenty minutes if holding in one hand my arm gets very tired, so I recommend leaving the stand feet on the gimbal so you can use it with both hands, it does make it bigger of course but offers better stability and as I said fatigues you and your arm/arms less. The really great thing is all of the axis lock so when you are transporting it outside of the carry case so in a backpack for example the gimbal isn't banging and crashing around it's all locked into a neat package, you can even leave the camera on the gimbal in a backpack without fear of the camera swinging around!.So far in my opinion battery life seems good, the longest periods I've probably used it is going for an hour walk and then trying some b roll filming at home, so after a few hours use it had only dropped one bar of battery!.Usability there is a resonable amount of customability when you use the gimbal in conjunction with the app, you can use the gimbal without the app but it won't be optimised and annoyingly like all DJI products you need to activate it via said app!. Once you have balanced the gimbal which takes a while to get right you turn it on connect it too the app and you can do a balance test and then do an auto tune!. Now importantly all the YouTube reviews I've seen bang on about how amazing the auto tune feature is, however I've found it has limited benefits! With two different cameras my old Nikon d5000 and my rx100va I have done the auto tune and on my occasions I have found the gimbal suddenly starts violently shaking and I get red warnings on the app and find the motors automatically shut off!. My immediate thought was the gimbal is faulty however having gone into the motor parameters on the app under auto tune, I eventually found out after experimentation the auto tune is setting the motor strength too high for example at 58 for pan which is just too high once I lowered that to 35-40 the shaking shuddering problem appears to have stopped!.Another slightly irritating thing I have noticed, (it's probably my inexperience at using gimbals) is I kind of expected to just be able to pick this up go for a walk and it to point dead forward until I move it up/down, left/right however I have noticed it keeps pointing slightly downwards so I have to constantly use the joystick to slightly point the camera back up slightly!. The only way I have thus far rectified this is by holding the button at the front to lock the position of the gimbal, however then the camera is free to move on it's own axis so the camera then keeps moving left or right! I am continuing to work on this via the settings on the app changing the deadspots and the motor speeds which do help to an extent but I am still finding it frustrating, as I look back at footage and keep finding the camera is moving left/right and down not just facing straight forward!. It appears when one is walking with this or I'm guessing any other gimbal you need to keep your hands perfectly straight and still and walk in a straight line otherwise any movement will make the camera pan or tilt!. Hopefully I've explained that okay sorry it's long winded!.To finish the gimbal does feel very sturdy and well built, it's packaged nicely, the battery life from my limited use is good. The app gives lots of creative options like the 360 inception roll which is just fantastic, you can also plot up to 5 way points so say the gimbal is on its feet on a table or a tripod. You can set upto 5 waypoints for the gimbal to automatically move to, you can set how long it takes for the gimbal/camera to pan/tilt to each point and how long it will hold at each point before moving to the other, which is fantastic super helpful! The camera has the force mobile option so you can use your phone to control the pan/tilt etc by tilting your phone etc. I don't tend to use this as I find the camera/ gimbal go all over the place and don't interpret your phone's movements very well! The gimbal has active track when the gimbal is connected to the app and the camera connected to the gimbal! This can be very useful if your a solo creator and need the camera to follow you without a camera man!. Please be aware though it's very difficult to balance cameras on this gimbal with a phone attached with the included phone holder and importantly it limited how far down you can tilt because the cable connections from the gimbal to the camera hits the roll axis arm of the gimbal!. Dispite it's limitations the active track can be a very useful tool for solo videographers!. I haven't yet tried the time lapse and motion time lapse on this gimbal but if and when I do I will update this review! If anyone would find it useful I may do a video review for YouTube covering everything I have discussed above just with visiaul demonstrations! Generally from my limited use I intended to keep this gimbal so long as the shaking and shuddering does not return and continue!. I would definatly recommend this gimbal too you to buy, just I must say if you intend to use this with a small camera like the Sony RX100 series you will need a cage or something else ontop of th included rises to be able to balance the camera otherwise it is too light for this gimbal! Definatly recommend as long as you consider the points I have made above and get the pro combo at the reduced price of £329 or less!.

The Ronin sc is amazing unit 10 out of ten value for Money Just a gem 💎 piece of kit, easy too handel on the Go in today's demanding Market for visual expressions,

Still nice and powerful, great new features, super lightweight now. Swapped my Ronin-S for this and no regrets.

Easy to balance and use gimbal, has made my footage so much better

Product is designed for mirrorless cameras but not for mirrorless cameras and heavy glass - or filters - or matte boxes - or if you have cables for your monitor...If you run any kind of heavy lenses be aware that since they weigh more than the camera the balance point will be somewhere forward of the body. This means that if your glass is sufficiently heavy your camera will be not be able to balance on the standard plate or will collide with the rear arms of the gimbal.So while my mirrorless camera set up is well within the advertised maximum payload, it does not balance without adding weights or modifying the mounting plate. It can be done but it is a total hassle.For cameras with small lenses like the micro four thirds system I imagine it would work really well. The app that it pairs with is great and the force motion function and program path options are brilliant!The gimbal is well made and the design is really well thought out with things like locking arms for balancing and transport.I particularly like the focus control system that uses the cameras Auto Focus Motors in conjunction with a control wheel to allow focus pulling on native lenses. That is properly cool and I would love DJI to make a product that is just that wheel for attachment to shoulder rigs and other set ups!Basically, if you have a set up that is using a nifty 50 or something small on the front, this gimbal will work great. If you intend to rig out your camera with ND filters or more expensive glass, this gimbal will struggle a bit without a lot of assistance from counterweights and modifying plates.

This gimbal is brilliant kit, but as with most things, to get the best out of it, you have to put a bit of effort into learning about it and practicing using it.After a few days, I'm still only getting started, but the difference it makes to shooting is already amazing!