Tagged with follow - Personal View Talks

Focus Shifter DSLR lever

GravitateMediaGroup — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:55:39 +0000

for $50, I'll probably have to give this a test.

User reviews say "no slip & very easy to install and use"

http://www.adorama.com/ENFSHIFT.html

Gondor FF-01 Follow Focus with A/B Hard Stops

feha — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:50 +0000

I got today my new follow focus, some new brand Gondor ... (eBay) below is short preview video:

As soon as i get some time will make a full review.

The item on ebay: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/261149828054

The price is: $299 USD, but you can try "Make offer" ...

FS: GINI iFocus follow focus

katig — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:20:22 +0000

Gini iFocus for sale. Perfect condition. 200€ (inc. shipping for Europe).

Review: http://www.josephhorvath.com/blog/2012/03/gini-follow-focus/

For Sale : Gini Follow Focus (Reduced Price)

feha — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:35:50 +0000

For sale Gini Follow Focus as New:

Price: 220 euro + (25 euro postage) Ships from Sweden

GH2, 20mm Pancake and follow focus?

rod — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:42:56 +0000

Hello, I use a GH2 and a Edelkrone Pocket Rig. My problem: I need a follow focus I can use with my Pana 20mm, 1,7. Problem: The focus ring of the pancake optic is very close to the camera body. With "normal" solutions the lens gear is blocked by the camara body. Any ideas?

The follow focus should also work with the Pana 7-14 and 14-42, Nikkor: 24 2,8; 35 2.0; 85 2.0; 180 2,8. I guess, with all these lenses there will be no problem - hopefully.

rod

D&B Follow focus

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:33:24 +0000

Looks quite ok. Seems to be all metal with custom gearbox.
Includes lens gears.

Price: $91, includes shipping

http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/811281/211538640-569852250/D-B-black-and-red-DSLR-Follow-focus-for-15mm-rod-support-Universal-DSLR-RIG.html

Mod 0.8 Gear Belt in Bulk?

fosterchen — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:26:41 +0000

Anyone know of a place that sells Module 0.8 gear belts in bulk? Preferably in the US. I could totally use a roll of that for all my lenses and DIY ideas!

Edelkrone FocusPLUS+ Follow Focus

fosterchen — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:21:47 +0000

Edelkrone came out with a new Follow focus for rails that has a thumb dip for on the fly focusing while still holding onto the handles! Looks solid and a real solution for shoulder rig users.

DSLR RIG "Wondlan Sniper 2.0 (Deluxe 3)" for sale!

sir_danish — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:27:45 +0000

I´m selling my 8 months old and almost unused Rig from Wondlan. Location: Austria (Europe)

Included parts:

mattebox (the professional version of Wondlan´s matteboxes) --- follow focus + whip --- sholder pad --- baseplate --- hd monitor (type c) with resulution 1042x600 --- magic handgrip --- upper handle --- aluminum box --- power supply system --- front handles ---

The price here in Europe (including customs and taxes) is about 2000€ for this set. You can google it and convince yourself.

The reason for the sell is a malfunction of the front handles. They are not very stable, meaning you can´t tighten the screws as much as necessary. But this shouldn´t be a big problem, as you can replace them with other handles from the same or a different manufacturer. The rest of the Rig works fine and is absolutely sturdy!

Price: 640€

Best regards, Daniel

Arthurian Brocéliande - Tokina 11-16 Driftwood VY Canis Majoris

richardwouter — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:32:45 +0000

Some footage that I shot on holiday in France with my Panasonic GH2 and Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16 lens. Shot in the Paimpont forest (said to be the Arthurian Brocéliande) and near Mont Saint-Michel. A timelapse at the golden hour before darkness.

Just for fun to play with my new wide lens. No special grading.

Camera : Panasonic GH2 AVC-Intra (Driftwood VY Canis Majoris Day PM) Lens : Tokina AT-X 116 Pro DX AF 11-16mm f2.8 Gear : Sachtler FSB-4 75 CF, Gini Rig Follow Focus, Lilliput field monitor Tools: FCPX

Locations: Paimpont forest, sometimes said to be the Arthurian Brocéliande, is in the French commune of Paimpont, near the city of Rennes in Brittany. As Brocéliande it had a reputation in the Medieval imagination as a place of magic and mystery. It is the setting of a number of adventures in Arthurian legend, notably Chrétien de Troyes's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, and locals[citation needed] claim the tree in which the Lady of the Lake supposedly imprisoned Merlin can still be seen today.

