Edelkrone HeadPLUS & SliderPLUS PRO Long Review – Motorized Everything!

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This is my new production tool, the Edelkrone HeadPLUS and SliderPLUS Pro. This is next level stuff, offering motorised control of pan, tilt and slide. It’s amazing, although my wallet does feel a hell of a lot lighter.

Let me start with explaining the HeadPLUS. This is their second-to-top model, offering full control of both pan and tilt motions, with the option for a laser finder, focus control module, and a camera link cable. This alone makes for a great option for time lapses or as motion controlled camera moves like I normally do, a slow pan left to right, or up and down. Through their app, you can sequence up to 6 keyframes, so you can have it snap a product into frame, then a slow pan side to side, then a fast snap out of frame. All in one go.

Then there is the slider. This is the SliderPLUS PRO Long, the one with the larger rails and heavier carrying capacity. Set it down on a table using the fold out feet and you get 40cm of travel. Or, screw it onto a tripod and… you get 80cm. I know, this is an amazing design. You can also pick up the Slide Module to make it motorised, allowing for precision control of how far it slides, and again you are able to keyframe up to 6 poses for it to move between.

But, when you put it all together… Well it’s just amazing. You can keyframe the tilt, pan and slider motion, and control the speed and the ease in and out. It allows you to get some amazing shots, from tech products to cars. I’m still finding new shots and angles to use with it, although I can think of a few more I could do with the focus control module I might pick up later. Being able to track and object while it slides, or have it slide, pan and tilt from clear off frame to centered is something I could only dream of doing before.

Now their app is pretty simple. You turn them on, then press “Smart Pairing” and it binds them to a group so you can control everything from one screen. You use the dials at the top so pan, tilt and slide it around, then hold a keyframe to keep it set. You can then tap on a keyframe to have it move to it, based on the speed and ease settings at the bottom. If you want to get more fancy with it, hit the sequencer setting once you’ve set your keyframes, then have it cycle or loop through your set positions.

If you’d rather use a physical controller rather than an app, well you can pick that up separately too. This lets you control everything, up to 3 keyframes, through the same paired group. It’s a tad clunky to navigate so I find myself using the app most of the time, but for a quick move or slight adjustments that are harder to do on a touchscreen, this is nice to have around.

It’s not all perfect though. The app is pretty janky at times. If you turn off your screen or switch apps it will unpair and you’ll have to press ‘smart pairing’ again, wait for it to connect, then get back to work. If you want to pair the controller, you need to make sure nothing is moving as otherwise it won’t connect. If you’ve already made a paired group through the app, when you go to connect on the controller it will only pick the first device to show you so you don’t know it’s a group until you connect, then press the center button to switch devices.

The app does offer a timer when you press a keyframe so you know how long it’ll take, but it only shows up when you start it moving. I’d love to see that available before pressing so I’d know what speed to set for a given camera move. It would also be great to see an option to expand either dial for precision control, although with the headplus you can just physically move it in place and keyframe it there.

A note on the battery life, when in use it’s exceptional. I was able to record over two weeks without even considering charging and since I got the NP-F battery mount I can get multiple sets of batteries relatively cheap. One note though, while the Slide Module has a power button that lets you turn it off, the HeadPlus doesn’t. If you leave the DC in lead connected it’ll drain the batteries fully in a single night. My current habit is to unplug both when I’m finished filming then plug them back in when I start again.

All in, it will set you back a pretty penny. Before import taxes – thanks brexit – all of this comes to a hair under £2,500. As far as camera equipment goes, it’s hardly insane as a solid tripod and fluid head can easily be a thousand or two, so having everything motorised, well that’s just gravy. It’s obviously not cheap though, but as a production tool – and a business expense – if like me you film literally every day it’s a great bit of kit that will pay for itself soon enough.

I should note, literally a week after I bought my kit, Edelkrone launched the V2 version of the HeadPLUS – it’s not all that much different, but if you go to buy one today, that’s what you’ll get. They do also offer some cool bits you can get too, like their motorised jib, so instead of the slider you use the jib and can get great crane shots – I’ll pick that up at some point too for better variety of shots available.

Overall, I’m really happy with my purchase. I think it’ll bring a new level of production quality to the channel and let me do some really cool projects and videos I wouldn’t otherwise be able to.