Balance and Setup Zhiyun Crane M3 in 60 seconds!

#Zhiyun #CraneM3 #ZhiyunGimbal
Learn how to properly setup and balance the Zhiyun Crane M3 so that you will be able to do it yourself in under 60 seconds! I walk you through the step-by-step balancing tutorial so that you can be up and shooting with your Zhiyun Crane M3 in no time!
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[@EvanThomas]

Please leave a Super Thanks if you found this video useful. I appreciate your support :)

[@davidtoc]

Great video. Very helpful. Although there's a little irony in the fact that it's a 15 minute video that shows you how to set up your camera in 60 seconds. ;)

[@Miguel-ve1lh]

👏

[@16dalife20]

I was thinking the same thing

[@MEplusEVERYTHING]

Omg thank you!!!!!! So helpful

[@TechforToastmasters]

Excellent tutorial. I got my M3 and this was my first gimbal. I couldn't figure out the manual so typed in CZcams search and yours was the first video that popped up. Managed to figure it out in one go. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@HanginWithPA]

THIS IS THE BEST video for balancing my gimbal. THANK YOU

[@SusaneRibeiro]

Wow, what a comprehensive tutorial. Thank you so much! 🙏

[@BrandonSmith-rb1pn]

Just wanted to say thank you for the video! Have watched many times as I can never remember and your explanation is always direct and clear. Thank you!

[@AMAETV]

Thanks Evan! I couldn't figure out how to turn on the fill light 😂 I tried everything except pressing the dial. Now it is shining bright. Such a great feature!

[@InfluencersGym]

By far the best explanation of this so far. Help indeed. Thank you sir !

[@FenzirL]

This is the best tutorial out there!
Thank you so much for this! 🙌🏻

[@VideoShowMeHow]

Thanks for the tute, appreciate!

[@testchannel19791]

Brother! Thank you so much for this video!

[@KarinNelson]

Amazing. So much easier to understand than some of the other videos. Thank you kindly!

[@michelhuyskens9790]

Thanks ! This helped me a lot !

[@HeyMariahAnne]

SO HELPFUL! I've never used this nice of a gimbal before & am feeling super confident in being able to play around and test it out now from just this one video 🙌 thank you!

[@danielarixi]

Best tutorials by far. Thank you

[@hammurabiofbabylon1354]

Thanks so much, Evan, for making this video tutorial! You definitely helped me in not going crazy mad trying to balance my new ZCM3, my very first gimbal. So you can imagine my noviceness! Hmmm, is that even a word?. Anyway, the third day apparently was the charm for me...after finding yours to be the most helpful. And thanks for reassuring viewers like me in not giving up. Great job, and keep up the good work!!!

[@rjvillan]

thanks bro!

[@CodeRay]

really helpful thanks!

[@arkodesseroofficial135]

Terimakasih Evan

[@VIDEOCREATIVITYOnline]

Thank you for this video I really learning nice 👍 I will do my m3 setup again now 😊😊

[@mnhabiibah9964]

so useful and easy to follow

[@arisychan3270]

Thank you Evan, I usually take 3 mins to setup and balance, Crane M3 looks very easy to balance, I believe I can do it within 60 seconds!

[@StephenRinggold]

Thanks for introducing me to gimbals, after viewing many of your tutorials I purchased my first one (about a year ago by now) so not to miss out!

[@yudaadhiguna4577]

Just buy the crane m3 today for my canon eos m50. Really glad that I find your tutorial, will look deeply into it. Thanks bro!

[@tsgoud69]

Best video on CZcams for crane m3 balance

[@KlaasVictor]

Thank you very much for this excellent video!!

[@hubridnox]

Thank you!

[@unviajerocubano]

Thanks

[@Leivath]

Holy S! I learn more from this video than the manual itself! Thank you so much!

[@anthonyhancock7549]

Thanks so much!!!

[@mbmckedits]

Great video thank you.

[@ThePhobicFlyer]

bought one...thanks!!👍😀

[@fpvzilla8973]

Thanks man

[@yaserarafath5300]

you explained it really well, thank you so much :)

[@oasisrealtygroup7]

Thank you. Just got one and I love it so far. Easy to understand and very helpful

[@makeaveli1492]

Thank so much, help me a lot

[@robertbolen4151]

Good video this was helpful

[@brightlyte]

Thank you this video very useful

[@johngray8211]

Thank you, this was a huge help, particularly in relation to the balancing of the pan axis, very much appreciated, best technique I've seen and worked for me with the Zhiyun M2S. It wasn't managing to execute Vortex mode with the Sony A7C and 28-60mm kit lens until I used your technique, works fine now :)

[@lousvrcorner8977]

Thank you for explaining how to balance and use this gimbal. Appreciate it.

