Soonpho M4 Motorized Rotating Panoramic Tripod Head, Remote Control Pan Tilt Head with Remote Control and Mobile Phone Clip for DSLR Cameras, Camcorders, Smartphones, Tripod

I currently work for a company specializing in filming sporting events in various venues ranging from Basketball courts to Football Fields, some days we are left short staffed and will live stream with only a single main cam for viewers at home. Since my employer's business grew to larger partnerships with more national streaming services, I felt odd about filming singular shot sporting events at that level and decided to look into remote tripods as a "possible" optional fill-in for missing staff. Soonpho's M-4 Model is my first time working with such equipment and it's been a very positive experience thus far. The M-4 is definitely the best value for Money as it offers higher Tilt Proformance then both its M-2 and M-6 counter parts. while still allowing for smooth 360 panning. It's adjustable speed option, (while not helpful below 8 while filming sports) works on all levels when shooting solo film projects or YouTube Videos. Its compact design adapts well with most tripods and Tripod plates and offers a slight additional Height boost when filming projects in small offices, or while filming on unusual platforms such as when filming on top of a desk, etc. etc. The weight was a concern at first, but it seems to work just fine with Tripods ranging from cheaper $30 SLIK u-112 models to more expensive $130 NEEWER GM88 Tripods. I found it took no more than 30 minutes to break in and have a full understanding of how it functions, figuring out when applying what settings or course of speed will depend on what type of project you're filming and that can add up to several more hour of tinkering with it. Finally (a major selling point for me) was that it does offer more then 60 feet of real time Wireless control, I found it easily picked up my remote when sending the signal up more than 50 feet of stairs from a football field below and from one end of a 45ft wide media box to the other end, picking up the signal though, wood, dry wall and concrete. So, while not the best product when working in sports broadcasting due to its limited control speed, it's the best value model-wise, it easily adapts to various tripod models and is even easier to pick up and get a hang of it, allows for smooth Panning and offers a strong remote-control signal when needing to adjust it from a distance. While I can only really use it in sports to capture cover shots, such as team huddles, it provides my team with a secondary option when wanting to maintain a higher production value and for that it meets all expectations!

Surprisingly good. I saw someone asking if you can set a starting and ending point and have it cycle? Yes you can. The person tracking works really well, and the remote does too. Is it the smoothest? No, but it's smooth enough - especially if you just wanna avoid having a cameraperson operating. The battery life is really good too, I left it tracking me around a room for 4 hours, and didn't even lose a bar before I got tired and turned it off. You can also power via USB-C, or charge up and let the battery do it's thing. The USB-C cable is super long, and it feels durable enough, but the head is plastic so I would avoid dropping it. It is about the weight of a normal tripod head also, so you should be fine.

Function as expected. Good buy

Works great. Except the Degree orientation is backwards. 90 deg on the screen is at the 9’o’clock instead of 3 o’clock.

Perfect for solo home studio creator. Smooth tracking and make sure your tripod is on the stronger side I use a 16 lb tripod and it works great

Good product

stopped working after 3 months , used maybe 4 times. unable to contact the manufacture , no idea where to find his contact info to get a replacement for the faulty unit .

Great device for setting up camera and moving it in all directions. Battery lasted longer than expected, haven't charged it yet.