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Zhiyun Fiveray M20 offers pro features in a consumer package

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Zhiyun has announced its newest lights, the Zhiyun Fiveray M20 (buy here) and M20C (buy here). Unlike most of their previous lights, these ones are teeny tiny. They come in a familiar-looking package but with very different components.

The Fireray M20 offers a white balance range of 2700-6500K with a CRI of 95+. The M20C, on the other hand, is RGB with a wide 2500-10,000K range and CRI of 94+, as well as full red, green and blue colour control. This is Zhiyun’s first foray into coloured lights, after releasing quite a few Bi-colored video LED.

Zhiyun Molus X100 vs. G200- which is better for creators?

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No matter which creator you are, it’s nice to have an LED light in your arsenal. It’s better if it’s a quality light. It’s even better if it’s also compact! Both the Zhiyun Molus X100 (249$) and Molus G200 (379$) have a unique form factor to answer these demands, but which one is better for you?

5 gift ideas for photographers (friends, sons, or daughters)

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If you have a photographer friend, you probably think you hit the Gifting Jackpot. There are so many things photographers need, or want, or desire. There is a whole universe of gift ideas for photographers just waiting to be discovered.

Sadly, this is not the case. If you have a photographer friend, you probably already know that, yes, there are many things that a photographer son may want, but photographers are incredibly specific. Your photographer daughter is almost surely in need of a new lens. But at the same time, the chances that you would get the right lens for her are zero.

She needs a specific lens, for a specific camera, and unless you have a discussion first, you are just not going to get her the right gear. This is why I created a list of five items that every photographer will love to get, no matter what system they are using and no matter how advanced or novice they are.

Using LED lights for wedding photography

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Today, we are moving things up a notch by using LED lights for wedding photography. If you’ve ever photographed a wedding, there is a good chance you used a strobe to capture the event. Maybe it was a hot shoe strobe, or maybe you set up strobes on light stands in strategic places on the floor. But you can do better with LED video lights.

I started experimenting with LED lights for weddings a while back, but I was always missing on some power. Now, I am using a couple of Zhiyun x100 LEDs (those), and let me tell you, 100 Watts makes a big difference.

Zhiyun expands its lighting lineup with the Fiveray V60 and Molus G200

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We’re not just seeing the new Zhiyun Crane 4 today. The company has also announced the new Zhiyun Fiveray V60 (buy here) and Molus G200 (buy here) LED lights. Zhiyun’s lighting lineup is starting to grow quite nicely and fairly quickly.

The Zhiyun Molus G200, like the other Molus lights, comes with a very compact design, despite its 200W output. The Zhiyun Fiveray V60 also follows the general design of the rest of the Fiveray lineup but with some interesting updates.

Zhiyun Crane 4 is a beefed-up Weebill 3S for cinema cameras

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Zhiyun has announced the Crane 4 gimbal (buy here), and it doesn’t look like either the Crane 2S (buy here) or Crane 3S (buy here) series gimbals. Instead, its design resembles the Zhiyun Weebill 3S (buy here) with its sling grip and wrist rest attached.

Despite looking like the Weebill 3S, the Crane 4 offers some distinct advantages and new features. For a start, balance indicator lights have been added to each motor to ensure your gimbal is well-balanced. It also supports larger cinema cameras.

Zhiyun Crane M3S and Weebill 3S add new functionality for creatives on the move

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Zhiyun has refreshed its lightweight gimbal lines, announcing two new gimbals at once. The Zhiyun Crane M3S (buy here) is an update to the Zhiyun Crane M3 (buy here), which supports heavier cameras than its predecessor while still able to be used with lightweight smartphones. The Zhiyun Weebill 3S (buy here) is the update to the popular Weebill 3 (buy here), allowing for easy switching between landscape and portrait without having to rebalance your gimbal.

Zhiyun says that both gimbals have been “carefully developed” to simplify the technical aspects of filmmaking and using gimbals so that you can concentrate on the creative side of things. The Crane M3S is targeted towards vloggers and content creators that need to stay as small and mobile as possible. The Weebill 3S, while also small, is targeted towards more advanced content creators that need extra accessories.

Product photography with the Zhiyun Molus G60 and X100 LED lights

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At NAB 2023, Zhiyun announced two new LED lights; the Molus G60 (buy here) and X100 (buy here). While not the company’s first LED lights, it is a new market for Zhiyun, and on in which they’ll face some tough competition. To see what the new LED lights could do and have a look at some practical applications for them, we went back to the Zhiyun stand to speak with product photographer Oleksii Hurinenko.

Small LED lights like the Zhiyun Molus G60 are often a product photographer’s best friend. Quite regularly, you need lights that are fairly small, as the products are typically quite small themselves – at least compared to what you’d need for portrait photography. But while the Molus G60 and X100 are small, they are also powerful with 60W and 100W outputs.

First look at Zhiyun Molus G60 and X100 LED lights

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Zhiyun started expanding out into LED lights a little while ago now, but their range is still quite small. Last month, Zhiyun announced that they were expanding their lighting range but sticking with small, with the new Molus G60 and X100 LED lights. And by “sticking with small”, I mean that these lights are tiny. The Molus G60 (buy here) and X100 (buy here) lights offer 60W and 100W capacity, respectively, but come in a much smaller form factor than you might be used to.

We went to speak with Zhiyun’s head of PR, Ryan Wang booth at NAB 2023 to check them out in person and learn more about them. Despite how small the published dimensions are, nothing really prepares you for just how small these things are in person, given the amount of light the two models put out.

Win a Zhiyun Weebill 3 Gimbal

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We teamed up with our friends at Zhiyun to give away one of the best tools any filmmaker needs – a Zhiyun Weebill 3 Gimbal.

Gimbals, as you probably know, are one of the first tools you should buy as a filmmaker. It adds that magic that allows you to take long, moving, smooth shots. It should probably be your next purchase after getting a camera, a lens, and a tripod. And the Zhiyun Weebill 3 has the perfect combination of features and size for most mirrorless/DSLR videographers. Hit the jump to join the sweepstakes.

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