{"id":106,"date":"2025-11-04T20:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:42:20","slug":"smooth-q-gimbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/2025\/11\/04\/smooth-q-gimbal\/","title":{"rendered":"Smooth Q Gimbal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/files\/2025\/11\/Gimbal.png\" alt=\"Gimbal\" class=\"wp-image-382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/files\/2025\/11\/Gimbal.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/files\/2025\/11\/Gimbal-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the Zhiyun-Tech Smooth-Q gimbal stabilizer to capture smooth handheld footage with your smartphone. This gimbal features a maximum load capacity of 7.8 ounces, meaning it can handle heavier smartphones and accessories such as add-on lenses. Balancing is done with one button controlling the roll axis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Smooth-Q has face-tracking, panoramic, and time-lapse modes, and can switch quickly into vertical mode. The downloadable ZY Play app can be used to remotely control your smartphone and to upgrade the gimbal&#8217;s firmware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Smooth-Q&#8217;s interface features a 4-way joystick, power and mode buttons, and a zoom control switch. You also have the choice of using the ZY Play App for full control of the gimbal. The Smooth-Q offers 320\u00b0 rotation along the pan, tilt, and roll axes. This stabilizer&#8217;s internal battery provides up to an impressive 12 hours of run time. The Smooth-Q has a 1\/4&#8243;-20 mounting thread for use a monopod, tripod, or other support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quickly switches to vertical mode for a portrait-style look<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The powerful torque motor eliminates the need for counterweights with larger loads and when using accessories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>USB port for charging smartphone while shooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Face-tracking, panoramic, and time-lapse modes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quick auto-focus response<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses the Zhiyun-Tech ZY Play app to control your smartphone and to upgrade the gimbal&#8217;s firmware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tutorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/2026\/01\/08\/smooth-q-gimbal-tutorial\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"408\">Click here to learn how to use it.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the Zhiyun-Tech Smooth-Q gimbal stabilizer to capture smooth handheld footage with your smartphone. This gimbal features a maximum load capacity of 7.8 ounces, meaning it can handle heavier smartphones and accessories such as add-on lenses. Balancing is done with one button controlling the roll axis. The Smooth-Q has face-tracking, panoramic, and time-lapse modes, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":711,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/mediacenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}