camalapse 4

Finally a break in the rain in Seattle to try out my camalapse 4 a few days ago. Worked fantastically. I have an iPhone 6s and use an adaptor to mount iPhone to camalapse and then mount camalapse to tripod (which gives much flexibility for capturing shot desired...height, angle, tilt, etc). I like how I can set camalapse at 90 degree pan for 15 minutes or 180 degrees for 30 minutes or anywhere in-between. 360 degree pan (one hour) would be great on top of building or mountain Looking forward to experimenting when weather cooperates. I heard you can purchase a second one to stack on top another and will pan twice as fast, but I don't see that as necessary if you have a editing program where you can adjust video speed in post. Overall, great product, easy to use, portable, light, and compact. Fits all my needs.

Works well for what it is, basically a glorified egg timer. The down side is that its cheaply made. At this price you should expect all plastic construction, and that's exactly what you get. However, it's not a hard plastic as you might imagine. Rather, it's fairly soft and therefore somewhat flexible. Therein lies the biggest downside. Even when mounted on a tripod, camera shake becomes an issue simply because this flimsy product is now sandwiched between your expensive tripod and your camera. I use a fairly lightweight, mirrorless camera but I'm still cautious about using it in conditions where camera shake could be an issue. It's still a worthwhile purchase though, as long as your conscious of it's limitations. Honestly, the effect is very cool and for the price it's worth owning. If this is something you plan to use on a regular basis however, you might consider one of the more expensive electronic time lapse panners.

I've used this so far for about a month. All during winter. In the white mountains first and more mountains in southern NH just the other day. I've used it on ice for more than an hour. I've used it in Boston on wet streets. It's gone through three blizzards during which I took multiple time lapses, if anyone is from the NH area this January-February has seen more than 30" of snow here. The thing has been dropped into said snow a ton of times and also a creek. This is a pretty tough little piece, very transportable and very affordable. Many of my friends are photographers and they have a ton of expensive equipment they haul around and it takes a long time to set up, as well as being expensive and electronic, therefore not ideal for bad weather. While I'm not a Professional photographer like they are, I also am not carrying around expensive dslr cameras and rails and motors for long exposures and time lapses, my Gopro and little Camalapse get the job done. One thing that is a bit annoying is that a good timelapse goes over the period of hours not one hour, so as to observe the rapid progression of time. An hour is not a lot of time so sunrise/sunset would be the best times to shoot with it in my opinion. With this you only can do maximum one hour, and a 360 degree revolution in that hour. It does look really cool, however, to see this slowly pan during an hour long timelapse and as I said the price is great and portability is great and quality as well. Some people complain about its noise in other reviews, since it is an egg timer type of mechanics and the ticking during operation would be expected. I for one can't see how else this could be built so simply and affordably, and appreciate its simplicity. If this was an electronic device the thing would cost hundreds and also most likely already be broken. I also enjoy the ticking, it reminds me of a metronome. So I just start a little beat in my head and tap my feet to it. Not much else to do while filming a timelapse in winter and it helps keep me warm to move. Also you could try walking away from it... just saying.Obviously I do recommend this for anyone looking at these reviews. For people that day theirs only worked twice, they were somehow defective or its a user error because your turned it too hard or it was a manufacturing issue.As I mentioned I use it with a Gopro, and it's the smallest lightest model (hero) so you know nothing over five pounds will work and especially if it's not balanced even weighted device. I was thinking of trying to Rig a smartphone to this too and I'm sure that would be possible.

This is perfect! It's simple and easy to use. Small, but does exactly what was described, which is just what I need. I use it with the mount that came with a tripod I purchased seperately, and my iPhone for really great pictures. It works absolutely fantastic for time lapse panoramics! It makes me feel like a professional photographer. I would recomend this to any "amateur" or pro photographer.

I was really excited to get and use this product with my GoPro. I tested it twice and it worked as advertised and I was happy with the results. On the third time, the unit would not stay in the position I set it in. It would immediately return to the end position. I handled this unit very carefully so I know I wasn't at fault for the malfunction. I was really disappointed because it was the first time seriously using it on a project I'm working on. I had to shoot my project without a pan. Not happy! Would not recommend buying this product.