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The advantage of mobile phone photography is to capture the wonderful moments of life at any time and anywhere, but the picture shake in the shooting process gives many people a headache. In order to solve this problem, handheld three-axis stabilizers for the home market have appeared on the market. Using three-axis stabilizers to shoot can not only help users obtain stable shooting effects, but also make it easy to carry The advantage of low threshold. Today, we bring you this Zhiyun Smooth3, which is such a product. As the flagship product of Zhiyun Technology in 2017, what surprises will this stabilizer bring us? Let's experience it together.

First, let's take a casual video, and you can feel the effect of shooting with Zhiyun Smooth3.

Unpacking

Zhiyun Smooth3 is still simple in its outer packaging, continuing the simple style of the Zhiyun family in the past. The designers of Zhiyun try to let users have a preliminary understanding of the product through simple pictures and texts.  

The inside of the box includes a detailed instruction manual, a storage bag, a storage bag shoulder strap and a USB cable. The user can not only charge the product through the USB cable, but also connect the computer to upgrade the firmware of the stabilizer.  

The advantage of the storage bag is that it can conveniently and quickly store the stabilizer, thus providing good protection for the stabilizer. It is particularly worth mentioning that the inverted lining is used inside the storage bag of this product, which makes the stabilizer well supported and, of course, makes the storage more convenient and efficient.  

Product details

As a flagship product, Zhiyun Smooth3 is made of high-grade aviation grade aluminum alloy, which ensures high strength and also makes the product more lightweight. The overall weight is only 440 grams (excluding batteries and mobile phones). The lightweight design makes this cross stabilizer very suitable for a single handheld grip. The black of the whole body is decorated with red, which is both stable and grand.

The secret of Zhiyun Smooth3's ability to shoot stable pictures is that it uses a three-axis structure with a wider rotation angle, namely, "heading axis", "roll axis" and "pitch axis". The "heading axis" can rotate 360 degrees without restrictions, and the "roll axis" and "pitch axis" can rotate 320 degrees at a large angle. Through the built-in gyroscope and motor, the three-axis structure can maximize the smoothness and stability of picture shooting. However, it should be noted here that the three-axis stabilizer on the market at present mainly filters the jitter in the front, back, left, right and pitch directions, and has no obvious effect on the jitter filtering in the up and down directions, Therefore, when shooting, pay special attention to the influence of up and down jitter on shooting.

In order to increase the recognition of the product, the product logo of Zhiyun is set on the roll axis and pitch axis of the product.  

Like similar products on the market, Zhiyun Smooth3 also adopts a mobile phone slot design. The advantage of the slot design is that it can be more convenient to place mobile phones and sports cameras. It is particularly worth mentioning that this stabilizer can support the placement of 6-inch smart phones at most. It can be said that mainstream smart phones and sports cameras on the market can be used in this product. It can be seen that the compatibility of this stabilizer is quite good.

The inner side of the phone slot is equipped with a non slip silicone pad, which can prevent the clip from scratching the phone surface. Of course, it can also play a certain role in stability and shock absorption.

A horizontal and vertical adjustment knob is also designed on the outside of the fixture, which can help users easily switch between horizontal and vertical mobile phones, which greatly facilitates the shooting of live vertical screens. In the increasingly active live broadcast platform, this product undoubtedly has a new use.

Zhiyun Smooth3 abandons the previous counterweight module and adopts a slide rail type counterweight component instead. Users can adjust the position of the cross arm through the slide rail to achieve balance. It is very considerate that this stabilizer also has a memory scale set at the position of the cross arm, which can help users use the stabilizer more quickly and conveniently without re balancing.

The main operation keys and indicators of the Zhiyun Smooth3 three-axis stabilizer are located on the upper part of the handle, including a status indicator, a charging indicator, a four-way rocker, a MODE key, a power key (both shooting and photographing functions), a multi-functional FN key and a wheel. The user can quickly adjust the shooting direction through the four-way rocker to realize the fast capture of the picture and help the user achieve the desired shooting effect. Through the dial wheel, users can quickly realize the white balance of the screen through the APP mobile phone client ISO、 Adjustment of exposure compensation, etc.  

