DJI RS4 Mini – The Perfect Gimbal for Solo Filmmakers?
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In most of our videos, we use a static shot like this one right here on the tripod. We also use a lot of drone shots like this one right here. But if youโre only using these two options, then youโre missing out on something very dynamicโa gimbal shot like this one can really up your production value. Today, weโre reviewing the DJI RS4 Mini. Letโs get to it.
Our Experience with Gimbals at Pilot Institute
As you can tell, at Pilot Institute, we love using gimbals. Weโve been using them for a long time, starting with the original Ronin, actually. We also have this one right here on the jibโthatโs the RS2 Pro, RS3 Pro, and RS4. We have the RS4 Mini on the smaller side of things. We also use a smaller version when it needs to be more portable. We have this one right here, which is the Pocket 3, and we have the Osmo Mobile 6. Yes, it took me a couple of tries to get all of them. Finally, we have this one right here, which is the DJI RS4 Miniโthe latest and greatest from DJI. As you can tell, it looks a little bit different; itโs a different color. We donโt love the colorโI mean, I donโt love the color. I think, personally, itโs going to get a little bit too dirty. But it comes with a ton of accessories, so weโre going to dig pretty deep into this new gimbal, tell you how it fits in the line of all the other ones, and then if this is something that should work for you.
Unboxing and Initial Setup
Letโs talk about all the different parts and then put them together. When you get the gimbal, this is what itโs going to look like. Itโs pretty coolโitโs got the auto-lock function, which we havenโt seen in a mini format. Weโve seen them before on the more pro versions, the larger ones, which means that when you turn it on, itโs going to basically unlock, and when you turn it off, itโs going to lock itself off easily. Then we have this little tripod here. I recommend that you put it inโvery simpleโbut itโs going to help you, like these other gimbals, to be more stabilized on your work area as you set it up.
Now, when you get the gimbal out of the box, it will come with this plate right here and also the plate that youโre going to mount to your camera. This is our Panasonic S5; weโre going to be using that as an example. Youโre going to mount that to the bottom of your camera, and then youโre going to slide this in. Thereโs only really one way that you can put it in, so youโll find if youโre doing it the wrong way. Then you have a little wheel right here that you can turn to do a minute adjustment, and then you can lock itโjust like all the other places in here where you have something that slides. We have the ability to lock it. Make sure that it is locked in place before you go any further.
Strength and Compatibility
Now, donโt be fooled by the small size of the gimbal. It is actually pretty strongโit will be able to hold 4.4 lbs, which is the same thing that we saw on the RS3 Mini, not as much as the 6.6 lbs that we see on the RS4. But there is a list of compatible cameras that are available that will work with this. Now, you can mount any camera that you want on here, obviously, but if you want to plug it in and use some of the functionalities in here that are in the camera and have the gimbal talk to the camera, then youโre going to have to make sure that it is part of the compatible list.
Now, depending on the camera that you use, you will have more or less compatibility with the settings in here. For example, on the Lumix S5, we can start and stop recording, we can change the ISO, and change the aperture, but we canโt do the autofocus. Now, weโve tested this with several cameras, pushing it to the limit, and we finally were able to overload it by using the Blackmagic Pocket 6 that we use inside of the studio.
Balancing the Gimbal
So now Iโm going to show you how to balance this thing. Now, in the interest of time, weโre going to put a link right here to the full video from DJI on how to do this. But by the time weโre done, you should have a balanced gimbal that doesnโt move around and thatโs ready to be turned on. Now, letโs make sure that I did a good job. Weโre going to turn on the gimbalโyou can hear it, the beepโand you can see in the top right corner on the back screen that thereโs a green symbol that says that the camera is balanced. You can actually tap on it, and it will show you if the motors are working a little bit more. You can see that on my roll to the left, I have a little bit of motor work, so that means that I would have to use the back right here and kind of slide it again until that goes away. Iโm okay with that at the moment, so weโre going to move on.
Vertical Shooting Feature
I want to show you something really cool with this gimbal, which is the ability to mount the camera vertically. I turn it offโyou notice it went into the full lock modeโand then the cool thing is, in the back right here, we can unscrew this button and then push on it. As we push on it, the whole plate comes outโnot just the plate that was attached to the camera, but the whole plate comes out right here. Because look what we can do now: we can mount itโthere is a hole at the bottomโand we can mount it and lock it back in place, and now our gimbal is vertical.
