Gear adapter for EX1 for pulling focus

[myCharlie]

What are some of good gear adapter for the Sony PMW-EX1 camera? I'm looking into pulling focus on this camera but I believed I need gear adapter for me to be able to pull focus on this camera. Any suggestion is appreciated.

 

[Kholi]

Depends on your budget. My first thought, without question, is REDROCK.

 

[socbret]

I'm using the Redrock Follow Focus, I highly recommend it.

 

[myCharlie]

I just need the gear ring that goes over the EX1 focus ring...nothing fancy.

 

[myCharlie]

So any suggestion? I just need the gear adapter that goes around the EX1's focus ring so that I can use my IndiFocus follow focus on. I remember seeing a site that has a bunch of those ring gears that are compatible with the EX1 camera but I don't remember exactly which site it is now.

 

[moldcad]

See here:

http://www.cavision.com/follow_focusing.htm

 

[myCharlie]

Thanks, moldcad, but I just checked and Cavision don't have a focus ring for EX1 camera.

 

[myCharlie]

So any other suggestions?

 

[Jeff C]

http://www.cavision.com/followfocus/gearring.htm

Doesn't have an in depth description of how, and how well it attaches. But, I doubt Cavision would specifically say it works on an EX1 with out qualifying that.

Have you done a google search for "ex1 focus ring" yet?

 

[Daniel Boswell]

I'm using the Redrock Follow Focus, I highly recommend it.

They are shipping?

 

[philip bloom]

my god that rig looks uncomfortable!! The Cavision shoulder support has no padding so I had to stop using it, the monitor must be about a millimetre from your eyes and rather front heavy? I finally got a decent handheld rig but ended up with zacuto as it was the only one that really worked.

 

[Kenn Christenson]

Someone throw some dirt on that "Tommy," he's WAY too clean!

 

[Erik Olson]

For whatever reason, Sony put geared rings on iris, zoom... but not focus. What is the barrel diameter? Cavision has different diameter focus rings depending on your application. With a thread size of 77mm (what the?!), you would think that it would be about 80 - 82mm on the barrel. Course, I have the calipers, but no EX1.

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[philip bloom]

Someone throw some dirt on that "Tommy," he's WAY too clean!

ah! he's just had a nice bath with some relaxing oil and candles.

 

[JConnors]

For whatever reason, Sony put geared rings on iris, zoom... but not focus. What is the barrel diameter? Cavision has different diameter focus rings depending on your application. With a thread size of 77mm (what the?!), you would think that it would be about 80 - 82mm on the barrel. Course, I have the calipers, but no EX1.

We hadn't been able to test with the EX1 so we weren't sure what gear ring would fit. Last week I was able to get my hands on the EX1 to do some testing, we do have a focus gear ring available for it, the focus gear ring that fits over the barrel is the RFGR-95.