Mont Saint-Michel (Saint Michael's Mount) is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre (just over half a mile) off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The population of the island is 41, as of 2006. The Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay are part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

Selling my Wireless Follow Focus - Hocus Focus

flatliners — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:31:45 +0000

Hi,

im selling some parts of my equipment on german ebay. Maybe someone is interested in a Hocus Focus Remote.

Check it out: http://www.ebay.de/itm/261070184677?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_1413

Cheers, flatlinepirat

Image shift while focusing with FF

krotal — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:15:21 +0000

Hi, Are you guys aware of image shifting while focusing with FF ? It seems like the lens moves because of the torque applied to it, causing the image to move. I got a gini FF, some nikon & yashica lenses, but the problem appears with every lenses... Just to be clear I'm not speaking about "breathing" but some kind of unwanted movement from the lens while focusing. Is there a solution or is it a well-know issue with still lenses ?

Thanks in advance

RJ Follow Focus F3, with hard stops

mk47 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:16:46 +0000

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Follow-Focus-Finder-F3-15mm-Rod-Support-for-DSLR-Camera-with-Gear-Belt-Canon-60D-/160705251583?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256ac788ff

UK seller: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Follow-Focus-Finder-F3-15mm-Rod-Support-for-DSLR-Camera-Canon-60D-600D-5D2-7D-/261032103551?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cc6b9ce7f

Got this today. As you can see its on the cheap (i took it from the UK seller to avoid customs/taxes for the total of 150 eur). I havent really tried any other follow focus systems, but the build quality for this one seems really solid.

SnapFocus Follow Focus System by Midas Mount

fosterchen — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:12:27 +0000

Revolutionary follow focus system:

FS: Redrock Micro Follow Focus v2

strancali — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:31:04 +0000

sold via ebay

USB follow focus and controllers for Canon cameras

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:57:34 +0000

We also offer regularly Cinematics USB follow focus that is identical to Okii.

Extend physical (not focal) length of lens?

shane — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:30:57 +0000

I buckled down and bought the Voigtlander 25mm f.095 and I love it. But now it's time to put a follow focus on it. As anyone who owns this lens will know, the focus ring has old-school ridges that make it tricky to put a focus gear on, but right underneath it is a "smooth" area that I am convinced could be made to turn with my iDC System Zero follow focus (if not by itself, then with a standard office ziptie or something similar).

The problem is, the shape of this device puts the rubber about a millimeter shy of where it needs to be. It's so close, but it doesn't quite touch:

If I could find a way to add even 1/8 of an inch to the lens, I think that it could make contact and possibly work. But my problem is that all adapters tend to do something. I want one that does not do anything. Since it's a manual lens to begin with, I won't be losing any functionality.

Does anyone know of anything like this, or another workaround?

Tripod adapter that automatically follows with pan and tilt

AKED — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:11:00 +0000

Hi,

I have a question.

I have come across a product that is quite fascinating.

You can see it here:

The website

http://www.swivl.com/about/

Some videos with and about it

It is a tripod adapter, that has a sender and a receiver.
Where ever the sender moves, the receiver follows.
Panning and tilting.

So if you do not have a cameraman but move in front of the camera, this is ideal.

The problem is, that it omly works with smartphones, preferably IPhones and light point and shoot cameras up to 6 ounces.

So my question is:
Does anybody know of a similar product, that would work with a GH2 ?

Thanks in advance and happy new year.

Problem follow focus and Optical Panasonic/GH2

joeevento — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:34:19 +0000

Hi all, I did my first work with the GH2 Panasonic Leica 25mm Summilux + but using the follow focus that I had just arrived, and then tested for the first time on the field, I encountered the following problem: focus can not be done with the classic signs of the white disc follow focus because the lens gear, remember that it is mechanical, no correspondence between the movement and the fact the actual increase in focus so I've often found with the adapter ring on the lens all the way up. After checking that follow focus has no mechanical problems I've found that moving quickly or slowly the wheel focusing optics is obtained more or less increase in focus depending on the speed of action and thus rendering useless the same ff if not for an operating comfort. Does anyone have suggestions? thanks

DIY "remote" focus control (accurate, LEGO!)

