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1. IKAN BEHOLDER 3 ANDROID
2. IKAN BEHOLDER 3 BLUETOOTH
3. IKAN BEHOLDER 3 PROFESSIONAL
4. IKAN BEHOLDER 3 SERIES

The app currently only has a planned iOS release, so Android users will have to wait a bit longer. It’s also supposed to include a mimic feature that will let you use your phone as a gravity controller, with the gimbal tracking your every move.

IKAN BEHOLDER 3 BLUETOOTH

A fully charged set of batteries gave us around the advertised 10 hours of use, and we were able to film for an 8-hour day uninterrupted.Ī companion smartphone app has been announced for early 2018 that connects to the gimbal via Bluetooth for changing settings like motor speed. It handled lightweight mirrorless cameras like the Sony a6300 pretty well, where we’ve seen other gimbals struggle with motor vibrations. In some cases, this may be what you’re after, but you’ll need to walk very smoothly if you want to try to achieve a perfectly stable shot.Īs with anything, practice makes perfect, especially while running and moving quickly with the gimbal. Keep in mind, the gimbal doesn’t compensate for side-to-side, up and down, and forward and back motion, so simply walking with the gimbal in hand can still produce slightly bobbing footage. Performance and outlookĪs for stabilization, this gimbal performed admirably for creating smooth, gliding shots. Ikan’s gimbals that use encoders, like the DS2 and DS2-A, also allow them to perform ‘point and lock.’ This lets the operator quickly re-position the camera by manually pointing and holding it in any direction to change tilt, roll, and yaw all at once. This feature works great for precisely framing up shots and filming them without having to manipulate the controls. The fifth profile introduces a new sixty-second auto-sweep feature that lets you to choose start and end orientations for automated slow panning over the course of one minute. The new OLED status screen is a welcome addition. There’s also a safety latch on the mounting platform a feature that saved our camera from sliding off and crashing to the ground more than once.

IKAN BEHOLDER 3 SERIES

The QR plate, however, is conveniently compatible with universal mounting systems like Manfrotto 577 series tripods, letting you quickly swap from gimbal to tripod without switching plates. The screw also had a habit of coming loose during use unless it was screwed down extra tight. This seems like a design flaw considering the rest of the gimbal is built to require no tools at all. Mounting a camera to the quick release (QR) plate requires using the included mini screwdriver to tighten the 1/4-inch screw to the camera. That said, six and a half pounds is a lot to carry one-handed, and more often than not, we ended up using two hands to help alleviate fatigue (and be able to reach the joystick comfortably). Fortunately, its maximum payload is four pounds, so it can handle beefy cameras like the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, but doesn’t have a lens support bracket for longer and heavy lenses.

Although it looks compact, the girthy handle, triplet of 18650 batteries, and large mounting platform weigh it down at two and a half pounds. Like Ikan’s other gimbals, the DS2-A is made entirely of machined aluminum alloy right down to the buttons, joystick, and thumbscrews. The wide finger grooves on the handle don’t make it any easier to hold one-handed, and the position of the joystick controller in the front was hard to manipulate. While we loved the angled arm idea, we weren’t sold on the handle design and placement of the controls, which are standard across all the Beholder gimbal models. We weren’t sold on the handle design and placement of the controls. Ikan appears to be testing whether or not users will prefer this ‘angled’ version since they also simultaneously released the DS2, an otherwise identical gimbal without the angled arm. On the DS2-A, this motor is placed lower, at an angle, giving you a clear view of the LCD for framing your shots.

The rear motor - also known as the roll-axis motor - on most 3-axis gimbals is typically located in the same horizontal plane as the tilt-axis motor, which unfortunately places it directly in front of the LCD screen of mirrorless and DSLR cameras.

We checked out Ikan’s latest gimbal in our DS2-A Beholder review and found how they solved this problem with one simple change. However, one of the most common complaints from handheld gimbal users is that the rear motor can partially or completely block the LCD on mirrorless and DSLR cameras.

IKAN BEHOLDER 3 PROFESSIONAL

Ikan’s Beholder series 3-axis gimbals have been fairly successful at competing with other handheld stabilizers like Zhiyun’s Crane and are lighter weight, less expensive alternatives to the DJI Ronin 2 for creating professional looking shake-free video.