Century Follow focus.
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pookie_old
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Re: Century Follow focus.
You'll be amazed how you managed without a follow focus once you have it...
You'll be amazed how you managed without a follow focus once you have it...
Re: Century Follow focus.
really?
i assume it really only matters if you have a carefully planned scene with marks and someone else pulling focus for you?
i have looked at it and always wonder how it could be worth so much unless you had a camera assistant and maybe if you were also working on a dolley.
i know it costs so much because of the demand/limited quantity they must produce, i just don't know how much use the average dvx user would get but i'd love to know more, maybe i'm missing something?
matthew
really?
i assume it really only matters if you have a carefully planned scene with marks and someone else pulling focus for you?
i have looked at it and always wonder how it could be worth so much unless you had a camera assistant and maybe if you were also working on a dolley.
i know it costs so much because of the demand/limited quantity they must produce, i just don't know how much use the average dvx user would get but i'd love to know more, maybe i'm missing something?
matthew
Mike_Donis
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Re: Century Follow focus.
It also flat out puts it at a nicer, more comfortable spot, you're not contorting your hand as much while racking.
But, for the most part it's really useful because, as was said, you can get a focus puller.
AND,
Last but not least:
It looks really cool
It also flat out puts it at a nicer, more comfortable spot, you're not contorting your hand as much while racking.
But, for the most part it's really useful because, as was said, you can get a focus puller.
AND,
Last but not least:
It looks really cool
pookie_old
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Re: Century Follow focus.
"AND,
Last but not least:
It looks really cool "... maybe you could get yours chromed too Mike....how sad.
Matthew, you could use the FF with a puller, but you'll need a whip, monitor, and someone experienced you trust. A FF puts the focus right in you hand in a much more natural position, allowing for a much smoother camera movement, again, you have to shoot with one to truly understand as it's hard to explain properly.
"AND,
Last but not least:
It looks really cool "... maybe you could get yours chromed too Mike....how sad.
Matthew, you could use the FF with a puller, but you'll need a whip, monitor, and someone experienced you trust. A FF puts the focus right in you hand in a much more natural position, allowing for a much smoother camera movement, again, you have to shoot with one to truly understand as it's hard to explain properly.
Mike_Donis
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Re: Century Follow focus.
[quote author=pookie link=board=Links;num=1096584986;start=0#4 date=09/30/04 at 21:52:49]"AND,
Last but not least:
It looks really cool "... maybe you could get yours chromed too Mike
[/quote]
If I end up buying one, I just might! ;D
[quote author=pookie link=board=Links;num=1096584986;start=0#4 date=09/30/04 at 21:52:49]"AND,
Last but not least:
It looks really cool "... maybe you could get yours chromed too Mike
[/quote]
If I end up buying one, I just might! ;D
Bill__Turner
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Re: Century Follow focus.
In the interest of clarity, for anyone who might be confused, Century manufactures a follow-focus gear with end stops to create a hard stop at infinity and close focus to make it easier to "pull focus" to pre-determined "marks". Century does not manufacture a follow-focus drive, those are the knob/gear train that attach to rods under the lens and mated to the follow-focus gear. The drives are made by Chroziel and others.
Bill Turner
Century Division
Scneider Optics
In the interest of clarity, for anyone who might be confused, Century manufactures a follow-focus gear with end stops to create a hard stop at infinity and close focus to make it easier to "pull focus" to pre-determined "marks". Century does not manufacture a follow-focus drive, those are the knob/gear train that attach to rods under the lens and mated to the follow-focus gear. The drives are made by Chroziel and others.
Bill Turner
Century Division
Scneider Optics
Re: Century Follow focus.
Bill,
Right now I have the Chroziel Follow Focus and I was wondering about the century optics manual focus. My post should have said
"Hey I was wondering if anyone has used that Century Optics Manual focus with the Chroziel Follow Focus? If so any recommendations on it? Is this a "must have" for some one that deals with movie production? thanks. "
thanks!
Bill,
Right now I have the Chroziel Follow Focus and I was wondering about the century optics manual focus. My post should have said
"Hey I was wondering if anyone has used that Century Optics Manual focus with the Chroziel Follow Focus? If so any recommendations on it? Is this a "must have" for some one that deals with movie production? thanks. "
thanks!
G
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Re: Century Follow focus.
If you shoot in the 24P mode you will find that the focus ring just turns indefinately, therefore you have no external reference to where on the focus range you are. The Focus gear has a lock out position which limits the lens focus range from ~2-feet to Infinity with hard limit stops. The White Delrin Focus Scale ring can be used to make your own markings (using a dry erasable marker) making it possible to repeat a move over and over.
I hope this helps.
Robert Orlando
Century Optics
If you shoot in the 24P mode you will find that the focus ring just turns indefinately, therefore you have no external reference to where on the focus range you are. The Focus gear has a lock out position which limits the lens focus range from ~2-feet to Infinity with hard limit stops. The White Delrin Focus Scale ring can be used to make your own markings (using a dry erasable marker) making it possible to repeat a move over and over.
I hope this helps.
Robert Orlando
Century Optics
Re: Century Follow focus.
focus pulling is so easy to make yourself, while shooting, that i very rarely ever needed someone to pull focus for me.
on rehearsal, actors hit the marks, i remember the focus numbers as they're displayed on the LCD/Viewfinder... and that's pretty much the whole story.
if i've already had a tripod and matte box and a nice set of filters and anamorphic and a good microphone and then, even some more spare money to spend (not necessarily in this particular order), i would say why not. to me it just doesn't seem to be a necessary piece.
focus pulling is so easy to make yourself, while shooting, that i very rarely ever needed someone to pull focus for me.
on rehearsal, actors hit the marks, i remember the focus numbers as they're displayed on the LCD/Viewfinder... and that's pretty much the whole story.
if i've already had a tripod and matte box and a nice set of filters and anamorphic and a good microphone and then, even some more spare money to spend (not necessarily in this particular order), i would say why not. to me it just doesn't seem to be a necessary piece.
Re: Century Follow focus.
i guess it all comes down to whether you have "marks" to change focus for.
eventually i'll be doing a more stuff that requires that, but for now i doubt i would use it.
i would like a better focus ring.
when you buy the setup if you already have the focus ring do you get stuck with a second one or is sold in pieces?
matthew
i guess it all comes down to whether you have "marks" to change focus for.
eventually i'll be doing a more stuff that requires that, but for now i doubt i would use it.
i would like a better focus ring.
when you buy the setup if you already have the focus ring do you get stuck with a second one or is sold in pieces?
matthew