Now, if I turn it on right now, itโs not going to like it because it needs to be rebalanced. You need to rebalance every time that you do a new setupโthis counts as a new setup. You also are going to have to move things a little bit around. You notice that here the camera touches, so that means that I have to move my camera tray right here a little bit more to the left in order to give it more room to move. And there it is. So, at the end of the day, once youโve redone your balancing, the camera should show up right here. If you do a lot of vertical shooting, then thatโs the way to do it. If you have two of these gimbals, set one up vertically, set one up horizontally, and then you have two different ways to shoot very quickly.
Using a Phone with the Gimbal
The next cool feature that we have is the ability to use a phone instead of using an actual camera. The way that you do this, youโre going to have to remove the two plates at the same time. So the way that you do this is youโre going to unlock the bottom tray here, and then youโre going to slide it out of the way. You notice I have the one that was attached to the camera and then the one that was attached to the tray right here. Then weโre going to put it back into our flat modeโhorizontal mode instead of vertical modeโso hereโs the tray, and weโre going to put it right here, attach it.
So technically, thatโs how your gimbal works, right? And then now weโre going to take this, and weโre going to slide it in place right here, and now we can lock it. And then now we can attach our phone and clip it in here, and then now you have full control, and you can see whatโs going on on the screen.
Magnetic Tracking Module
The last item I want to talk about is this tracking moduleโitโs a magnetic tracking module. Magnetic is the way that it mounts to this cameraโthereโs no screw, thereโs no bolts, itโs basically just clipping right here. You notice how quickly it went, and then you squeeze on each side right here to take it off. If you put it in the wrong direction, it just wonโt let you do itโthe magnet just doesnโt work in that direction. What does this do? This will allow you to track someone by doing gestures, and Iโm going to show you in this video how we do this in a minute.
Navigating the Menus
Letโs go ahead and talk about the menus in the back of this thing. Thereโs a tiny little small screenโ1.4-inch LCD touchscreenโin the back, very similar if youโve used any of the DJI gimbals in the past, at least the more recent ones. The menu hasnโt really changed all that much. Now, before we get into that, thereโs a couple of buttons in the back. Thereโs a joystick that you can useโnow, depending on how you have set up the camera, then it will either move the gimbal around, going up, going down. And yes, you can reverse these buttons so that when you push the camera up, instead of going up, the camera actually goes down. Some people like it reversed, or whatever you want to call itโinverted. It depends on your style. And then you can go left and rightโyou can also change the speed. Iโll show you how we change the speed of these settings.
We also have the record buttonโif your camera is compatible or if itโs plugged in, youโll be able to do that. And then, on the right side, we have a PTF, PV, and FPV button. PTF means that you can move in all directions when youโre holding the camera. If you pitch down, then the camera is also going to pitch, and if you pitch up, the camera is also going to pitch. Itโs going pretty slow right now because I have it set as fairly smooth, but if we also go to the left, then itโs going to go to the left. Now, if I go in this directionโyou notice I reached the limits hereโif I go in this direction, nothing happens. Why do I say this? Because if we move it to the bottom one, which is FPV, as I go and roll to the left and to the right, the gimbal is also going to roll. This is if you want a really immersive mode where itโs FPVโfirst-person viewโwhere if youโve ever seen drones flying in FPV mode, thatโs what it is.
And then the last mode in here is called the PF mode. In PF mode, youโre going to be able to pan just like this, and then if you pitch up and down like this, nothing happensโit stays basically at the level at which you have put it. So, no pitchingโjust basically this pan right here. If you want to pitch up or down, then youโre going to have to use the joystick.
And then, on the left side, we have another button, which is new, I think, to the RS4 series, where we have the ability to either use the joystick for moving the cameraโcontrolling the cameraโor if we push it up, if you have a camera that can zoom, then the joystick now becomes a zoom in and zoom out as you push up and as you push down. This camera is not compatibleโI donโt like using that anywayโso this is a good mode right here to be able to use it.
Touchscreen Options
On the back of the camera, on the touchscreen, thereโs four different icons. The one on the top right, I mentioned already, is whether or not the gimbal is in a good state. You can click on that, and it will show you which of the motors is working as far as the balance is concerned. On the top left, we have the ability to do a calibration. If I start a calibration, itโs going to start doing this right here, which is kind of shaking to make sure that it senses if the camera is calibrated correctly. Itโs going to go through that processโit takes a few secondsโand at the end of it, itโs going to give you the results. It says, โGimbal calibration is complete.โ
On the bottom left corner, we have PTF, which tells me that Iโm in PTF mode. Now, if I move that switch, then itโs going to change that readingโthat really is just for indication purposes; changing it is only done via the button on the side. And then we have โSmooth.โ You can see when I click on Smooth, we can have โSmootherโ or โResponsiveโโthis is how quickly the camera is going to react to things. So, I have it on Responsive now; I have it on Smoothโnotice how much smoother it is. As I make a change, it takes half a second to basically move on to the next thing, whereas if I go to Responsive, itโs almost instantaneousโthe camera is reacting.
