Pictar Mark II -SmartPhone Camera Grip for iPhone and Android

Fa il suo dovere bene, un po’ scarsa la plastica usata.

The physical product is fabulous, the look and feel of the ‘sleeve’ is very professional and strong. The only problem is the item must be used with its own App- this needs much more work.It’s not very responsive and crashes all the time. Unless this gets some major updates and bug fixes, I’m afraid to say that you’d be better off using the phones’ camera alone

As a photographer, I am used to carrying around a pocket point & shoot camera.However, my iPhone 11 takes better pictures than my Sony RX100; except for the zoom lens.Finding a case to mimic a camera, was very difficult; unlike the Camera Grip case for my Nokia 1040.At first, I tried the Adonit Photogrip but it felt very awkward in my hands and the Bluetooth Shutter button kept sliding out of the holder.I was going to buy the Adonit Photogrip Qi; looks more stable and has a 35000mAh battery to boot.However, I saw the Pictar Smartgrip and I was enchanted.It had the lines and color of my favorite Rangefinder.When I received it, I was taken aback that it is all plastic; feeling very chintzy.I decided to try it out before condemning it as third-rate.Now we arrive at my frustration...This device requires a "battery"Which battery, who knows?!The manual just says it needs a battery to function, no indication of 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 battery is needed.I run out to my nearest Photomat (aka Walmart) and I see two batteries that could fit, I buy them both; A23 & N size batteries.The A23 barely fits, it's very tight but they're is a small red switch in the battery compartment that needs to be depressed, in order to turn on; this battery is way too skinny.The N battery is wide enough, however, the spring at the bottom will not compress enough for the battery to fit.I consider trimming the spring but what if this is the wrong battery too??I look in YouTube to see about cutting a AA battery in half but that would end in disaster!!So... I am left with a device I cannot use.Teaches me not to read reviews before buying...

Ich habe den Artikel zurückgeschickt. Die Verbindung zwischen Smartphone und Miggo Pictar über die entsprechende App bricht immer wieder zusammen.

The software for this device needs a lot of work; you never seems to get the same results for the same actions. The zoom dial has such a lag in its action that you think its not working so you end up over zooming when it finally kicks in, the mode dial will sometimes skip and move ahead two modes instead of one, sometimes nothing works at all and you have to pull the phone out and operate it like everyone else, in some modes the zoom doesn't work at all, in some modes you can't get shots in raw format. I could go on for several more paragraphs, but I think you get the picture. The only reliable mode is auto and then the only function of the pictar is a fancy and expensive holder with a dedicated zoom and shoot button, which is pretty much how the phone works without pictar. The device is just cheap plastic or chromed plastic. It is now sitting in a drawer and will probably sit there until I get over the remorse of wasted money and throw it into the trash and de-cluttering my life. I waited too long to give this thing a good workout and its too late to return, so benefit from my experience and save your money.