Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal: Elevate Your Mobile Filmmaking Experience
Are you a content creator looking to unlock your smartphone’s full cinematic potential? Look no further than Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal. This updated and redesigned gimbal offers a compact, intuitive, and feature-rich experience, bringing professional-grade video capabilities to your fingertips.
Unveiling the Redesigned Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal: Compact Powerhouse
The Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal has undergone a significant transformation, now shrunk by 40% compared to its predecessor. This ultra-mobile, plug-and-play 3-axis gimbal empowers content creators with unparalleled freedom of movement, from high to low angles. Furthermore, its enhanced 3-axis range boasts an impressive 360° unlimited panning, 349° tilting, and 300° roll. Moreover, the innovative rear-mounted motor design eliminates obstructions, allowing you to capture stunning ultra-wide-angle videos without any blockages.
Seamless Control at Your Fingertips
With the Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal, controlling your smartphone’s camera functions has never been easier. The redesigned control panel, seamlessly integrated with the free ZY Play app (available for both Android and iOS), allows you to manage gimbal and smartphone camera settings like focus, zoom, time-lapse, and still photos directly from the device. Consequently, this intuitive interface minimizes the need to touch your phone’s screen, preventing unintended jostling during recording.
Newbie-Friendly Control Panel: Master Your Shots
The Smooth-5’s user-centric design shines through its newbie-friendly control panel. All essential movements and operations are conveniently within reach. A redesigned round-cap joystick, optimized control panel, and an adjustment wheel provide a superior user experience, enabling quick checks of gimbal status and on-the-fly adjustments to camera parameters.
Unleash Your Creativity with Powerful Features
Beyond its intuitive controls, the Smooth-5 is packed with features designed to elevate your mobile filmmaking.
Powerful Motor Performance: Stability Redefined
Equipped with professional magnetic steel motors and upgraded algorithms, the Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal delivers a safer and easier filmmaking experience. Additionally, a wider phone clamp ensures strong compatibility, allowing you to mount smartphones even with wide-angle, telephoto, fisheye, and macro lenses.
Cinematic Effects Made Easy: Dolly Zoom & More
Achieving iconic cinematic effects like Dolly Zoom and Shot Reverse Shot is a breeze. Simply switch between zoom and focus with a single press, utilizing the control wheel for precise adjustments. Alternatively, you can also achieve the Dolly Zoom effect via the ZY Cami app for added flexibility. The Smooth-5 also enables a variety of other effect shots, including reverse shot, time-lapse, and slow-motion.
SmartFollow: Intelligent Tracking for Dynamic Shots
Furthermore, with the press of a button, you can activate SmartFollow and effortlessly center your moving object. Moreover, you can even use gestures to control camera filming/photo-taking and enable face tracking from a distance, adding another layer of convenience to your shoots.
Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal:Extended Battery Life & Convenient Charging
Powered by a robust 2600mAh battery, the Smooth-5 can work for up to 12 hours on a single charge. What’s more, the PD fast charge function allows for a quick two-hour charge using an optional 15W charger. For extended shooting sessions, the Smooth-5 can also be charged by a portable power bank while in use. In addition, you can even charge your phone directly from the gimbal via the USB Type-C port on the tilt axis, ensuring your device stays powered throughout your creative endeavors. A mini tripod and a USB Type-C charging cable are included for added convenience.
Enhance Your Lighting with Optional Magnetic Fill Light
For those seeking to perfect their lighting, an optional magnetic fill light can be attached. This innovative accessory provides 360° all-around lighting on both sides of the new phone clamp, delivering outstanding illumination backed by an adjustable 5300 to 5700K color temperature. Moreover, you can further customize your lighting with various light filters.
The Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal is more than just a gimbal; it’s a comprehensive tool designed to empower content creators. Ready to transform your mobile videos into cinematic masterpieces.
Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal: Detailed Product Specifications
The Zhiyun Smooth-5 Smartphone Gimbal is a powerful and compact 3-axis smartphone gimbal designed to bring cinematic capabilities to mobile content creators. Below are its detailed specifications. For Technical Support Visit Official Website.
- Gimbal Design: Single Handgrip
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 311 x 168 x 52 mm (with Handlebar)1
- Weight: 615 g (with Handlebar and Battery)
- Operating Temperature: 14 to 113°F / -10 to 45°C
Compatibility
- Load Capacity: 150 to 300 g (5.3 to 10.6 oz)
- Compatible Phone Thickness: Less than 1 cm (0.39″)
- Compatible Phone Width: 5 to 9 cm (1.97 to 3.54″)
- Smartphone Compatibility: Compatible with a wide range of iPhones (e.g., iPhone 13 Pro Max, 12 Pro Max, 11 Pro Max, XS Max, 8 Plus), Samsung Galaxy phones (e.g., S21 Ultra, S20 Ultra, S10+, Note10+), Huawei phones (e.g., Mate 40 Pro+, P40, P30 Pro), Xiaomi, Honor, Vivo, Oppo, Realme, OnePlus, and Google Pixel phones.
- App Compatibility: ZY Cami, StaCam, ZY Remo, Filmic Pro, Filmic Pro Remote (some features may be limited or require in-app purchases on certain platforms/apps).
Stabilizer
- Number of Axes: 3-Axis
- Mechanical Range:
- Yaw (Pan): 360° (unlimited)
- Roll: 300° (-90 to 210°)
- Pitch (Tilt): 349° (-140 to 209°)
- Stabilization Accuracy:
- Motion: 0.05 to 0.3°
- Motionless: 0.01 to 0.04°
- Motor Performance: Professional magnetic steel motors with upgraded algorithms.
- Rear-mounted Motor Design: Allows for ultra-wide-angle shooting without obstruction.
Battery
- Chemistry: Lithium-Ion
- Capacity: 2600 mAh
- Operating Voltage:
- Max: 8.4V
- Standard: 7.4V
- Min: 6.5V
- Operating Current:
- Max: 3000mA
- Min: 70mA
- Battery Runtime:
- Max: Up to 12 hours (under normal usage, gimbal balanced, fill light off)
- Min: 4.5 hours (with fill light at highest brightness)
- Note: Some sources also state up to 24-25 hours in standby mode (fill light off, static PF mode) and 2.5 hours with max fill light brightness.
- Charging Time:
- With 15W Fast Charger: Approx. 2 hours
- With 5V/2A Charger: Approx. 4 hours (actual charging time varies)
- Charging Port: USB Type-C (for gimbal charging)
- Power Output: 1x USB-C (5 VDC) on the tilt axis for charging your phone.
Features
- Control Panel: Intuitive, redesigned round-cap joystick, optimized control panel, and adjustment wheel for easy access to gimbal and camera parameters.
- Dolly Zoom: Achieved by switching between zoom and focus with one press, or via the ZY Cami app.
- SmartFollow: Activates object tracking for centering moving subjects, supports gesture control.
- Time-Lapse Modes: Supports various time-lapse effects.
- Vortex Mode: For dazzling 360° spinning footage.
- MagicClone Panorama: AI-assisted panorama creation.
- Magnetic Fill Light (Optional/Combo Kit):
- Attaches to both sides of the phone clamp for 360° lighting.
- Color Temperature: 5300 to 5700K
- Peak Illuminance (with 3 lights): 2040 Lux
- CRI: 90+
- Comes with color filters.
- Charging While Shooting: Can be charged by a portable power bank during use.
- Mini Tripod: Included for stable shots or resting the gimbal.
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