They FINALLY Made a PERFECT CAMERA [DJi RONIN 4D] 

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I swear these guys have done more for one-wheel's marketing than the actual company has

Now I get why DJI dumped so much money into developing an ultra-low-latency digital FPV system... it was part of their engineering path towards the wireless video system they used in the Ronin 4D.

Me, broke and not a filmmaker: "Hmm, I should get one of these."

This is the most convincing commercial I've ever seen on RU-vid, haha. Excited to see what you and the crew can cook up with this! Great demo, Niko!

NGL: that focus system is the coolest camera innovation I've seen in years. Probably since the first handheld electronic stabilizers were becoming available about 10 years ago.

As someone who's been in the independent film industry for over 20 years I can vouch for how revolutionary this technology is. With the amount of insanely talented but underfunded directors I've met this gives me even more hope for the future of film. Keep it up you young guns.

The lidar focus system what a cool idea. Imagine that in a next iteration, they will let you record a Z depth data as a separate file. That would be super useful for post purposes.

They're *actually* doing things differently and dispensing with a lot of established, old-fashioned camera bullcrap, that's great. It really does seem like someone on the DJI team saw Niko's video and took it to heart.

I barely know anything about cameras, but watching Nico talk about it with this much passion is always amazing

The ~$7,000 ish price tag is a huge surprise considering everything this system offers. I was sure it would be over $10k.

Absolutely incredible. I wonder how long before someone shoots a whole movie with just that system. I was expecting this to be 15-20k but it's only 7k. It's actually a reasonable price.

It's rare that a company just makes and sells an all out god-tier product without any weird catches and sells it openly at a decent price. Very, very well done DJI.

I love looking at cool tech that I'm never gonna be able to afford 😂

One of the most amazing things about that integrated gimbal is that it only needs to move the components that need to be on a gimbal. Only the sensor and the lens basically. On third party gimbals you are often stabilizing the battery aswell, or the storage media, the cpu of the camera, the heatsink on that, all that dead mass that absolutly doesn't need to be stabilized.

The tracking is insane. ActiveTrack Pro together with the Lidar Autofocus system, game changer!!!

I love how they have an entire montage of wren doing cool one wheel stuff then immediately eats it when they go inside

This is actually exciting af for us indie filmmakers. You guys are forgetting that this is not a camera most of us will buy. But you can be damn sure I’ll rent it for a production. It will be expensive but all the features also SAVE money. Amazing product

This may have been a 15 minute long advert but the raw passion you guys have for the tech make it feel like a documentary. Really nice to see someone take the ‘perfect camera’ video and make it happen.

Honestly, Wren needs to become the official spokesperson for one wheel because that montage made me want one more than any other video on this channel.

3:41 “or if you’re riding a one wheel not crash it” RIP Carmichael 😞

Me, someone who has never filmed anything and probably never will: "I need this."

Damn, Ronin has evolved so much. Ronin 4D is indeed a perfect camera!

So happy to be featured in your video at 7:14 😍 Warm greetings from Germany

The crazy thing about this to me, is that despite it's two main flaws that Nico mentions at the end, the cost is actually *pretty fucking good* at $6700 USD. Don't get me wrong, I (and most of us here) can't afford this, but here's the thing: By the time you buy a nice camera ($3500+/-), a nice gimbal for your nice camera($1200+/- and rebalancing etc.), a nice wireless setup for your nice camera(hundreds), and some way to pull focus in a nice way($$ and many man hours), you will have probably met or actually EXCEEDED the cost of this camera...Once you have this setup, you STILL won't have 4 axis stabilization, and you *absolutely* will not have the LIDAR autofocus/focus pulling. ...So not only is this a revolutionary camera, the price is MORE than competitive for what it offers, apart from a couple downsides (the lenses, which can be addressed) and the RAW format. Really quite amazing.

As a disabled videographer/ photographer Yall don’t know how long I’ve been waiting to hear about a camera/gimble system like this. Like I’m getting chills lol.

5:28 I love how jake is just enjoying the wireless camera control and smiling his ass off...

