RAVEN AUTOFOCUS

[steven michelsen]

Hey guys,

Just some advice please, Im trying to figure out the autofocus on the Raven but cannot for the life of me get it to even acknowledge the EF L series glass. Its one of the only benefits of using EF glass and on a gimbal its worth a try without the help of a focus puller & endless budget for Paralinx etc.

Iv gone into the menus countless times and it just cannot seem to work, as soon as I move the toggle over to AUTO from M , it has a slight freak out and lands below 0.28 ( 17-40mm ) any tricks or menu settings ( or even youtube tutorials ) would be amazing !!!

Thanks

Steven

 

[Graeme Meiklejohn]

Hate to have to be the guy but the auto-focus isn't at all useable.

 

[Cody Hurd]

Sad but true, Its contrast detection so it needs to be a super well-lit scene and even then it continuous auto-focus will not be that useful.

 

[Flo Armengaud]

Hi Steven,
I've got the same issue as autofocus could be very useful in some particular cases (I've used it successfully on gimbal mount with the face recognition autofocus on Canon 7D mkII), but impossible to use it with Raven. The solution I have to try soon is Fool Control (hey black friday !) with a focus responsible.
Worst, with the last update on Raven and EF-S 24mm STM with autofocus enabled, the Raven completely block with the only choice to hard reboot.
But if anyone have another idea, I'm more than interrested !

 

[Bernard Walton]

We have had the same issue. It would be great if Red will come up with a fix for this. Is there any word on this?

 

[Alex Lubensky]

Forget about autofocus on Red/Arri/Pana and other big cameras. At least for now. At least for the nearest years to come. Just don't, it won't be made in the nearest future.

 

[Flo Armengaud]

Alex, what a pity. It currently works pretty well with DSLRs with equivalent sensor size and same lenses however.
We'll do without this for some years so !

 

[Joost de jonge]

What I do on a gimbal is using the Foolcontrol app as a wireless focus on my handle. Not as good as a real one but works pretty okay for some quick focus pulls. After some practice you can really nail some good focus.

 

[Daniel S]

Hate to have to be the guy but the auto-focus isn't at all useable.

exactly! in a perfect world RED would get a focus system like Canon's DPAF but i doubt will see that anytime soon but the day will come eventually.

 

[Brandon Pacheco]

yup everytime (all 3 times) i have tried to use it my fans go crazy and the screen freezes up. :cryin:

 

[Flo Armengaud]

yup everytime (all 3 times) i have tried to use it my fans go crazy and the screen freezes up. :cryin:

Brandon, which lens are you using when this behaviour happens ?

 

[David Peterson]

Forget about autofocus on Red/Arri/Pana and other big cameras. At least for now. At least for the nearest years to come. Just don't, it won't be made in the nearest future.

Except the Canon C700?