Derek Clark

I know this is an old thread but the gimbal situation for Fujifilm cameras is terrible. It's that bad that I would not recommend people buying into the Fuji system if their man thing is shooting video on a gimbal. As a Fujifilm shooter since 2011, I feel bad having to say that, but here's why.... I'm a photographer that also shoots around six to ten videos per week, all on a gimbal. I've shot video on the X-T3, X-T4 and now the X-H2. I think it was around 2020 when I bought a Weebill S. All was good and I used that until the Weebill 2 came along. On the Weebill S, I can control exposure compensation by rotating the rear thumb dial, which is something I need to do to adjust exposure on the fly as it's a smooth transition (unlike aperture). The S also has a record button that works. But on the Weebill 2, there is no way to adjust the exposure compensation and the record button is extremely stiff and works intermittently. Sometimes you end up starting the video at what you think is the end of the shot. I persevered with the 2 for a few months and then gave up. I went back to the S, burned it out and then had to buy another S because there wasn't a single gimbal out there that could give me a record button that works and a EV comp. So it's 2025 and my second Weebill S is on its last legs and struggling to stay level (some of my clips look like they were filmed on the Titanic). I really don't want to buy a gimbal that was released at the start of this decade, but I can't find a single one from any manufacturer that will work. Fujifilm get blamed a lot for not opening up their system, but at the same time, if the Weebill S can still control my X-H2, then DJI, Feyutech, Zhiyun etc obviously can do it, but choose not to. Or maybe I just keep Fuji as my personal cameras, but switch to something else for work. I've wrote to various gimbal manufacturers, but their replies are useless. I can't be the only one with this problem, right? Rant over.