Ausdroid Reviews: ShiftCam SnapGrip Creator Kit – It’s not just for iOS users

Taking a photograph in your telephone while it’s straightforward, there are occasions the place equipment like a selfie stick or tripod or bluetooth distant management can doubtlessly assist take footage rather more simply and that’s the place ShiftCam’s Snapgrip can actually assist.

As somebody who’s a serial image taker and share on numerous social media platforms, I do discover equipment will help, so when ShiftCam reached out with a evaluation machine of the SnapGrip creator equipment, I believed why not give it a attempt to see if it could possibly assist make taking footage a lot, rather more simply.

So does the SnapGrip Creator Kits assist make taking footage rather more simply, let’s take a look lets.

What’s within the field

Within the field you get a 20cm USB-A to USB-C twine, the SnapGrip which features a helpful case, SnapPod and Snaplight together with some instruction and guarantee card and a magnetic pad to position in your Android machine for those who don’t have a MagSafe iOS machine. Moreover, for the SnapPod, there may be an included delicate

The design

The ShiftCam SnapGrip creator equipment is made up of three key equipment, which is made out of a mix of aluminum metallic and plastic.

The three equipment embrace the SnapGrip which is an multi functional grip that makes your machine seems like a digital camera from the again, while additionally enabling you to wirelessly cost your machine when related and turned on Bluetooth smart and allows you to rapidly shoot with out making an attempt to get your telephone in the appropriate angle. Moreover it has a non digital camera lens that features a mirror and LEG ring mild which needs to be individually charged by way of a USB Port inbuilt.

The subsequent accent is the SnapPod Which is a magnetic selfie stick and tripod in a single, which is made from each plastic resign and a metallic bar for the selfie stick half, with the primary attachment you set your machine into being magnetic.

The final accent is the SnapLight which I famous beforehand is constructed into the SnapGrip. It type of seems like a Lens on the SnapGrip however it’s a mirror and LED ring mild for when there isn’t sufficient lighting for footage or movies.

Moreover, the SnapGrip can even wi-fi cost your machine, albeit at a slight 5W sluggish charging however for those who’re in a bit if a pickle and your machine wants charging while utilizing the SnapGrip and and out, it’s a worthy and helpful function to have.

All three equipment are made from light-weight plastic, besides as said for the SnapPod which has a metallic bar for its selfie stick. As said the SnapPod and SnapGrip include magnets tio connect to your machine and while this isn’t a lot of an issue for these with an iPhone that has magsafe builtin, for Android customers this may be a problem which is why ShiftCam have included a 3M sticky magnet you’ll be able to place in your machine and there’s a little helpful card which reveals you the perfect place to place it in your machine.

The magnet doesn’t appear to intervene in any respect together with your machine and does enable for the SnapGrip and the SnapPod to connect to your machine securely, which is one thing I used to be grateful for having with an costly Galaxy S22 Extremely. Although for those who do have a case in your machine it could possibly make utilizing the magnet to connect the units a way more perilous.

What’s it good at?

Connecting to my Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely was straightforward for the SnapGrip. You will want to have your Bluetooth settings on and attaching the SnapGrip digital camera module is straightforward due to the included 3M magnet.

I discovered utilizing the machine fairly straightforward going, though it did take some getting used to with out touching the digital camera shutting button on the show.

The SnapGrip does enable for some straightforward use on the go and it actually assist to get the insta excellent second with out worrying in case your hand or fingers get into the best way but additionally permits for a blurred free image expertise.

The SnapPod can be straightforward to make use of and it’s fairly steady. Though the one caveat to this might be the necessity to have the machine on stage floor as if barely off centre I did discover the SnapGrip falling over thanks partially to the burden of my machine greater than the precise accent.

Utilizing the snaplight in low lighting is a good function to be included on the SnapGrip together with the power to have the SnapLight to rotate almost 180 levels to permit for these flawless insta selfies when extra lighting is required.

The SnapLight can even simply be taken off the SnapGrip due to the magnets inbuilt enabling you to then place the SnapPod onto the Snap Grip after which put the SnapLight excessive to make use of it multi functional.

