Edelkrone has launched the SurfaceONE 2-axis motion control system which, according to its branding, is “the world’s smartest 2-axis motion control system." The system is designed to capture straight, curved (targeted) and panning shots, all of which can be combined with a timelapse mode for smooth motion sequences.
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The SurfaceONE is controlled through an Android or iOS app, and Apple Watch support will be available soon as well. Subjects can be targeted independent of distance and the system can be used as an endless slider or for automatic pans with angular speed adjustment.
When shooting timelapses with the SurfaceONE, speed, shooting interval and other parameters can be set in the app. Once set up, your camera is supported by a flexible tilting head, which allows for easy fine-tuning of the lens angle and keeps the rig stable. Edelkrone also says the SurfaceONE motor is very silent and should therefore not be audible in video clips.
More information is available on the Edelkrone website, where you can order the SurfaceONE for $690.
“Very silent”? That’s akin to something being “very unique”. Extremely uncritical acceptance of a blurb by a website which has become rather too slick for its own good.
Hey that's a really great idea. One would have to watch the edge of a table though or I wonder does the device have edge detection and stop thus preventing a serious calamity? Put it in a long channel/ tray for runs as long one like, even outside perhaps? Yep a top idea.
I have a two axis motion system that works on a motorized slider, using a Android App, Works very well. In my app you set a starting position, then set a keyframe, then move to a second position and set that keyframe, No worries about falling off of a table or any type of platform. I'm not sure, but would think they would have the same programming. Looks like a easy to setup product.
The Edelkrone website has a video about this. You set a start point on the app, let the device roll and you stop it at the end point. The app records both positions. You press a button and it slides back to the first point, and moves until your set end point when you click start. This is a very cool little device.
thats what i mean, why doesnt the camera pan up and down and swivel too pretty straightforward ? the way the bracket is designed it could move up and down as well :-)
You need a flat surface. So some kind of wooden plank? I'm thinking of how to mount something on my tripod that will allow this guy to slide across it. Gonna probably have to improvise.
I have to resist GAS overtime I see one of their products (I don't do video at all)
You just have to love how they blend form and function perfectly... good industrial design, and if they work as advertised, they have a user-friendly interface that puts most big names to shame.
Amazing! Affordable! Companies these days try to hide their origin, for a reason I do not really understand. I think it comes from Turkey. Great example that great Tech can come from great inventors, and the more countries have them, the more balanced world we will become, without the "north-south" fissure.
Perhaps they 'hide' because flag-waving patriots from, say, the moon think that anything from outside their territory is a. communist build b. lesser quality, because not from here c. a conspiracy to shut their donut shops d. against their goth. I would 'hide' too when prejudice would hurt my sales.
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