Kylin Stabilizers - affordable camera gimbal

An IndieGoGo Campaign this spring offered a Gimbal for lightweight DSLR and mirrorless cameras for only about $200 + shipping. Now that the campaign has ended, the cost of the gimbal has jumped to $350 for the base system that can support cameras up to 1300g or 2.87 lbs.  According to their IndieGoGo Campaign page selling the gimbal, it is "compatible with almost all mirrorless digital cameras on the market, as well as mobile phones, action cameras and even some models of DSLR cameras."

Here's a feature comparison of both the regular Kylin M and the Kylin Pro gimbal systems:

Kylin M Cost (April 2018): $349 for base system (shipping is $48 to the U.S.).

Kylin Pro cost (April 2018): $599

Weight of Canon 6D setup

My Canon 6D lens setups and their weight:

These setups include the weight of the memory card and battery.  Yes, it's small, but it matters when balancing a camera on a gimbal or stabilizer.

Canon 6D body only (with memory card and battery)
26.8 oz. (760g)

Canon 6D with 50mm f/1.4 lens

Canon 6D with 24-105 f/4 lens:

Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens ($330 version)
10.23 oz (290 g)

?? - * with UV filter

Canon 24-105mm f/4 (version made before 2016)
1.47 lb (670 g)  [B&H Photo]
27.820 oz. (788.6g) [Ken Rockwell]


The total weight determines which gimbal systems can be used to effectively support the camera.


Other items to consider when weighing your camera rig:

Lens filters
Shotgun mic

How to Sepia Tone in Premiere

Premiere CC offers several ways to give an old style, or old film look to your footage and color grade it to have a sepia effect.

Tint Effect

From the Effects Panel:

Video Effects > Color Correction > Tint
Choose a color to Map Your Blacks
Choose a color to Map Your Whites

Lumetri Looks

Effects Panel

Lumetri Looks > Style > Back in the Day

Drag this onto a clip (or an Adjustment Layer above your clips, if you want to apply the effect to several clips on your timeline).

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Learn Essential Exposure Control and Movie Shooting Concepts

Aperture (also called F/stop)

Shutter Speed




ISO



An introduction to why DSLRs are special for shooting video:

Topics:

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Nikon D7000 and D600 Aperture Adjustment in Video Movie Mode Workaround

The Nikon D7000 and D71000 cameras have an annoying flaw that prevents users shooting video from changing the aperture for video/movie shooting in Live View Mode. There are two possible workarounds for this:

1.  Go out of Live View, adjust the Aperture, then go back in Live View.

2. Switch from Live View in Movie Mode to Live View in Photo Mode, make your Aperture Adjustments, and then go back to Movie Mode.

The reason the camera cannot change the aperture is because it lacks an extra motor (that their expensive flagship camera do have) that allows the feature to work.

This same design flaw also affects the Nikon D300s and Nikon D600 cameras.

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