Automatic Motorized Video Tripod Smarphone

The reason I ordered this was for my Panasonic HC-X2000 (3.3lbs) camcorder a long with a Rode VicdeoMic Camera Mount Shotgun (0.84lbs). Which brings the weight a little over 4lbs. As the product description says max weight is only 2.2lbs. So I knew I was gambling as far as if it will even work.Well it works perfectly. I'm very happy it does. I know from the description it is meant for smartphones or a Nikon D7500. But I'm really happy this works with my camcorder.My only other option was a $265.00 option, which in my opinion is too much money for school events and parties at home. So I'm going to get another one of these ZTFON PANTILT for my Canon VIXIA HC G40 which is a bit smaller.So yeah. I really do recommend this product.

Use: Cannon XF405 (3lbs at least)Stable Platform permanent camera position.Love This MountPlacement:like others we had a little bit of an issue on the tilt function at first but when I readjusted of "where" the camera sits on the mount and brought the camera into more of a "neutral" place of balance from where it sits (not over the front to far of the mount, and not to far back in the mount) from front to back, the motor handle the Camera just fine when it came to vertical movement. Even more so when I figured out the speed settings impact the motor power for a heavier camera like the Cannon XF405Speed Settings & Vertical Tilt function:In messing with the settings I notice that speed played a factor in the ability to be able to tilt vertically successfully. The lower the speed for vertical tilt you will hit a thresh hold that the mount will not be able to pick the camera back up. However, if kept the speed above at higher than 3 or 4 for vertical tilt, the mount had not issue with movement.(Again, Large Camera only)Pan Horizontally:No issues at allDirect Power or Rechargeable:This camera, for our set up, is in difficult place to get to. It is on a high pole mount. I was concerned if it would work with having direct power the whole time. There were no Q&A on that so it was shot in the dark.you will be glad to know you can do direct power if you have difficult camera placements.The rechargeable idea of having a remote camera is a great idea, but when we place cameras in difficult places to reach the last thing I wanted to have to mess with is, "Did I go change the base this week?". Again, thankful it works with direct power from the charge cord they provide.Over all:Great product for the price. We have had ours for almost a yer now and no problems at all.. It takes some time to learn the controls so play with the controls come, learn the speed at which things adjust, and make sure you volunteers have time to play with it some so they know how the speed works, what the numbers are. The only reason I have a 4 star on sturdiness is because the mount does not work at slower speed on vertical up and down. if they could improve the motor to handle a larger camera at a slower speed would be great. Not a deal breaker matter of fact we order more for other cameras that how pleased we are with what it does for us. Very dependable.IF you are having trouble with VERTICAL TILT.*****check you speed setting on how fast it vertically tilts. That impacts the ability of it doing what you are asking it to do, the lower the tilt setting the more the mount will struggle or not be able to move the heavier cam. I would think of it more as of power setting to handle the weight you have put on it if you are using it on a larger camera like ours.*****Cell phone:If you are using this for a cell phone, I can not image you would have any issues no matter what speed setting you have it on. This mount should be a rock star for you if it dose this well with a Cannon XF405I hope that this helps a lot of you if you get this mount.

I use this in combination with a video camera mounted on a 20 foot tripod to record soccer videos. The remote control tilt is very convenient to adjust the field of view so that I can capture the near sideline as well as the rest of the field. If I want to focus on a particular area, for example, the goal area for a PK, I can use the pan-tilt to aim the video camera. The main downside for my application is that the panning speed is too slow to use this device to track the soccer action with the remote control. I have to loosen one section of my tripod mast so that I can spin the mast manually to track the ball.

Product is vell designed; a bit heavy and needs to be on a sturdy tripod.

Very odd for a nicely made pan-tilt tripod head to have a remote that does right-left correctly and up-down in opposite directions. If you turn the remote upside-down you get up-down correctly but right-left opposite. When I complained to the seller, instead of offering a replacement remote, they claimed that the opposite up-down is correct! So, I replied with a demand for a replacement remote that works correctly in all directions. So far, no response. This was a couple of days ago, April 15, 2024.Otherwise it's a nicely made device, which is why I haven't returned it. At least, not yet.

This is a great machine for taking football film. I love that you can charge it and it doesn’t rely on batteries. The remote reacts quickly and efficiently. My previous panning machine would lag and missed big plays down the field and required heavy duty batteries to operate faster. Super happy with this purchase.

My camera which is a micro four thirds camera did not work for longer than five minutes with this item. The first five minutes were pretty cool. However, it jerked a lot and you could tell it was struggling to carry the weight of the camera. The weight, which met the requirements for what this product described, was too much. It would struggle to move around and it would stop moving eventually altogether- even with it plugged directly into a charge. This would probably work with a VERY light camera but if you have expensive equipment, I simply wouldn’t chance it. At one point the heaviness of everything caused my edelkrone stand to collapse over and that’s insane because that is a heavy duty stand. At that point, I removed the device and I will never use this product again as my equipment is too precious and let’s just say you get what you pay for and I learned my lesson.