Matt — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:40:33 +0000

Okay, so this is not a particularly clever invention, but it actually works and is quite useful, which makes it worth sharing. :)

Now, I've had an idea in my head for quite a while now; remotely controlling a DSLR's lens' focus ring using (I don't know the proper word) 'motor mirroring'. Basically using one motor as the "generator", and the other to control the focus. So it happens that I found my LEGO and made my idea! Really pleased with how it turned out, so I thought I'd make a video demonstrating it and to show it to everyone here, as I think it's of interest to the people who browse these forums.

It's pretty useful for me personally, because of my shooting style. If you have LEGO, try and build yourself one. Mine took an hour, but I'm sure if one was to invest more time a better device could be created!

For Sale: Shoot 35 Follow Focus FF - No Reserve

redbaron — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:23:55 +0000

This follow focus is in mint condition. For use with 15mm rails. Used only in the studio. There is no reserve so Bid now and have fun!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shoot-35-Follow-Focus-FF-DSLR-Camera-15mm-Rails-No-Reserve-/260937271932

Best Follow Focus Gear Ring Belts ?

feha — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:04:24 +0000

I bought a new version i-Focus from Gini rigs ...
0.8 standard ...
I wonder what is your experience with gear ring belts ?
Not only for i-focus from "Gini", but in general ...
Which one do you prefer ?

Is there any (chance) USB Follow Focus for Panasonic GH2 cameras ?

feha — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:18:29 +0000

I saw the USB follow focus deal.

Looks great, i wonder is there any of this kind for GH2 ?

GH2 Shoulder Mount Follow Focus rig - Gini + TrusMT

LPowell — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:55:14 +0000

Here are a couple of photos of the shoulder mount follow focus rig I recently assembled, using parts from various sources.

Gini DSLR Pro Pack shoulder mount
http://cgi.ebay.com/DSLR-RIG-PRO-PACK-/260827565577?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cba88ce09

TrusMT DSLR T2 follow focus
http://cgi.ebay.com/DSLR-Follow-focus-T2-Matte-box-Canon-5D-7D-60D-600D-/270786604503?pt=US_Camera_Camcorder_Accessory_Bundles&hash=item3f0c23add7

DSLR "Matte Box" lens hood with flags
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390332331443&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Berkey Systems CHP-2 chest pad
http://www.berkeysystem.com/store/shoulder-pads/chest-pad/

iShoot tripod collar mount for Canon EF 100mm f/2.8
http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-EF-100mm-f-2-8-USM-Macro-Lens-Tripod-Mount-Ring-/260821785675?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cba309c4b

Dot Line Nikon-M4/3 lens mount adapter
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dot-Line-Micro-Four-Thirds-Adapter-Nikon-F-Lenses-/390330740020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae1866d34

Tokina AT-X 235 AF PRO 20-35mm f2.8 zoom lens, Nikon mount
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/20-35mm-f28.htm

16X9 Model HDV7X1 0.7X wide angle convertor, 72mm
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/381965-REG/16x9_Inc_HDV7X1_HDV7X1_0_7_Wide_Angle.html

TrusMT T2 Follow Focus Review

Hunter_H_Richards — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:36:38 +0000

Its been 4 weeks now since I got this thing but ill start from the beginning to make it more interesting:

I was looking for used follow focuses on ebay for dslr use- to my surprise I saw an Arri Mff-1 look-a-like followfocus for sale brand new $399 by "trusmt". $399 sounded way too cheap but after looking at pictures from their website, it felt low enough risk give it a try, keeping a realistic view that if it was only 1/4 as good as the arri I would be happy with it for dslr use (going on $399 vs $1600 for the arri).

It showed up 2 days later in a pretty little box with precision cut foam for holding the goods (wish I still had this to take a photo of the box but I threw it out when we moved a few weeks ago, I was impressed though)

Contents were:

1x Trusmt t2 follow focus http://trusmt.com/proview.asp?id=44

4x Gear rings (4 different sizes)

1x bag of tools and extra screws

1x trusmt catalogue

First reactions:

Visual build test:
I picked it up and looked around the unit for signs of poor manufacturing, I was amazed how well it was made, very solid and couldnt see with my eye anything showing poor work. Colors and anodizing looked nice too.

