PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

Gimbal stabilizers

WHETHER you’re using a DSLR, smartphone, an action camera, or an interchangeable lens camera, once you start producing video you’re going to want to introduce some movement to make your shots more dynamic. However, this isn’t simply a matter of moving the camera, and if you don’t know what you’re doing you can easily end up with jerky footage.

The solution? Get a gimbal. A gimbal is a mechanical stabilizer that uses three axes of rotation to keep a camera steady via three internal motors. These compensate for unintended camera motion and use algorithms to detect when the camera is being moved intentionally,

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