Which gimbal would you recommend for a first timer?

4 years 6 months ago #662132 by Jakov Barnes
I've been looking at gimbals on B&H, Adorama and Amazon for the last couple weeks and one thing I have noticed is that either the gimbal has crappy reviews or 'good' reviews.  I haven't been able to find a gimbal with an overwhelming number of positive reviews.  Which makes  selecting one of these pretty difficult.  I spoke to a Adorama rep and he told me that many who buy a gimbal don't know what  they are doing and end up leaving bad reviews because of this.  

Can I ask what gimbal you have, OR you know enough about that you can recommend please?  


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4 years 6 months ago #662134 by effron
Buy the one with good reviews, otherwise you'll someday own two, a good gimbal and a poorly built one.....

Why so serious?
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4 years 6 months ago #662135 by Nikon Shooter

Jakov Barnes wrote: …what gimbal you have, OR you know enough about that you can recommend please?  


Most of my students and photo club members opted
for the Jobu Design line of gimbals… I use them too:

Jobu Gimbals

Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 6 months ago #662142 by Jakov Barnes
I'm sorry I should have clarified, I'm talking about gimbal like the Ronin S.  


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4 years 6 months ago #662157 by effron
That model gets great reviews!

Why so serious?
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4 years 6 months ago #662196 by Roger Lang
A buddy sent me this companies gimbal just 3 days ago  http://pilotfly.com.tw/home/48-pilotfly-adventurer-3axis-stabilizer.html  looks pretty nice from a spec list standpoint.  But there aren't much for reviews out there, so jury is out to lunch for me.   I'll see if I can find the video he sent me that got me interested.  


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