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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 :)

$360 Wireless Follow Focus

will that work for RED/PL Lenses? Very interested for sure man
 
Just bought one too!!!!!! Sweet deal man thanks for the heads up got the $359 backer one!!!! Hope they make a belt that works for PL Lenses too!!!!
 
Backed. Would be interesting to put a real gear on it though.
 
Just bummed I won't get it until June/July
 
If they don't make a belt that fits, I am sure you can find one!!!!
 
David W. Jones said:
Sorry, no way I would want a belt driven wireless.
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Can you explain why? Kind of the same as driving with a gear against lens gear, or no? Whats the difference if you have a few different sized belts to work with.

The problem I could see is that if the lens gear travels when pulling focus then it would need a wider belt than whats showed on the demo, but that's quite an easy fix I think.
 
For free flying it should be pretty good. For repeatable marks, it could get dicey as a belt will loosen over time. For the price its hard to beat. I'm not sure if it remaps modern still lenses over a larger circumference though. Reliability and range will be interesting to see. But geez, it's cheaper than a REDMOTE.
 
Bob Gundu said:
For free flying it should be pretty good. For repeatable marks, it could get dicey as a belt will loosen over time. For the price its hard to beat. I'm not sure if it remaps modern still lenses over a larger circumference though. Reliability and range will be interesting to see. But geez, it's cheaper than a REDMOTE.
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Why would it loosen over time? I do not thing it will be a problem our milo has several gears driven with belts, pan tilt, roll for example and they stay the same / are dead on even after years of use.
 
If you really wanted to, it would be easy to convert into a gear driven.
 
Think it will work and like everyone else said its a great back up!!! I am planning to get the Red Rock Micro wireless focus system this year anyways. In my industry its great to have back ups :)
 
Don't forget if the project reaches $250,000 there will be an option to upgrade to FIZ!!
 
Paul Russell said:
I'm not convinced about belts and lenses. I'm pretty sure that a tight belt will put uneven wear on the moving parts of a lens' focus system.
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Thats also happens with a gear for example when you pull focus in one direction and then quickly change direction with the FF most not so good lenses will have a picture shift. Especially rebuilt still glass and especially visible on fixed camera and fast focus pulls...

To me a belt is actually softer on the lens than a gear that only push on one part of the focus gear. So I actually think this consturction is made with poor lenses in mind... not everyone have master primes or red pro primes or summilux C or any the other big sturdy lenses. In a not so far future the more common way of shooting will be using still glass or shit built cine lenses. And with low cost FF's like this with good resolution and the right mapping the short focus swing will not be a problem.


I will see how this one folds out and possibly buy one, but I think there is more just like this in the making out there. Really strange that red did not put out their EF / pro mote all ready. To me that's a much greater concern than reinventing the wheel with the meizler / wireless or proress modules or small SSD etc. Focusing is key. If they would get that to work with a redmote and be able to control 2 lenses and so on they pretty much would have solved the 3D rig issues in one big swoop...
 
Why did Birger never make the wireless focus canon mount for the epic? It's just for the Red One right?
 
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