How to Use the Ronin RS4 | DJI Ronin RS4 Pro

[@peterooney8295]

I watched this video over and over (but that's because it takes me a long time to process stuff!) and I'm now confident enough to take my gimbal out with me on a shoot this weekend - thank you SO much for making it simple.

[@writedirect]

Right on man! Once you start using it, it will all sink in and become second nature.

[@peterooney8295]

@writedirect As people have said, your videos are much more intuitive than the official ones. Now, if you have something on attatching the focus motor to a Nikon Z6ii, you would have a friend for life..!

[@writedirect]

@@peterooney8295 hahaha. You’re kind. I have ZERO experience with Nikon. But it can’t be that much different than BMD.

[@MyRandomTalks]

Your video is 1000% better than the oficial DJI tutorial. Thank you so much and, please, keep on the great work! Cheers

[@writedirect]

Dang man! Very kind. Happy to help.

[@cheetos-]

I've watched a bunch of Ronin videos like this and this is by far the most informative and easiest to follow. Thank you!

[@writedirect]

Thanks man! Hope it helps clear the fog.

[@davidsklubal]

Thank you so so much for this video, ive spent about 2 days trying to get myself up to speed and this was by far the simplest and best thank you!

[@writedirect]

Right on man! Happy to help. You'll love the RS4.

[@peterclaesson6091]

Your video is by far the best and most informative I have seen. It made me even more impatient waiting for my RS4 to be delivered in a couple of weeks👍

[@writedirect]

Right on! Thanks man. You’re gonna love the gimbal.

[@tomekadebruce7980]

Thank you soooooo much for this!I have a lot to prawn, but you made this portion completely understandable.

[@writedirect]

Nice! Glad it helped. Thx.

[@amveldstra]

14:48 incorrect. If the arm is extended and could not be closed completely, but in settings you set "fully close"the system will try to close softly, if there is no room to close it will go back and close with a gap. DJI thought about that and done self check process.

[@writedirect]

Thanks! But the DGI information says otherwise. So I’ll have to look into this to see which is right.

[@guidrysolomonadvising9770]

It's like every tutorial that I want that I can't find online, is always here! Would love to see a follow-up video including Raven Eye!

[@writedirect]

That’s like the coolest comment ever. Thank you! I will get to Raven Eye and LiDAR for sure!

[@Mratempa]

Thank you for the clear explanations. I appreciate your communication skills.

[@writedirect]

Much appreciated! Thanks for watching.

[@franklinmoore9306]

Thank you for a very helpful to my setting up the DJI Ronin RS4 Pro. I have never used a gimbal on my professional cameras and your instruction was spot on for what I needed to get up to speed as a novice gimbal user. I am looking forward to your more advanced videos. Franklin Moore, One Moore Photo

[@writedirect]

Right on man! Thanks for your kind words. I think the next video I'll do will be on the LiDAR setup which gives you controlled auto focus with manual lenses!

[@Betarti]

All I Ever needed to know about my gimbal!! Thank you !

[@writedirect]

Hey, thanks! Stoked it helped out. Are you an indie filmmaker?

[@TySmoothie]

This is an amazing video. Thank you for the clear breakdown

[@writedirect]

Cool man! You’re welcome. Thanks for your kind words.

[@Karlinator3OOO-gu9wc]

Fantastical video. No fluff. Ready for action after 20 minutes. Thank you :)

[@writedirect]

Right on! Thanks for watching and your comment. I’m a no fluff filmmaker. Just give me the data!

[@pedrosanchez4035]

Excellent video thank you . I just took delivery and I have never used a gimbal before!!

[@writedirect]

Right on! You’re gonna love it.

[@owowaolumide1525]

This is very help for me to set my DJI 4. Thank you

[@writedirect]

Right on man. Thank you!

[@ravholly]

This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[@writedirect]

Right on! Happy to help. Thank you.

[@bryangray961]

That was super helpful. Thank you!

[@writedirect]

Cool man. Happy to help! Thx.

[@billburns6545]

Thanks again, will check it out

[@writedirect]

Right on! Thx.

[@jamiewatson8585]

Great video, this helped me out so much, Thank you.

[@writedirect]

Sweet! Great to hear. Thank you.

[@EnesEditpro]

Clear and precise explanation

[@writedirect]

Thx! That’s my target. 🎯

[@thesiobhanshow]

this is the best video I've seen about this thank you

[@writedirect]

Hey, thanks for your kind words! Happy to help. Are you using it for narrative filmmaking?

[@jerrycarr]

I Like This Video..and will watch a few times as im new to Gimbals....Cheers

[@writedirect]

Right on! The Ronin is a delight to use. Thank you!

