Had my ELITE sitting in the wardrobe now about 18 months still unused, I backed it on Kickstarter about 4 years ago. I cannot believe I am still yet to use this but that’s gonna change in less than a week with a trip planned for 1770 / Agnes Water in Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 I’ve also had my HEIPI travel tripod also sitting in storage begging to be used for about 9 months now, also a Kickstarter project. Crazy I know! Cannot wait to pair the two up together for the ultimate landscape photographer’s tool out in the field. Great review mate
I bought the Elite version and like it…except for the two knobs on the front that tighten/loosen the ball head. For me, there is NO way I can use just one finger to adjust them. There are so difficult that I have to use two hands to get them to tighten or loosen. When the ball head is just sitting on my tripod without a camera, it’s fine…easy to click with one hand; otherwise, it’s a pain to use. Not for anyone with weaker fingers.
Although our platyball has very nice horizontal fluid panning, it is not a true video head since it does not have fluid tilt. I hope that answers your question.
Late to this Field Test, picked one of these up based on this video as I have purchased several of your books. But have to say, my findings were not positive with this head. There was creep, never really locked down and the battery life of Elite's display is dismal. So has me wondering about the integrity of your comments. Finding it harder and harder to get honest feedback here on UA-cam and that's a real shame and disservice to this community AND the retailers that sell these. I'm returning the one I received, so now that retailer has to restock it, handle it again, lost money on shipping and now became less profitable. So I'm disappointed in you Scott and other UA-camrs that gave kiss-ass review of this.
Sounds like this customer received a defective unit. Never contacted customer support. We would’ve taken care of this properly. Normally there is no creep on our units. Battery life when used properly is normally good. We recommend running on medium power, which is quite visible in broad daylight. Again, sorry that this customer was just pleased, but should’ve followed proper procedure. We have sold thousands and thousands of units and rarely have a return.
Thanks Scott.....great video....I appreciate your time and all you give to the community.
Had my ELITE sitting in the wardrobe now about 18 months still unused, I backed it on Kickstarter about 4 years ago. I cannot believe I am still yet to use this but that’s gonna change in less than a week with a trip planned for 1770 / Agnes Water in Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺 I’ve also had my HEIPI travel tripod also sitting in storage begging to be used for about 9 months now, also a Kickstarter project. Crazy I know! Cannot wait to pair the two up together for the ultimate landscape photographer’s tool out in the field.
Great review mate
I bought the Elite version and like it…except for the two knobs on the front that tighten/loosen the ball head. For me, there is NO way I can use just one finger to adjust them. There are so difficult that I have to use two hands to get them to tighten or loosen. When the ball head is just sitting on my tripod without a camera, it’s fine…easy to click with one hand; otherwise, it’s a pain to use. Not for anyone with weaker fingers.
Thank you
Thanks for the review, I've ordered both heads, but WHAT kind of tripod is that?
i wish i can afford that....but lol
Could this act as a fluid head for 4K videos with Mirrorless Cameras?
Although our platyball has very nice horizontal fluid panning, it is not a true video head since it does not have fluid tilt. I hope that answers your question.
Late to this Field Test, picked one of these up based on this video as I have purchased several of your books. But have to say, my findings were not positive with this head. There was creep, never really locked down and the battery life of Elite's display is dismal. So has me wondering about the integrity of your comments. Finding it harder and harder to get honest feedback here on UA-cam and that's a real shame and disservice to this community AND the retailers that sell these. I'm returning the one I received, so now that retailer has to restock it, handle it again, lost money on shipping and now became less profitable. So I'm disappointed in you Scott and other UA-camrs that gave kiss-ass review of this.
Sounds like this customer received a defective unit. Never contacted customer support. We would’ve taken care of this properly. Normally there is no creep on our units. Battery life when used properly is normally good. We recommend running on medium power, which is quite visible in broad daylight. Again, sorry that this customer was just pleased, but should’ve followed proper procedure. We have sold thousands and thousands of units and rarely have a return.
I have purchased most platypds in past and also backed their pro and extreme version but 385 for a ball head is too much 280 like kickstarted was ok.