One tip to INSTANTLY improve your gimbal shots (you probably didn’t know this)

People always ask how to get smoother gimbal footage, and in today’s video I show you one of the ways I do just that. Not only does recording in 30fps give you smoother footage, but it will also improve your footage quality in low light, as well create more dramatic looking sequences.
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Still one of my favourite channels .. short and to the point .. others should take note

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100%

[@betterideas]

This is a LIFESAVER! I hate those freaking micro-rattles on my non-stabilized a6300 and my non-stabilized Sigma 30mm.

[@gsmithweddingfilms]

I have the exact same setup and ran into the same issue... definitely gonna be trying this as well! You using the Zhiyun crane?

[@betterideas]

Yep! Zhiyun Crane Plus

[@gsmithweddingfilms]

Right on.. just checked out your channel! Awesome content, just subscribed :)

[@betterideas]

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[@erwinmarionneaux]

I use a segway when shooting with a gimbal and its helped a ton with jitters

[@TheFilmmakingChannel]

This is a very specific approach and suitable to a style not so much as a general advice on how to get better gimbal shots. Sometimes you can't slow down footage.

[@danielschiffer]

Correct.

[@ruddyuddy]

This makes a massive amount of sense, thank you. I’ve been 48FPS at 2.7K on GoPro, and wondering why the quality, espeicially in low light, was not what I was expecting.

[@BleiteTV]

Its still a go pro tho (not good at low light/small sensor)

[@JakeMasseyFilms]

About to shoot my first paid job tomorrow! This tip will definitely come in handy, much appreciated! 💕

[@ricardopabloaquino]

HUGE! I’ll give it a shot on my next project. Game changer for low light stuff

[@geekspringgaming894]

Definitely one awesome tip. Going to give it a shot today at my first wedding video of the year in a very long time.

[@SamHolland]

MINT idea. Will deffo be trying. This will also help without a gimble for standard “normal speed” shots handheld. Thank you

[@emngee]

Just got our DJI RS2 gimbal. Going to try try these tips and moves now! Thanks for the video.

[@bighodgemedianyc]

Thank you so much Daniel, I have been shooting on gimbals for 3 years now. and only was hiding micro jitters with shooting ultra wide and stabilizing in post..but true indeed this method worked!!!

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I just subscribed about five minutes ago but let me tell you why: I’m sitting here editing a video and I said to myself, let me throw on some music in the background. Your video was suggested to me, the one about making banger IG videos! I watched it and loved your approach. Sending you love brother, take care.

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Dude your content is incredibly useful for a newbie with all the gear and no idea. Thanks for sharing and keep up the awesome work bro!

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[@morrisonmediallc]

This is super helpful! Run into this problem all the time + love the inbetween flowiness of 80%.. Thanks!!

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

Wow. You legit dont have a dedicated video on Speed Ramping on your channel anywhere but, you are one of the best at doing it. Please do an in-depth speed ramping tutorial next. We'd really appreciate it.

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You sir, deserve more subscribers and views. What makes your video super awesome is it goes straight the point, no unnecessary dialogue. Just good old fashion tips and advice. Awesome tutorial yet again 😊👍

[@travelprn2696]

This video cleared a lot of things I was confused before, thank you!

[@Jeffli76]

just stumble upon your channel yesterday and binge watch all your videos. Grreat tips, Keep up the good work.

[@AstroHBF]

The background and the tan changed! I had picked up on you saying it before but i still haven't tried it yet. Will try this weekend!

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[@chubauk]

Brilliant!....Why did I not know this? ....just tried, and yes!!...Game changer!....Good looking out.

[@barbertherapy220]

Exactly what I was searching for. Fantastic work yet again 🙏

[@seanc.5310]

Thank you Daniel. These were great tips! Never thought about 30p on a 24p Timeline. I love the look!

[@exposetheheart]

I use this trick on my drone footage but it never crossed my mind to use it in a gimbal too. Thanks. For this.

[@freshdirector9578]

I learn something new everytime i watch your videos

[@godsimage9362]

Simple straight to the point

[@LimitedSpectrum]

Dude just blew my mind. I got a Smooth Q to use with my Galaxy S8, and I sacrificed 4k in favor of 1080p@60fps. Now I have something new to try!

[@ChritsianBucic]

Super informative, didn't know about the 30 to 24 ips to get the smooth result.TX Daniel!

[@AronBagel]

Ayee he's back! I never considered slowing 30p down, but I love the way it looks! It's smooth, a little slower, but nowhere near as slow as 60p, making for some very cinematic footage! Awesome for B-Roll segments as well, where people tend to only use 60fps or above nowadays!

[@DavidCouillard]

Love these quick and dirty tips! Keep them coming!

[@luckynever8208]

Hey Daniel I really like your videos. It's perfect length, precise and get to the point. In these days I find myself no time to watch Peter McKinnon videos. He used to create great contents about filmmaking and photography. Now it somehow degrades to another vlogging channel I care less. Probably because most viewers do like that format but I am definitely losing interests when there is too much vlogging with fewer contents.

