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Best Gimbal Options For A6000?

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iang
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Thinking of trying to do a little more filming this season and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for gimbals compatible with the Sony a6000. Was hoping I could get away with a small rig but the footage is looking a little shaky and since the image quality isn't fantastic on the a6000 stabilizing in post nukes quality completely (could be because I'm doing that wrong, tho). Also alternatives to using a gimbal if anyone has any input there totally welcome. Thanks!
Nov 13 2023 6:13PM
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Zurg
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Nov 13 2023 6:51PM
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You listen, and you listen here good son.

Lots of different rigs for stabilizing out there.
Shane McFalls (Line Traveling Circus) used a "fig rig" (circle) style stabilizer for a lot of the episodes.
@eheath was a notorious user of the glidecam stabilizer for most of his edits
Lots of guys will throw a camera in a carry cage/rig, but that's pretty messy and leads to a ton of shake and yaw.

Gimbals are nice to shoot with but make skiing look a bit boring in my opinion. The most respected and popular gimbals are the DJI's, but they're spendy. I have successfully used a A7iii on a Zhiyun Crane Plus and had it work well up until I was going full speed into jumps. The motors couldn't hang. Upgraded to a Crane 2s and it's been solid for filming skiing. Much more affordable than almost anything DJI. With such a light body, you should be able to get away with a lower power gimbal and be just fine.
Nov 13 2023 7:05PM
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iang
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Huge. Thank you.
GrapeHunterYou listen, and you listen here good son.

Lots of different rigs for stabilizing out there.
Shane McFalls (Line Traveling Circus) used a "fig rig" (circle) style stabilizer for a lot of the episodes.
@eheath was a notorious user of the glidecam stabilizer for most of his edits
Lots of guys will throw a camera in a carry cage/rig, but that's pretty messy and leads to a ton of shake and yaw.

Gimbals are nice to shoot with but make skiing look a bit boring in my opinion. The most respected and popular gimbals are the DJI's, but they're spendy. I have successfully used a A7iii on a Zhiyun Crane Plus and had it work well up until I was going full speed into jumps. The motors couldn't hang. Upgraded to a Crane 2s and it's been solid for filming skiing. Much more affordable than almost anything DJI. With such a light body, you should be able to get away with a lower power gimbal and be just fine.
Nov 13 2023 10:27PM
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