Not long ago, because of personal needs to shoot videos, I started with a Snoppa (Otten) folding mobile phone three-axis stabilizer ATOM from Xiaomi's follow-up technology. There are three main reasons for starting this stabilizer. The first reason is that the stabilizer supports wireless charging of mobile phones. The second point is that the whole stabilizer can support many custom buttons and interfaces; The third is that there are many special cables attached to the factory, and both iPhone and Android phones can be used at hand, which is very convenient for people like me who have many mobile phones. Let me share with you the evaluation of this stabilizer. If you also have the need to shoot video but don't know what kind of stabilizer to start with, please see this review.
Let's briefly talk about some accessories attached to the Snoppa folding stabilizer. A * * * has 6 yuan, including the warranty card and instructions, that's 7 yuan. These six pieces are: storage bag, tripod, microphone audio cable, USB-to-Type-C pan/tilt charging cable, Lightning Apple mobile phone charging cable and Type-C Android mobile phone charging cable, but it needs to be mentioned that these two charging cables are all connected with Type-C interface (note: the product name in this article will be abbreviated as Snoppa folding stabilizer).
Rich wire accessories can meet the needs of users to connect microphones and other equipment or charge their mobile phones. After all, sometimes we shoot videos and pick up the microphone.
The above picture shows the folding stabilizer in the Snoppa folding storage state. Its height is only 178mm, almost as high as that of a mobile phone, and its weight is only about 440 grams, so its portability is quite good.
In addition, there is a little popular science content here. ATOM, the three-axis stabilizer of Snoppa folding mobile phone, was launched overseas by Suipai Technology in September 20 18. It has won many praises at home and abroad for its innovative folding special-shaped three-axis structure design, and then officially landed in China on February 20 19. Therefore, the folding stabilizer was first introduced by camera technology, and then this design began to be "borrowed" by many brands, which promoted the development of the whole mobile phone stabilizer market in the direction of "folding" design.
The deployment mode of Snoppa folding stabilizer is divided into three steps. First, the motor arm needs to be unfolded by pressing the position of PUSH.
The expanded effect is shown in the real shot above.
Then rotate to unlock the locks of the pitch motor and the roll motor, so that the whole stabilizer is unfolded. Next, just install the mobile phone and turn on the power of the stabilizer to start shooting. The operation of the storage stabilizer is the reverse of the above steps. First, close the locks of the two motors, and then press and hold PUSH to fold and store.
On the side of the bracket where the mobile phone is installed, there is a Type-C interface connected with the attached mobile phone charging cable and a mobile phone microphone interface.
The above picture shows the real shot of the iPhone XS after connecting the stabilizer with the attached charging cable.
If the battery is low when shooting video, you can use this method to charge your mobile phone.
The carrying capacity of Snoppa folding stabilizer is 3 10g, which is suitable for mobile phones with a width of 55-90≤9mm and a thickness of ≤ 9 mm.. Of course, in addition to mobile phones, Snoppa folding stabilizers also support the installation of sports cameras.
Wireless charging can be said to be a design of many flagship mobile phones at present. Snoppa folding stabilizer supports wireless charging in addition to wired charging. I think this is a very practical design. If you forget to bring your mobile phone charging cable when you go out to shoot a video, wireless charging will come in handy at this time.
Snoppa folding stabilizer has many buttons, some of which can also be customized, such as: customizing the wireless charging function of the switch; Customize switching shooting scenes, etc. The front of the stabilizer is provided with a rocker, a power switch, a menu key and a shooting key.
The back of the stabilizer is provided with a trigger key, a back customization key and a pan-tilt charging interface. Trigger buttons have two main purposes. Click and hold to open the fast follow mode. At this time, the rotation speed of Snoppa folding stabilizer along the arm shooting direction will increase, and this mode can be turned on when shooting fast moving targets. Press and hold to open the direction lock. In this mode, the pan/tilt direction of the stabilizer will be locked, and it will not rotate with the shooting direction of the arm, but only keep one direction. If you want to take a picture in one direction, you can turn on this mode.
In addition, when it comes to charging, Snoppa folding stabilizer has built-in two 2000mAh lithium batteries, and the battery life can be as high as 24 hours, even if the video is shot for a long time, it will not be "embarrassed".
The left side of Snoppa folding stabilizer has a microphone interface, a custom key (M key) and a slider. It is not very convenient to focus the phone on the stabilizer, but it can be easily focused through the slider.
The design of Snoppa folding stabilizer is almost this. Let's take a look at the specific play of the stabilizer.
If you want to set up Snoppa folding stabilizer and experience more gameplay, then you need to connect to the mobile APP. The connection mode is mainly through Bluetooth, and the connection process is very simple, so I won't describe it here.
The above picture shows the real shot of the main interface of the mobile APP, and the upper left corner of the main interface is the function area (gallery, settings, focus mode, flash, back and forth switching, beauty); The upper right corner shows the power and stabilizer of the mobile phone; On the left is the focus value; The two icons on the right, the upper one represents the shooting mode, and the lower one represents the shooting scene (moving, walking and customizing).
In the setting function, you can set the resolution, video quality, pan/tilt, etc. Shoot a video.
More mobile APP settings interface real shots.
You can also perform drift calibration and horizontal calibration on the Snoppa folding stabilizer in the settings of the mobile phone application.
The mobile phone APP button can be customized to set the real shot, and the two buttons can be set to short press and long press to realize different operations.
Click the icon on the right to enter the shooting mode setting, and you can switch between shooting and taking pictures, such as: dynamic and static delayed shooting; Face tracking shooting; Object tracking shooting. After opening the corresponding shooting game, such as face tracking shooting, when a face appears in the shooting picture, the Snoppa folding stabilizer will automatically rotate with the face.
In the evening, there are long exposures, light paintings and nine-square panoramic views.
In addition, if you don't want to shoot with the exclusive mobile APP of Snoppa folding stabilizer, you can shoot with the camera function of the mobile phone, but some functions may not be supported by the camera of the mobile phone, such as focusing.
By the way, I have also compared some other brands of folding stabilizers, and the bearing capacity is basically not as high as Snoppa folding stabilizers. Some friends may say that my mobile phone doesn't have 3 10 grams. Why do you need such a high bearing capacity? Although the mobile phone is not that heavy, if you want to shoot high-quality video later, installing some lenses and microphones on the mobile phone will test the endurance of the stabilizer. The bearing capacity is definitely stronger than that of the small one.
Therefore, before you start the stabilizer, even if some brands are cheap, they are folding stabilizers, so don't buy them. You have to consider from many aspects, such as: carrying capacity, number of interfaces, etc.
As for the anti-shake effect, the moving picture above was taken by running with a mobile phone. Although I tried my best to keep my arm stable, the video still shook obviously.
Shooting again after installing Snoppa folding stabilizer on the mobile phone can obviously show that the shooting effect is better than that of hand-held shooting.
More pictures to show.
On the whole, after the Snoppa folding stabilizer meets the portable folding experience, there are many highlights shooting experiences, such as wireless charging, multi-interface, custom buttons, many accessories and many APP games. As long as you have a smart phone with good pixels, I believe that with the help of Snoppa folding stabilizer, you can easily shoot "big movies". If you want to be a video and Vlog blogger, start your video career with the Snoppa folding stabilizer.