The gimbal arrived in a foam box. There is no carry case included. It has USB charging wire you can attach to your phone charger adaptor. Ideally 2.0 A travel adaptor should charge it for approximately 2 hours. So check the amperage. Read the instruction manual very carefully regarding the charging and setup.
The quality is extremely good though YouTube reviewers complain about its plastic construction and feel, I think there can't be a better plastic than this. As for the grip, it's kind of smooth at the back and matte/mildly rough at the front. A sweaty palm might have issues regarding slippage in which case you can purchase any safety rope that can be attached at the bottom of the gimbal where there is a port/screw hole for a tripod. It's sturdy.
It's a smooth process of setting it up. You have to download the DJI go app which is relatively huge for an app, from the Google Play Store for Android or Apple Store for iPhone users. Setup a DJI account and register it.
Before you proceed any further, you must be completely ready for the toughest part of the setting up process which is the balancing of the phone. Your phone could be light or heavy and depending on that it must be completely balanced on the gimbal which means it should stay still facing up/down and shouldn't tilt, in which case you will have to manipulate the screws or knobs at the side and back until you get the perfect balance. You can set it up in portrait or landscape orientation. The portrait mode is a little bit difficult to balance. There are numerous tutorials on YouTube regarding the balancing and most focus on the landscape orientation. The guide book or manual isn't very helpful in this regard. You will have to watch and, or download a small video which I did, from DJI website about setting up/balancing it. A properly balanced phone will consume much less battery as the motor parts won't have to work extra to forcefully balance the phone during operation. If not balanced and you continue using it, the gimbal will make a motor noise alerting you that your phone need to be balanced. It's not an alarm warning. Just a way of diagnosing improperly balanced smartphone-gimbal.
Once your phone is balanced, switch on the gimbal and the motor will swing it to life and automatically adjust it at a still setting. You must not forcefully try to twist and turn the motor as it will damage it. Then turn on the app, and phone Bluetooth. The smartphone will pair with the gimbal and then you can enter the section for osmo gimbal. The app itself supports many different types of gimbals and drones that DJI manufactures. A tutorial is present which will train you how to use the gimbal. Again, YouTube has walk through guides for the tutorial itself as I found some particular tutorial task difficult to execute.
The smartphone gimbal isn't a powerful device for shooting really excellent photos and videos especially. Don't expect to be become an expert in a day or week. You will need to learn for many months in case it's a first time purchase and usage. It's not a selfie stick. Remember the difference. If all you want to do is take group photos or selfies then purchase a selfie stick or a tripod for the smartphone. This gimbal belongs to an altogether different plane of videography and has some huge learning curve involved. Be ready for this.
You can take very beautiful shots like hyperlapse, timelapse etc. Just place it on a tripod, adjust the timer and let it shoot, say the crowds, the moving cars and clouds etc and watch the crowd or the world around you move in high speed. Craneshots, dolly zooming, pan reverse zooming, parallax effects, 360 degree view, panorama etc are some of the features. Those take time to learn and perfect. Other options like sport or walk mode is available. Also the option of livestreaming to Facebook, YouTube, Weibo is available.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with this gimbal. The gimbal perfectly stabilizes the smartohone and even if you walk on uneven roads or rocky beaches or take a video from the car, you won't find the camera swaying or shaking. That's the biggest advantage over hand held videography. The battery will comfortably lasts you a day or more of heavy use. The smartphone can be charged from the side, but I don't recommend this. It won't be possible to charge in any case if you place it in landscape orientation since the charger port which is usually located at the bottom of the phone is to be placed flushed with the rubber cushion of the gimbal. In portrait mode you might be able to charge your phone as the holder is rotated and the usb port becomes available for charging. At 480 grams, you will start feeling the weight on your wrist and forearms pretty soon which makes it difficult for long term use. Another disadvantage I found is that when you balance the phone in portrait mode, and try to shoot images or videos, with the rear camera, the back of the gimbal is often seen in the focus and is difficult to eliminate. The smartphone will take an image of the arm of the gimbal. But if you want to take selfie video for Facebook/snapchat/Instagram stories then it will do fine as the front camera will not obviously have any hindrance or obstruction. This design flaw of a part of the gimbal being in the image field of the camerawasn't taken into account by the engineers. Unless you have a smartphone which has a camera at the very top end of the phone or close to the edge then, perhaps you won't have that issue I mentioned.
Overall, it's a good purchase at such an affordable price. Go for it and watch your videos come to life.
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