Still Primes+Zoom's that "Focus the right way"

Jon Furtado

Jon Furtado

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Are there any still primes that focus "the right way" as cinema lenses do? Everyone on here seems to hate on Nikon primes because they focus the opposite way. Do the Zeiss ZF's focus the right way?
 
Zeiss ZF lenses do not focus in the same direction as cinema lenses. The Voigtlander 25mm f/0.95 does focus in the same direction as cinema lenses. Personally, I don't think it's that big of a deal, but I guess I'm used to remembering what type of lens I'm focusing.
 
Does anyone know if the AF100 has a menu setting for focus direction for electronically controlled focus lens'? I know on some fourthirds bodies you could toggle which direction you wished to use for focus. A useful thing if one is used to one versus the other.
 
can someone tell me which way is the right way? I know Nikon are backwards. And I'll have a follow focus that allows me to reverse the gearing. But I need to know, if i wanted to focus on something further away, would I be turning the follow focus counter clockwise? or clockwise? which is the standard for focus pullers?
 
Jon Furtado said:
Whats a good follow focus that you can reverse it's direction?
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The Redrock v2 has a reverse gear you can get, but I didn't like the way the reverse gear works it at all myself. I have a D|Focus for my GH2 and that I just took the gear box off the mount and flipped it over. I also have a Cinevate Durus for my AF100. You can flip that one by taking apart the clamp, flipping the follow focus over, and then reclamping. I find the Durus to be too big overall now though and plan on selling it when the Redrock v3 comes out. I don't know about others beyond what I've owned.
 
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