The Varavon Timeroid has been a highly anticipated time lapse remote controller to be paired up with their existing Motorized Slider systems including Varavon’s OliviaTech Motorroid. For those of you who already have a motorized slider like the Varavon OliviaTech Motorroid, Varavon now has an option for you to be able to remote-in and control [...]

Konova shows us three brand new products they have in store for the photo and video market for 2013; their Slider Jib, Smart Head and Pan Tilt Controller. With the demand for dynamic camera movement growing, motor control was a predominant theme at NAB 2013. In the video below we get an in-depth look at [...]

Preston from Kessler takes us on a tour of the Kessler CineDrive and gives me insight on all of the capabilities that come along with a motion control machine that offers robust features, practically endless configurations and relatively competitive price point for the modular package. The Kessler CineDrive is a revolutionary multi-axis camera motion control [...]

Varavon seems to be coming out with some really cool tools for videographers and filmakers recently and the addition of the Motorized Slider Kit Motoroid to their affordable product catalog is just another one of those examples. Sliders feel incomplete nowadays without the ability to attach an optional motor for time lapse and stop motion [...]

The Konova Motorized Motion Controller for Timelapse and Motion Control is a very inexpensive option for Motorized Motion Control Timelapse. In the video below I show you what this product is, how it works and how to put it all together- it’s so simple! Konova offers different kits with varying motors. You can really pick [...]

OTech reader and Facebook friend, Tony Andrea with EastEndProductions, shared his field test with the Konova Smart Motion Controller Bundle (found here on Amazon). Using the Canon 60D and various lenses, Tony was able to capture beautiful footage with this affordable and easy to operate Konova Motion Controller System. What you get with your Konova [...]

At NAB 2012 this year, Mark detailed for us what Konova had in store for their customers in need of motorized time lapse kits. Coupled with their already popular sliders, the Time Lapse Controller Kits are an inexpensive way to capture time lapse in motion or stop motion videos. The video above shows a quick [...]

I wanted to do a quick time lapse test trying out different frame rates at a slow shutter speed. I knew I wanted to capture an iconic San Francisco bridge at night but wasn’t quite sure how everything was going to pan out. I coaxed my friend Livia into driving me onto Treasure Island to [...]

I posted a how to blog on time lapse a few months back and gave a few small video samples with my Pixel Timer Remote. Yesterday a reader, Brian, asked me about a less expensive version that can be used with Canon 5D Mk II. After some searching and reviewing, I believe this is a [...]

I do love my Pixel timer remote. Time lapse just never gets old and it’s a great way to get a little creative with your videos. In some cases though I’ve found that I really need a wireless option when I want to fire my camera. These wireless remotes are used for shutter control, but [...]