The one-hand gimbals really became the standard over the last few years, with high-quality cameras shrinking and getting lighter as well. Turns out, that wasn’t so easy, so we saw many years of advancements in the gimbal field, with DJI and others advancing the technology further and further. When the first handheld gimbals were announced 8 years ago, it was the Freefly MoVi M10 ( here is a test that I did at the time), I asked: can we build this technology into a camera? Image credit: CineD A look back: the gimbal revolution Of course it’s not perfect, but it will shake the industry for sure. It is something completely revolutionary in my eyes – the marriage between a gimbal and a camera that was long overdue.
(For our news article on this new device, click here.) But honestly speaking, I find it SO HARD not to get excited about the Ronin 4D from DJI. Yes, this is a review – so it has to be unbiased.
Anyway, we had it for a while, and I was able to test it in depth. DJI just announced the Ronin 4D – a full-frame camera with a built-in gimbal – or is it a gimbal with a built-in 6K/9K camera? With wireless video transmission capabilities and control system and ProRes RAW recording.