FOLLOW FOCUS ON A BUDGET - SUGGESTIONS PLEASE?

[Junior]

FOLLOW FOCUS ON A BUDGET - SUGGESTIONS PLEASE?

[Bold]

What's your budget?  What's your camera/Lens/Rig setup?  What are you shooting, narrative, documentary, etc?  Provide more info and you will get suggestions that better match your needs.

Cheers,

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[Junior]

My criterias are:

Budget between 100$ and 300$. It's to use on a Rectilux (I already have a Focus Gear from Helicopter Sean), and a GH4 rigged on Letus Talons K1 Shoulder Mount. It's narrative.

Thanks.

[Bold]

I didn't know that the theme of a video would help to find a FF…

It doesn't necessarily, but i if you're doing something staged like narrative, size & form factor might not be as big a deal as if you were shooting something where the camera rig had to be more light & nimble, like a documentary or event coverage.

I use an el cheapo Fotga DP3000 follow focus.  There are better products out there, but it is small, reasonably sturdy and fit my budget,

Cheers,

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[Junior]

Alright, thanks Boldy!

I think it would be more "on the shoulder fiction", dialogs but with a "run & gun" docu style.

I was lookings at RJ, Fotga, and Camtree. (D/Focus too but it's already more expensive…)

I don't know if somebody already tried those different FF: which one would have less play?

I'm looking for hard stops solutions if possible at this price.

Thanks!

[Teemu]

Fotga DP 500 II S. One of the best CHEAP FF units I have used. And have heard from many places that "if you are in need of cheap one, buy Fotga".

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6euUeiVXA

 

[Junior]

I think it's the one!

Thanks Teemu, thanks Bold!

[RuslanQ]

You mean follow focus to use with both lenses? 

[rook]

Good topic. Been looking myself. I have using the Focus Module and my cheap FF is too weak to spin that giant ass lens. 

The Fotga DP500s looks like the best budget FF, but I came came across the Lensse FF. A hundred bucks more but looks nice. Here: http://www.lensse.com/lensse-s5-dual-follow-focus/

Don't know anyone who has tried this one. Would like to see some reviews or hear feed back.

[Junior]

You mean follow focus to use with both lenses? 

No, FF to use on a single focus adapter (Rectilux here, or others.)

[Leepatterson]

I'm selling my focusone from edlekrone if that would fit your bill. pm me:)

[funkyou86]

Anybody have experience/opinion on this follow focus? Looks like a rebranded filmcity or some other indian manufacturer, I'm just not sure about the quality:

http://www.movofilms.be/movofims-v2-dslr-follow-focus.html

 

[Policar]

On September 14, 2015 at 0:16 PM, Teemu said:

Fotga DP 500 II S. One of the best CHEAP FF units I have used. And have heard from many places that "if you are in need of cheap one, buy Fotga".

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6euUeiVXA

 

Surprisingly good, yeah. Not the best build quality, won't last, but while it does it's surprisingly good.

[funkyou86]

9 hours ago, Policar said:

Surprisingly good, yeah. Not the best build quality, won't last, but while it does it's surprisingly good.

Thanks for your reply! Have you tried it or what experience do you have with it? 

It's the same price range as a FOTGA DP3000 so I'm not sure with which one should I go. Your opinions are now very welcome! Thank you!

[Phil A]

Get the DP500 line, the DP3000 has more plastic parts as I've read on the Blackmagic forum.

[Policar]

13 hours ago, funkyou86 said:

Thanks for your reply! Have you tried it or what experience do you have with it? 

It's the same price range as a FOTGA DP3000 so I'm not sure with which one should I go. Your opinions are now very welcome! Thank you!

I've only tried the Fotga DP 500 II S. It seemed to work similarly well to high end compact units (Arri and O'Connor) for most lenses, very little backlash and and no play. But it fell apart a bit over time. For the price I think it's about as good as you'll get. I haven't tried the cheaper one. I recently switched to the DJI Wireless Focus, so haven't used anything too new.