Well I just received my FocusOne from Edelkrone this morning and I was hoping to do a quick review of it and to use it on a music video shoot this weekend, however, it appears I've received a defective unit. Overall the build quality is very impressive, but the issue I've had with it was that something in the gearbox housing in the focus knob is either loose or completely broken. I'm unable to open the focus knob to have a look see but whatever it is, is rather large and rattles around whenever the knob is turned and when I turn the unit on its side and shake it, I can hear the object rattling around in there. It also affects the gear that turns the focus ring on the lens so it slips pretty badly.
Of course there's no port to use a whip or speed crank but since I pull my own focus, this doesn't really concern me. I have their Modula5 system which I've been impressed with so it was something of a letdown to have waited almost two months for this FF, only to have a defective unit. Since I also use a Manfrotto 392 low profile quick release system, I was concerned that the elevated height of the camera would be too great to use this FF, however it seems to be all right, even with the very narrow 12mm Hyperprime. I did purchase a five pack of their lens gears and had no problem attaching them to the 12mm Hyperprime, although it's a pretty tight fit getting the FF in there since that lens is so skinny.
Edelkrone's customer support has been pretty stellar, even with the delays with this FF, and in all likelihood I'll have to ship this back to Turkey(from Hawaii) and hope they're not completely out until the next batch ship. I did look at other FF systems and have owned RedRock's microFF, and would have considered spending the money on a Zacuto or a Letus FF, but looking at them I don't think they have any height adjustment(if any at all) that could reach from the Modula5 rail system to the lens+Manfrotto QR.
Just curious as to whether anyone else ordered one of these FFs and what their take on it was. They did receive a BlackDiamond award at NAB for their FocusPlus and FocusOne.
Of course there's no port to use a whip or speed crank but since I pull my own focus, this doesn't really concern me. I have their Modula5 system which I've been impressed with so it was something of a letdown to have waited almost two months for this FF, only to have a defective unit. Since I also use a Manfrotto 392 low profile quick release system, I was concerned that the elevated height of the camera would be too great to use this FF, however it seems to be all right, even with the very narrow 12mm Hyperprime. I did purchase a five pack of their lens gears and had no problem attaching them to the 12mm Hyperprime, although it's a pretty tight fit getting the FF in there since that lens is so skinny.
Edelkrone's customer support has been pretty stellar, even with the delays with this FF, and in all likelihood I'll have to ship this back to Turkey(from Hawaii) and hope they're not completely out until the next batch ship. I did look at other FF systems and have owned RedRock's microFF, and would have considered spending the money on a Zacuto or a Letus FF, but looking at them I don't think they have any height adjustment(if any at all) that could reach from the Modula5 rail system to the lens+Manfrotto QR.
Just curious as to whether anyone else ordered one of these FFs and what their take on it was. They did receive a BlackDiamond award at NAB for their FocusPlus and FocusOne.