Form Factor

The form factor is much more practical than the Ronin-M and you don’t need a stand to rest it on while it’s not in use. You can quickly power it on and off and the base has a tripod so you can easily sit it down when you need to.

The gimbal is a beast weighing 1.8kg, so its fairly heavy for one handed operation but you can use two hands on the grip and could add a handlebar to it if needed.

This is certainly not a new concept and DJI are not first to market, Zhiyun have the Crane 2 which is very similar in price, specs and weighs just 1.2kg. The Ronin-S does have some nice little features over the Zhiyun Crane 2 and most importantly the gimbal doesn’t cover the screen meaning you can shoot without an external monitor.

Specs

Ronin-S has a camera weight limit of 3.6kg which is more than enough for a full frame DSLR and decent sized lens. The battery life is up to 12 hours, so you should be able to do a whole day’s shooting on one battery.

It has a range of speeds so you can capture different pacing in your shots and has a crazy max operating speed of 46mph (75kph).