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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 :)

Follow Focus from Cine City

you can get rid os some of the play by tightening the focus knobs. It reduced the play incredibly...still isn't a replacement for an ff4. On a budget though, with a little work, its fine.
 
maybe im just spoiled with real tools... but honestly..
the indian chroszeil knock off might be great for students on a 10 dollar budget..
but dont expect much.. I cringe at the thought of it.
 
Zakaree Sandberg said:
maybe im just spoiled with real tools... but honestly..
the indian chroszeil knock off might be great for students on a 10 dollar budget..
but dont expect much.. I cringe at the thought of it.
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Agreed, as someone who has owned everything from Redrock to Cinevate
to every other bargain FF... they all work fine for about an hour
then get loose as hell...

The ONLY one I would recommend ($1000 range) is Petroff or Zacuto (petroff makes the latter but Zacuto modded it) but I havent owned them for years

Arri FF lasts forever... and is why it costs more. in my humble O

Most of these knock offs are JANK.
 
I got an MFF-1 recently. Observations:

Arri quality build. Very little "slop" in the mechanism.
Very light weight.
Single sided operation only.
Slides onto 19mm rods, does not "snap" on.
I got mine for hand held work primarily and the main problem I have had is that it can interfere with clamp-on style matteboxes. Since the focus gear is not on an "arm", the mechanism closest to the lens is thicker and on some focal lengths (I'm talking super speeds here) leaves precious little room for a clamp-on mattebox.

A nice device, but probably will not fulfill all your FF needs in a professional environment. I'll be getting another Arri for studio mode.
 
Thanks for that. I was wondering if it was something that could get me through, but the fact that the gear doesn't stick out much from the main body had me a little worried.
 
Buying an FF4 hurt quite a bit when I pulled the trigger but I have not looked back since. It really is the best FF out there, even in hand held mode using the Long valley lightweight rods the FF4 just slides right on. It's the industry standard for a reason.
 
Satazius said:
I got an MFF-1 recently. Observations:

Arri quality build. Very little "slop" in the mechanism.
Very light weight.
Single sided operation only.
Slides onto 19mm rods, does not "snap" on.
I got mine for hand held work primarily and the main problem I have had is that it can interfere with clamp-on style matteboxes. Since the focus gear is not on an "arm", the mechanism closest to the lens is thicker and on some focal lengths (I'm talking super speeds here) leaves precious little room for a clamp-on mattebox.

A nice device, but probably will not fulfill all your FF needs in a professional environment. I'll be getting another Arri for studio mode.
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Thanks Satazius
Happy to hear it's solid and lightweight.
What is interesting that you can reverse the gear and adapt it to work with Photo lenses.
What do you mean by saying it slides on the 19mm...; I was convinced it's 15mm only and you need an adapter for the 19mm.
I guess I could always rent the big brother for bigger jobs:)
 
I agree FF4 is by far the best follow focus I have used. On real shoots there isn't a reason to pay for the rental, but for lens tests, lower budget shoots, etc... Its nice to have a cheap FF to just be able to throw in your case.

Just my opinion...

(r)yan
 
I'm afraid Zak is right. Saw the Cine FF today and it's rubbish.
It was very slightly used and because of the crap clamp design which provided pressure in the centre and not near the rods, the rods slipped.

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Play in the gear as well...don't touch!
Dave
 
Forgive me if this is stupid question, is there a way to use the arri ff4 remotely, like the setup from viewfactor?
 
Has anyone figured up what duty and other fees would be if ordering from the UK dealer? Im curious what theyll go for out the door.
 
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