FollowFocus For brevis

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skywalks

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Any suggestions? I've been looking at the cinevate website, all I can find is a focus ring? Do they not carry FF right now? Anyone who uses brevis have any suggestions?
 
I don't think that Cinevate have introduced their FF yet.

I have the Red Rock Micro FF, I am very satisfied with it, it's a great piece of gear.

Dan
 
Yes Dan you are correct. Cinevate has yet to release their follow focus. I recall hearing something about a new gear box. Regardless, I have a Redrockmicro follow focus and have been happy with it thus far. Follow focuses seem to rely a lot on personal preference and feel. I liked Redrock's a lot because of their whip selection. You can see that Dennis has his focus rings already out on the Cinevate site. I guess it's up to your timing. Another thing, any follow focus should work with any 35mm adapter. They focus the lens not the adapter.
 
Oh thanks a ton. Thats answered my next question. I was going to ask if the follow focus are brand specific. Truely appreciate it!
 
The Brevis FF unit is finished. They are prepping it for sale as we speak. Go to the site and email Dennis to get on the list for one.
 
cool. This might be a dumb question, but can you use old SLR lenses with an adapter on the hvx, or does it have to be a new digital lense?
 
in fact, you are better off going with an old one. that is, a lens that has manual control of F-stops. The "new digital lenses" are controlled through the camera and hence a huge pain to change the f-stops for an adapter.

Anyone got a clue how much the brevis FF will be or how it would compare to the M2 FF (which is $645)? For you guys with the M2, how do you like the gears? They seem to be better than most other ones because of how they attach. I had trouble with some that screw down in multiple places because it felt it was scratching the lens and the screws were actually too long. Are the M2 ones easy on the lens and quick to put on?
 
SO I could use a Nikon 50mm f/1.8E from the 70's? This is advised? Or should I spring the 500 bucks for the Nikor 50mm f/1.2 or 1.4?
 
use manual lenses. smaller aperture the better. i say skip the 50mm all together unless you have the bucks to buy several lenses. IMO, the 50 is too short to be interesting and too long to be fun. not that it wont be handy at some point but as your first lens its kind of a yawn!

as a side note, i wouldnt drop $500 on ANY 50mm. it (at least in my work) isnt useful enough to justify that price tag
 
Hey guys, I just got the Redrockmicro FF. and I got to tell you. I really like it. the lens gears are super easy to put on and it works very well. I believe they have gone through either 2 or 3 revisions of their gears and I believe I have the lastest one. I can't see any play in the gears. Its really solid.

And yes the gears are super easy on the lens (no damage) and quick to put on and take off.

Yeah get manual since they usually have a longer travel between infinity and close focusing. with auto you get 1/4 turn or so, with manual you get 1/3 or 1/2 turn. much better in my opinion to have the extra control.

Also, may I recommend the 85mm 1.4 - everytime I review my footage, I say, man that's a nice shot. what lens did I use, and sure enough its the 85.

and maybe the 35mm 1.4 would be good also for a wider shot.
 
I have to disagree about the comment against getting a 50mm lens. I think its definitely the first lens to get then build from there. Advantages are it is "normal", so it is about the angle that we see, there is no distortion, etc. But also that super fast 50mm lenses are way cheaper than fast wide or tele lenses.
That said, I have that same experience where I love every shot I take with my 105mm. But I can't use it for every shot.
 
yo short, this might be a little off topic, but using a folllow focus on any lens,, as the lens does move backwards and forwards slightly depending on the focal length ( more movement the more telephoto we go ) Since one has to use a gear ring that attaches to the 35mm lenses, and it moves forwards and backwards, how do the gears stay locked together wit hthe follow focus?
 
Hey Papa,
If I understand correctly, you are asking how the FF gear stays in alignment with the gear that you put on the lens. This does not seem to be a problem with all lenses by any means. None of my lenses but one move back and forth at all when you focus. The front element moves but the focus ring doesn't move in relation to the base of the lens, and there for in relation to the rest of the rig. But my macro 105mm moves A LOT when focusing and this lens cannot be geared at all. I looked around for a macro of this length that did not do this but I was not able to find one. Racking focus with that lens is a nightmare so I just don't do it close up.
Is this wha you are asking about?
sns
 
I have a few lenses that do move a substantial amount. about 1/4-1/2" and they do well with the Redrock Micro Follow Focus and Rings. the rings are about a 1/2" wide and the follow focus gears about 1/2 as well. so I mount it so that the lens gear sticks out about a 1/8 of an inch on one side, by the time the lens moved the whole 1/4-1/2" its sticking about 1/8" on the other side but it still works perfect.
 
Most SLR lenses have that problem, and as siniarch said, that's why they make either the lens gear, or the FF drive gear extra wide- to cover the distance.

I have a good 50, good 85, and crappy 28. The newer nikon wide zooms are actually much better than the primes for wides. None of the wides are much faster than 2.8. In fact, I read that they filmed big portions of the last Bourne movie with Nikon zooms repackaged by ARRI because they were light, and fast, and sharp.

Take that you Panavision snobs.

-Tomk
 
I have a Zeiss prime set and boy are those lenses beautiful. The main difference between cine lenses and 35mm lenses seems to be whether aperature is a hard stop or a smooth transition. Correct me if I'm wrong. It was only a matter of time before everything started getting cheaper in the world!
 
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