And on top of it, we have the speed at which we can go. So, I can go to Medium all the way to Fast. So, if I have it on Responsive and Fast, whatโs going to happen is that as soon as I moveโyou notice itโs pretty much one-to-oneโitโs super sensitive, which means that, well, depending on the type of work that you doโletโs say youโre chasing someone thatโs fighting or running, and you really want to be in the actionโthis is probably the best mode. Put that in FPV mode, and then in super responsive, and itโs going to do a great job. You can still go in Fast and Smooth, which means that thereโs still a little bit of delay as you turn around, so itโs a little bit smoother. When I stop moving, you notice that the camera doesnโt stop immediately. So those are great modesโpersonally, I like it to be in Medium and Smooth, but that really depends, again, on the footage.
Hidden Menus and Settings
Next thing, we have a bunch of menus that are hidden. We can start to scroll from the bottom to the top, and you will get to the joystick settings. So, we have the joystick speedโsame as me moving around hereโexcept now itโs about the joystick. I have mine on Slow because I like to go pretty slow when it moves down. And we have the smoothness, which isโwhat does it do when we start pushing, and what does it do when weโre done pushing? If I have it on High as far as smoothness, youโll notice that when I let goโyou see how long it takes to slow downโthis is good if you want to be extra smooth, and you donโt really care about how it ends at the very end because you have to be very precise. You have to stop at least a second before it really stops itself. So, between the joystick speed and the smoothness, you can really make it extremely smooth myselfโbut thatโs really the term here.
And then we have the dial functionโthe dial is this thing right here in the backโand we can set it to different things. Iโm going to plug this inโI havenโt done that yet. Weโre going to plug it to the back of the gimbalโnot the back of this intelligent tracking sensor here, just the back of the gimbal up hereโand Iโm going to plug it to the side of the camera here into my camera control. Now, what this gives me when I turn on the camera is it gives me the ability to do several things. Iโve mentioned already that the Bluetooth option is not available on this camera, so Iโm not going to worry about that. But my ISO changes and gets more sensitiveโor the other direction, gets less sensitive. I can also set it to apertureโsame thingโyou notice my aperture goes up, and my aperture comes down. I can also set it to shutterโthis is not compatible with this. We can also use it on Rollโcheck this out, this is actually really coolโI can have the camera roll right here as Iโm moving the wheel. This is really cool if you want just a tiny little bit of roll in your footage, but you donโt want it to be too pronounced, or you donโt want it to be when you roll the camera like in FPV mode. This is a great addition.
Youโre going to say, โHow do you go back to normal?โ If you double-tap on this button in the back here, it will bring the gimbal back to its original location. We also have the ability to pan doing thisโso you can pan left or rightโand then another one that I likeโyou can go and tilt. So this means that instead of using the joystick in the back to tilt up and down, if you have it set to PF mode, for example, I can go right here, and I can use this wheel to do maybe a pan right here on these objects, and at the same time, I can pan and I can go down on my items. Now, you could do that in PTF mode as well, but here you have a lot of control over how the camera moves up and down when you know you donโt have to worry about thisโthis is fixed, and it doesnโt move the camera. This is the only thing that changes the pitch on the cameraโso something to play with. Thereโs no right or wrong answer here.
And we have the dial settings in here, which is the speed of the dial button in the back here, and you can also do a reverse dial. So, for example, here I had to go to the left to pitch downโyou could have it so it goes right to pitch down. Iโm not going to set it up that way.
Swipe Down Menu
So thatโs the swipe-up menu. We have the swipe-down menu right here, where we have a few things. The first one is top leftโthatโs the display. We can auto-lock the display after 30 seconds, and we have the brightness of the displayโso you can change that. Itโs at 50% right nowโplenty visible. Iโm sure if you were outside, it will be different. Then we have our Bluetooth connectionโthere is an ability to plug in a phone to this in order to control the camera. Iโm going to show you that in a second. And then thereโs also a way to connect the camera itself to the gimbalโthatโs if your camera is compatible. Make sure you look at the website to find out the compatible cameras.
