Ahoj! This is Zdenka. Seastars Q1 Quick release
system by iFootage. This little tool is compatible with majority of the
cameras and camera supportive systems and also
camera heads. It's got unique design and it allows you
to move very quickly from item to the other item, to transfer your
camera let's say from monopod to tripod, from tripod to slider and vice
versa. Let's look very closely at this product
in today's video. This is not a sponsored video however
iFootage provided this product for a review.
And for the new faces, my name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to
take better photos and videos with the latest gear and possibly
participate in creative camera challenges,
consider subscribing. What you are going to get is quick release head,
quick release base body and 2.5 millimeters hex wrench.
The weight is 248 grams, vertical load is up to 9 kilograms.
Material is aluminium magnesium alloy so it is long lasting
and durable and this is the size. The top part again is a quick release
head. Here is 1/4and 3/8 screws. Basically
this part is on a spring, so when you push it down, you get to the smaller size.
When you push it up, you get to the bigger size
so you don't need an adapter. Then you can see a non-slip rubber ring.
The quick release base body is here with unlock handle
and boss. So how do we mount it on? Very simply make sure
this whole unit is in lock position and as a whole turn clockwise until it's
very nice and tight. Once it is nice and tight, grab
the unlock handle, follow the little arrow to turn
counterclockwise to unlock. Once you remove the quick release head, you will
see two little screws inside in the base
which can be tightened to make sure it's further secured.
That is why this little hex wrench is included. So I'm going to tighten it
and i'm ready to go and as you can see, I already have the quick release base
attached to this tripod and I do have the quick release head
attached to this camera head. Now, you can attach
it to this camera. How you can attach it directly
to a camera? It is a low profile, so it doesn't wobble it is very solid
and again you don't have to do the twisting or locking it manually
and all that. Very simply grab the camera head or the camera where you have it
installed and slowly place on top of the tripod
and just find where the opening is and gently
push down and it's gonna lock immediately. It's holding very well now.
To unlock it just twist and take it out. So for
example if I would be filming an event such as wedding and I
would be filming a wedding ceremony, if I had my camera on a tripod like this
and I would need to get a lot closer to the bride and groom but I
really had no room there for a tripod, what I could do,
I could just remove the camera head, put it on a monopod like this
with the camera obviously and move much closer. That way my
camera would be stable and I can keep shooting
in a matter of seconds. And I would like that for photography as well. The same
thing. You know if you are using a monopod which doesn't have a quick
release system for example and you are shooting
something like a wedding, you most likely end up with back pain if you are using
telephoto lens because I know from my experience it was always the case.
So I would be attaching this quick release to the telephoto lens and to the
monopod and in a matter of seconds you can quickly grab the monopod
and shoot for some time with a monopod to make sure you relieve
that stress on the back and then if I really had to shoot handheld, I would
just take the monopod away and shoot
handheld. In the studio the same thing. You know
you're going to be filming a commercial and you know you want to use a slider
and you want to use a tripod so you can set it up ahead of time to
save the time during the filming so when you need to
switch from tripod to slider, it's just gonna be way quicker. Nice
quick release system. Now I've been using iFootage products
for a few months now, for a while now. I have this tripod,
I have the camera head from them and I also have
the monopod which I absolutely love as well. The quality of the products
is absolutely there. It is it is well built, it is very sturdy.
All the products, I'm very confident in their products so
that's why I could not really find anything negative about this quick
release system but what I want to know is
because it is such a round shape and it's quite large,
how it is when it comes to accessing camera doors on different cameras?
I have 3 cameras here. I have DSLR Canon 5D Mark III,
then I have the little tiny camera Canon M50
and I also have Canon M6 Mark II which has a smaller rig cage on the
camera, so let me attach this quick release head
to that and let's see how much access do we have to battery
doors. Let me start with the biggest camera and
it's the DSLR. Obviously there is no issue here.
The battery doors is far away, you can very easily open it, take the memory card
out or put the battery in whenever you need.
Now the opposite would be the tiny little Canon M50 and we all know the
issue with the battery doors. Obviously this quick release system is
quite big so you're not going to be able to open the battery doors.
And the same thing goes with Canon M6 Mark II. Even though
I am using the smaller cage, I can access the memory card but I cannot really take
out the battery so something to consider depending on
what camera you have if it is very important for you to be able to access
the battery, otherwise it is very easy to screw onto
the camera and screw it off. And as always, for those interested to
see the pricing, international link can be found
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