I had to pick between the two FX6 and Ronin and went for the Ronin 4D. I think it's a better camera for solo shooting and small crew situations than the other cinema cameras I've worked with, all flavours of RED, Venice, Sonys, Canons, and Blackmagic all those cameras require a lot of time to set up properly, most of the time you need to build the hand held rig with D-taps and cables with transmiters, monitors and focus motors to make them opperational, and thats only to a point to shoot hand held. If you want to do a dolly shot or a crane shot, you need to bring a couple of guys to help and spend extra time setting up those shots, with the Ronin you just grab the camera and do a dolly or mount the sensor on a boom pole and you have your shot in two minutes, you can even put the camera on sticks and operate it confortably from a chair remotely using the wireless monitor. The kind of shots you can get from the Ronin are very difficult to achieve from the FX6 out of the box and without extra equipment, it just give you an extra boost on production value that no one (at least in youtube) is considering.
I think the 4D was an incredible introduction into the Cinema camera market. IF DJI can get a more solid option to lock the sensor into place for tripod work, and even remove the head and attach to a drone, so the same sensor/lenses is flying, AND they allow the use of the same control unit for monitoring and camera control while a second operator flys...this system will be unbeatable.
Dji recently released the 8k sensor and its the same as the one on the inspire 3 but the have different mounts so I don't see a reason why they don't make them interchangeable
@@YOKokob aerodynamics if you look at the difference between the two the inspire three camera body is much more streamlined and sleek so it cuts through the air instead of being a brick wall to it and that matters a lot when you’re going 56 miles an hour in fact, it matters so much that if everything isn’t relatively sleek, especially something like a gimbal that will be dramatically reduced, or it could even fall out of the sky if the gimbal hits a really, really bad wobble so that is why not to mention the gimbal system seems to be lighter on the inspire three as well, which again matters because it fly
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4:35 That DJI Ronin 4D image looks nuts. But with Sony you can buy a FX6 and FX3 for doc work and both cameras will match. Which is something to think about when starting a production company or traveling for work. Great vid, thank you.
You're making the perfect video at the perfect time! Reading my mind as i was considering exactly this topic. 😅 The technology of the 4d is very enticing. After doing extensive research I trust your experience and go for the fx6. I basically always shoot solo and rely on the auto focus aand I already have a gimbal for it. Thank you for making this video. 🙏🏼 Your channel is amazing!
Well when you have 6k and you export 4k you get a richer better 4k. Secondly the 4d is a 4 axis gimbal meaning it beats out rs3 pro in terms of stability and ease of use since the 4d is far more simple to balance. Also if you have not used the 4d yet I recommend trying it out as it has for more elements that I fell in love with besides gimbal. You can also use it as regular camera if needed. All in one package with a very friendly blackmagic like menu system.
The 4D is legit. For set up speed and doc work it might not be the best, but wow that thing is versatile. I was surprised to see no native XLR on the 4D.
In my experience it's the opposite, setting up the 4D is much faster than a Sony Camera. You just need one battery and you have focus pulling, wireless video monitoring and gimbal set up.
@@sergiosanchez2012 faster than reaching into a bag pulling out the camera and turning it on? For doc work, the FX6 is faster to me.. maybe on a film set where you need wireless monitor with follow focus sure!
@@timdanyo898 You can have this one on a bag ready to go and turn it on too... Difference is, that's all you have to do for camera, plus gimbal, plus wireless follow focus, and video village, running on one battery... You can do dolly shots, and even control the camera wirelesly when sitting on a tripod, the camera can even track and follow the subject by itself out of the box. We shot a boxing documentary last year with this thing, its crazy fast.
@KofiYeboah Great review as always, Sir!! I really like the Ronin 4D, so I'm glad to hear your opinion on it. I have to ask you, what was the name of the song that starts at 3:15? You had given me the name of another song in another one of your vids a while ago, so thanks for that again 👍🏾🙏🏾
What did you think of the weight of the 4D for run-and-gun type work? (try to pretend you don't have gigantic muscles for a sec k?) Great vid again man. Sitting on the fence between these two cameras as a solo/two-person crew and this was helpful.
You made the 4D look great as you do with all cameras but I can't trust it. I shot today with my 6 and no problems but my DJI Drone connection problems. I could never trust their camera as the main camera on a client job. You certainly made it look impressive though.
@@KofiYeboah Seriously, I would have never considered their camera before watching your video. Now I could consider it, but my post is really meant to put pressure on DJI for a little more quality control.
I've spent a lot of money with DJI before finally understand that this is not a professional company. They put on the marked products that are not finalized, not supported, that disappear after 1 or 2 years and replaced by a new one with the same process. The worst example I know is the crystalsky screen which is the worst electronic design I've never seen in all my life I'm surprised to see that this thing (the Ronin 4D) still exists on their catalog :D
Here’s the problem I’m facing.. I want to upgrade from my a7siii.. so I’m looking at the fx6 but truthfully all I’m getting is internal nd’s inside of an fx3.. I just feel like you may as well get an fx3 instead of an fx6, so I’m swaying towards the 4d.
@@KofiYeboah that wasn’t my point, my point was there’s no advantage to the extra cost of the fx6 when you can get an fx3 for half the price when it’s more or less the same beast. In my option the 4d is a totally different animal to the fx6.
@@KofiYeboah that mean so far the focus pro is a better system than the focus lidar of the ronin 4d, it doesn't make sense since the ronin 4d is their flagship product
Your video is great!!!! If you had to choose between Sony and Lumix, which would be your choice? I am about to buy 2 cameras: One only for photos and the other that is hybrid, both for photography and video. Greetings
Trading my fx6 soon for one, its a nobrainer. Seeing that dji puts out more updates & new products that work with it makes sony seem like a bad company
@KofiYeboah yeah I noticed it a while ago and then a video I saw recently about comparing 4d to fx3 confirmed 4000 iso. Also side note I got the three channel follow focus for 7" monitor and it is soon good for focus pulling vs handgrip.
@@KofiYeboah Audio on the Ronin. How it handles input of external Lav Mics; Is there any interference? Does mounting a shotgun onto the handle pick up the noise from the head moving around or focusing noise when using manual cine lenses? Will mounting a portable audio recorder on it change the weight distribution and handling?
@@MightyShakaZulu 1. Depends on the mic. 2. If it’s a directional mic that’s directly beside it, more than likely, then again it’s not very loud imo 3. Mounting ANYTHING to a camera is going to change its weight distribution, depends on how you mount it Sidebar, Josh Yeo at make art now has more on the Ronin 4D, mark bone shot a documentary on it, Erwin Marineux also shared a bit in the 4D as does Cam Mackey, it might be beneficial to just ask ✌🏾
@@KofiYeboah Thank you VERY much for replying. I'll check out those videos you mentioned. Regarding asking, you don't always get a reply from the creator in question. Months go buy and you either get noticed by some helpful commenter or find the info on a random Reddt post.