First impressions of this thing, it's a lot lighter than other gimbals, I won't lie to you, the other gimbals were like glorified rubber and metal all over, so it weighed 7 pounds. I appreciate that I don't want a little bit of plastic in my life to make a whole camera out of jelly. You can connect the cable to your camera if it is a specific camera. This is very easy, especially if you block everyone. It is very easy to build up one balance after another when the lens cap is off and then you press. Stabilization is one of the most important aspects of video, or 4/3 cameras can do it. I like to use this zhiyin with my bmpcc. The only thing is that my camera lens doesn't have a built in stabilizer.