This seems like a perfect youtuber camera setup, Hollywood still need the ability to pick parts and rigs but this is perfect for someone who needs an all in one setup.

The shot with Wren doing that trick with the dust was so AWESOME, nice work

well done dji.... changing the game!

I swear you guys have probably some of the best first impressions/breakdown videos about camera equipment and visual effects I've ever seen. The DJI video released certainly peaked my interest but you using some live examples of how good the camera and it's accessories are really convinced me that this is going to be an incredible piece of equipment and a game changer. I don't think this'll be an ARRI killer, but it's certainly going to push many to achieve the same standards DJI just opened up with this Ronin 4D. Great retrospective, I can't wait to see the type of on-set use of this camera for your videos moving forward.

so good, i "stumbled" across your channel looking at this DJI Ronin, and I just want to say, your channel is the best thing I've found on youtube for ages. I went & had a look at some of your other posts after watching this great content and it's all so brilliant. well done guys, you're so professional and talented. Laughed loud at the Batman post.

the LIDAR focusing system is one of the coolest things i've seen on any camera ever

All the folks saying how expensive this camera is sure make me feel old... When I started out my first purchase was a Sony V5000 - it shot Hi8 (!) and was a giant shoulder-mount camera and was about the same price as the DJI. If I'd wanted broadcast quality like a Betacam SP it would've cost 50K... As for a filmic look, well then I'd need at least 100K for a basic Arriflex package (and would need a crew to use it and record sound and would need several more thousands for Post Production!). Seriously we are sooo spoiled for choice these days. Amazing time to be a creator and I wish I was 20yrs younger! :)

The big innovation I keep expecting to see but which never seems to really come to fruition are "light field" cameras like the Lytro, where the sensor measures light rays in a three-dimensional way which has some really cool feature; first, you can focus each shot *after* shooting since everything is essentially captured in focus at the time, and you can blur out background and foreground later. It also eliminates the need for green-screen, because you can use the distance to cut out the parts you don't want. No idea why it's so slow on the uptake, because that has always seemed like a game changer to me, but the technology has been struggling to gain ground for a while now (more than a decade).

As someone who’s relatively new to making films and using cinema cameras this gets me so hyped to see what the future of handhelds cameras will be and i can’t wait to try this thing out one day

There is no fit for this in my life or my content but my god I wish there was! This thing looks mental! 🤯

Ah yes, there's the DJI Fly app giving me an ad on my phone while watching this video.

I have never seen Niko as excited as this. I'll keep an eye out for projects that will be using this power house of a camera

I'm super amped for this camera and y'all doing this review has me even more ready to jump! Awesome video!

Oh damn... rebalancing ist such a pain... this concept is awesome... damn I just ordered an A7s iii.... but this looks cooler

When you said “Lidar” i actually said “Holy shit” out loud. that is genius

Most comprehensive review of this camera I've seen so far. Thank you. It is a serious piece of kit

Congratulations guys! So happy you guys got the perfect camera. Very excited as you continue to level up your game! I do not do filmmaking or anything with cameras and I hung on to every word 🤣.

This came out of nowhere and it's crazy how much they nailed on their first try. Dji has dominated the drone and gimbal market by listening to consumers, I think it's only a matter of time before they take a decent pie out of the cinema camera pie too. It's crazy to think that this company used to be just a camera accessory manufacturer.

Niko, I love the passion you brought to this video and the passion corridor digital brings to the channel. Seeing you discuss the paradigm shifts was awesome and you explained them all so well that I a layperson could properly appreciate this awesome camera.

What’s crazy to think about is how Animation for years could do things that real world cameras couldn’t do and thus made it more unrealistic. This camera seems to see what animation could do and did everything they could to replicate it. This is going to look amazing for so many new movies coming out!

I have literally never ever dipped into film making but this camera just makes me so excited. Just as a piece of technology, it's really cool.

I could watch Neko geek out on cameras forever ngl, some of my favourite content ❤️ Love you guys and your work

I got chills when he talked about the focus adjustment….that’s HUGE

InSANE vid, bro! Best yet, IMHO, and I've watched a ton of them. So best that I sub'd to your channel on this alone. Can't wait to (now) watch the linked/mentioned vid to see what else you have up your sleeve!