[@jesscruz-p5g]

Thank you very helpful. from Manila 😊

[@BlakeCDMedia]

Found a Crane 3S new for $240. I know people have mentioned it's tough to setup with the Pocket 4k. No risk no reward I guess, but if it doesn't work, I'll have to consider this new Ronin.

[@writedirect]

The Ronin will not disappoint.

[@BlakeCDMedia]

@writedirect The Crane was listed as "new" but came in terrible used condition, and severly water damaged. Am I shocked, not in the least. That seems to be the camera equipment market... Off to find a Ronin. 🍻

[@BlakeCDMedia]

@writedirect Question for you if you don't mind. I'm looking at the Ronin's, but $1,100 is more than I want to invest currently. I'm not sure how much gimbal work I'll have with my business. I can get the Ronin 2S Pro for around $500. Did you use that one satisfactorily with the Pocket 4K? Thanks!

[@writedirect]

@@BlakeCDMedia the RS2 Pro did fine for me. There were some nice little improvements with the three over the two, but if you get the RS2 pro, it will definitely handle the pocket 4K. Just watch my video about balancing it. The temptation can be to jump to counterweights and such and you don’t need them. You just have to know how to approach balancing correctly.

[@BlakeCDMedia]

@@writedirect Excellent, thank you!

[@mianrabbani5211]

Lovely video informative my joystick was not working when i just buy the rs4 still struggling to find how to get start .. any how thx

[@writedirect]

Update the firmware. If that doesn’t help report it to DJI.

[@DroneViewHD]

Great Video! How can you get the Zoom to work via dial using the Sony a7siii ?

[@writedirect]

Thanks! I don’t have that camera, but I think there’s something in the camera menu on the Sony that you have to turn on to enable remote control. After that plug it into the USB port on the Ronin RS4 and see if you can map the dial. I don’t have the camera so I’m just not sure.

[@LuxeFilmography]

Excellent tutorial!

[@writedirect]

Much appreciated!

[@greggregory2554]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@writedirect]

Right on man. Thanks so much!

[@shivanixlife]

Perfect! Very helpful!

[@writedirect]

Right on! Thanks for watching.

[@natrajs7224]

Thank you very much

[@writedirect]

No prob! Happy filmmaking.

[@lensalucia]

Thank you for the inspiring videos. Could you please confirm that cable connection works with BMCC6k-FF. Mine only works with Bluetooth. Dji doesn’t know whether it accepts cable connection. Thank you again.

[@writedirect]

Oh really? Interesting. It def should work but let me put my CC6K on and verify. I have a film in post and we have a 1 year old. So if I forget hit me up.

[@lensalucia]

@@writedirect Thank you, Kyler. I would appreciate that. No rush, whenever you get the chance to. All the best with the film and your one-year-old child :)

[@lensalucia]

@@writedirect hi 😬

[@writedirect]

@@lensalucia I’m sorry! I had to fly to Northern California and once again not buy my equipment. Email me at this address and I’ll get back to you: [e-mail].

[@lensalucia]

@@writedirect no rush. I wish a safe trip and all the best. Many thanks!

[@fashy1]

I’m having issue with my lock trigger. On my rs4, the lock trigger won’t lock my pan. Not sure if I’m not balancing the gimbal right.

[@writedirect]

If you swipe up and then over you can access the Press & Hold Trigger setting. The default is to lock the gimbal. But you can change that to FPV mode.

[@geoffwilkingsphotography]

This is awesome, thank you. Quick question, I've the RS4 and I'd like to do some content for my Social Media, but, the gimbal won't follow me if I move slightly out of frame. Is there a way for the gimbal to be framed up so I can stay a few meters away from the Gimbal ie it's on stand and it can follow me from left or right or up and down? Thank you

[@writedirect]

Yeah, you can have it follow you with Active Track and the Raven Eye transmitter. Raven Eye comes with the RS4 Pro combo.

[@geoffwilkingsphotography]

@@writedirect Amazing, thank you. I think I'm missing something about Active Track, do you have a video showcasing it more? I thought I needed to buy the Lidar for Active Track to work? But, it looks like with the RS4 (if I'm reading correctly), that I need just the Raven Eye? Sorry if this is a basic but having a gimbal that can follow me would be incredible. Thank you for your time.

[@writedirect]

@@geoffwilkingsphotography you don’t need LiDAR for active track like you’re talking. LiDAR will pull focus for you so that’s very nice (with manual lenses). I haven’t done a video on either of those. I’ll put that on the to do list.

[@kingvulture5730]

Great video

[@writedirect]

Much appreciated!

