Handheld follow
The prompt “Handheld shot following a child running through tall grass, natural camera shake”
Deliberate instability. Tests whether the model can produce controlled imperfection instead of smooth glide.
- Models tested
- 16
- Top score
- 5.00 13 models tied
- Average
- 4.93
- Lowest
- 4.17 Kling 3.0
Every model, same prompt
The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.
Wan 3.0
AlibabaNatural handheld shake following a child from behind through tall grass, with a coherent running motion.
Vivix W1
VivixNatural handheld shake following a child through tall grass, with coherent running motion.
FLUX 3
Black Forest LabsNatural handheld shake following a child through tall grass, with coherent running motion.
PixVerse v5.5
PixVerse
Runway Gen-4.5
Runway
Kling 3.0 Turbo
Kuaishou
MiniMax H3
MiniMaxOrganic handheld shake and footstep bobbing, not a smooth glide.
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMaxAuthentic handheld wobble, child stays anatomically coherent while running.
Google Veo 3.1
GoogleOrganic handheld shake, child stays anatomically coherent while running.
Seedance 2.5
ByteDanceControlled natural shake rather than a motorized glide.
Seedance 2.0
ByteDanceControlled natural shake rather than a motorized glide.
Grok Video
xAIConvincing handheld follow, stable terrain.
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAIAuthentic handheld bob and footstep shake, coherent terrain.
Google Gemini Omni
GoogleKling 4.0
KuaishouHandheld camera tracks alongside and then behind the running child through tall grass.
Kling 3.0
KuaishouGood handheld follow; minor foot-morphing during fast strides.
Ranked by our blind vision-model judge; models with the same score share a position. Read how we test.