I just like the included mirror on the SnapLight which, in case your taking a selfie pic with out utilizing your entrance show and utilizing the rear cameras that are usually the higher choice than the entrance dealing with digital camera normally, will help make certain your have the perfect image potential making certain its not too off centre or not less than has the particular person otherwise you within the image. It could possibly additionally assist to verify your make-up seems simply as flawless or hair earlier than taking the image.

What’s it not so good at?

The SnapPod has an Achilles heel which primarily pertains to uneven surfaces. While you’ll be able to prolong the legs out to be as almost excellent in its place, given my machine was slightly heavier I discovered that the SnapPod would generally fall over purely as a result of it wasn’t in a fair floor but additionally as a result of weight of my machine.

The snaplight is nice although it may be slightly tough to get the precise excellent lighting with out inflicting over or below publicity.

Moreover, the button that each supplies the 4 ranges of brightness and to show it on or off is on the facet of the snaplight so if you’re utilizing say the SnapPod or SnapGrip, you would want to show your machine round or disconnect the SnapLight after which place it again onto the SnapGrip to have the ability to guarantee your get the appropriate lighting with out nearly and doubtlessly dropping your smartphone.

Moreover, the SnapLight does need to be individually charged by the USB-C port which requires you to carry up the sunshine and barely tilt it to indicate this port. Possibly in any future updates to the product this might be wirelessly charged by the SnapGrip reasonably than needing a seperate charging port or have each wi-fi and a USB-C charging port simply to present an choice for when on the go.

Do you have to think about shopping for one?

I like how ShiftCam have included the 3M magnet sticker for android, as a result of let’s be trustworthy right here, we don’t have MagSafe know-how in Android units, however I can actually see the positives. When you have an iPhone I can see the place this might be a way more flawless expertise, however for me and most of my household, Android is king.

My solely concern is while the equipment as an entire are nice, I did discover myself worrying in regards to the SnapPod would break or lose grip of my telephone if it wasn’t steady and perhaps that is one thing that may be fastened by including some further weight on the bottom one way or the other.

As somebody who makes use of selfie sticks and tripod, I can see myself utilizing these equipment greater than day by day to assist take the perfect pictures potential as I at all times are likely to take method too many footage to verify I’ve the appropriate shot from almost each angle.

One factor to bear in mind is the the ShiftCam SnapGrip creator equipment will solely work with sure Android units which you could find beneath:

Producer	Gadgets
Samsung	Galaxy S22 Extremely, Galaxy S22+, Galaxy S22 Galaxy S21 Extremely, Galaxy S21+, Galaxy S21 Galaxy S20 Extremely, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S20 Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10+, Galaxy S10 Galaxy Note20 Extremely, Galaxy Note20 Galaxy Note10+ ,Galaxy Note10 Galaxy A Collection Galaxy M33 Galaxy XCover 5
Google	Pixel 7 Professional, Pixel 7 Pixel 6a, Pixel 6 Professional, Pixel 6 Pixel 5a, Pixel 5 Pixel 4a, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 4 Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL Pixel, Pixel XL
Huawei	Huawei Mate Collection Huawei P Collection Huawei nova Collection Huawei G Collection Huawei Y Collection
Xiaomi	Xiaomi 12T Professional, Xiaomi 12T, Xiaomi 12 S Extremely, Xiaomi 12 Lite, Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12 Professional, Xiaomi 12X Xiaomi 11T Professional Redmi A1+, Redmi A1 Redmi 10, Redmi 10A, Redmi 10C Redmi Notice 11 Professional+, Redmi Notice 11S, Redmi Notice 11 Professional, Redmi Notice 11 Redmi Notice 10
LG	K22 K31 K92 Stylo 6 Xpression Plus 3 VELVET K30 Aristo 5 Tribute Monarch K51 K8X Concord 4
Sony	Xperia 5 IV Xperia 1 IV Xperia 10 IV Xperia PRO-I Xperia 10 III Lite Xperia 1 III Xperia 5 III Xperia 10 III Xperia Professional Xperia 5 II Xperia 1 II Xperia 10 II Xperia L4 Xperia 5 Xperia 1

The ShiftCam SnapGrip creator equipment might be bought from ShiftCams web site and Amazon globally for $229.95