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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

New Zacuto FF Z-Drive

So with the Tornado thingy you pull focus by twisting your wrist and then you have to stay in that awkward pose for the remainder of the shot? Would be far more handy if the handle was power and it had a pressure sensitive rocker switch.
 
Ben Scott said:
So with the Tornado thingy you pull focus by twisting your wrist and then you have to stay in that awkward pose for the remainder of the shot? Would be far more handy if the handle was power and it had a pressure sensitive rocker switch.
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No the tornado thing (which is really weird looking) rotates freely so you can ratchet the focus. Interesting idea but yea... REALLY ugly.
 
Ben Scott said:
Hmm, but then surely if you're ratcheting you can't move it back in the same take?
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I THINK that it's not like a real ratchet... you have to use your thumb on the ff wheel to change focus position, the tornado thing just turns freely so you can release the ff wheel and rotate back to a more comfortable position. The video shows basically how that works.
 
David Kuhn said:
I THINK that it's not like a real ratchet... you have to use your thumb on the ff wheel to change focus position, the tornado thing just turns freely so you can release the ff wheel and rotate back to a more comfortable position. The video shows basically how that works.
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Ahh fair enough then.
 
I'd like to try it. Although, I've been experimenting with other ways to operate one man band style and pulling focus on larger sensors.
 
I like REDRocks finger wheel for one man band focus pulling. I have my rig balanced so that I can actually hold it with one hand if need be and still pull focus.
 
Cannot see how this system will work with matte boxes.

LOL @ everyone describing the other focus controller as "Tornado thingy".

Anyway the link to the Cinema5D site with the pics of the HDLSR with all that stuff hanging off it caused me to reflect....are people still doing that with DLSRs ?

P.S. Fully kitted it does look like "the Borg" designed it.
 
Mike Garrick said:
Cannot see how this system will work with matte boxes.

LOL @ everyone describing the other focus controller as "Tornado thingy".

Anyway the link to the Cinema5D site with the pics of the HDLSR with all that stuff hanging off it caused me to reflect....are people still doing that with DLSRs ?

P.S. Fully kitted it does look like "the Borg" designed it.
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Yep, and that's one of the big challenges with the smaller cameras of today, especially ones that aren't really designed with a camera operator in mind. For some things, the small form factor works really well but for other things it makes you long for someone to just put the sensor and I/O into a camera body meant for the job. But, that's why there are options out there, something for everyone.
 
Each brake have opposite direction i presume; when you put the same force on each , it's fixed, more force on one side and you control with precision the rotation.
 
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