gimball advice

[Teradore]

So, i just got done renting a ronin s for some car videos and now i really want my own gimbal... the issue i have is that im shooting on an A6300 with mc11 adapter with a sigma 18 - 35 1.8. the issue here is that the lense is way heavier than my tiny mirrorless camera and balancing it was super difficult on the ronin S. so, my question to all of you is. for those of you who have the ronin sc or other lower budget gimbals, is the cradle space big enough to bull my camera back far enough to keep it balanced? the ronin s barely had enough space as it was... i was thinking of getting a battery grip anyways so maybe get that to add some weight to that end? i already have a non electronic gimbal but when it comes to my own equipment i'm on a budget so any gimbal would take saveing for. so maybe save for the ronin s? at this point it's either a gimbal or a new camera but to be honest my camera is getting the job one and i usually rent for bigger jobs any ways...  thoughts?

[Enderman]

The Zhiyun Crane gimbals are excellent.

[LyondellBasell]

On 10/15/2019 at 11:15 PM, Teradore said:

So, i just got done renting a ronin s for some car videos and now i really want my own gimbal... the issue i have is that im shooting on an A6300 with mc11 adapter with a sigma 18 - 35 1.8. the issue here is that the lense is way heavier than my tiny mirrorless camera and balancing it was super difficult on the ronin S. so, my question to all of you is. for those of you who have the ronin sc or other lower budget gimbals, is the cradle space big enough to bull my camera back far enough to keep it balanced? the ronin s barely had enough space as it was... i was thinking of getting a battery grip anyways so maybe get that to add some weight to that end? i already have a non electronic gimbal but when it comes to my own equipment i'm on a budget so any gimbal would take saveing for. so maybe save for the ronin s? at this point it's either a gimbal or a new camera but to be honest my camera is getting the job one and i usually rent for bigger jobs any ways...  thoughts?

I have the S and not the SC, but if you can afford it you might look into a native Sony lens to take the adapter out of the equation.

It's perhaps a more expensive path, but it will shorten your profile and make balancing easier and your overall weight lighter.

[Teradore]

1 hour ago, LyondellBasell said:

I have the S and not the SC, but if you can afford it you might look into a native Sony lens to take the adapter out of the equation.

It's perhaps a more expensive path, but it will shorten your profile and make balancing easier and your overall weight lighter.

I do the adapter so i can use that lense mostly due to the fact that i do rent plenty of higher end cameras for productions (mostly ursa minis) so its nice to have, however i have been looking in to some sony lenses for bimball use as well, but i don't make much so it really takes some saving.