No More Gimbals? DJI Ronin 4D Review

Filmmakers, get ready for a game-changer! Dive into the revolutionary features of the DJI Ronin 4D, a cutting-edge gimbal system designed to elevate your cinematic storytelling, in this episode of Beyond the Specs.
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[@VIPAH]

Thanks for the thorough review of the Ronin 4D. Coming from an Arri Alexa and Canon R5C background, i can see how the 4D can be implemented into narrative style filmmaking, which is my passion. Although it has it's limitations with Cine zoom lenses and relies more on cine primes, my only concern is the limitations of the codecs available on the 8K sensor compared to what you get on the 6K sensor.
Hopefully there is a firmware update that would allow you to choose other ProRes formats in 8K mode. Those files sizes are just too big to handle on a 1TB SSD.

[@sergiosanchez2012]

If you require in camera audio maybe you should get the xlr audio expansion unit. For audio sync you can setup one channel for external sync and use external recording, that´s how we do it and it works very well.
I think this system is not really complete if you don´t use it with the wireless transmitter and monitor there´s where it really gets unmatched by anything else out there, because you have a 6k camera with very good image quality, gimbal, video assist, remote control and focus runing on a single battery with minimum setup time.
And if you throw the Flex cable on top of that then you have the flexibilty of the rialto system in a more compact form factor, it becomes even better.
I know that it means a big investment but at the end it´s less than getting all different pieces togheter from different vendors and then setup on set takes a lot of time and extra hands to make it work. With this thing a single operator can do it very quickly I´m really impressed by it.

[@BeyondTheSpecsChannel]

Hey Sergio! We've ended up getting the XLR audio expansion unit and also the Flex, which we love both! We're really glad that these items have came out to alleviate our overall concerns with the camera and they do make operation now a lot easier for single operators. However, we do hope that in their next iteration of the camera (not new 8K, but an overall update), the XLR audio at least comes standard on the body, not as a separate unit. But glad that we found another person who liked it.
Consider checking out our updated video on how we feel 1 year later; would love to know if you have any other tips for operating that we didn't include!

[@KuulaL711]

Been loving the Ronin 4D! great video 👏🎬

[@BeyondTheSpecsChannel]

Thank you! We love the Ronin 4D too and we'll be posting another video with our tips and tricks that we've found from using it! Would love to know any tips you have as well!

[@eprohoda]

what a great video~