Bottom left corner, we have the sound optionโwe can turn off the sound of the gimbal. So, if youโre on set and you want to make sure that you donโt have any sound coming out of this, you can turn that off. And then, on the bottom right corner, we have various settings in here. The selfie mode is if you triple-tapโso if I do one, two, threeโthe camera is going to turn around. Now I can take the camera and do a Potato Jet-style videoโlove you, Potato Jetโand triple back againโone, two, threeโtriple-tapโitโs going to goโoh, double-tap, Iโm sorryโitโs going to go back to the front view. Now, I could disable that from the menu right here if I didnโt want to, by accident, click three timesโthatโs up to you.
We also have an option here for orbit followโthis is something that was also available on the RS4โwhich is the ability to help you as you do an orbit around an object; the gimbal is going to help. We have autolock features in here that can go after a specific amount of time, but also how it locksโright now we have it to fold and lockโyou saw that animation. We can also have it to just recenter and lockโwhat itโs going to do is itโs going to bring the camera back to this normal neutral position here. Personally, depending on what Iโm doing, I like the fold and lock when Iโm about to travel, but as far as keeping the gimbal here in place when Iโm on a shoot, I would prefer to do it this way with the recenter and lockโso thatโs up to you.
We also have when it goes to sleep and what it does when it goes to sleepโin this case, recenter and lock as well. The next menu in here is the push modeโthis is in order to push the gimbal in place if you wanted to do this by hand. Iโm going to show you an exampleโif I do this right now, I donโt have any of the push modes onโif I push the gimbal, itโs going to try to return to its original state. If I have it on push pan, for example, and I turn that on, I can move the gimbal to where I want it to be, and itโs going to stay in place. Same for the push tiltโI can push it and put it right hereโyou hold it for a split second, and then it keeps the thing in place.
Horizon Calibration
So, thereโs also in here the Horizon Cal vibrationโwhat this is is the ability to make sure that your horizon is level. This camera, for example, has a level on itโI can tell that it is actually horizontalโbut if I wanted to do a bit of a calibration in the event that it was tilting a little bit to the left or to the rightโit happens from time to timeโthen this would allow you to do it. See, itโs moving around as Iโm doing the calibration, and itโs going to make sure that at the end of it, you donโt have a crooked horizon, which is a bit annoying. You can also do it by hand by just adding a couple of degrees left and rightโso I can slide thisโyou notice how itโs tilting left or rightโif you want to do a manual adjustment. Iโm not going to mess with it because it is actually level right now, and I donโt want to mess up our shots.
And then we have also the gimbal auto-check option in hereโit says, โMake sure that the gimbal is balanced and held stationary before starting the auto-check.โ When you do confirm, what itโs going to do isโdonโt touch the tableโitโs going to do its little shake thing, and itโs going to make sure that the balance is done correctly on the gimbal. Itโs an โauto-check completeโgimbal status is good.โ We knew that because we had the green little icon on the top right corner on the main menu.
You can turn on or off auto-off right hereโI have it auto-off just to save the batteryโand we can restore the parametersโyou know what that means. We have language, device info, firmware updatesโthereโs a couple more things in here that are very typical for any kind of electronic devices. So, letโs swipe back up to get back to the main menu.
Active Track Settings
Then we have our swipe from the left to the right, which is giving us the active track settings. And the first one is compositionโthis is really interesting here. It says โkeep current framingโ or โcenter tracking subject.โ It means that when somebody gets in front of itโremember this little add-on right here is going to help us keep the camera on whatever the subject is that weโve selectedโin this case, if we keep the current framing, letโs say that your object was on the left third or the right third of the image, then itโs going to keep it there. If you have โcenter tracking subjectโ selected, then itโs going to keep the subject right in the middle.
We also have active track speedโif youโre familiar with drones, which you should be if youโre watching this channelโthe active track is the same idea as what you see on your drone. So, we have it on Fast right now because we were doing some testingโsomebody gets in front of the camera, moves really fastโthis is also going to move really fast to follow them. Then we have the ring lightโwhich is that little light that you see right up hereโI can turn it on or offโin this case, back on.
And then to turn on this trackingโthis auto-trackingโyouโre going to be doing gestures. So, to start and stop, we currently have it where you put your hand up like this, and itโs going to pick you up, and then when youโre done, youโre going to put your hand up again, and itโs going to stop. And then, if you want to take a picture, youโre going to do the pie sign right hereโitโs going to start capturing the footageโand youโre going to do it again, and itโs going to stop. Now, you can change that if you want toโthere is the hand symbol, we have the pinching symbol, we have the peace signโso you can pick whichever one you want in order to tell the camera what to do using gestures.
