SHOULDER MOUNT SYSTEM TO PULL FOCUS DIRECTLY ON LENS!

[Guillaume Tremblay]

I'm from the 5D customer. I bought the red epic and it seems to me impossible to find a shoulder mount rig that you can EASILY PULL focus directly on the lens. The gunner seems quite hard to it. You have to pull it on the top...weird. With the clutch or the recoil (zacuto) you have the grip for your two hand and the viewfinder is on the way to do the focus properly...

Do you guys know a rig that would help me do that. I previously bought the GORILLA KIT from zacuto and I absolutely loved it with my 5D. But with the red epic, it's just impossible to do it.

Regards,

Guillaume

 

[Arseni Tomkevich]

Welcome to the real world

I haven't seen anything out there that does the job

I can't stand footage that lacks focus so we had to invest in a wireless focus puller by ARRI and wireless HD transmitter along with a large monitor. I make sure the focus puller is sitting down focusing on the focus )

At this point, we manufactured our own rig, which you can use to focus the camera manually and you only need one hand to maneuver the camera so you can attach a wireless (or not) focus puller onto the rig. It does the job.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300674131076

 

[Edward Blythe]

With the Clutch I swing the right handle out so it rests against my wrist, which frees up my hand for the focus knob. Not ideal but works.

Rig needs to be balanced correctly - I hang the batteries off the diagonally mounted rails on the back of the pad to compensate for the RPPs.

 

[Adam C Lubkin]

I've designed a shoulder rig system that works perfectly for that. I'll have more details by NAB. Guillaume, I'll actually be in Montreal in two weeks, so might be able to give you a preview.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

I pieced together parts from Cinevate to create my own custom rig...works well. I will try and post images tomorrow. It's perfectly balanced, but the total rig is heavy, yet very comfortable.

 

[Guillaume Tremblay]

Thanks guys, it's so much appreciated. Post you rig!

Here is the rig I LOVE to use when I'm using my 5D

 

[Chris McKechnie]

Here's a quick and dirty shot I had on my phone. It sits on 45cm 15mm carbon fiber rails, so all components can slide back and forth so it's really customizable. You can see here I have a follow focus, but you can remove that and slide the camera back a bit.

I will take more detailed shots and post tomorrow and explain all the parts in detail.

 

[Loren Simons]

Guillaume,

Using any of our shoulder mount systems you can rotate the grip so that your palm can rest on the grip itself and your fingers can focus via our micrFollowFocus. Take a look at the configuration here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/redrockmicro/6101385055/in/photostream/

I've done this with systems from small DSLRs to the F3. Might be what you're looking for.

 

[Demetri Zuev]

Zacuto is about to announce a system that will mount on one of the rig's grips and will allow to pull focus from there on Epic and Scarlet.

Just wait for NAB, I don't think it's logical to invest in anything before it anyway

 

[Guillaume Tremblay]

Zacuto is about to announce a system that will mount on one of the rig's grips and will allow to pull focus from there on Epic and Scarlet.

Just wait for NAB, I don't think it's logical to invest in anything before it anyway

Is that it?

 

[Adam Levins]

I think the stinger is the one I am going to do for: http://store.zacuto.com/Stinger-for-SE.html

But I will just buy the Zacuto C300 baseplate and Epic risser and Zwiss plate. I will build the rest out with kit I already have. I am just waiting as I am slightly conflicted about going down the dovetail route, in that case it would be Wooden Camera of Allstar, too many options!

 

[Adam C Lubkin]

I wouldn't overanalyze it or make any investment until NAB, which is only a month away. If you get anything now you'll most likely regret it.

 

[SeanBrown]

Last year NAB REDROCK had a focus nob for your finger on a DSLR rig and was motorized to pull focus.. Where is that?

 

[Jay Kim]

Here is my shoulder mount system put together with Oconnor Universal Base Plate and some parts from Cavision shoulder mount system.

 

[Demetri Zuev]

Is that it?

Guillaume, that is just the "Recoil" rig, the planned focus add-on called "Tornado" is not in store yet and there are no pictures of it around at the moment. I expect them to show it at NAB.

You can see Steve and Jens talk about it in this video.

 

[Loren Simons]

Last year NAB REDROCK had a focus nob for your finger on a DSLR rig and was motorized to pull focus.. Where is that?

Sean,

That is our microRemote fingerWheel system. The microRemote system still exists and you can take a look at it's status on its preview page. That would be an excellent solution for Guillaume, however it's still in development.

 

[John Galeano]

Sean,

That is our microRemote fingerWheel system. The microRemote system still exists and you can take a look at it's status on its preview page. That would be an excellent solution for Guillaume, however it's still in development.

Any news aprox.. when these will be available?

 

[SeanBrown]

It worked great. I think its ready for production.

 

[Tonaci Tran]

I'm from the 5D customer. I bought the red epic and it seems to me impossible to find a shoulder mount rig that you can EASILY PULL focus directly on the lens. The gunner seems quite hard to it. You have to pull it on the top...weird. With the clutch or the recoil (zacuto) you have the grip for your two hand and the viewfinder is on the way to do the focus properly...

Do you guys know a rig that would help me do that. I previously bought the GORILLA KIT from zacuto and I absolutely loved it with my 5D. But with the red epic, it's just impossible to do it.

Regards,

Guillaume

You can't really tell from just this one pic, but I can adjust everything to make it so that I have easy access to focus ring with left hand.

I'll post better photos later this week.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

You can't really tell from just this one pic, but I can adjust everything to make it so that I have easy access to focus ring with left hand.

I'll post better photos later this week.

How's the front-heaviness of that rig? It doesn't look like you have any counterbalance.