NEEWER X16テレプロンプター

My wife and I have a YouTube channel for which we create content both on location and at home. When we're filming videos at home where we're "talking to the camera," we've had to wing it or talk from our notes. This teleprompter has enabled us to take our game to the next level. The teleprompter is attached to a tripod (which you supply) it attaches with a Manfrotto quick release plate (501PL). The teleprompter itself includes a glass screen at a 45 degree angle, and a place to put a tablet (iPad or Android) that runs a free app that Neewer provides that provides the text image that is bounced through to the person doing the presentation. On the other side of the 45 degree glass is another camera mount (also Manfrotto quick release) where you mount your camera to capture an image through the glass. The presenter is looking through the text to the camera. The physics of the setup require that you use a wide angle lens. The camera mount and the lens hood/teleprompter are both adjustable so that there is no vignetting in your image. (More difficult to describe than it is to actually set up). On the side of the box that constitutes the teleprompter there are cold shoes left and right that allow you to attach accessories like microphones or video lights. Though I imagine most users wil use a larger COB light with a diffuser. The text that is being projected from the table onto the glass screen and bounced to the presenter can be controller with a small remote controller that works with Neewer's app to control scrolling speed and can even cycle through different pages, as well as stop and start the presentation. All in all, after you set it up, it works well. It comes in a metal "flight case" that minimizes the amount of assembly/disassembly that needs to be done between uses which is much appreciated. We're still tweaking our set up, and I will update my review after we've used it extensively. Since we do so much recording in our home studio, I imagine that we will leave it set up permanently, but we'll see. Recommended.