Battery Life
Letโs go ahead and talk about the battery life for this thing, which is fairly impressive for being this smallโ13 hours. The RS4 was 12 hours, the RS3 Mini was 10 hours. Charging time is an hour and 50 minutes, but it does have fast chargingโafter a 30-minute fast charge, itโs actually going to run for 5 hours. So thatโs really impressiveโyouโre in the middle of shooting a wedding, maybe you charge that for 30 minutes, youโve got five hours to go. If youโre using the fast charging, it will tell you on the back if youโre using the fast charging by giving you that indication straight on the back screen.
Accessories: Tracking Module and Briefcase Handle
So, one of the flashy new accessories for this gimbal is this tracking module right here, which unfortunately only comes with the combo pack. So, you have to spend a little bit more money to get to it, but it has the ability to keep a human subject in frame up to 10 meters away from this subject right here. It has the ability to do a continuous pan rotationโit can rotate 360ยฐ with the subject while itโs tracking it. And the cool thing about it is that thereโs no need for a cableโit really just connects directly using that connection pin at the bottom right here when you do the magnet attachment.
Another cool accessory that we have is this briefcase handleโthis is also available in the combo pack. It comes with the ability to mount anything with a cold shoe right hereโthereโs two of them on each side. You could technically mount the receiver for a microphoneโDJI micโand then you could put the transmitter for the DJI mic right here. And as you mount this to your gimbal, then you would be able to hold the gimbal and also talk at the same time right here into the microphoneโso a really neat little update. Also, I appreciate the touch where thereโs a hole right here to put the USB cable to go and connect it directly without having to remove this handle. And then thereโs a quarter-20 right here as well if you want to add a rosette or anything additional.
This briefcase handleโyou can change the angle of it depending on how you like to hold itโso very, very useful. You can also put this little tripod right here at the bottom if you needed to, or attach a tripod head or whatever it is that you want to add right here. But yeah, very, very usefulโlike I said, only comes in the additional pack. This is also very useful if you want to do something very low to the ground, and you want to really get down right here and hold the camera without having to just hold it from the main gripโthatโs a great way to do it. So, like I said, only comes in the combo pack, unfortunately.
Using the DJI App
Another cool thing that weโve seen with other gimbals from DJI is the ability to use the app on a phone right here to control the gimbal from a distance. This is very useful if you want to be kind of behind the scenes controlling and you donโt want to be just right next to the gimbal. The way that you do this is youโre going to have to find your gimbalโRS4 Mini in our caseโand then find it in the list. Once itโs turned on and you have your Bluetooth turned on, it should show up on that list. You can click on itโit will connectโand then we have the ability to do different things.
Starting from the top, it says โCreate,โ and when you create, this is where you have access to some controls. The virtual joystick here is pretty cool because you have the ability to use this bottom joystick and move the camera aroundโyou notice as I go left, as I go right, I go up, I go downโand it tells you where the camera is kind of located at this point in time. We can also do the roll using the bar thatโs right on top of itโit rolls left, it rolls rightโand you can push โRecenterโ to bring the camera back. Obviously, you can change the speed and smoothness on each of the axes, which is really cool because if you want to do something thatโs really nice and smooth, you can dial this in right here before you start recording.
We can do the โForce MobileโโI really like this one as wellโso weโre going to have to enable Force Mobile to get started. So, watch what Iโm doingโIโm going to keep the phone right here, Iโm going to have it vertical, kind of on the same plane as this gimbal, and Iโm going to push Force Mobile right here. And now, when I rotate in one directionโpanโit pans. I can go down and up, and in some cases do the rollโyou notice it says zero on the roll right now. If I bring the roll on each axis, then I can fully control the cameraโso this is really cool and very responsive. Look at the speed at which itโs doing itโand you can do different speeds againโpan, tilt, and rollโand then you can also change the smoothness if you wanted to. So, if I wanted to do a tilt thatโs a bit smoother and the roll thatโs a bit smoother, then I can do thatโyou notice that as I stop, it takes a few seconds to also stop. This is really coolโitโs always fun to play with. I havenโt really found a way to use it in real life, but it is something thatโs available. When youโre done, basically just get out of this or turn offโunclick that buttonโyouโll be ready to go.
