Gyro Stabilization for Handheld Shooting Test

thefilmaddict

thefilmaddict

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As I recently mentioned, I just purchased the Blackmagic Pocket 6K Pro. It can utilize lens stabilization, but it can't stabilize in the camera. I did however just learn that it records gyro information in the clips that you shoot and you can apply gyro stabilization in edit. Here are the results if you are interested...

https://youtu.be/p8bepyckgFU
 
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I was too. After looking at my footage before stabilizing it, I was a little depressed. That camera is awkward to hold steady out of the box (as you mentioned). Gyro stabilization definitely saved the day.
 
The only way to truly appreciate the limitations of a camera is to use it. It's not an ideal camera for hand held but you demonstrated it's possible in a pinch. There are ways to make it easier like using a light wide prime and putting it on a gimbal but at that point you're fighting an up hill battle. People usually get a setup specifically suited for hand held gimbal work. That's the appeal of the mirrorless cameras that you can get amazingly stable footage straight out of camera.
 
When I was on the stage and the action was swinging rapidly between riffs by the bass guitar, the vocalist, lead guitar, IS-Lock on my GH5 was wonderful because the fast moves didn't include jerking and once stopped the image was tripod-like steady. Fluid gimbal moves would have been late and not as appropriate. The tables are reversed when walking where a gimbal without IBIS is fluid without warping the corners. IBIS+gimbal has not been 100% for me, as they sometimes interact. Gyro stabilization can't account for intra-frame motion blur and thus requires fast shutter, (narrow shutter angle), Post stabilization can work if you can afford the crop. Optical lens stabilization (with Canon EF lenses) is fluid but you can't lock the frame as with IBIS. A tripod remains the most stable but the least versatile.
 
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