Gear rings looked good- reminded me of red rock micro (i dont really care much for these but they work and were included "free")

Follow focus feel test:
To make it fair, I have used every mechanical Arri follow focus from ff1 to ff4, including the mff1, the lwff, ect- most chrosziels, as well as most "affordable" ones like redrock/cavision/cinevate- I got spoiled on the arri's and chrosziels for sure.

I spun the trusmt followfocus wheel to see how the gear box felt, It was very well dampened and actually felt good (possibly too well of dampening, but ill get to this later)

"Wow, I cant believe this was $399" I thought

Two handed "play" test:
(no not what your thinking pervert)

I grabbed the handwheel with one hand and with my other hand, i held the drive gear to see how much play there was. it seemed like too much play- then I realzied I needed to tighten the drive gear screw and after that it was only maybe 2mm of play? Didnt take an accurate reading but what ever it was it was very close to the more budget friend followfocuses like redrock for example and much better than the origional redrock follow focus if you ever tried that one. Not to bad for such a cheap follow focus!

Mounting it on the camera:

I placed a gear on my lens and put the followfocus on the rails. It was pretty tight putting it on- maybe the rod spacing distance on the trusmt was slightly too narrow- I tried it on another rail system and it did the same- tiny bit of work to clamp it on to the rails (I was using chrosziel matte aluminum rods, maybe it works better with steel)

It felt pretty good, but I noticed it took a lot of effort to drive the lens with the follow focus- this was probably because the gear box had too much dampaning grease in it as I was using it on a very smooth focusing lens. But it wasnt terrible- Would actually feel perfect on an AF lens as they seem to have near zero dampening or feel to them in the focus ring.

Hard Stops:

This just got in the way for me so I removed the blue disk along with them using the included tools, they just kinda flopped around or if I locked them, wouldnt allow full lens rotation- you may like them on

Alternate opinion:
My friend who mostly produces but shoots some too came and checked out the rig- and after feeling the follow focus said he thought it felt amazing "So much better than my (XXXXXXX more expensive) follow focus I have" (im not going to name names)

4 Weeks later, pros and cons:

Pros:

Looks nice

Really great build for the price, I dont think you can get anything better here at this level

Versatile mounting from the articulating arm

Good "feel" to value ratio (no arri or chrosziel, but for follow focuses under $900- this thing competes well at its price point)

Comes with extra tools/parts

beveled magnetic marking disk

Drive gear can be moved front to back with one screw

Did I mention this is a nice working follow focus for $399!?!

Cons:

Gear Box is too well dampened (not good for cine lenses, but again I dont think its aimed here- its aimed at people using AF lenses)

Hardstops are OK but better to take them off unless you have an extremely short throw AF lens (just remove 2 screws on the handwheel, then 4 screws to remove the blue disk- put the hand wheel back on)

Some play (About 2 mm isnt bad, but I would prefer zero play- but then again who wouldnt!)

A bit heavy

Some torque in the Arm part if you have it up too high, could be beefed up here a bit

Conclusion:

Let me get real- This thing is no Arri MFF-1, its 1/4 of the price- what did you expect? With that said, I do think its more than 1/2 as good the the Arri, which is saying something. Is it going to be my follow focus on my f3? On a red? maybe not, I probably will have to go to Arri for that.

Will trusmt provide good customer support? I dont know

Is every unit made well? I cant tell you

But for $399, I feel I have a great value of a follow focus unit- perfect for any dslr and ideal for any dslr with AF lenses: I.e. The gh2.

If you have a dslr and your looking for something nice looking, well built, that will actually work as a follow focus and you only have $399 and you appreciate taking a bit of risk- I can honestly say this is the best cheapest follow focus ive tried and would recommend it. Hopefully Trusmt will continue to improve on the design and make it even better in the future.

(Disclaimer: I dont know trusmt people so I cant vouch for them, nor have I received any compensation- Im just basing this review and recomendation off of this one follow focus model I bought from them on ebay, do your own dilagence and get other opinions too!)

Some camera porn attached (again, not ideal for an f3, just showing you!):