Video Creator’s Channel Simon Horrocks

Are You Frustrated Because You Have A

big phone and you want to use it with an anamorphic lens variable ND filter diffusion filter microphone and so on but your gimbal just doesn’t have the motor strength to handle it if so then this might be the answer. A few weeks ago. June released this new hybrid 3-axis Gimbal. The Crane M3 following on from the previous version the Crane M2 I’ve already got the Korean M2 and i also made a video about it. So I was keen to try out the update.

The Crane M3 Is Quite Different To

the cranium too. Even the design is like something from Nasa or a Star Wars movie The M3 here on the arm of the Gimbal even lights up and just the feel and the quality of all the components. This really feels like top level. There’s also a couple. New features which I think are really great to have in a gimbal, but I’m going to talk about those later.

So Lets Take A Look At

the gimbal and see how it compares to the Zhiyun Smooth 5, which also just came out first thing you’ll probably have noticed is the introduction of a mini touch screen after you. Power on the screen is divided into four buttons with each opening menus or displays. The top two are probably the ones you’re going to be using most of the time top left allows you to choose mode of course. You can also change mode with the button, but you might find this quicker going directly to the mode you want rather than tapping through each one. There’s also various other settings.

You Can Get To Through These Buttons.

The crane M3 is heavier than the smooth 5. Jion lists. the weight of 700 grams, but when I weighed the gimbal to include the mounting plate and clamp. It actually came to almost a kilogram, which is 380 grams more than the smooth 5, which weighs 615 grams, but when you compare the size of the two gimbals.

When Theyre Unfolded The Smooth 5 Actually

comes out a little bit bigger both come with a case, but only if you pay extra smooth 5 case is pretty basic. While the crane M3 case is really nicely designed not just like the gimbal as well as being a bit shorter and fatter as made from a washable material as well. If you’re worried about it getting dirty. The smooth 5 has a listed max payload of 300 grams. So how does that compare to the crane M3 actually the crane M3 doesn’t have a maximum payload because it’s all about balance.

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compatible cameras, but for smartphones as long as you can balance it. The motors will handle pretty much whatever weight you load onto it from my initial tests. It was certainly able to handle a big smartphone plus as many extras as you can fit on it. Here. I have it loaded with an iphone 12 pro max, a small rig cage, a moment anamorphic, a K F variable ND filter and a rode videomic NtG shotgun.

You Can See It Handles The Weight

just fine. The only problem I can see is if you wanted to use a depth of field adapter because that would mean a lot of weight hanging out the front and nothing to compensate at the back. If I had a depth of field adapter on here plus the lens that’s going to be pulling down on the tilt. Motor but that will depend a lot on how long and how heavy the lens is depth of field adapter aside, I would say the Crane M3 should be able to handle pretty much any smartphone setup. The smooth 5 also does a really good job handling your smartphone plus extras, but you can’t mount a phone with something like this small rig cage.

Its Too Big So You Need

to use this screw that you get with the crane M3 like with the smooth 5. All three motors need to be unlocked one on the pan motor one on the roll motor and on the top for the tilt motor. The top one is a bit harder to find but just slide it away from the motor to mount a phone. The crane M3 combo version or Pro version comes with a smartphone clamp, which then attaches to the mounting plate like you would mount a camera, but you could use your own clamp here. I found that the clamp that comes with it is really sturdy.

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Its Partly Made Of Metal, But It Was

a slight struggle to get my iphone 12 Pro max with thin case mounted, but you can use any smartphone clamp design to be used with a tripod. The only difference is that the clamp that comes with the M3 is really solid and also has these two screw holes in the bottom so that you can adjust the placing on the gimbal for balancing purposes. So once you have the clamp on the quick release mounting plate you need to unlock then the plate slides in and the lock automatically springs back into place one. Problem I had using the crane M2 with a smartphone was balancing which I found to be pretty tricky to mount an iphone 12 pro max with extras and to get it to balance. I had to get inventive and I even made my own customization to the gimbal.

Compared To The Crane M2.

The crane M3 is much easier to balance, but compared to the smooth 5. The balancing process is a little bit more long-winded the smooth 5 definitely wins the points for faster setup time. You can adjust the position of four different arms here. There’s one at the base.

The Second One On The Roll Motor, Which

is really the most important for a smartphone. Then two on the tilt motor backwards and forwards plus up and down. Each one has some kind of lever to lock the position starting with the up and down tilt. For a smartphone, I believe it’s best to have this right at the bottom next adjust the main roll arm until it’s roughly balanced, so the other two arms. I set so that the smartphone sits right above the bottom pan motor.

