Handheld DV has been out of our sight for a long time, especially the rapid development of intelligent mobile devices. With rich editing software, beautiful LCD display, and powerful sharing functions, it can be said that the low-end card machines and handheld DV markets have been completely eliminated. However, the market for professional photography equipment is not declining, and the aerial photography field is booming. Gopro Yunhu and other well-known sports photography brands, of course, can never bear loneliness in the domestic market. This year's Xiaoant and fluorite s1 are the most popular models. This experience of fluorite s1, let's see the charm of fluorite s1.

The fluorite s1 in this experience is a standard configuration+selfie stick+32g high-speed tf card, and of course, the trial instructions for Goddess Stack.

The accessories of fluorite s1 are as follows. There is also a storage bag of pile material that has not been photographed. It feels very good.

The configuration and functions of fluorite s1 are relatively complete. It can take high-quality time-lapse photography, slow motion photography, underwater photography, high-speed continuous photography, etc. It should be said that it is highly playable.

The main body of fluorite s1 is made of plastic parts. As a sports camera, the material is a little fragile, waterproof, and the design of built-in battery is a big pity for the sports camera. There are only three main function keys: power, shooting wifi， So the operation is relatively simple.

The main body of the waterproof shell is transparent acrylic, and the lens part is high permeability glass. The lock catch uses the lever principle and the waterproof washer of the back cover to ensure the waterproof of 40 meters deep, and the waterproof shell does not affect the key operation of the equipment main body.

The remote control can be slightly waterproof and dust-proof. It can remotely control the power on, off, and shooting of s1 through Bluetooth connection with the s1 main body. The shooting mode and parameters can be changed. Because the operation keys of fluorite s1 are limited and there is no display element, most functions need to be realized by the remote control.

The back clip on the back of the remote control can be fixed to the wrist through the arm sleeve, and can also be fixed to the belt, backpack belt and other flat objects.

The self timer rod is a dual purpose rod, which can adjust its length freely between 29cm and 70cm. The head can be directly connected to the 1/4 foot stand hole of the fluorite s1 host. It supports multi angle adjustment, and can also be connected to the waterproof shell.

The charger of fluorite s1 uses the common 5V 1.5A current output, single USB interface, and folding plug. In fact, I suggest that the manufacturer consider dual USB ports, because the remote controller is used with fluorite s1, which also consumes a lot of power, and the demand for charging is very high.

The app of fluorite movement can obtain shooting materials through wifi connection with fluorite s1, or through interconnection and support publishing and sharing.

When connected to fluorite s1wifi, shooting can be started, including video recording, continuous shooting, delayed shooting, live broadcast and other functions, and function parameters can also be modified by setting.

The same operation can also be realized on the remote control, but the remote control does not have a viewfinder, so it is impossible to achieve composition and control the lens range.

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The distortion of wide-angle lens is relatively serious and needs to be adjusted later.

Shooting in backlight mode can show some details.

Backlight shooting

If you want to consider the precise composition or shooting content, you need to use the mobile app, but it can't compare with the camera after all.

I was going to find some material to shoot on May Day. There was a theme, but the weather was not beautiful, and there was a continuous rainstorm. So I had to shoot a section of it when it was sunny on the way to work. In addition to the delay set before, I wanted to add some video material with a high frame number. I could see the 720p 120fps video. It was very ambiguous. I didn't know whether it was a problem with the equipment, The quality of other evaluation high frame rate 720p is acceptable, so we will not include it this time to avoid misleading.

In general, the configuration function of fluorite s1 is good as a thousand yuan sports photography equipment. Whether as a home-based travel or extreme sports enthusiast, fluorite can provide high-quality video experience, but the actual operation found that the details of fluorite still need to be improved. For example, the connection stability and efficiency of mobile apps are somewhat unsatisfactory, However, sometimes it is necessary to adjust the picture through the camera on the mobile phone. For example, it is not very convenient to switch modes with the remote control, and the metering mode cannot be changed.

However, we learned from the official forum of fluorite that many functions of the next version of firmware have been modified officially:

1. Support for video format setting (NTSC PAL)

2. ISO setting - automatic+manual preset mode (typical values of 100, 400, 800..)

3. White balance setting ----- automatic+manual preset mode (incandescent lamp, daylight, cloudy day, flash lamp, underwater...)

4. Metering mode ----- three metering modes (central metering, average metering, spot metering)

5. Switch of indicator light.

6. Switch of buzzer.

7. View direction setting ----- three methods: default, up and down flip, and gravity sensing auto flip.

8. Automatic shutdown time ----- preset automatic shutdown time, freely selected from zero, 1min, 2min, 3min and 5min.

9. Video file cutting time ----- maximum, 5min, 20min, 60min, 120min.

10. The wifi switch is automatically turned on when you start the machine - it was previously required to be turned on manually or by the remote control. After the upgrade, set it up, and start the machine automatically.

11. Broken sound repair

12. Double click the power button to switch modes

13. Startup default shooting mode setting

As the saying goes, buying new digital products instead of old ones is not only because of the mainstream configuration functions of the new products, but also means that the manufacturer is enthusiastic about the development of product firmware. The firmware update and correction of fluorite s1 is very active, which can solve most of the existing problems, so it is still worth looking forward to. In addition, it is recommended that the manufacturer provide accessories and micro hdmi data cables to charge fluorite s1 and remote control at the same time, Especially for the latter, ordinary users will not have such wires in their homes.