Panorama and Time-Lapse Features
The next thing thatโs really cool is the Panorama function. Now, this is really useful if you are doing photography and you wanted to just take a couple of shots. You can set the sensor in hereโit will help it to know how many pictures it needs to take to put everything togetherโfocal length, overlap, how much overlap you want between the different things, and then the interval between taking all these pictures. And what you notice in here is we have the ability to grab the cornerโso if I grab the corner all the way to the leftโnotice what the camera is doingโwe have 180 degrees. And let me bring it down so to really explain how this worksโ180 degrees, the camera is now facing me. I can go to right in the front right hereโthe camera is facing you right in front of meโand I can go all the way to the right at 180 degrees, and it comes back to me. So, if I set my endpoints to be at negative 180 and positive 180, then it would be doing a full 360 degrees. Same thing for the topโI can bring the camera all the way 90ยฐ to the top at 0 degreesโthink about it like latitude and longitudeโand then we can bring the camera all the way down to a 45ยฐ angle down right here.
So, if I wanted to do a panoramic thatโs 360 and that goes 90 degrees up and 45 degrees down, then I would select the entire area right here, and then now the camera would take that picture. You notice as Iโm moving this, that little yellow icon is the camera and where the camera is actually pointing in spaceโso this helps you really to figure out. And you can also move it by handโso you can maybe go like right here, select that corner, and you can say, โOkay, thatโs my bottom left corner.โ Then I can click on the top right corner and bring that top right corner down, and I can say, โOkay, this is my endpoint right here for the camera for my panorama.โ Oopsโletโs just bring the camera down towards it right hereโthere you go. And now itโs going to be able to take this panoramicโitโs going to do 4×3, 12 pictures totalโand then weโll be able to put it together in our software.
I can go backโI can do a time-lapseโsame exact idea here with the time-lapse. You can set where you want the camera to move and by how many degrees by creating different points. And then we also have the ability to do a trackโthis is the same idea as the time-lapse except we can set different points on the app here. So, Iโm going to doโletโs do it this wayโIโm going to bring the cameraโI wanted to start right hereโIโm going to push the plus buttonโthatโs my Waypoint number one. I wanted to then go to Waypoint number two right here, and then I wanted to go up to Waypoint number three right up here. I can go back to Waypoint number one and it says stay there for two secondsโokay. Waypoint number twoโhow long did it take to go between one and two? Letโs make it pretty quickโletโs make it one secondโand then weโre going to stay there for two seconds again. And then letโs say we want to go pretty slowโletโs say we take five seconds to go to the next pointโand then letโs do a preview. So, it starts down here, takes one second to go there, and then another five seconds right hereโyou notice it didnโt do the wait between each of them. But if you had a shot that you want to do over and over and over again, this is a great way to do it because it will just keep repeating, and then you can be the subject on the film that does whatever.
Game Controller Integration
And the last thing that we have is really coolโwe can use the game controller here. Itโs very simpleโyou would have to get a PS4 controller or an Xbox controllerโthis is a cheap knockoff PS4 controllerโand once you turn on the controller, you have to use Bluetooth on your phone to connect it, and then youโll be able to control the gimbal. The rest of the options in here are pretty straightforwardโthe balance tests weโve talked about, the motor parameters is what you see in the back of the screen. The user profile is also pretty useful if you want to have specific modesโif you want to, you have the ability in the back of the camera here with the M button to change between those different modes once you have them configured. This is helpful if you have a mode where itโs โRun and Gunโ really fastโlike a fighting sceneโor if you want to do something a lot smootherโlike having it on the jib, for exampleโso up to you how you want to set those up. And then thereโs a final status of the gimbal itselfโthese are, like I said, pretty standard if youโve ever used this line of gimbals from DJIโthis is something that youโve seen.
Pricing and Final Thoughts on the DJI RS4 Mini Gimbal
Letโs talk about the cost of this gimbalโ$369 for the standalone kitโthat includes the gimbal, the quick-release plate that we talked about, the mini tripod, the L-shaped multi-camera control cableโwe also have a USB-C charging cableโand then one screw kit. And the combo kitโ$459โthatโs going to add the intelligent tracking module right here as well as the briefcase handle.
Now, overall, I think this is a great gimbal that has a lot of great use cases. If you want to spend a bit more money, hereโs a video right here on the RS4, which may give you a little bit more power. Let us know what you think in the commentsโif youโre going to get one, if this is something for you. I hope you appreciated it, and weโll see you in the next video.
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