[@deeperwithgod7932]

Thank you very much for doing this video! I watched other ones that didn’t help me at all, but you were thorough and slow enough to follow. When my m3 actually started calibrating, I was so happy! James Ponak

[@kesleredelphonse6955]

Hey Evan
This video is so helpful. Good stuff

[@VictorRosenberg_]

great video. Thanks

[@lizihe7240]

Thank you for sharing, the explanation is great and very useful. Crane M3 is very quick to set up and balance. 👍

[@CcInks123]

Hi Evan, just bought the M3 and thanks to your great video, I'm up and running. Thank you, Thank you. Great paced video. Please do more videos.

[@korujaa]

Thanks !!!!

[@rickbell5443]

I just wanted to say that your videos are very helpful, you’re so through and explain so clear!! Thank you so much!! Subscribed!!

[@givenheyn]

Thank you for your help brother...😇😇😇

[@VIDEOCREATIVITYOnline]

It’s very useful tips thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@gabo_gamer8594]

I was looking for a video like this because I just ordered the crane m3 and I'll get it on Friday, great video!!!

[@ItsmeTida]

Thank you very much!!! Very helpful 😊😊😊

[@charlesjames7256]

thanks so much. it kept going into sleep mode after 2 seconds and i could not calibrate it as well until this brilliant work you have provided here. you get your like / subscribe

[@KristianPage]

Thanks for the help, appreciate it.

[@EvanThomas]

Glad it helped

[@ulmer1138]

Great video! Thank you for your quick thorough tutorial. Time to create some magic.

[@adamkhan2007]

Excellent video

[@PukarMachi]

Just got my first gimbal, had no idea how to use this m3 but thanks to this man who made such a easy job learning how to use and the modes of the gimbal.

[@EvanThomas]

Thank you

[@leenalopez487]

Why my caliberation failed - thanks

[@princearthurlouispagan9901]

Excellent presentation!

[@11javieras]

Thanks for your video. It's really easy balance the gimbal by this way

[@haideralruby3e325]

Thanks 🙏

[@jarekadamczyk7906]

Great tutorial.
Subscribed

[@faraphan]

Very helpful video! Thanks a lot :)

[@carlosxramirez]

👍🏽 thanks for the info liked for ya my dude 👍🏽

[@saurabhpatil2919]

Thanks for making this useful video. Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️

[@bronzing_girl]

Thanks for this tutorial. Super useful. Whiteout it for sure I couldn't set my M3 properly 👍

[@MATOKA]

super great tutorial! got me up and running really fast, since the instructions it comes with are pretty hard to understand! can't wait to start shooting!

[@ladmandiola8868]

VERY THOROUGH VIDEO!!! Thank you!!! I thought I had my camera and mobile phone balanced correctly UNTIL I watched your last step at Min Marker 7:45. I didn't realize that this gimbal had another lever to adjust the bottom. This M3 Gimbal is really amazing! Holds my Sony A7C camera perfectly. Even with my large Tamron 17-28mm lens. Actually works better with my camera than my iPhone 12 Pro Max. But now I know why... because of that last step I have to take in balancing the camera and iPhone. Again, thank you for this well explained video!!!

[@itsEvesLife]

This is so helpful I got mine yesterday and Im frustrated of setting up. Thsnk you

[@emmanuelbaez882]

Man god is great, just what I have been looking for !! Thanks a lot !

[@urbanlifeeu3304]

Thanks allot sir

[@DisTravelDuo]

Thank you! Was having so many issues. Saw many videos. But your video is the one that was easy to follow and fix ny issues. Liked and subbed

[@MrArunsikri]

Thanks a lot mate ... Your video really helped me alot I was not able to balance it but after watching your video I've balanced it perfectly... Also ihave taken a brake like you said in video 😅😅

[@xavierramirez1400]

Very good information, thanks.

[@travelandchatwithkamel]

Thank you, I thought my gimbal was broken as it kept beeping and then going to sleep mode. I followed your instructions and it solved the problem :)

[@EvanThomas]

Glad it helped

[@FamiljenSchanderSedin]

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Jag drömmer om att en dag kunna jobba med youtube som deltidsjobb. Men har fortfarande mycket att lära innan jag är där. ❤ Stort lycka till igen med nya äventyr! ❤ massor med kramar!

