In 2016, the online celebrity live broadcast was so popular that every day we watched Taobao, the opening of real estate, and all kinds of activities, there were online celebrities taking photos with a selfie pole. For a man, of course, his understanding of the selfie stick originates from his wife who loves selfie. There are three or four selfie sticks in his family, long, short, heavy and light. Every time, he complains about something that is not fixed well, or that he wants to shake it when holding it, or that the angle is not right when shooting videos. Just then Feiyu SPG arrived at my house with a handheld PTZ. My wife was shocked just after opening it. Is it a advanced self timer? Or you can answer it this way. I will test this so-called handheld PTZ for you!

Unpacking

The package is simple but fresh. The schematic diagram of the use of the handheld PTZ can be seen at a glance. After opening the box cover, the matte black refined steel material looks full of texture. The main body and accessories of the PTZ are embedded in the sponge. In any case, the PTZ is also a precision instrument, and the sponge can play a very good role in protection and buffering. At the same time, detailed instructions are provided so that Xiaobai can easily assemble the accessories for use together.

appearance

SPG C adopts a three-axis design scheme, and the handle part is also full of texture. There is also a FY logo on the rotating shaft. The built-in brushless motor should be familiar to those who play with UAVs. In addition, the horizontal axis and pitch axis of the three axes can rotate about 320 °, and it is worth mentioning that the heading axis can rotate 360 ° in all directions. This is very practical for some scenes that need to take panoramic pictures.

The buttons of Feiyu SPG C are distributed on the handle, four-way rocker, Bluetooth shutter, indicator light, trigger key, USB charging hole, etc., which are full of texture when held in hand.

There must be batteries if there is a motor. Feiyu SPG C is equipped with a 3000MAH ICR 22650 3.7V battery. The cycle life of the battery is about 600 times. At the same time, the price of the 22650 battery is not expensive. It can be easily bought in a treasure. It is very convenient for the maintenance of the battery in the later period. In addition, this SPG is advertised to be able to charge once and last for 7 hours in the open air. For a wife who loves taking selfies when traveling, she simply likes it. For the specific endurance, further tests will be carried out later.

In addition, in terms of other accessories, Feiyu SPG C is also equipped with a heavy counterweight and a light counterweight. The counterweight is mainly used for mobile phones with different weights. For portable mobile phones and sports cameras below 165g, no counterweight is needed. For mobile phones below 194g, a light counterweight is needed to balance, while for mobile phones above 194g, a heavy counterweight is needed to balance.

All kinds of use status of Feiyu SPG C stabilizer can be indicated by the indicator light. A single flashing blue light, two flashing blue lights, three flashing blue lights, blue lights always on, blue lights flash, red lights flash three times, and red lights flash all represent different states. However, it takes some time to remember the specific state of guidance at the beginning.

Actual use

The stabilizer, as its name implies, must be stable, so that the pictures that shake when you hold them in your hand will not shake. Feiyu SPG C adopts the three-axis design of heading axis, pitch axis and roll axis, and the motor and cross arm are integrated. In the actual use, the stability effect is very good. The friend who has not used the stabilizer may not know what it is. As shown in the figure below, the mobile phone is basically horizontal when the hand is swinging from side to side. Of course, it should be noted here that the stabilizer has a certain range after all. For example, if you hold it up and down, it is impossible to keep the phone in the middle picture. Be sure to learn how to use equipment.

SPG C supports 320 ° pitch angle action, 320 ° roll angle action and 360 ° heading angle action in terms of rotation angle. The pitch rate is 2 °/s-75 °/s, and the heading follow-up rate is 3 °/s-150 °/s.

Shooting effect

As for the shooting effect, there is still a big gap between using the stabilizer and just holding the stabilizer without using it. As shown in the following two pictures, the first picture is taken when holding the camera, without using the stabilizer, and the picture is very jittery, while the second picture is taken with SPG C, and the picture is very stable, basically without any jitter.

APP

Of course, as a stabilizer, we can use our own camera or other third-party apps that we like to shoot many beautiful clips. However, as Feiyu, who has worked in the stabilizer industry for many years, APP must also be indispensable. The connection of Feiyu SPG C is very convenient. You can automatically search for devices just by opening the APP, which is very convenient. Unlike some devices, it takes half a day to search, and the connection may fail.

Normal mode, panoramic mode and delayed shooting can be selected in APP. You can also set various camera parameters and handle control. The heading speed, pitching speed and so on can be according to their own preferences. In addition, there is a face tracking function in the APP. People playing UAVs should be familiar with the similar "auto follow" function, which is basically of the same category and can track faces.

In addition, if you are used to playing SLR in manual mode, or if you want to improve your skills, you can adjust various parameters in APP, such as ISO, white balance, exposure, etc.

video

After a period of familiarity with Feiyu SPG C and understanding the basic functions, try to shoot the following video. The first response is cool, and the second response is cool! I didn't expect it to be so stable. For friends who have children at home and like to shoot videos, it is really a very good choice. In addition, I know that many friends don't like reading text and pictures. Let's take a look at the video below.

summary

Through the use of Feiyu SPG C for a period of time, it has attracted a lot of attention both in terms of the use experience and cost performance, and also let the once "professional" photography into the hands of ordinary "civilian" users. The use experience during this period is also summarized as follows:

1. Advantages: Feiyu SPG C is absolutely one of the products with high neutral price ratio in the stabilizer, and also performs well in performance. Face recognition, mobile phone compatibility, endurance, horizontal and vertical modes, various shooting modes, etc. are absolutely refreshing.

2. To be improved: Feiyu SPG C is not equipped with a storage bag, and the SPG storage bag sold online is also a little tight. I hope a more suitable storage bag can be produced. In addition, SPG C needs to be additionally equipped with a weight increasing module, which is a bit troublesome. It must be more perfect if this part can be improved.

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