The lower part of the handle is the holding part. Zhiyun's designers carefully designed two circles of diamond shaped anti slip lines to make the holding more stable and effectively prevent accidents caused by hand slipping.

The holding part hides the battery compartment, and the battery can be installed by unscrewing the handle. The Zhiyun Smooth3 three-axis stabilizer is equipped with a 4600mAh 22650 rechargeable battery, which supports 5V2A fast charging. The theoretical charging takes 2.5 hours, and the theoretical endurance can reach 14 hours, which can fully meet the needs of daily outdoor shooting. It is worth reminding everyone that mechanical trim can extend the endurance. In addition, a micro USB interface is also set on the pitch axis, which can replenish power for the phone during shooting.

In addition, the Zhiyun Smooth3 three-axis stabilizer is also equipped with a 1/4-inch threaded hole at the bottom of the handle. Users can use this interface to connect with tripod, extension bar and other photographic equipment, so that users can shoot ideal effects anytime and anywhere.

Mobile APP experience

In order to achieve better shooting effect and more shooting methods, this three-axis mobile phone stabilizer is also equipped with a special mobile client APP software - "Zhiyun handheld assistant". By connecting Zhiyun Smooth3 with this APP through Bluetooth, you can achieve personalized settings, calibration and firmware upgrade of the PTZ. Personalized settings of PTZ can meet the needs of shooting more complex scenes, but for ordinary users, it is better to use the default settings.

After getting the product, the author carefully studied the user manual of this product. From the user manual, it can be seen that this product can be better operated by using the FN function key and the dial wheel on the handle when used with Apple mobile phones. For example, in "manual mode", the FN key of the stand-alone stabilizer can be used with the dial wheel for exposure compensation, shutter speed ISO、 White balance and focus adjustment. The Android version of APP is a little "simple". You can only adjust the focus in the "camera" interface. It is expected that Zhiyun Technology can further improve the functions of Android clients.  

It is worth mentioning that Zhiyun Smooth3 can not only be controlled through the handle keys, but also support remote operation. Another mobile phone can be connected to Zhiyun Smooth3 through Bluetooth, and the remote control of the stabilizer can be achieved through the "control" software of the client APP. In some special shooting scenes, such as fixing the stabilizer on a tripod, Remote control is particularly necessary.  

Operation experience

The Zhiyun Smooth3, which abandons the traditional counterweight module, is very simple. Just put the mobile phone into the fixture and adjust the position of the cross arm through the slide rail to achieve balance. It should be pointed out that there is no need to deliberately carry out mechanical balancing, just roughly balance, because after the stabilizer is turned on, The stabilizer will further achieve the best balance of the mobile phone through the gyroscope and motor components.

At present, Zhiyun Smooth3 can provide three main shooting modes, namely "left and right follow mode", "full lock mode" and "full follow mode". The single machine MODE key can switch between left and right follow mode and full lock mode. Double click the MODE key to enter the full follow mode. In this mode, click the MODE key to return to the previous working mode, Reasonable use of these shooting modes can help users capture the desired effect.

[Left and right follow mode] In this mode, the pitch and roll axes are locked, and the heading direction rotates smoothly with the rotation direction of the handheld.

[Full lock mode] In this mode, pitch, heading and roll axes are fully locked.

[Full follow mode] In this mode, the roll axis is locked, and the heading and pitch directions rotate smoothly with the movement direction of the handheld.

Based on the previous introduction, I believe you have a more detailed understanding of Zhiyun Smooth3. What is the effect of this product? The author used this three-axis stabilizer to simulate the slide track, follow the shooting, rocker shooting and 360 degree rotation shooting, and the pictures taken are quite stable and smooth.

Summary and comments

To sum up, as the flagship product of Zhiyun Technology in 2017, Zhiyun Smooth3, although oriented to the household consumer market, still maintains an excellent level of technology, both in terms of materials and workmanship, as well as the grip feel, is very perfect. The stable shooting effect brought by Zhiyun Smooth3 is enough to make it the best assistant for shooting and recording daily life when traveling. If you are a person who loves photography and life, you can start to experience this three-axis stabilizer. I believe this product will definitely bring you a different shooting experience.

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