Follow focus with small lenses?

[nakedcellist]

Hi all, I am using a panasonic GH1, with an adapter for Leica M mount lenses. The lenses I use are rather small, thin lenses, like a Voigtlander Nokton 35/1.4 and a Carl Zeiss sonar 50/1.5. My question is if those lenses are usable using a follow focus system? Would they also be usable with friction follow focus systems like the one from Ikan?

You have my gratitude,


Christian

 

[johnnyk]

Ah, the very question I'm wanting to ask.
I'm in the same boat as you. I purposefully picked up a GH2 and m4/3 adapter so that I could use my Leica glass to shoot video with. I'm in the midst of putting a rig together and am stuck trying to figure out which follow focus will work best with these lenses. I'd rather go with a geared FF over friction, but it's hard to find any information on whether they'll work with Leica M lenses. My 28mm Summicron has a filter thread size of 46mm. That's not very big. My 50mm Noctilux is 60mm. I've even been sniffing around the Voigtlander 12mm to try to get wider with the 4/3 crop if I can. It has a 67mm filter thread size. Those two seem easier, but none of the lenses have particularly long barrels. I would love any advice on follow focus systems for Leica M lenses.

jk

 

[nakedcellist]

I am thinking of just getting a cheap FF system. I also have a Nikon adapter, so if the FF does not work well I might use my Nikon lenses. I will post my experiences if I have the stuff.