Well, I was testing the Fly Focus $69 follow focus attachment tonight and managed to send my DVX into a nose drive--cleanly breaking off the front focus assembly on the lens. This would be a first for me as far a camera disasters go--woohoo! I had my DVX with matte box and follow focus mounted to my tripod and I was putting away a muslin backdrop when one end of the muslin managed to snag on a tripod leg and send the whole thing crashing to the floor.
So that pretty much trashed the focus assembly--although it's really basically one plastic ring that has most of the damage. I suppose this translates into replacement of the entire $900 lens assembly, although with a replacement ring, I could pretty much fix the thing myself in about 10 minutes. Plus it looks like a German Panzer division rolled over my French flag. Ah well, my fault for working when I'm tired late at night. I'm too tired right now to kick myself--so I'll do it in the morning when I'm well rested. :beer:
So that pretty much trashed the focus assembly--although it's really basically one plastic ring that has most of the damage. I suppose this translates into replacement of the entire $900 lens assembly, although with a replacement ring, I could pretty much fix the thing myself in about 10 minutes. Plus it looks like a German Panzer division rolled over my French flag. Ah well, my fault for working when I'm tired late at night. I'm too tired right now to kick myself--so I'll do it in the morning when I'm well rested. :beer:
