#EDELKRONE WING PRO HOW TO#
#EDELKRONE WING PRO MANUAL#
#EDELKRONE WING PRO PORTABLE#

I tried, as suggested in the video, a small ball-head, but found the models I have around presented some problems: being small, the adjustment knobs would collide with the body of the Wing 7, stopping it from moving freely, as intended. Still, it took me some time to choose the right combination of tripod and head to get a stable support for the Wing 7. Remember, though, that the Wing 7, has a weight of 3 lb (1.4 kg), and to that you’ve to add a tripod and head to mount the whole system.Īs I wrote above, following the instructions for mounting the system made it easy to get the Wing 7 ready to work. In that sense the Wing 7 is a unique solution. The advantage of the Wing system for videographers on the move is, then, obvious: instead of having to carry a 40cm slider inside a backpack, one can carry a smaller package that does the same thing, and even doubles as a dolly, without the problems of having to contend with rails appearing in your shot. Suddenly you’ve a 40cm slider or dolly in a package that, closed, has a length of only 6.9 inches (176mm). You really need to mount the accessory on a tripod to see the magic it does. I commented with my son Miguel, while holding the Wing 7 on my hands, and trying to move its different parts, that I could not fully understand how it worked. Having read and watched the instructions, I felt still amazed and somehow puzzled at how the system works.

#EDELKRONE WING PRO MANUAL#

The manual suggests users to watch the video online, which complements the info written on the small leaflet and I advise you to see the video more than once if you’ve any doubts.

#EDELKRONE WING PRO HOW TO#

Unboxing the Wing 7 one discovers the Wing 7 itself, two 1/4”-20 to 3/8”-16 mounting screw adapters and a small user manual that explains how to mount the Wing 7 on a tripod and add a camera. According to edelkrone, the Wing 7 is ideal for DSLR rigs and medium-weight cameras. In the middle sits the Wing 7, presented as your go-to slider, able to carry up to 7 lb (3.2 kg). The new Wing family has the original version, ideal for smaller cameras, now named Wing 3, with the Wing 15, on the other extreme, designed to take heavier cinema cameras. The company replied to user requests, as the first Wing, despite its interesting solution for the slider problem of many users, had limitations in terms of payload it could carry. The promise of “perfect slides, no rails” from the edelkrone Wing presented by ProVideo Coalition last August extended to three sizes, as we reported in October. It is also a fantastic piece of engineering. The wing will be available in September.I received an edelkrone Wing 7 to test a few days ago. The price, says edelkrone, is € 219.99 for Europe, excluding VAT. Then we can discover how smooth that sliding movement is!

Now, if only edelkrone would send one my way to test I can try to fit it into my backpack to, as edelkrone says, take it to places no slider has ever been before.

#EDELKRONE WING PRO PORTABLE#

Not bigger than a smartphone, it really deserves to be considered a benchmark in portable camera sliders. Wing moves with the camera, says edelkrone, so it always stays clear of your frame. With a weight of 1.2lb (0,54kg) and dimensions of 147 x 45 x 86 mm, the Wing offers extreme portability for what it does, also considering that the SliderONE offers only 6 inches or 15cm of camera travel while the Wing goes all the way up to 16 inches or 40 cm, if you need it to. The images presented suggest a smoothness of movement that only a real world test can confirm, but there is no doubt that the idea is interesting and exciting for those having to carry all their gear on their back. What this means is that you get a 16 inches or 40 cm slider out of a small, almost pocketable, accessory, the Wing. Still, if you’re using a light camera and lens, what we’ve here is a device that allows your camera to travel four times the length of the device itself. Quite different, in fact, as the SliderONE accepts up to 20 lb (9.07kg) while the Wing can only take 3.3 lb (1.5kg). The Wing takes even further the idea presented by edelkrone with their SliderONE, although the implementation and the weight it can carry are different. The tradition of edelkrone of creating small accessories and ingenious solutions is, again, present in this new product. The Wing is the world’s most compact solution when it comes to moving a camera like a slider does.

Edelkrone wing pro