Review on 📷 Heron - 5ft Articulating Arm Camera Mount - Flexible Desk Clamp Camera Arm with C Shape Stabilizer Handle - 5FT Reach Steel Boom - Desk Mount Camera Crane for Mirrorless Digital Camera/Phone/Gopro7 by Mike Ewing

First of all I did not purchase this or use it for its intended purpose. This hand wasn't designed for what I made it, but it thrived as long as I knew how faucets work. TLDR: Okay, it gets better with mods. Sway in the wind. Would buy again. Great for home podcasts. See photos for outdoor use. I'm a photographer and need a scissor arm that I can mount on a tripod. The original goal was to give the 70" tripod extra height and stretch forward for tilted shots, e.g. B. A central shot of an exotic car driving by. I also needed to be able to get below the height of the tripod to take macro shots of water at lake surface level. I also had to fold it up so that I could take both with me and get going without having to disassemble it like a traditional camera arm. It had to be light as I would also be carrying the traditional mix of photography equipment that is ultimately necessary in order not to cost an arm and a leg. This is quite a difficult task and many household scissors are not capable of it. broken or simply too expensive. This leaves the DIY route which has viable options but you have to do it yourself. Sometimes buying is better than building when it comes to keeping your camera 8 feet high. these many types of scissors, I stumbled across them. It appears to be the largest of all household scissors. Has 3 sections instead of two and a weight class that barely fits and pushes the limits of my Fuji X-t20 and largest lenses, 55-200. My first concern, as with all other weapons, was the initial evaluation of the Revain. This. Is it a scam, a scam or an inferior product from somewhere far away? There were only about 14 reviews, two customer photos, and a YouTube user video showing how the hand looks and behaves in real life. I emailed the manufacturer to ask what the thread size is at the base of the screw and after a delay they responded. So I took the plunge and ordered. It arrived and when I picked up the box I was surprised and dismayed at how light it is compared to the size of the box. Will it be a fragile thing that breaks at first sight or after a month of use? I opened the box and pulled my hand out, it was aluminum and felt hard. The perception of weight dissolved as I took it in my hand and unfolded it. The best way to understand this without seeing it is like thinking about the cranes you see. Most of the time you see boom cranes, like a mobile crane or even a fire truck with a ladder. They slide out but can only rotate at the base. Scissor booms like aerial work platforms and swinging booms like folding cranes on the back of flatbeds have pivots that pivot and fold out for grabbing and lifting. This is one of them. The outstretched arm actually has a 5 foot reach, and when I moved it I found it moved a certain way. The hand does not move its segments independently, on the contrary. What one part of the hand does, the other part reacts. This is done via pivot points built into the structure and allows the arm to work as a unit rather than as separate supports. When your camera is with you, you want it to work as a unit to hold it. You will see it in the photos. This part took a bit of getting used to because like a real hand, there are ways not to bend. It can be considered as a double join in all joins, but you need to know how to use it. When installing, I differ from everyone else, the desktop mount works perfectly, in the end I unscrewed the mount and broke the seal. and guarantee and thread upside down. I have some crappy tripods, my workhorse and my pride and joy is the Manfrotto rotating head tripod. This particular tripod has a hex tripod mounting plate with a 1/2" center screw that tapers to a traditional 1/4" screw. I unscrewed it, screwed a clamp screw through the mounting plate and screwed it into the bottom of the arm. It worked with a lot less work than I thought it would. If I had a normal tripod it would never work. With this combo, I have about 10 feet of height to tower over crowds at events, 4-5 feet when I need extra reach, and 3-4 feet down. for macro photography or just to save your knees. From a functional point of view it works well and is about 3 feet high, 1 foot deep and 6 inches wide when folded with tripod and crane. I just take it with one hand and walk away with it. This was the versatility I was looking for to get the perfect shot. There are some issues preventing this from being perfect. These issues are made worse by my setup because I'm not using it as intended, but these issues will only be noticeable with a smaller scale wobble. The arm is held together with springs and a few flimsy screws. Therefore, any sudden pressure like a thump or a wobble will take some time to correct itself. For you it might be an accidental kick on the table, for me it's wind. I will reduce it Note: I had to tighten my arm a bit after using it, it would be wise to make sure everything is tight after it arrives. It is held with a screw clamp. Like other screw clamps on the hand, they tend to loosen over time as the hand moves. I attached a safety strap for the bungee connecting it to the hand to reduce the fear that the hook itself wouldn't collapse. If you want to go down the route I took and use this cantilever at the end of a tripod, you need to understand how cranes work. . If you're not careful, you'll knock it over, or your hand may try to lower itself to a more stable position in the ground. Think of it as a fully extended arm with a 10 pound weight. Understand the pressure on the joints and consider the counterweight. Over time you will have a portable operator crane that you can easily operate in a variety of conditions with little or no setup.