PanTiltZoom Hack 1.1.2 + Redeem Codes

This app works as expected, for what it does it does it great. The only thing I wish could be added is the ability to see which of the 13 scenes was last selected for each of the 8 cameras - that would be incredibly helpful. We already have colored highlighting for each camera (gray for unselected, green for available/selected, and red for unavailable/offline), so why not add some colors for the scenes? Maybe a dark blue so it’s not too dominating visually.

I guess also helpful would be larger directional buttons for the joystick. The 8 directional buttons are pretty thin and I’m often looking at my camera, not the iPad, as I press the buttons. My finger will drift off the thin bars and suddenly I’m no longer moving the camera.

Very simple to set camera presets and use. Have trained a handful of volunteers and everyone of them are so relieved once they use the app once and see how easy it is. Really want to give it 4 1/2 starts, but can’t give that 1/2 star. The only thing I’d like is if the current preset was in a different color or shaded. Some people get flustered when they can’t remember what the current preset selected is.

This app does everything we need it to do in effectively controlling our cameras over IP.

A couple of ideas for upgrading the software:
- make the current selected preset button highlight when its being used. When you’re switching between multiple cameras sometimes you lose track of which preset you were on.
- a button to put the cameras in standby mode. We’re currently having to use VISCA over IP to put them in standby mode, but if there was a way to implement this into the app that would be awesome.
- slow pan and slow zoom commands. It would be cool if there was a pan right/left button that you could hit that would make the camera automatically move slowly in a direction like a tracking shot. The same function with a slow zoom in or out would be great too. Trying to do those tracking sort of shots by hand can look clunky.

My church uses 2 PTZOptics 12X-SDI-Gen2 cameras and this app is a quality alternative to the more expensive options on the market to control these cameras. The app integrates well with our live streaming workflow and allows our camera volunteer to have smooth, steady control of each shot from 2 camera positions. The app developer regularly provides enhancements that have improved our videos and streaming quality, such as configurable PTZ speed controls. As a 16-year church volunteer, I highly recommend this one!

I have been using the beta for several months now and whenever I have an issue, the developers are extremely quick to respond. While many features are only available in the beta, v1 is still robust and is the only thing that can compete with a hardware controller.

App works great, just as intended. If I can make a couple of suggestions.

Since for now, I only have one camera, it would be great to be able to hide all cameras not in use. Sometimes I bump those slots without noticing and I lose control for a while.

2nd is if I could get an NDI preview window for my NDI cams on the iPad app.

This is a decent app. I see that it hasn’t been updated in 2 years and that’s pretty sad to me. The one big feature I would like to see added is a preview of the camera shot in the app. We would like the camera person to be able to see what’s going on and not have to look at a different screen. I give it 3 stars overall.

This app is all I have wanted and more. I have been desiring the abilities this app provides! Simple, user friendly and just what the doctor ordered. Complete satisfaction at a mere $9.99. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

This is a great app for controlling our ptz camera. My only request to improve our would be too allow the presets to display custom text or images to make it easier to identify them.

I've integrated this app into live streaming workflows for several clients. It's a better option than PTZOptics' hardware joysticks — robust, solid, easy to use, intuitive... I couldn't ask for more.