GROUP BUY: RTMotion Wireless Multi-Channel Follow Focus - Limited Time!

[Christopher Barrett]

I'm just a little worried, Bob, that since you are my Canadian alter-ego... what degree of chaos the time-space continuum will be thrown into if we have different Wireless FF Systems???

 

[Bob Gundu]

I'm just a little worried, Bob, that since you are my Canadian alter-ego... what degree of chaos the time-space continuum will be thrown into if we have different Wireless FF Systems???

I won't hold it against you. You already have a better haircut then me

 

[Paul Rondeau]

Awesome. Already up to 18 on the list.

 

[Kwan Khan]

Nice

 

[Carey Lee Coffey]

Nice

Kwan, are you buying both FF systems?

 

[Kwan Khan]

Kwan, are you buying both FF systems?

Yes

 

[Carey Lee Coffey]

Yes

Cool! Let me know which one you prefer.

 

[A. Clint Litton]

I was just thinking how great it would be if there was a group buy for RT motion...thanks for taking this initiative, Bob!

 

[Roy Rossovich]

Its the steadicam buy all over again! :confused1:

suffering from too many cool options!

damn this thing is compact.

 

[Roy Rossovich]

curiosity, if one were say to do a 2 motor system with the controller with the slider what difference does that little joystick add on make?

 

[Bob Gundu]

curiosity, if one were say to do a 2 motor system with the controller with the slider what difference does that little joystick add on make?

It's an industry standard joystick that helps with precession focusing. You can see the same joystick in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCFjkqwq-Xk&feature=player_embedded

 

[Roy Rossovich]

interesting, thanks bob

 

[constantine Tirintzis]

The precision joystick is for using it for zoom I think. Otherwise its slider or rotary knob. Using the joystick for focus is very difficuly and certainly cant be accurate at all.
the RT system is a very nice system and these guys have done huge steps since day one, Now the system is very proffessional and upgradeable.
Very nice,.

 

[Bob Gundu]

My mistake Constantine. Thanks for the clarification. I did indeed mean to say precision zoom instead of focus.

The precision joystick is for using it for zoom I think. Otherwise its slider or rotary knob. Using the joystick for focus is very difficuly and certainly cant be accurate at all.
the RT system is a very nice system and these guys have done huge steps since day one, Now the system is very proffessional and upgradeable.
Very nice,.

 

[Phil Holland]

The precision joystick is for using it for zoom I think.

This is where I'm pulling my hair out on my purchasing decision. The now Red Element hand controller actually has a smaller wheel for zoom, which I like for precision work.

Too many good options now. To many decisions. Head and bank exploding. I'll make my decision next week. I've always like the RT Motion gear. It's high end stuff and responsive.

 

[Kris Bird]

This is where I'm pulling my hair out on my purchasing decision. The now Red Element hand controller actually has a smaller wheel for zoom, which I like for precision work.

Too many good options now. To many decisions. Head and bank exploding. I'll make my decision next week. I've always like the RT Motion gear. It's high end stuff and responsive.

Hi Phil! The hand units actually have two small side-knobs (A) and (B) which you can attach to any axis, so you could (for example) buy a 2-motor kit and assign one of the side-knobs to Zoom. You'd need to put the Zoom motor into "slow mode" which makes it silky smooth, otherwise your zoom moves will be pretty useless. Hope that makes sense!

Kris

 

[Kris Bird]

The precision joystick is for using it for zoom I think. Otherwise its slider or rotary knob. Using the joystick for focus is very difficuly and certainly cant be accurate at all.
the RT system is a very nice system and these guys have done huge steps since day one, Now the system is very proffessional and upgradeable.
Very nice,.

We have actually had customers use the joystick for precision focusing- because our brushless motors offer extreme smoothness at low speeds, the zoom joystick can be useful for making micro focus adjustments on very long lenses. This is really niche though, constantine is right that generally it's a bad idea for focus. Use the big knob.

Kris

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

20% off is pretty amazing...I'm in!

 

[Roy Rossovich]

I like the fact you can start with the one motor and move on to a three with out replacing anything you've started with. Very nice flexibility considering you never know what you may need down the road...

No extra fee's/taxes apply when shipping it in Europe if using an EU VAT correct Kris?

If that's the case another leg up in my opinion for us European buyers..

Also is the joystick something that can be added on at a later date should it be wanted?

 

[Paul Rondeau]

32 names in just 12 hours. Does that mean we can start placing orders today?