[@ChrystalChristie]

Just binge watched a lot of your videos. Keep it up man!

[@travelblaggers2734]

Sick advice. Definitely worth doing when shooting in 4k

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[@JeffXieeeee]

This is so truly help. I really thank for your work.

[@WhatAboutTom]

I used to do this when I had the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and couldn't shoot anything over 30fps, but then I stopped when I switched to Sony (I guess I got caught up in the higher framerates.) Very happy to have this idea implanted in my mind again. Might start shooting all my weddings at 30fps all the time. 🤔🤔

[@marksinger5954]

Love a video that gets TO THE POINT. Thank you!

[@michaelgorczyca]

Your videos keep getting better and better man. Loved this! Had no idea 30fps could look so great played back at 24fps. Thank you!

[@creative-and-code]

You rock man! So many things I’m learning from you.

[@MyKiffLife]

going to try this today. epic advice. very KIFF. thanks

[@JoshBatalibasi]

Dude I never even thought of this !!! Thanks heaps dude... The last point low light is the exact reason I thought this would be rad.. love it 🔥

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Nice trip. Im excited to do it my own

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That's actually such a solid tip!!!

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cant wait to try it. Ive subscribed.

[@nbdvisuals]

Awesome tip, Daniel!! Learning much from you, man!

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color always so on point in your vids, yo!

[@BookYourImagination]

Awesome, simple, practical tip! Thx!

[@sebastianus_olaf]

Fascinating! Looks worth to try.. thanks daniel!

[@bogscave]

Thanks man for the tips, waiting for more awesome videos!

[@Paulusfw]

Wow thank you for telling the “secret” in the beginning of the video. Great as always!

[@davidlarricksmith468]

Damn that was great info dude. THANK YOU!!

[@AaronFilmsStuff]

Awesome tips man! I was actually filming a real estate video today and the lighting in the house sucked! I wish I would have thought about this then!!

[@firpofutbol]

Great tip, never saw this anywhere else and makes a lot of sense. I've always tried to follow the cinematic 24fps but 30fps makes it even more cinematic in way. Thanks!

[@Sergiosvm]

You can still record at 60 FPS, slow down the video to 80% then export at 24 FPS. Recording at 60 FPS gives the added benefit of slowing down even more if you need to.

[@DeborahVoorhees]

Sergio sure this won't introduce glitzes? Maybe 48 fps when shooting film and then cut in half?

[@DeborahVoorhees]

Thanks, George

[@palaHD]

He said that already but shooting at high frame rates means using a faster shutter which can sometimes underexpose your footage which then means you need more iso meaning more noise?

[@kuunami]

PalaHD is correct. The benefit of shooting at 30fps is that you don't need to increase your shutter speed like you would at 60fps.

[@papirazzi8014]

I am confused by replies to this comment. I believe Sergio is correct. Assuming lighting is not a problem, then shooting at 4k/60fps would be preferable where it's slowed down 80% to create the smooth dreamy motion, but then you also have the ability to slow to 40% if you wanted to use slow motion.

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[@finediva]

Never crossed my mind...thanks!

[@beachtapes]

Awesome video dude. I do this with the mavic air and it’s the perfect way to smooth footage out whilst being able to keep shutter at 1/60

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Good stuff Daniel! You are the Go-2-Guy for video and filming info. Keep up the excellent work and stay encouraged out there, peace!

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Love your videos, short and sooo helpful!

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DUDE THIS IS A GAME CHANGER

[@BrianSellers]

Great tips - hadn't thought about 30p to make that dreamy-real feeling... thanks! Just subbed!

[@SallyAkinsOnline]

Going to try this out for my next video, shooting it tomorrow!

[@SallyAkinsOnline]

I tried it out on my video from the RHS Malvern Spring Festival Show Gardens and it worked brilliantly. Thank you!!!

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thumbs up! thanks for the tips Daniel!

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Love ur work man !!!

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Thanks for this, now I know what's good in shooting in 30fps.

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Super cool idea. My 1st hearing this

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[@jordanjk]

Oh wow... Didn't know bout it. I did knew about slowing down 30fps to 80% but didnt know it is so helpful working with gimbal :) I am gonna try it with my steadicam :D great work Daniel, as always!

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Love your work man! Keep it up!

[@ggsotora]

You my man deserve a sub. Had trouble with my GH5 while hiking with a gimbal that it looks very laggy and bad. Hopefully shooting at 30 fps will fix that.

[@ivanruiz1262]

Great video Daniel!!

[@juspain1]

I recently discovered this from just hand held filming. Seems to make my videos looks smoother and less jittery, so you don’t need a gimbal really. Only problem is now you have longer video clips, so you really have to decide what you want to use and then also the audio of course will never match up if there’s a visual needed to the sound. You do have to also move the sound around to match it up, so it does overall create a lot longer edit

[@bringyourempties]

Quite the helpful tip, thanks a lot for sharing theses along. Cheers!

