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Old Oct 12, 2018, 2:27 pm
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wco81
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I don’t shoot a lot of videos but take a few short clips using iPhone.

Apple touted video stabilization but I was looking at my shaky 4K clips.

So for 1080p, there is OIS and something called Cinematic Video Stabilization, which is presumably EIS. But it is only available in 720p and 1080p.

Looks like there are handheld gimbals or stabilizers for phones which are under $200 but apparently you have to use their apps. to do the recording, so that you can control the app. from the gimbals hard controls.

These apps. Seem to get mixed reviews and may not support all the video modes that the phones are capable of. Seems like mostly Little known Chinese brands so uncertain about their app. support.

DJI is one of the better known brands in the market so that made me wonder if a drone might not be better, since it’s basically a stabilized, flying camera, with bigger sensors and better optics than any phone.

It would be mostly for landscapes anyways. Of course there are downsides, like the expense, the increasingly restrictive regulatory environment, pretty much everywhere.

Have anyone stopped using phones for landscape videos in favor of drones?
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