[@evgeniy9582]

Thank you so much for your tutorial. Can you please help me to understand about settings on turn off you are talking at 14:45. From the factory my Ronin RS4 Pro was trying to completely fold on turn off with my heavy Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K and the roll arm smashed the lower arm. This happened 2-3 times. Only after that I discovered this setting. You clearly state 'if this hits this arm you gonna damage your gimbal'. Can you please confirm that my gimbal is already damaged because of what happened and should I send it back to DJI? I am really worried now.

[@writedirect]

Hey man...So I'm only going off what DJI said which was that damage could occur if that happened. The default setting should have been the partial fold--At least I thought that's how mine was at default. Not the complete fold up. Sorry. Ugh, I know the feeling.

[@Sambo111]

Hello i used your video to balance my RS4 . So when "Balance Icon " is Green everything is ok? I saw in the shop a DEMO that RS4 doing some gymnastic and move non stop at different angles. how i do it and its used for what? Thanks

[@writedirect]

Green is good. I think the mode you’re after is gimbal auto check. That’s in the settings menu and it will move it all over the place testing your balance and gimbal in a detailed way.

[@Sambo111]

@@writedirect Thanks what a crazy performer this gimble is out of the box

[@tedarthur9233]

I love your videos and watch all of them. I just cannot seem to make this balance. I am using a Rokinon Cinema Lens on a Blackmagic 6k Pro. I know you said this Gimbal can handle everything, but maybe my Lens is just too big. I've tried everything. I'm usually good with all of this technical stuff. I've seen your other video where you balance it on the RS3. I still couldn't do it. I film in two days and was really hoping to get this thing working by then, but maybe I'll just stick to tripod shots. Still - excellent video! I love when you can just put it in any direction and it will stay. It's like magic.

[@writedirect]

Thanks for your support! If you watched both videos, you know what to do. So two things: 1) You might want to counter balance the back. Or position anything on your camera cage to push weight to the back. And worst case scenario, you can shoot and get decent shots without a perfect balance. I did that plenty of times on my last film. it won’t work for fancy gimbal moves. But for simple tracking, dolly in and out, stuff like that, it’ll do it.

[@tedarthur9233]

@@writedirect Thanks for your response. So you're saying, just with "simple tracking" moves, it will balance? I just had counterweights delivered to my place. I still can't do it. But if you're saying it will work with simple tracking, then you're saying it will give me stabilization? Because I don't need to so anything fancy with my gimbal. I just need stabilization. We both know how stable these blackmagic cameras can be without a gimbal, ha ha ha.

[@writedirect]

@@tedarthur9233 I wish I was there in person to check it out for you. It should balance. But yes, even if it doesn’t have perfect balance it will still pull off basic stuff. It’s gonna work the motors more during the battery faster. But you can do it.

[@tedarthur9233]

@@writedirect I'm about 30 minutes west of Chicago. Are you anywhere near that? ha ha ha. Anyway, thank you for the encouragement. And thank you for the responses. It means a lot. I finished shooting mostly with tripod shots. If I can balance the gimbal, I'm going to go back and do some reshoots. My tripod shots look pretty good, though. So if there is no reason to shoehorn a gimbal shot, I won't do it. I'm not giving up. I'm just starting out and trying to live my dream here. Hope to shake hands with you some day.

[@writedirect]

@@tedarthur9233 cool man. Don’t stop! I grew up south of Chicago. Haven’t lived there in a long time though. So are you shooting narrative film? Is that the goal?

[@duyguertan3818]

Hello, when I attach the lidar and calibrate the lens, active tracking does not activate. When I select the object I am tracking, the color does not turn green, it turns yellow and active tracking does not occur. I would appreciate it if you could make a video about using lidar, no one can explain it like you.

[@writedirect]

You’re very kind! It is on my list to purchase a liDAR and get that set up.

[@francopuglisi3383]

Hey there ..tour training video on 6:16 the dij rs 4 pro is super great. !! Can I use the c70 canon camera on this gimbal ?..Thank you .

[@writedirect]

It has a 10 pound payload. I haven’t tested it with that camera, but just check weight with camera lenses.

[@costtv]

Great Video…. I Just Bought The DJI RS4… I Have. A Question How Can I Go From Selfie Mode To Shooting Mode?

[@writedirect]

Hey man! Thank you. I never use selfie mode and have it disabled. But hitting the main trigger three times puts you in selfie mode so I'm guessing that will take you out. If it doesn't, hit the trigger twice as that tells the gimbal to recenter.

[@costtv]

@@writedirect Thank you I Will Try That 🙏

[@RodieOsc]

15:05 I though my gimbal was messed up because it did not fold all the way 😅

[@writedirect]

Nice! Glad you got it sorted out. It’s one of those not-so-intuitive settings.

