Freedom360 Kenyon KS 8x8 Gyro Stabilizer Kit

Get smooth 360 deg. video footage from the get go. Use the Kenyon gyro stabilizer whenever your camera is in motion (voluntarily or involuntarily). Attach the gyro stabilizer at the bottom of the Nodal Ninja Travel Pole or the Nodal Ninja Pole Series 2 and have the 360 deg. video rig (Freedom360 Mount) on the top. Hold the extended pole at the center of gravity, do not resist the motion of the gyro stabilizer and walk, ski, snowboard, skate.

The KS 8x8 gyro stabilizer compensate for pan and tilt in all 3-axis (yaw, pitch and roll). The gyro stabilizer reduces blurring and avoids shaky footage due to vibration or other random motion. The resulting footage is so smooth that little to no stabilization is needed in post processing.

Super smooth footage becomes extremely important if the 360 deg. video is viewed on a HMD (head mounted display) such as the Samsung Gear VR or the Oculus Rift. Shaky videos can make the viewer nauseous and result in motion sickness. The same holds true for the dome where every (involuntary) camera motion is amplified. Shooting with a gyro stabilizer allows you to have motion and interesting shots without any discomfort for the audience. If used for still photography the gyro stabilizer allows you to shoot at much lower shutter speeds. Get sharp images even when shooting out of a moving vehicle.

Weight
Working with gyro stabilizer requires some muscle mass since they add another 2-5kg (4-10lbs) weight to your handheld equipment. So while the heavier gyros will give you higher panning rate, you will not be able to work with them for as long as the lighter ones. Take this into consideration when choosing the right model for you.

Spin-up Time
The gyro stabilizers have four heavy metal discs inside which have to be accelerated to 20,000rpm. This takes about 8-10 minutes. Account for this in your shooting schedule.

Wind-down Time
After the power is turned off on the battery, it will take some time for the discs inside the gyro stabilizer to stop spinning. This essentially gives you another couple of minutes to work with. You can also use that fact as a feature: i.e. if you cannot keep the battery connected for a take you could spin up the gyro, do your take and spin up again to do the next take.

Noise
The gyro stabilizer are noisy. Think humming/squealing engine noise. This is not ideal if you need audio recording.

Experience
As you learn to let the gyro do what it is designed to do, your results will improve. You must always remember, the gyro wants to stay on target and stabilize whatever it is attached to, but if you are not allowing it to react freely to outside forces, it cannot do it's job. If you hold onto it too tightly, it is trying to stabilize you, if you attach it to anything, it will try to stabilize whatever it is attached to. If used with a mount, all the above still applies, a light touch just to guide the gyro is important.

Recommended Use
• 360 deg. Video: KS 8x8 only for extreme cases