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Overall I must say that both WeeBills so far are my favorite gimbals on the market. This is simply due to their design.

Having the option to attach the handle to the back of the gimbal for underslung mode makes it incredibly easy to use. This design also allows the gimbals to be extremely small. So they easily fit in- or outside your backpack.

The actual gimbal part on top allows seeing your screen perfectly as the back motor is not placed too high.

MOTORS
My heaviest setup was the Panasonic GH5 together with the SIGMA 18-35mm F1.8 lens and Viltrox EF-M2 speed booster. This setup is not only heavy but puts a lot of weight on the front. So it was not possible to balance it on the Lab, but on the S it actually worked pretty well for most shots.

Only when I shot in a certain angle in underslung mode, this camera/lens combination caused some slight motor-jitters. But that wasn’t a big issue as I could easily get a bit lower with my hands to change the angle and it worked. So I was able to get the shot I want. I just had to change how I hold the gimbal a bit.

MOTOR STRENGTH CALIBRATION
Adjusting the gimbal to the correct motor strength got so much easier with the S! On the Lab, you had to kinda guess what’s the correct motor strength and if you set it wrong, it could ruin your shot.

For example, I had the motor strength set a bit too high when I shot a hyper-lapse at the entrance of Angkor Wat at the beginning of 2019. So the Lab always panned the camera to the left while I was walking forward. So I had to turn it to the right all the time to compensate for that and needed a lot of post-production work to stabilize it… Later I found out that I just had to lower the motor strength to make it work.

On the WeeBill S, you can simply choose auto in the menu and after running some tests for a few seconds, it automatically chooses the right motor strength. That’s a big improvement and when I shot hyper-lapses after doing that, I had no issues at all.

SMARTFOLLOW 2.0
A feature that I was pretty excited for, is SmartFollow 2.0. It comes with the TransMount Image Transmission Module. This feature definitely makes the old object tracking from Zhiyun a lot better, but it’s still not perfect.

On the WeeBill Lab, it only started moving the gimbal when the tracked subject was close hitting the frame of the screen (at least at the time when I tested it), which made it unusable.

With the WeeBill S, that got a lot better. I was able to shoot a decent hyper-lapse with it where the main subject (a Buddhist temple) was aside from me. It tracked it quite good, but there were still some bumps, so I had to stabilize it a bit more using DaVinci Resolve. But it kept the subject very good in the center of the frame. So I can definitely recommend it for that.

However, I also did another test where I drove with my motorbike and tried to track myself. In this case, the result wasn’t usable. It just tracked me way too slow.

I think it’s just not possible to achieve better results with a smartphone as the phone’s WiFi range is a bit limited. The TransMount Image Transmission Receiver should make that a lot better (just my thought, didn’t test it yet).

PROFESSIONAL USAGE
If you don’t only create travel videos and you often go on professional shoots with a crew, the image transmission module is actually a very nice new feature. It allows you to monitor different cameras on gimbals at the same time and you can even make real-time adjustments.

You can also mount the gimbal to cars or other vehicles and then control it entirely with your phone. That allows for a lot of very creative shots that wow your clients.

CONCLUSION
In my opinion, the WeeBill S is not just an upgrade, but more like another gimbal aside from the WeeBill S. Depending on the weight and size of your camera and lens and what wireless controlling features you need, you can buy the one or the other. Both are great gimbals with different strengths. The price difference is also not too big.

Overall, the WeeBill S can make more sense in the long run as it’s newer. So it’s resale value should be a bit higher in a few years.

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