Gimbal that'll stay balanced while taking the GH3/GH4 on and off with ArcaSwiss?

fuzzybabybunny

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I shoot with the GH3 and go to a lot of shooting locations each day. I also use the same camera body to shoot photos and slider/pan shots at each location.

This means that I'm constantly taking the camera body on and off different support gear. I have an ArcaSwiss camera plate on the body and simply slide the body on and off all my different support gear and it's always fast and secure to do. I don't shoot gimbal footage enough to justify having a second body + lens permanently attached to it at all times.

I'm looking for a gimbal that is able to sustain this kind of constant switching.

- I want to just put an ArcaSwiss clamp on it and slide the camera and have it be good to go with very very minimal adjustments.
- I want to just throw the entire gimbal setup into a carrying case to take to the next shooting location and do *zero* dis-assembly / re-assembly at each site. I just want to slide the camera in and go.

The Defy M seems like a good option but a review says that it goes out of balance very easily, often from just a car ride.

I use the Nebula 3000 but it goes out of whack pretty regularly.

Any other good options? Defy G2x?
 
My Ronin M is perfect for this, I rarely rebalance it after swapping multiple times in a day. I've got a frotto plate on top of the Ronin QR.
 
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