Really cool - thanks for sharing!!!

If the lens Choice wasn't so limiting this would literally be perfection

What’s it been like!? 2 years? Long awaited video! Edit: midway watching the video Niko mentioned the old video and it’s from 2018, so 3 years old. Man time passes fast! Thanks for making theses amazing videos!

great video, this is the first of the review videos I watched so far that actually get me excited about the platform. It is def going to be a game changer in the cinema business. It feels like a jacked version of the old OSMO Pro x5 bc they had a 4th axis stabilizer as well but the micro 4/3 sensor was a deal breaker for me doing interior work on houses. Full frame will be a total winner.

I saw this and instantly decided that i need this camera. Have always wanted a Red. Either the Gemini, or one of the better models. But while they arent too expensive when it comes to professional movie gear that is actual high theatrical quality (just look at movies filmed with red, like The Revenant and more). They are way more expensive than anything i can afford. Especially since the Gemini itself is 19k USD. That is without gear needed to get it to actually work proberly. You still need lenses, rigs, and more. It simply becomes too expensive, to the point where i just cant afford it. Now i love the red, they have exactly the look and depth i love in movies, even raw without editing or using filters. And thats why i at first focused on that camera. But again, you need to buy so much stuff along with it to actually have a functioning camera, and even more if you want an easy to work with camera if you arent filming with a larger crew and with a decent and professional movie budget, like blockbusters or smth. And its just too much work and money for me who rn dont have any possibility of getting a crew like that. This camera though. Damn. Everything that you have to buy separately with the red, you just get in this camera (except for some things ofc). And not only that, i checked the price. And idk if this is actually the price for it or if its just the price for ordering it before release, cus ngl it seems very cheap for what you're actually getting. But this camera is about 7k USD. Now idk if the actual filming quality of this camera is to the level of a red, so far i would say its close enough to the point where i dont care if the red is higher image quality, cus i can barely tell. And yeah, a red you can swap into many different rigs and gimbles, and you can put alot of different gear on it, and its a very flexible and varied camera in that sense. But you still have to buy all this stuff separately and use time getting it to work. Which 1 is SUPER expensive. And 2 extremely time consuming. If u can get this camera for 7k and all you need is just to but lenses separately (which the webside has as well) then screw wether or not a red or any other cinema camera has better image, and more possibilities. This makes work as easy for you as possible, and gives you everything that you absolutely need, in one package. And a relatively cheap one.

man when the music hits and wren gets his solo time. chills brother!!

Honestly the most insane thing about this camera is the fact that it starts at $7,200. I'm in love with DJI

I honestly can't wait to see what great shots anda videos You guys may bring to your channel. Keep up the good work

Gosh if all infomercials were this well made and entertaining, I'd watch them all! You guys have the best job in the world no joke! I love everything you make!

I really like Niko. He seems like such a great dude. Knowledgeable, layedback, calm & funny- you just simply want to be friends with him!

can we all just take a minute to appreciate that seamless loop of "a thousand upheavals" intro that was smooth also, ive never been fully invested in a camara before... until now

This camera seems like such a huge step forward for cameras, and for creators like you guys. It gives so much versatility to shooting. I look forward to seeing how things will look going forward.

I think the biggest advantage of this DJI Ronin 4D cinematic camera system is that it significantly saves human resource expenses, significantly reduces the cost and difficulty of the project, and significantly reduces the time for project preparation and shooting. For example, for a project which used to require four or five persons, with this system, it only takes one or two persons to complete. In terms of long-term operation, the cost of human resources is far more than the cost of camera equipments, so this is the biggest advantage of this system in my opinion.

Loved to see this deep dive-thank you! 🙏

Dang! Awesome you guys got to do a review on this. Can’t wait to see what the Crew can do with this rig. Seems like the perfect camera system for you guys!

I used to do corporate videos for Nissan, this camera looks like it packs everything we need in a neat package.

