Record the weapon of life, Feiyu Technology summon charm eyes handheld PTZ camera experience

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Hand-held PTZ stabilizers should not be considered unfamiliar to everyone. Currently, such products are mainly divided into two camps. One is the need for a separate hand-held PTZ stabilizer that can be used in conjunction with a mobile phone. The advantage of this device is its low price. It can also be very well adapted to a device such as a user’s mobile phone or sports camera, while upgrading video equipment. There is no need to replace the PTZ, and the service life will be relatively long. The corresponding disadvantage is that the degree of matching is not very good. Due to the need to adapt to various mobile phones or sports cameras, the torque of the motor will also bring relatively large noise. To adjust the size of different devices, the angle of rotation of the head can also be changed. Affected to a certain extent. At the same time, because this type of equipment is mainly used to fix mobile phones and other video equipment, if there is a scene of violent movement during actual use, it will easily cause looseness and drop the equipment.

The other is to directly integrate the camera with the PTZ, and its representative is the DJI OSMO handheld PTZ camera. The biggest advantage of this type of camera is that it can maximize the role of the PTZ, because the integrated design can make perfect tuning of the PTZ's stability and the corresponding parameters of the motor. The built-in camera generally has a high quality, and the quality of the video will not be degraded due to the difference in the quality of the mobile phone, and it is not because of a sudden phone call that leads to video timing. For those wishing to record life segments, the child's growth process, travel records, etc., this device is basically the perfect home video equipment. The only drawback is that the relative price will be higher, and the cost of upgrading the equipment later is relatively high.

The trial product provided by the Auntie is an all-in-one handheld PTZ camera. Due to travel, this report was postponed. The original plan was to hope that before the departure, we could receive this video from the market to record some video or something. As a result, the delivery time was also delayed. Hey, people are worse off.

After a recent period of use experience, this hand-held PTZ camera still brought me a good feeling. Let's share it with you now.

One, out of the box

In fact, for the product packaging, I personally have always advocated the idea that steel should be used on the cutting edge. Excessively packaged products look gorgeous, but ultimately the consumers are themselves.

The outer package of the Feiyu charm eye camera and its simple, classic aircraft box design, printed on the front of the box with product renderings, not outstanding, but not ugly, is an unconventional moment design.

With the package also comes with a few stickers and certificate, the sticker on the map is more interesting, the Monkey King's golden cudgel replaced Feiyu charm eyes.

Open the box does not directly see the product, but inside the box also comes with a hard shell storage bag. This is something that needs a lot of praise. Feiyu’s strategy on the box is very grounded, and users are very buy-in for this kind of practical design. The storage bag is convenient for carrying and carrying out, and it can also effectively protect the camera.

After opening the storage bag, it can be seen that the PTZ camera is disassembled and displayed in the corresponding sponge groove, and the thick sponge can play a very effective shock absorption and compression protection.

Not only that, Feiyu also provided two sets of replacement built-in sponges to achieve different separation methods.

Users can purchase a spare battery later to extend the life. If you want to calculate, the following sponge compartment can be put into the camera and three batteries at the same time. One of them can be directly installed in the handle.

All of the camera's accessories are these, product brochures, after-sales service cards, integrated PTZ camera, handle, 22650 battery section and a MicroUSB data cable

Feiyu charm eye maximum support 64G TF card, only 32G at home, in order to better experience the product, I went to Jingdong temporarily purchased a TF card. Samsung's red cards are better both in terms of read-write speed and stability. After all, they record videos and still have to buy better storage media.

Second, design & feel

There is no indication of the brand on the battery casing, so it is not clear where the OEM was. The battery on the parameters is ICR mAh 3.7, and it is printed with a very clear Made In China.

High degree of fit between handle and battery

The bottom of the handle also comes with a 3/4 standard threaded connector

Here is the control area of ​​the PTZ, which mainly consists of a signal indicator, a direction control button, a multi-function button, and a shutter button. Among them, the direction control key is a rocker design, which can control the lens very conveniently.

The length of the handle of the Feiyu charm eye is basically the same as the control area of ​​the upper half of the platform, and one hand just holds it. The soft material on the handle is somewhat similar to that on a badminton racket. It is very comfortable, and even if you hold it for a long time, you don't need to worry about sweat.

After the assembled PTZ camera can stand on the desktop very easily, the stability is very good, and the weight at the top of the camera is very light, and when it is held, it will not be difficult.

Feiyu's three-axis head can rotate 360 ​​degrees in all directions without any restrictions, which is also one of the biggest advantages of the integrated head.

Feiyu has already had a lot of products on the handheld three-axis platform, and compared to other brands, the word of mouth is better than others. One of the most critical points is the cooperation between Feiyue's professional low-level algorithms and brushless motor drives to ensure excellent anti-shake and vibration reduction effects in video recording.

In front of the lens there is an LED fill light, although the actual experience is more general, but better than nothing, it can reflect this product for the details of the true.

Feiyu lens program parameters are as follows

Camera Solution: iCatch
Sensor: SONY IMX206
Lens: 95 degrees F 2.8 fixed focus 7 glass lens rear screen: 2.0 inches 320X240


Third, the function highlights

PTZ camera with integrated camera and video function switch button, click once to switch between photo / camera mode, long press can open the built-in WiFi function, through the mobile phone connection to achieve remote control.

