Zhiyun-Tech – a company that took the handheld gimbal market by storm – have teased their latest gimbals: Crane 3 LAB and Weebil LAB. The Zhiyun-Tech Crane 3 Lab is the successor to the ever popular Crane 2 gimbal, and it has a big redesign, going from a vertical grip underneath the gimbal to a hand grip set back and below the roll motor. Zhiyun-Tech listened to the users and designed the Crane 3 LAB to move into the underslung mode with ease, through this new design. Brand New Gimbal Design The rear grip also houses the gimbal control buttons and the batteries (3 are required), which remain the same as the Crane and Crane 2. Battery life is expected to be around the same as with the Crane 2, estimated at 18 hours, if balanced correctly. The front of the grip now features a built in zoom rocker and rotating dial which is used for iris control. Although the Crane 3 LAB does have a focus dial, this isn’t built into the handle, which would have been a very good improvement for one- or two-handed operation. Instead, the focus control dial is located underneath the gimbal, and requires a separate hand to operate. It should be noted here that the payload should be roughly 4.5kg, but this is not confirmed yet, and the gimbal with a large DSLR body and, in this case, a fast prime lens was rather heavy to hold with one hand. Like the Crane 2,...
Published By: CineD - Saturday, 15 September, 2018