[@drfg2008]

very useful ! thx a lot

[@writedirect]

NP. You’ll love the gimbal! Thanks for watching.

[@ABStudio77]

wow what a great video

[@writedirect]

Thanks so much! Hope it helped.

[@TheTangyapple]

Pristine. Thanks so much

[@writedirect]

Thank you! Enjoy your Ronin.

[@dedgemusic]

After recording a video from the gimbal how can I watch the just recorded video on the camera? The camera won't allow me...

[@writedirect]

This varies from camera to camera. But they all typically have a play button where you can look at your footage. You won’t be able to control that from the gimbal typically. At least I don’t think so.

[@steve_arcenio]

So how do you lock tilt. So it actually doesn’t tilt?

[@writedirect]

Hey man! Put it in Pan Follow mode versus Pan Tilt Follow. So PF vs PTF.

[@steve_arcenio]

@ I have the expansion kit from DJI. I tried everything and nothing is working?

[@writedirect]

@@steve_arcenio if you're for sure in PF mode and it's still doing a tilt follow, then something isn't right. I would update the firmware on the gimbal. What happens if you pull the trigger, is it still doing a tilt follow?

[@steve_arcenio]

@@writedirect okay I’ll try the firmware update.

[@evgeniy9582]

I have noticed in other videos that you have a Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K. Have you tried mounting it on this Roning RS4 Pro and connecting the control cable? For some reason the recording button on the Roning handle does not work. Does it work for you?

[@writedirect]

Hey, I apologize for the delay. I never use that record button for whatever reason and haven't tested. Was waiting to reply until I had time to test, but have the camera on sticks right now and in position for another shoot. Will try to circle back to this.

[@tds3653]

Does it come with a MCC cable? All I see are 3 USB-C to USB-C cables that don't really do much when connected

[@writedirect]

You might have to buy a multi camera control cable separately. I don’t use one of those as I’m not messing with camera control. I’m just using a focus motor and that’s it. DGI sells them for like 20 bucks.

[@IsaacGarcia-uh6hh]

Idk why but I’m struggling to take of the latch for vertical

[@writedirect]

I’m not in my office and can’t check. But truth be told? I never shoot vertical. So I haven’t even messed with that feature.

[@ruitorres718]

Hi. Have you any time used a Canon 5d MIV with RS4? I can't put it working. For some reason, it docent record or allow to change ISO, aperture or shutter. With a R6 MII is very easy. Thanks.

[@writedirect]

Hey, I'm sorry. Only use Blackmagic cameras. I think some cameras require certain menu settings for the gimbal communication to work.

[@jeremyfoster8726]

when i'm PTF i notice the lens tilts upward. This is annoying because i have to keep hitting the trigger to recenter. Is this me or just the gimbal in PTF?

[@writedirect]

I haven’t run into this. But I’m out of town right now and I can’t test. I would go into settings and do the more advanced calibration test. Make sure everything is squared away in that respect and see if it helps.

[@msvideos24]

can you power the gimbal and use at same time while connected to anker 737?

[@writedirect]

I have not tried this. Personally, I’d just buy an extra gimbal battery.

[@percivalmosaedi558]

Can the joystick be switched to control Sony power zoom lenses? I’m having trouble getting it to work

[@writedirect]

I only use BMD cameras with manual cine lenses. It seems like I’ve read before that you have to enable something on the Sony camera to allow for the DJI Ronin control. But I don’t have that equipment so I can’t test it. Sorry!

[@richardweddle3408]

is the Ronin RS-4 and Pro heavier or lighter than the RS-3?

[@writedirect]

Feels the same to me. Very similar to the RS3 Pro.

[@JacobGagoOfficial]

DJI NEEDS TO PAY YOU

[@writedirect]

Hahaha. I’ll take it! Thanks for your comment. Enjoy the RS4.

[@ShazammtheProducer]

you put a baby camera on the biggest gimbal they had and called it a class? Sir put a real video camera on there lol

[@writedirect]

I know man! But I sold my two pocket 4Ks and bought the cinema camera 6K. But I do show a rigged out pocket 4K on the RS3 pro on another video on my channel so you can check that out if you want.

[@lensalucia]

“Thank you” would have been better. Show some gratitude, people. *sigh*

[@hyperterm2655]

Makes no difference in context to the process. So why does it matter? Balancing 1kg or 600grams same approach , some people need to complain about things that have no relevance!

[@BlakeCDMedia]

​@@lensaluciaExactly my thought. If you don't have anything nice to post, don't post at all.