The camera has a built-in pickup microphone, but the pickup effect is poor. This is where improvements need to be made later. If external microphone recording is available, the cost of post-video editing can be further reduced.

There is also a micro USB interface on the handle, in addition to charging, but also through the connection to the computer to upgrade the PTZ camera firmware.

The camera's storage needs to be achieved through an external TF card. At present, the maximum support is 64GB. Next to the child, a mini HDMI video output interface and a Micro USB are used to read the video content of the memory card.

In the power-on state, three-clicking the function key can enter the camera's menu setting page, where the camera's video and photographing parameters can be set.

Supports up to 4K 25-frame video capture and also supports up to 4608 x 3456 (16 million pixels) photos, which should be more than enough for average family use.


Feiyu charm eye function

Fourth, the firmware upgrade

After all, the three-axis heads have integrated a stable period and two parts of the camera. It is not surprising that hardware products with a little sense of technology in this era support the problem of repairing some problems or adding new functions through firmware upgrades. However, as a whole felt down, Feiyu's winked firmware upgrade is still a bit complicated at this stage. Unlike the general app, the WiFi connection must be connected via a USB cable.

First download the USB driver, identify the device, and then download the firmware, and then download the dedicated upgrade program, but also to confirm the serial port number, and then can be upgraded. Such a precondition threshold is a bit too tedious for the current Internet product. It would be much more convenient if you can directly optimize later to upgrade via mobile phone APP.

The official website recently updated the new firmware, V1.35

V. Summary

At present, the technology of hand-held PTZ is already relatively mature, and there is basically no problem with the stability of video shooting. So for a hand-held PTZ camera, the most important thing is that we should pay more attention to whether the captured image is clear, whether the color is real, whether the extended lens is rich, whether the endurance ability can meet daily needs, and the overall operability. Ease of use is easy to learn.

For video shooting, I was a novice rookie. I took advantage of the weekend's time. I also learned roughly how to take a video for two or three hours. I was able to get started easily, and I also took a friend's wedding. A short video will be the end of this experience report.

1, walking test

2, readily available

3, friends get married

advantage:

1, the portability is very good, and comes with a storage package, which is very friendly for the preservation and out of the carrying design;

2, the weight of the whole machine more than 400 grams, with a very comfortable handle grip, the actual use of 1 to 2 hours will only have a slight hand acid;

3, whether it is a camera or video, the camera's imaging quality is remarkable, but the camera shutter response speed is a little too slow;

4, the camera comes with an observation screen, to a great extent improve the ease of use, basically you can do that immediately recorded.

5. The stability of the PTZ is very good. For friends who like to travel or record their children's growth videos, this is indeed a lot more powerful than video recording on mobile phones.

6. Two sets of standard 3/4 thread interfaces provide infinite capability for PTZ extensions. No matter whether it is delay photography or panoramic video, there are many ready-made peripherals that can be used together.

7, excellent battery life, a battery can meet two hours of video shooting, but also through the official website to purchase additional batteries to extend battery life.

insufficient:

1, the current phase of the microphone pickup effect is relatively poor, the temporary solution can only be their own use of an external microphone and then do the acquisition, and then synthesized; (not sure here is the reason for this batch of our experience or prototype production This is also the case, so for the time being, we will not go into the details first, but considering that the OSMO is also a bird, it may not be a good solution for the direct-recording.

2, the rocker can obviously feel the vibration of the motor when it is in the horizontal position. Hope that the firmware upgrade can solve it in the later stage;

3, only support Android client temporarily, IOS has no corresponding control APP; (all home are IOS mobile phones, temporarily no in-depth experience of this part of the client, but read the other online evaluation and introduction, the current control of the Android client to do Still very good, especially the remote control is very practical

Write last

In fact, to be fair to say, I personally still feel that this kind of integrated PTZ camera products for users should be those quasi-professional users, after all, ordinary consumers are unlikely to be proficient in video editing software. And because the user habits of mobile phone camera video have been formed, in such a market environment, to overcome the portability of the mobile phone through the breakthrough point of the screen stability, there is still a certain degree of difficulty.

At present, the integrated PTZ camera is too close to the motor to solve the big problem of recording and recording. I think that the perfect match between a tri-axis PTZ and a mobile phone may be a category that ordinary consumers are more interested in at this stage. . Because the price is cheap, because the overall use can get the most direct comparison with the video recording effect in the past, and the video recording effect of the iPhone is already very good. Together with the stability of the head and the low price, it can meet the people’s needs. The novelty of novelty. After all, the entry-level video editing software, such as imove, can be used directly on mobile phones to share well-deserved video clips. The threshold of video editing software such as Final Cut Pro is still too high.

Of course, this is just my personal humble opinion. If it's not too sensitive to the price, I would recommend buying this one-piece PTZ camera to experience the experience. After a few days of actual experience, I sent it. Can really bring about a completely different video shooting experience, as if he is a small director in general, and do not think of mobile phones can only be held high. When I use the PTZ camera, I use the lower position to keep the camera and children on the same level. This is very important for the child's video recording. Later, I will play again for some time, and then share some video recording experiences.

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