Cine Zoom Servo users?

[Barry L Hogue]

Love the SFF of the Komodo and have been using it as our primary b-roll rig. Looking to mount a servo controlled lens for run and gun ENG style shooting and wondering what anyone is using. We have tried a Canon Cine-Servo 17-120mm (EF Mount) but looking for other options that others may have used.

 

[Alex Lubensky]

There's not so many cine-servo lenses out there. Most of cine-zooms are rated as variable fix lens or a true cine-zoom lens. While a servo lens is really comfortable to use for occasional sports/event stuff, for music videos I find FIZ motorized zooms much more comfortable - you can adjust the motor to a handle wheel and do some really funky stuff with wheel, especially when handheld. Also it's much faster and intuitive to use a handle wheel for variable fix purposes.

I'm using RPZ 18-85 T 2.9 constantly, and have used Fujinon 19-90 T2.9 Cabrio. Fujinon has optional servo version, and is remarkably good for the price.