Photography iron hand

With the increasing popularity of short video platforms, short video creation has also become an indispensable job for many media. Although most flagship mobile phones have anti-shake function at present, shaking hands is a pleasure for users like me. If you want to shoot a more professional video, it is essential to hold a pan/tilt. So I bought a vast M5 handheld pan/tilt. I thought it was only a hundred yuan product, and I didn't expect much. I didn't expect the experience to be really beyond my imagination.

Let's talk about appearance first. I think the word "exquisite" is the best explanation for this machine. When you hold this stabilizer, you will never think that it is a product in its early 500 s, with a black frosted body and a regular but not dense arrangement of buttons. The thumb rocker is designed with sun pattern, and the on-off button is decorated with red. The grip part is wrapped in leather, which is quite comfortable to hold in the hand. The machine adopts orthogonal three-axis design, which can bear the load well and the anti-shake structure can be more flexible.

Good hardware does not necessarily have a good anti-shake effect, and software algorithm is also a decisive factor. Vast M5 is equipped with the newly developed iSteady6.0 algorithm, and vastness is a domestic veteran in this field. Ten years of professional and technical accumulation is really remarkable. The biggest feeling is that the mirror is very smooth, and there is no sudden movement of the screen of some similar products.

We bought a stabilizer, of course, hoping to have better video stabilization effect. First, let's start with the mirror transmission. In the slow mirror transportation link, the effect is still commendable. There are many gears to adjust. For example, in the three-axis locking mode, the overall stabilizer will be more sensitive. No matter how your hand moves, the mobile phone basically doesn't shake. In contrast, after removing the stabilizer, the picture shakes like an earthquake. I'm going to wait until the holiday is free to take the stabilizer to the seaside to shoot a video of running in the sunset. It is very literary to think about it.

In order to test the anti-shake effect, I also specially found a flight of stairs and tested it with my mobile phone. The following two videos were tested with the same mobile phone. Figure 1 shows the hand-held effect without stabilizer, and Figure 2 shows the use of M5, which shows that the effect is immediate. If it is flat, the mobile phone anti-shake and stabilizer anti-shake are really stable.

The low-angle pet mode supported by the M5 is also a very interesting function. In the past, we wanted to shoot this low-angle video. We had to squat or lie down, and our feet were numb. The posture was really not good enough. After adding the stabilizer, we can bend down a little and hold it upside down. It seems that we are flying close to the ground in the video. No pets? It's also good to shoot some facade compositions in this mode. The elevation lens shows that the legs of the figure are very long and more linear when walking.

When shooting a rotating mirror, our hands can't turn around once, and they are uneven. However, the vast M5 supports the initial mode of 600 rpm, and it can be opened only by pressing the function key three times. Adding curve speed change in later creation can make it more extensible in space, which is also my favorite function. If you happen to have superb shooting skills, you can also try to use it to shoot around the lens to produce a visual sense of the focal plane.

There are also some common scenes that are almost time-lapse photography, and the shutter takes a long time. Basically, it won't hold. Although the conventional tripod is stable, it can only shoot from one angle, which is too monotonous for video. After the time-lapse photography mode is turned on, busy street scenes can also be displayed through video. I found that this mode is especially suitable for shooting street lamps on the overpass at night, and the streamlined light belt is very smart.

In the interaction with mobile phones, the vast M5 has also done a good job. Turn on Bluetooth and download an APP called "Hohem Joy". When we open the camera interface of the mobile phone, we can directly operate the mobile phone through the buttons on the stabilizer. For example, switching between front and back lenses, switching between taking photos and recording, zooming in/out, and so on. In addition, there are many tutorials and games on this APP, which allows us to master the various games of the stabilizer faster.

It is estimated that some people are not very clear about the brand of Haohan Excellence. Here is a brief introduction. At first, the brand focused on overseas markets. At present, it has sold well in more than 50 countries and is very popular in many websites such as Amazon. The previous generation of huge M5 products has achieved amazing results in overseas sales of more than one million units. In a word, vastness is professional in hand-held stabilizer.

Finally, after using the M5 for a while, I can say that I can't put it down, and I can shoot some new tricks in the future. If you don't have much budget and want a good mobile phone stabilizer, you can consider this product.