JOBY Motion

Alright, maybe I’m way too late to this party, but I just bought the Joby Swing, so I’d expect it to be at least somewhat current in updates?… So issues are: makes too much noise for on camera microphone. Too bad. Not a deal breaker. Forcing the phone to record in their own app? If you expect a videographer to abandon the video app they use on their phone, you’ve GOT to make your video app a lot better than bottom line basic. Better option: DON’T improve the camera aspect of your app, but allow us to activate the swing and leave the app without recording IN the app. Even better: one press turns the swing on, a second press activates it to run the full distance, at a user defined default speed. There. Now we’re using the item we bought, instead of struggling with the app you’ve put in our way. My requests: one touch presets: (it’s annoying to hold down the direction button until the swing travels all the way across its distance, to mark the start point, then hold down the other direction button while the swing travels all the way across its distance to mark the end point. Geez. I’m setting up quick. Let me save a few distance+speed presets, so I can just start shooting. Don’t make me use your app for recording. Allow a one touch physical button to fire up a quick start default speed+distance. Thanks guys. Hope you’re still in the office!

The JOBY Motion app will not work with the Joby spin device because every time I try to update the software in order to open the interface, it failed. I must’ve tried a dozen times over two days and I got nothing but failed to update. Junk!

I feel like this app could be 5/5 if Joby would just do an real update that allows the users to lock their white balance and hard select what lens was being used. Until that happens this product is falling WAY short of what they promise to mobile creators.