Soonpho M4 Motorized Rotating Panoramic Tripod Head, Remote Control Pan Tilt Head with Remote Control and Mobile Phone Clip for DSLR Cameras, Camcorders, Smartphones, Tripod, Black

This mobile holder offers impressive functionality. The rotation is incredibly smooth, making it easy to find the perfect viewing angle. I was also pleased with the remote's impressive range, allowing for effortless control. Delivery was surprisingly quick and hassle-free import to India. A great purchase overall, I highly recommend it!

La télécommandes permet de déclencher la rotation à distance, donc de ne pas être dans la "Picture". Le mécanisme permet aussi d'élever ou d'abaisser l'objectif de l'appareil utilisé. Très pratique pour les panoramiques de paysages.

I currently work for a company specializing in filming sporting events in various venues ranging from Basketball courts to Football Fields, some days we are left short staffed and will live stream with only a single main cam for viewers at home. Since my employer's business grew to larger partnerships with more national streaming services, I felt odd about filming singular shot sporting events at that level and decided to look into remote tripods as a "possible" optional fill-in for missing staff. Soonpho's M-4 Model is my first time working with such equipment and it's been a very positive experience thus far. The M-4 is definitely the best value for Money as it offers higher Tilt Proformance then both its M-2 and M-6 counter parts. while still allowing for smooth 360 panning. It's adjustable speed option, (while not helpful below 8 while filming sports) works on all levels when shooting solo film projects or YouTube Videos. Its compact design adapts well with most tripods and Tripod plates and offers a slight additional Height boost when filming projects in small offices, or while filming on unusual platforms such as when filming on top of a desk, etc. etc. The weight was a concern at first, but it seems to work just fine with Tripods ranging from cheaper $30 SLIK u-112 models to more expensive $130 NEEWER GM88 Tripods. I found it took no more than 30 minutes to break in and have a full understanding of how it functions, figuring out when applying what settings or course of speed will depend on what type of project you're filming and that can add up to several more hour of tinkering with it. Finally (a major selling point for me) was that it does offer more then 60 feet of real time Wireless control, I found it easily picked up my remote when sending the signal up more than 50 feet of stairs from a football field below and from one end of a 45ft wide media box to the other end, picking up the signal though, wood, dry wall and concrete. So, while not the best product when working in sports broadcasting due to its limited control speed, it's the best value model-wise, it easily adapts to various tripod models and is even easier to pick up and get a hang of it, allows for smooth Panning and offers a strong remote-control signal when needing to adjust it from a distance. While I can only really use it in sports to capture cover shots, such as team huddles, it provides my team with a secondary option when wanting to maintain a higher production value and for that it meets all expectations!

Remote control stopped working after 11 months. The remote or the manual control button stop working

This seems like a good solid unit. I don't recommend it for pans & tilts while recording. It's not smooth enough for a "pro" look, but not to be expected at this price point. It would be nice if it was geared down more. I use it to pre-position a 2nd camera on live shoots. Only the slowest speed gives decent control. Even then I'm having to go back & forth to end up framed where I want. I discovered the hard way that tilt level 1 is not a good idea. I lost control in the middle of a shoot. (Pressing up or down just caused a slight wiggle). Tilt level 2 works consistently though. (But again, less fine control than I prefer)

This is a replacement for an identical unit which died a sudden death at almost three years. They are very nice units while working.