ZHIYUN Crane M2 [Official] 4 in 1 Handheld 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer for Smartphone, Action Camera, Gopro and Mirrorless Camera

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As someone who'd be using only one mirrorless camera for the time being, which also happens to not have the full compatibility with all features this gimbal offers, I am slightly torn; however, if I owned one of the other cameras on the list, I wouldn't hesitate. The majority of cameras on the list allow taking photos, start and stop recording, as well as a zoom in and out option when using the gimbal handle. This is probably due to the compact design which would make it tricky to switch into an upside down mode without hitting the gimbal or camera on the side. There’s less of a difference between footage stabilised on the Crane-M2 and the electronic image stabilisation (EIS) you get on a decent action camera.

One thing to make sure, check to see that you’ve screwed in the handle all the way, if it’s even loose by a hair it’ll turn off. Reproduction in whole or part in any form or medium without specific written permission is prohibited. Instead, you use a combination of tapping the trigger back of the handle and using the "mode button" to find the mode you're looking for. It runs for approximately seven hours on a built-in battery that's rechargeable using an included micro-USB cable. It’s packed with creative features and is flexible enough to stabilise not just lightweight action cameras and smartphones but larger mirrorless cameras as well.

An OLED display on the gimbal confirms the selected operation mode, battery level, Bluetooth/Wi-Fi status, and other functions. The Crane-M2 offers full-range POV mode, which allows for 360 synchronous movement on all three axes. Then you have POV (point of view), where you control all movements of the camera with the handle – pan, tilt and even roll. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Wi-Fi allows you to connect to your camera for greater filming control, and the Bluetooth lets your camera sync up with the ZY mobile app for iOS and Android, which is available free to download and use.

The Zhiyun Crane M2 S 3-Axis Gimbal Stabilizer offers 360° pan, 320° tilt, and 320° roll rotation across six modes of operation, including POV and Vortex modes. Once I had it set up and once I learned how it works, the initial instructions became clearer, but as someone who's never done anything like that before, it can be a very frustrating process. We are the main distributor of many notable brands like Viltrox, Godox, TTArtisan, Zhiyun, 7Artisans and Zeapon etc.That’s a shame because there’s plenty you can do with the app once you’ve worked out how to pair your phone.

But I personally think the GO mode is more useful because it does follow every axis except it doesn’t turn sideways so the horizon will always stay leveled.

Although I had previously used gimbals before when assisting on a shoot, I had never actually taken a brand-new one out of the box and blindly followed the included instructions from the get-go. Mine actually came off when I carried the gimbal in a backpack, so either leave the gimbal in the case when travelling or take it off and keep it separately in a box or pouch. Smaller, more lightweight, the CRANE-M2 3-Axis Handheld Gimbal Stabilizer from Zhiyun-Tech is designed for compact cameras, smartphones, and action cams up to 1.