The Balance Of The Arm On The

tilt motor all depends on the weight you have at the front here’s. The second useful touch screen feature called balance. This opens up meters showing you how well balanced each axis is. This is great for getting your balance as perfect as possible. When I set up the gimbal.

I Mount The Phone And Then

get it as close to balanced as I can power on open up the balance screen and if you see one of the motors is out of balance a little you can adjust it. While it’s still powered up adjust in small movements until you. Can see it’s not leaning to one side or the other. If I put a little pressure onto the tilt axis. You can see the little meter here moving from one side to the other.

So Basically You Want Us To Stay

as near to the middle as you can. When you move around you’ll also see it moving and you can see the color changes to orange and then I guess to red when it’s too much weight, but actually this showed me how strong these motors are compared to the crane m2. If you put a little bit of pressure on the motor on the m2. It starts beeping and then it shuts down with the M3. It seems to be able to cope with some imbalance as well.

Compared To The Cranium 2.

There’s more room to move this balancing arm to accommodate the device and any. Extras you add on gimbal makers like smartphone and camera makers are really pushing for the vlogger market these days and the Crane M3 is no exception there’s the now expected fill light included. Although this one is not detachable like the smooth 5 and neither can it be switched to face the opposite direction. The Crane M3 is really designed to film only in one direction.

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However, Like The Smooth 5 Three Taps

on the trigger rotates the gimbal 180 degrees to use the fill light on the M3 press and hold this wheel at the side to turn it on once it’s on the touch screen shows your brightness as well as the color temperature of the light. Just use the wheel to adjust brightness or temperature tap The wheel to switch between each setting. You also have a fill light on the smooth 5 and a brightness. control, but it doesn’t have adjustable temperature with the smooth 5, which can handle some extra weight. When the phone is mounted.

The Port Of The Phone, You Might

want to use for a microphone is covered to cut a long story short. You need to choose between extra weight or using a mic with this uncrane M3. You can connect a microphone and it even has microphone features built in to connect the microphone. One option is to mount the iphone upside down either that or leave enough room between the phone and the tilt motor otherwise the microphone port will be blocked on the subject of microphones. The Crane M3 comes with a 6.

5 Millimeter Audio Port, Which Supports Connection With A

wired microphone that’s if you have this thing, which is called the transmount expansion base, which attaches to the end of the gimbal and supports various. functions this has a mic input which connects to the output at the top of the gimbal, allowing you to connect a microphone through the base. The extra bass also has a port for a camera controller, but that’s for DsLR and mirrorless devices and on the other side a quarter-inch port for attaching extras. So the crane M3 comes in three different packages. The standard the combo and the pro version.

The Standard Version Is The Basic

Gimbal. The combo comes with the bag a slightly bigger tripod and the smartphone clamp. Considering you can buy a clamp for about ten dollars, and the combo set is 80 extra. You might want to ask yourself how much you really want this bag. But if you want the base extension you will need the pro version, which also comes with a shotgun Mic one thing to note about the.

Crane M3 Is There Is No Camera App

support for a smartphone. Xuron has two apps for Gimbals, and this one uses the Zy play app while the Smooth 5 uses the Zykami app. When you first set up the gimbal connect using the Zyplay app and you will be taken through the activation of the gimbal and then it will ask you if you want to install any firmware updates but what you get then is basically just remote control functions. This is so you can control the Gimbal with a smartphone, while you have a regular camera mounted.

Usually If You Connect A Gimbal

to your smartphone via bluetooth. You at least get to use the record shutter Button but not. In this case, the shutter record Button actually only works with a compatible regular camera personally that doesn’t really bother me too much all it means is. tapping the screen to start recording instead of the button on the handle as well.

I Rarely Use The Apps Which Come

with gimbals as I find I get better quality video with the native camera app. Another thing I really like is this wheel at the front just above the trigger of the gimbal. Using the touchscreen, you can assign this.

Summary

Crane M3 follows on from the previous version the Crane M2 . The gimbal weighs almost a kilogram more than the Zhiyun Smooth 5, which weighs 615 grams . Both come with a case, but only if you pay extra smooth 5 case is pretty basic . The crane M3 is heavier than the smooth 5, but when they’re unfolded both come out a little bit bigger both come with case . Jion lists the weight of 700 grams, but weighs 380 grams more than smooth 5 . While the cimbal is heavier, it comes out a bit bigger when unfolded and comes with a more basic case . The Crane m3 is quite different to the cranium too. Even the design is like something from Nasa or a Star Wars movie The M3 here on the arm of the Gimbal even lights up and the m3 even lights . The m3 weighs around 700 grams. It is heavier. It comes with an internal weight of about a kilo…. Click here to read more and watch the full video