Robert Hart
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I am not familiar enough with the RED camera family to know how the focus assist is set up. However, if it is similar to the SI2K with a small magnifying window within the image frame, then the following may be of some use, likely a trick already devised by RED users.
USING FOCUS WINDOW AS A SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWFINDER FOR SMOOTHER PAN-TILT FOLLOWS.
For smoother followings of a subject like an aircraft or bird in flight and which is not tightly framed, a smoother follow may be achieved by selecting the larger of the two focus assist frames and depending on which direction your subject may predominently travel, tap the window closer to one side of the image frame to leave "nose room" in front of the subject.
Because your subject will be fairly tightly enclosed within the focus assist frame and digitally magnified, movement of the subject within this frame will be magnified. Your moves to keep the subject within this frame will therefore be finer and smoother than if you attempt the follows using the wider view of the image frame.
This is a variation on a method using two cameras, one for sighting, the other for wider view.
USING FOCUS WINDOW AS A SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWFINDER FOR SMOOTHER PAN-TILT FOLLOWS.
For smoother followings of a subject like an aircraft or bird in flight and which is not tightly framed, a smoother follow may be achieved by selecting the larger of the two focus assist frames and depending on which direction your subject may predominently travel, tap the window closer to one side of the image frame to leave "nose room" in front of the subject.
Because your subject will be fairly tightly enclosed within the focus assist frame and digitally magnified, movement of the subject within this frame will be magnified. Your moves to keep the subject within this frame will therefore be finer and smoother than if you attempt the follows using the wider view of the image frame.
This is a variation on a method using two cameras, one for sighting, the other for wider view.