Hold It Steady

Hohem smartphone gimbals

For sometime now the cell phone camera has taken over as the prime means of picture taking. The same is true for taking movies. The quality of both still photos and videos are literally amazing considering that they are a secondary feature of the cell phone.

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show I stopped at the booth of Hohem. They are the makers of accessories that are attractive to users who are serious about making quality videos with their cellphone. These accessories are camera gimbals.

Gimbals are not new. A gimbal is a device that keeps the cellphone level as you pan to follow the subject resulting in smooth video. Without the gimbal the resulting video would appear jumpy from the shaking and vibration of your movement. Here’s what I learned about their accessories.

Dave the Hohem rep is demonstrating the operation of the gimbal. While he moves his hand up and down, the camera (cellphone) stays level.
Here the M7 model has an intelligent touch screen that will automatically rotate the gimbal to keep a person or object in the video. The M7 cost is about $269.
The extension that raises the gimbal about 12″ higher and a tripod that pops open if you want to place the unit on a flat surface.
The V3 model has a detachable remote, extension rod, tripod, fill light and automatic tracking is available for about $129.

Hohem makes several other models of gimbals including one conventional (large) cameras. For more information please contact Hohem.

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Arnie Lee

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