[@robstravelsadventures]

Thanks so much. The M3 is not my first gimbal so I am familiar with balancing, but going step by step as you balance made my M3 balancing spot on...thanks.😀

[@EvanThomas]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eddyyoung53]

Great tutorial !!! Step by step instruction. Recommended to all beginners !!! Thumbs up

[@joaovermelho0084]

Evan Thomas, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[@TV-iy4sl]

Good!!

[@englishunboxed]

Much better than the original tutorial published by Zhiyun!

[@danielglynn36]

So solid. Thanks for posting.

[@EvanThomas]

thanks for watching!

[@danielglynn36]

@@EvanThomas For sure. Have you ever had an issue with the gimbal banging into itself when switching from mode to mode?

[@dhananjayringe]

Thanks for this, got the m3 just now, my first gimbal ever, and wanted a tutorial specifically for this guy. Was of great help and very easy to follow. Thanks. Will post some cool shots and share in the comments.

[@vishalsaxena2355]

Congrats bro 🔥.m also thinkin to buy 1

[@dhananjayringe]

@@vishalsaxena2355 what camera do you have?

[@vishalsaxena2355]

@@dhananjayringe I dont have any but i am plannin to buy sony zve 10 for vlogging

[@anitalaure9463]

Very detailed explanation, thank you~ Already try on my Sony a6400/siii with 16mm/50mm lenses, supper Good!

[@ruyeiro]

I've been wondering if this gimbal is a good combo for a Sony a6400 with 18-135 kit lens and with the SIGMA 16 1.4... Do you have any of these and could tell me if is it suitable? Thanks in advance

[@alexvicente2504]

muito obrigado o únco lugar q consegui me esclarecer as minhas duvidas ... muito muito obrigado

[@sepiniworld]

Me ajudou muito, obrigado, do Brasil

[@tatasbirdseyeview1042]

I came here after fighting with balancing this gimbal. Your video is so helpful !! thank you. I'll try it again

[@Lowkeyperspective]

Hey Tata did you figure out the balancing issue?

[@rainerzinow]

Evan, thanks a lot for your video. Your way of explaining how to unlock and how to balance helped me a lot during the first hour with the M3. Otherwise, also I would have thrown it somewhere ;-)

[@jobane2]

Thanks for the video. How do you lock / unlock the touch screen?

[@Nightcrawler666]

Nice one. Thanks. Just got this out of the box 30 mins ago. It looks like I can't use portrait mode with the DJI wireless mic receiver on top of my M50, but that's no big deal.

[@rapaent]

Thanks again for this awesome tutorial!! I have a question; Will harm come to the motors if the power is accidently turned on when in the locked storage position? Thanks. 👍

[@tdo7125]

This setup was way easier to follow than the official setup video from the company!

[@inmyfreetyme]

U Now have a NEW Subscriber...ME, and a LIKE. I am thinking about purchasing the M3 and your video clearly explains the setup. Thanks 4 that. Cheers !!

[@mysticaldj6118]

Thank you very for your very enlightening teachings. I found your explanation most impacting to many other videos I have watched. Can you please tell the best setting of the crane M3 gimbal that is ideal for walking and filming nature with the least bouncing effects? Thank you.

[@gilcarvalhopro1249]

Great video! Btw, do you use any LUT to color grade your videos? Thanks

[@ragunandhan85]

HI, Great Video on the setup and balancing. I'm struggling with the parameter settings. say for example, if i would like to orbit in the pan follow mode, the response of the motor is delayed, i see jitters in the video and there is no smooth orbit. I believe it has something to do with the different parameters. I have seen videos on webull parameter tweaking but i don't get a lead on M3S parameters. Helpful if you can throw some insights. side note: I use sony fx30 with sigma 18-50 f2.8 on crane M3S

[@keef78]

A 14 minute video on how to balance this gimbal shows you all you need to know, ill grab myself an osmo pocket 3 and be done with it.

[@ruyeiro]

Finally someone shows this process! Every youtuber is showing the same so thanks for this different content. Any chance you do a video using this gimbal with th ZY Play app? I'd like to see what is capable of

[@rdarchitect]

hello evan, i just bought this gimbal, can you make tutorial for panoramic setup?

[@MasoodJamal]

If we compare Zhiyun Crane M3 Vs DJI Ronin RSC 2 so which one is the best choice for indoor Real Estate videography ?

[@MaxPhotoGraphic]

Of course like and of course subscribe :) Thanks Evan :) Which more compact gimball will you suggest for a a6600 +18-105 F4 + Rode video mic go2 + Smallrig? Thanks, Max