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Amazing tip! Thank you!

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Fantastic tip D 🙌🙌

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Great tip! cheers for that You always teach me something what i wouldn't even think of.

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You are a GENIUS!!

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Wow, this is actually really clever! Thanks, man!

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Great tip. Thanks!

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[@phongchan3975]

This is insane !! Learn a lot

[@madebychris935]

YES! This is genius. So simple. Thank you for sharing 👊

[@ozzythemighty2767]

Wow, i got to try this.. Thx for the tips

[@mgr5550]

Daniel > Sorry to ask you a question off topic but when you shoot for a project, say a real estate home or a resort, for about 6-8 hrs. How many hours of footage do you shoot (say if the end video was going to be a 2 minute promo webmercial) and how long do you take to edit that after the shoot day. Your inputs will be very helpful.

[@danielschiffer]

I haven't taken video of a resort, but when I do houses I'm generally on location for 1.5-2 hours, and it takes me 30 minutes to edit when I get home for same-day turnaround. In terms of actual footage- I'm not sure how much I actually shoot- I usually get 2 or 3 shots of every room- each lasting about 8 seconds then cut down in post.

[@mgr5550]

Whaaaat ??? You shoot maybe a 6 bedroom house in just 2 hours ? Kudos ! and just 30 minute to edit ? But with all due respect Daniel, wont the NLE proxy building (for 4k) itself take about 1 hour ? And you give them a simple cut kind of video i assume because color grading etc takes more time right ?

[@danielschiffer]

6 bedroom would take a little bit longer - here in Toronto the average is 3-4 bedrooms and sometimes I do condos which only take 45 minutes for me to show up, shoot and leave. Yes, editing is super fast because I have done it 100's of times and it's very cookie cutter. I never over-shoot- I get exactly what I need, dump the footage in my timeline and chop it up to the beat of a song, pre-chosen from a list of about 10 that I cycle through for real estate videos. I add a cross dissolve to the start and end of the video and maybe some text at the beginning- followed by a super quick grade. Also I don't edit proxies, I edit the 4k source Apple ProRes 422 clips directly in FCPX. I don't do as much real estate stuff these days but there was a point where I was doing anywhere from 5-10 listings every week so I had to work very fast. My rates were extremely affordable and I offered a really basic, yet high-quality product which realtors were really happy with. They don't care about all the bells and whistles- they wanted a clean video that looked professional and they wanted it as quickly as possible- hence the same day turnaround. I'll also add that if you're doing 6 bedroom luxury homes, it's an entirely different product your'e producing. My videos weren't intended to sell houses- they sell the realtors services. Here in Toronto you can list anything and it will sell, the market is ridiculous over here.

[@devonschmitz4113]

Just picked up the Zhiyun Crane and noticed the jitters as I have been shooting at 24 fps to get the film look! I'm excited to try this out for my next video, and also super nice and clean video man, definitely subscribing! PEACE!

[@atherton1ful]

This man knows his stuff

[@ChristopherPutvinski]

This is a great tip...never even thought about this

[@eatermckinnon4644]

thanks. I will try 30FPS!! You tha man Daniel!!

[@ibrahimkhoja]

This is kind of old video and probably you forgot it but it's now life safer for me thanks a lot

[@DENMONKEY]

I see many tips for 'cinematic' courage these days but no one ever seems to consider content which might include audio. All good shooting for visual only but how often is that what creators want and are able to capture without the need for audio?

[@UncleJessy]

Damn man. Sub count blowing up! Another awesome vid

[@colinmcnab6145]

For those of us here in the UK most models available with 4k will only shoot 25fps or 24fps. Only a few PAL cameras with 4k let you shoot in 30fps which is annoying.

[@kyletaggart]

Niceeee tips! Did not know this before hand. Thanks!

[@daniellaquaphotography]

Thanks for sharing your experiences! Very cool video! Like!

[@treeburke]

good idea i will definitely try this

[@lorimermacandrew]

This is really interesting! Definitely makes a difference. Would make shooting music videos a nightmare though! I guess you could play the music on set at 1.25x and have the artist mime at that speed, then slow the footage to 80% and use the original music in the final video?

[@danielschiffer]

Yes, definitely do not use this technique for any footage that has talking, audio, or lip syncing (music videos). If you were to use this in a music video, you'd want to the artist to mime the lyrics at 1.25x speed just like you said.

[@lorimermacandrew]

Papo You film for 80% slow motion as Daniel recommends, and play the music at 1.25x speed for the artist to mime to. 1.25 * 0.8 = 1 so it works out :)

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still very useful for b-roll in music videos

[@dathofilms]

Wow. This a legit advice. Thank youu. Will try it out !

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WOAH ! LIFE SAVER !