A shout-out for Redrock's Follow Focus... at DVinfo.net

Peer Landa · September 16th, 2010, 06:33 AM

I just replaced my old crappy follow focus with a nice Redrock Micro unit: microFollowFocus v2 Complete Package

So I thought a good way to test & exercise this ff-unit would be to use it with my most Doffy lens -- an old 85mm f/1.4 Carl Zeiss, and shoot with it wide open. Hence, the Depth of Field is VERY shallow (at one yard this lens has less than 10 millimeters of DOF). And since I'm currently cat-sitting three crazy cats, I tried to capture one of them, "Trouble", and his unpredictable ways -- doesn't get more silly than this:

-- peer

Matthew Capowski · September 18th, 2010, 09:40 AM

Interesting clip. Expensive but nice FF unit.

What program did you use to create the visual effects?

Peer Landa · September 19th, 2010, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Capowski

What program did you use to create the visual effects?

Final Cut Pro and Magic Bullet.

-- peer

Bryan Cantwell · September 30th, 2010, 02:21 PM

Matthew, it's actually quite reasonably priced!!

Check out some of the competition...

Cinevate ($1,195): Cinevate Inc.

Zacuto ($1,350): Z-Focus - Zacuto

For the price of either of those follow focus units, you can actually get the Redrock Follow Focus AND a very nice stabilization rig. :) http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/672558-REG/Redrock_Micro_8_003_0090.html

Now, there is also a budget offering from ikan (http://www.ikancorp.com/productInfo.php?id=232) that could be an option. Only major drawback is it looks like you can't use a whip, so any focus pulling would have to be hands-directly-on the follow focus itself. Which might not be an issue at all, depending on your usage. So there are some options.

Nigel Barker · October 2nd, 2010, 12:13 AM

Any opinions on this budget follow focus? D|Focus - The Affordable Follow Focus - dfocussystem.com Is it any good? I would feel bad if I spent over $1000 when I could have spent $139. I like the idea of a simple mounting plate for $49.99 so that you don't need to use rails D|Mount - Quick Rail-free D|Focus Mount for DSLR Cameras - dfocussystem.com.

Jon Braeley · October 2nd, 2010, 01:00 PM

Nigel the D-Focus works perfectly well - I have mine attached to rails and it has been faultless.

I find it hard to justify the $1200 difference (and much more in some cases) to use anything else. I am not alone in this though, as the D-Focus gets sold out as soon as some are available.

September 16th, 2010, 06:33 AM	#1
Peer Landa Major Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norwegian lost in California Posts: 890	A shout-out for Redrock's Follow Focus... I just replaced my old crappy follow focus with a nice Redrock Micro unit: microFollowFocus v2 Complete Package So I thought a good way to test & exercise this ff-unit would be to use it with my most Doffy lens -- an old 85mm f/1.4 Carl Zeiss, and shoot with it wide open. Hence, the Depth of Field is VERY shallow (at one yard this lens has less than 10 millimeters of DOF). And since I'm currently cat-sitting three crazy cats, I tried to capture one of them, "Trouble", and his unpredictable ways -- doesn't get more silly than this: Cat Sitting "Trouble" -- an Exercise of DOF & Follow Focus on Vimeo -- peer __________________ www.NoPEER.com

September 18th, 2010, 09:40 AM	#2
Matthew Capowski Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 43	Interesting clip. Expensive but nice FF unit. What program did you use to create the visual effects? __________________ http://www.davidbohmsociety.org

September 30th, 2010, 02:21 PM	#4
Bryan Cantwell Major Player Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 277	Matthew, it's actually quite reasonably priced!! Check out some of the competition... Cinevate ($1,195): Cinevate Inc. Zacuto ($1,350): Z-Focus - Zacuto For the price of either of those follow focus units, you can actually get the Redrock Follow Focus AND a very nice stabilization rig. :) http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/672558-REG/Redrock_Micro_8_003_0090.html Now, there is also a budget offering from ikan (http://www.ikancorp.com/productInfo.php?id=232) that could be an option. Only major drawback is it looks like you can't use a whip, so any focus pulling would have to be hands-directly-on the follow focus itself. Which might not be an issue at all, depending on your usage. So there are some options. Last edited by Bryan Cantwell; September 30th, 2010 at 06:40 PM. Reason: added ikan link

October 2nd, 2010, 12:13 AM	#5
Nigel Barker Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Posts: 3,531	Any opinions on this budget follow focus? D\|Focus - The Affordable Follow Focus - dfocussystem.com Is it any good? I would feel bad if I spent over $1000 when I could have spent $139. I like the idea of a simple mounting plate for $49.99 so that you don't need to use rails D\|Mount - Quick Rail-free D\|Focus Mount for DSLR Cameras - dfocussystem.com.

October 2nd, 2010, 01:00 PM	#6
Jon Braeley Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 528	Nigel the D-Focus works perfectly well - I have mine attached to rails and it has been faultless. I find it hard to justify the $1200 difference (and much more in some cases) to use anything else. I am not alone in this though, as the D-Focus gets sold out as soon as some are available.