The instructions that come with the Nebula 4000 Lite are lacking. I’ll go further into this in the video when I get to shooting. The camera sled doesn’t require a allen wrench. Good call! It would be very difficult to get them back in. They recommend to only loosen not remove the screws. With 3 axis’s you have to tune all of them and it requires an allen wrench and several small screws. If the camera is off just a tad it won’t work right. The 3 axis Nebula 4000 Lite requires a little more work to get it balanced than the Ronin does and It takes some patience to get it perfect. Here is a pretty good sample of the Nebula 4000 Lite in action. Like a tank and has a tactical look too that I like. Feels lighter because I can hold it with both hands and now have much better control of the pan and tilt. What a difference having it in the Fig Rig. The thread inside the gimbals grip isn’t deep enough. I had to add a few 3/8 thick washers to get the Nebula 4000 Lite to mount. I believe you could do a DIY project and get the same results so if you don’t have or want to invest in a Fig Rig something similar would do the job. Here is a little video I did to show how it works. I love my Fig Rig! It’s the original affordable camera stabilizer and if it could work I bet the bumps could be smoothed out and give the operator two points of contact for even better performance. Traveling with it will be a breeze and the price is also very good at $699.Īfter playing with it around the house it dawned on me that it might fit inside of a Fig Rig. It had a few quirks still but I can see how cool this tool is and can’t wait to fine tune it. I did a rough balance and walked around the house with the A7s and was impressed with the Nebula 4000 Lite. Included is a iPhone holder, AC power supply and allen wrench. The gimbal comes in a nice hard plastic case with pull and pluck foam. The only other handheld gimbal I’ve used is the DJI Ronin so I’m not a gimbal pro in any way. I received my review unit late Friday and Saturday started to balance my A7s on the gimbal. The monitor is mounted on the excellent Xtender friction arm. I also used the Atomos Ninja Blade and a ribbon cable to help frame up the shots. I used Red Giant Denoiser II on several of the shots. Inside the Mission I had to go to ISO 1600 with the F4 7-14. One thing that was a little disappointing is the GH4 in low light conditions. Brings in so much more and the gardens and Mission are pretty tight so having the wider field of view is great. I did try the 12-35 but I really liked the look of the wide angle. ![]() I did find that after a while shooting without the rig my wrist and forearm got tired fast. I must be out of shape! but the Fig Rig also helped distribute the weight better. ![]() ![]() It was fatiguing using this thing for two hours. First I feel it takes the bounce of walking out a little more and second I have much better control of the gimbal and allowed for some nice moves. I used my Fig Rig and it really helped in two ways. Here is the test video I shot at the Mission San Diego de Alcalá with the Nebula 4000 Lite. ![]() #nebula4000 #gh4 #videoproduction #filmmaking #panasonic #filmpower #gimbalĪ video posted by Erik Naso on at 7:52pm PST
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