A DJI RS 3 Review

The DJI RS 3 Pro gimbal promises to provide your mirrorless camera the same capabilities of the groundbreaking Ronin 4D. Phil Rhodes takes DJI’s latest and most sophisticated gimbal to take a spin.

The ability to move the camera without laying an metric tons of gear is fantastic however, it can make working and pulling focus difficult. DJI’s newest compact gimbal has features that appear to address these issues.

DJI’s latest RS 3 Pro, reviewed here using the lidar rangefinder, isn’t small. It’s tiny in that it’s less than a Ronin 2, but it’s sufficient to handle small cinema camera. When the arms are extended, it can be able to accommodate the Komodo or FX6 with a massive mechanical lens. One advantage that comes with Pro version Pro model is the fact that it can take on cameras as heavy as 4.5kg but it’s an instrument designed for single-handed usage, and the grips may feel somewhat inadequate at that moment.

The gimbal can be seen in this video with the powerful Fujifilm X-H2S , which is paired with the Fujinon 18-120mm Zoom. We can all agree the fact that 6.2K ProRes recordings made aboard the gimbal that is used with just one hand for a cost that’s close to the prosumer that is a high concentration of filmmaking capabilities that could cause someone in the early 2000s look in amazement.

Improvements over RS2

The DJI RS3 enjoys an improved stabilisation technique in comparison to the RS 2, as well having a bigger OLED touchscreen and motorised axis locks which means that switching it on is a single procedure. The setup process is similar to that for any stabilized head or gimbal. Ballpark the balance of the three axes, beginning at the end of the axis and moving back towards the handle, then calibrate and then go. The activation of Supersmooth mode can increase motor torque, but it also reduces battery life in glass-smooth images. If you can manage mounting issues and complexities, you can have it right out of the box, and stabilizing a previously unknown camera in just a few minutes.

It is, or at the very most, it will when you use the mobile application. Factory-fresh (or possibly, factory reset) Gimbals require to be activated on the sixth time you switch them on. It’s not a big deal, considering that it’s easy to download an application, create an account and then make connections to the gimbal, and enable it. It raises the risk of a gimbal that hasn’t been activated , and making the user to do everything when the other members of the group stares in disapproval or, even more disturbingly in remote locations and without the coverage of the network. The smartphone app isn’t required to utilize the basic functions of the gimbal and insisting on registration online after a specific amount of times of startup is a naysayer.

After jumping with great skill through the hoop, this is an excellent gimbal that is suitable for larger smaller cameras, which makes it a great choice for those who prefer the bigger end of productions with smaller budgets.

LiDAR is focused

The lidar option is interesting. The gimbal costs just less than PS1000 and the lidar module costs about half of that, meaning it’s not a cheap choice (although is it really worth committing to PS500 for an ultra-high resolution imaging rangefinder with a high frame-rate?) The gimbal is likely to prove to be a preferred option for those who work on their own but wants the best chance of creating high-quality and sharply focused images. It has a wide-angle camera. camera that can be that is used to track features, as well as the time-of-flight depth sensor which gives the 240×180 detail map of the area.

This is in addition to subject tracking and autofocus with lens-independent tracking. There are some scenarios that can cause problems to begin with the Fuijnon 18-120 is a servo-actuated lens that does not have an electronically-coupled focus ring. DJI provide a wrap-around focusing equipment but the whole system is a must for a mechanically-focused lens which include a true film lens or a properly converted stills prime that has the right gearing.

As with any tracker, it may miss targets in the light of mixed or when they’re partially blocked. Laser rangefinding that is this kind determines distance using timing lighting pulses and eliminates the necessity of doing image match-up using two cameras as for instance in an Kinect for XBox. It doesn’t have issues with objects that have different textures and colours The maximum distance of the rangefinder is probably 14m under controlled lighting conditions. It’s significantly less in bright sunlight.

It’s fair to say that this won’t replace anything like Canon’s super-smart autofocus systems that depend on proprietary lenses as well as significant additional, proprietary technology within the sensor. The phase-detection system works with long lenses that have long distances unlike lidar.

Within these limitations, however it will keep a subject in focus and sharp with no the intervention of a user, which is a huge amount of power to have basically under the control of a gimbal’s operator. The tiny OLED on the handgrip is larger than the old version nearly as large as it would be on a grip for gimbals however it’s an insignificant target for this type of thing. It can feel awkward and awkward when choosing the targets to track. The bigger displays come in, taking advantage of the radio communication capabilities of Raveneye. Raveneye module.

DJI Mobile control and transmission

streaming video to a smartphone via WiFi is not going to compete with an Teradek for speed however, DJI is pretty good in comparison. This results in a bigger display that can be used you can select the tracking targets as well as LUTs as well as some display for testing and measuring. One of the best features however is the capability to control with the camera by tilting it. The delay is so long to make it clear that this approach isn’t the most ideal option, however, its usability depends upon the shooting. The presence of a second person to operate the camera with a grip that steers the gimbal around the shot is extremely helpful.

Similar features are available in the Transmission system, which is a dedicated transmitter and integrated receiver-monitor-controller, with onboard recording of the system’s 50Mbps transmitted stream. Transmission costs one and half times more than the gimbal costs, and therefore could be a popular choice for Ronin 2. Ronin 2. The remote tilt and pan control is there, just as the mobile app. DJI’s demo material even shows it magically arming off the fluid head, which means it functions as an ordinary camera.

DJI boasts a 6 kilometre distance, and though it’s difficult to confirm the radio’s ranges with all the variables that can impact their accuracy, the DJI has an acceptable level of trust for the ranges that most people encounter when filming. For those who are drone enthusiasts might be. The Transmission monitoring system needs a look-over of its own, as it is able to compete with the similar systems like Accsoon as an alternative to Teradek alternative, even though Teradek is still superior.

The bulk of this review says something about DJI’s enthusiasm for integration. The full RS 3 Pro gimbal setup is capable of a wide range of things. The features seem to be designed to allow the freedom of gimbal-based shooting possible as the tracking and autofocus could ease certain of the issues that are related to a mobile camera. For those who have been involved in an actual single-camera show it will be instinctively it’s a good decision to have one control the camera and another one operate. this method can do it using just the phone. The term is likely “democratisation.”

If there’s any issue with the widespread popularity of gimbals, it’s the fact that they carry an enormous responsibility, and novice users are often caught in the middle and shooting the kind of setups that require longer, more gear and knowledge than they are able to have. But at least they’re able to afford to have a reasonable chance that the result will be good.