? MINI-S evaluation of portable eagle claw

With the development of the Internet, it becomes easier and easier for people to share videos online, which makes many people accustomed to recording trivial things in their lives with videos. This is the popular Vlog.

Mobile phone is the most convenient device for shooting videos around us. Pick up the phone and record the dribs and drabs around you. It is a very simple video. But as we shoot more and more, the requirements will be higher and higher, and we always want to make the video look good. Although the video is still very dependent on the later stage, anti-shake is still the most basic factor of the video, and the picture is shaking into frozen tofu. How do we make this material?

Consumer-grade handheld ptz is a good auxiliary equipment. Next, I will introduce you to a portable Talon mini-S.

Packaging and design

As far as portability is concerned, Talon has changed its previous bulky design. Talon MINI-S not only adopts foldable design, but also weighs only 480 g. The packaging of Talon MINI-S is very small, which is more square than the general pan-tilt packaging, and also reflects the positioning of Talon MINI-S from the packaging side.

The packaging of Talon MINI-S adopts an open design with side extraction. Opening the package and instructions, we can see that the Talon MINI-S is folded in the box. Let's take out all the accessories in the box.

As we can see, besides the tripod with 1/4 universal screw, there are quite a few accessories of Talon mini-s. Two data lines, one is for charging from Type-C to A line, and the other is dedicated. It is a 3.5mm-to-Micro USB cable, which is used to pair with the mobile phone and control the camera of the mobile phone. In addition, there is a storage bag and instructions.

Talon MINI-S should be one of the few mobile phones that can be folded to install tripod head. There is a buckle under the direction axis of the pan/tilt. You can open the tripod head by moving the buckle with your finger and rotating it in the direction indicated on the tripod head.

On the front of Talon MINI-S, there are LOGO, remote sensing button, round function key and power indicator from top to bottom. I want to say here that although the function keys of Talon MINI-S are round, they can't be rotated, and the buttons feel hard, so it is not easy to operate when holding the pan/tilt with one hand. The shaking hands of Yuntai are designed with rough surface, which is not easy to slide down.

On the left side of the Yuntai handshake is a red Type-C interface, which is used for switching on and off and charging, and there are only two zoom buttons on the right side. Compared with the function keys in the middle, the hairpins of these three keys are very crisp.

The claw MINI-S at the horizontal roller of the tripod head is also designed with a buckle, so that the tripod head will not shake when held in the hand in standby state. This detail is very human.

Talon MINI-S is also commendable in design, that is, the part holding the mobile phone is not vertical, so it will not block the interface at the bottom of the mobile phone, which provides great convenience for external charging of the mobile phone or installing a microphone.

Stability and functionality

? According to the official parameters, the maximum load of Talon MINI-S is 260g, which means it is more than enough for the 208g iPhone XS Max. Before connecting the mobile phone, download the Talon APP in the mobile phone. Android system should be different from the application market, so it is recommended to directly scan the QR code on the manual for downloading. IOS users can search the name in the App Store and download it directly.

After leveling, press and hold the red on key, and the indicator light will light up when it shows blue. Next, you need to use Mirco USB to switch to a 3.5mm headphone cable. If your Android phone doesn't have a 3.5mm interface, you need to use a patch cord. But even if there is no cable, you can connect directly with Bluetooth.

In terms of stability, I used two mobile phones with different price points, iPhone XS Max and Meizu Note9, and did four tests with and without PTZ respectively. Here is a set of moving pictures to show it.

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Through the above experiments, we can see that the video stability of Talon Mini-S will be greatly improved whether it is an ordinary mobile phone without anti-shake or an iPhone with anti-shake. It can be said that the basic function of Talon MINI-S as a stabilizer is still worthy of recognition.

Application experience

The value of PTZ is not all about anti-shake, and various functions developed for camera shooting are also important attributes of handheld PTZ. Talon stabilizer also has an exclusive APP: Talon Elf APP.

It can be seen that the overall interface design of Talon Wizard APP is relatively simple, and the buttons at the bottom are APP photo album, Bluetooth, motion tracking, time, front and rear lens switching, settings, and video/camera keys. The upper left corner shows the power of the mobile phone and the power of the pan/tilt, and the upper right corner shows the functions of fast access: resolution, flash and video recording.

When the mobile phone is upright, the functional layout of the interface will change, and the motion tracking and function shortcut entrance will be removed. However, all the operations on the application can be controlled by the buttons on the platform.

Although there are not many buttons on the Talon MINI-S, it is rich in functions. At the same time, due to the excellent shortcut button mode, we can easily switch functions by double-clicking or triple-clicking. For example, double-click the up key to switch the photo/video mode, and long press the up key to switch the front and back shots. Of course, there are still some learning costs, but I believe that the operation speed will be further improved after you are familiar with it.

In addition, in addition to the basic professional mode and time-lapse photography, talons elf APP. It also provides many interesting camera modes, such as the Inception mode to be demonstrated next. When this mode is turned on, the stabilizer will make the phone and the pan/tilt handle vertical, and the shooting effect can be said to be very X-sense.

Talon MINI-S evaluation summary

After experiencing this portable stabilizer, the author thinks that compared with other brands, its biggest selling point is its foldable design and light weight, which makes you more interested in taking it out to record your life. In the aspect of foundation stability, the stability effect of Talon MINI-S is also worthy of recognition.

Functionally, Talon Wizard APP not only has traditional functions such as professional mode, but also has a good experience in special functions such as Inception, and such a high-quality experience is believed to make you shoot more interesting themes. In terms of price, the price of 399 yuan can be said to further lower the threshold of the stabilizer, so that more friends can experience the help of the stabilizer for video creation.