This camera looks awesome I've always followed your camera builds and this really does check a lot of boxes

It literally looks like a cyborg, it better be the perfect camera

It's almost like their drones were only a research and financing platform and this is the actual product.

I really appreciated the thoughtful breakdown you presented on this.

Dayum the sequence form 11:10 Hats off to the operator and the camera

That focus line is absolutely ground breaking.

It's impressive how much dji has grown and evolved in such a relatively short time.

Love your passion while talking about the camera. Sounds 100% genuine and fanboy and not salesmany.

It’s insane from where you guys began to this, thanks corridor

This is a game changer! also, we need more mocap hoodies please. Edit : why did I get chosen to be swarmed by bots?

12:16 okay that shot was almost breathtakingly good

OK I love dji stuff and I love these guys, they don't often do good with new gear but these guys are miles ahead of the other guys with this review! They should all watch this and learn from it.

Omg, that Lidar focus camera is so simple but so absolutely incredible amazing. I've been tinkering with depth cameras for a couple of years now - but I never even thought of using it for classic filmmaking.

It makes a lot of sense that DJI would make a camera like this though. All their drone work gave them so much info on wireless tech and stabilization. So interesting. Great video

This is pretty insane and as someone who sometimes does 1st AC, that LiDAR focusing sounds amazing. Looking at a monitor while the Cam Op slowly starts walking backwards at a different speed than the actor with a 85mm lens on aperture 1.4 is a pain in the ass. And the fact that you get the things in one package is just wonderful......if only I had the money to buy it right now ^^

Looks fantastic they really have listened and brought their innovation together. One other con I foresee, a bit like a drone, if one bit breaks then the whole system is down. Vs with individual parts at least you can swap things out.

This got me excited seeing this cause I use the cellphone gimbles when I go traveling. I hope that later down the line, DJI would implement the arm for that steady cam look. That would be amazing.

Dude, Wren's sustainability video looked so good and I had a feeling you guys were using something special.

I think another thing they could add which they could use many of the existing sensors for is built in 3d tracking. The bottom sensors, the gyroscopes in the gimbal and the lidar scanner could auto generate some rock solid tracks I would think.

Brilliantly explained, thanks for putting in the context of the technological advancement this represents. Really well done. I was holding out for a C200 Mark II and this is the same money... crazy.

Absolutely love the review! One thing to keep in mind is the £8,000 price tag is mainly for convenience. 90% of the features in this already exist, many of them already supplied by DJI themselves. For example using a gimbal (£700), a 4-6k raw camera (£1500), DJI's Raveneye where you can control the live settings and motion of the camera on a connected external monitor (£200) and the new DJI 3D-Focus add-on which automatically adjusts the focus based on sensors and distances (£200), so all in all, you'd get the exact same thing for

Niko explaining shit are the best corridor videos. Especially when he's super passionate about it.

Those are some gorgeous tracking shots on the one-wheel, knowing they're not coreographed makes it more impressive. The negatives seem large if managable for now, but they're so outweighed by the positives, hot damn. The LIDAR focus system is genius!

12:16 is *amazing*, great job!

Wow Niko this one is DOPE!!!! Thanks for the Video!

That's insane, huge props to DGI for stepping up the game with an actual new/innovative product, apparently a huge potential to change the industry despite the minor downsides like the RAW codec.

This is wild

Whoah... lidar for focusing? Great idea!

I have it now and absolutley love it. Drawbacks are the slowmo 50/60frames per second is only 2:39:1 ratio. Great for short or Feature films , but corporate clients or TV don't want that mixed in with 16:9 footage. So either you have to crop in the 2:39:1 footage or do the whole shoot with 2:39:1 aspect ration in mind and put markers on the 16:9 footage for framing.

I'm curious to know the carry weight for the gimble. DJI's lenses are expensive if one had to buy them along with the camera. There are mount adapters, but some lenses weigh a lot.

We need more RU-vidrs like this with a perfect content! Keep going! Camera is cool by the way!!

thank you! reserving the 8K now!

Wow...thanks for the REVIEW. DJI keep pushing the boundaries. Fantastic.