With the Smooth Q4, Zhiyun is pitching its latest smartphone gimbal at "on-the-move lifestyle, fashion, filmmakers, live-streamers, vloggers and influencers". You know, the TikTok, Insta and YouTube generation.
This latest three-axis stabiliser is designed and equipped for fast filming capabilities and unbridled creative output, from midnight to high noon.
The Smooth Q4 directly succeeds 2021's Smooth Q3, which was a very decent unit and did the Smooth Q rep no great disservice. Not that Zhiyun keeps all its gimbal eggs in one smartly branded basket. This year alone has seen the launch of the Q4's big brother, the Smooth 5 (no Q); the bigger brother, the Crane M3 (reviewed at the start of Q3, arf!), and the biggest brother, the Weebill 3 (the pro-level, DSLR don).
This might seem like a blunderbuss approach to hitting a target market, but to be fair this wide range - and each generation of - these gimbals is designed to address specific...