What Follow Focus Should I get?

I ordered on Monday via Ebay, and received FF & Mattebox tonight. Wow. Incredible quality, awesome products, I'm blown away. THey cut me a deal on buying both items, awesome customer service, I really can't say enough. Mattebox with quick release arm is solid as they come, flags & all.

Sorry to geek out but damn, what a deal for such great products.
 
Can any users of the TRUSMT tell me about the size and shape of the drive gear? I'd like to use a significantly smaller drive gear at 0.8 pitch, but TRUSMT doesn't offer them, and I can't tell which gears would fit. (If you don't understand why I'm asking, think about riding your bike uphill and shifting your front gear (pedal crank gear) into the smaller ring: you can pedal more turns and go less distance.)

I believe the TRUSMT 0.8 gear has 52 teeth. With a ratio of 1:1 and using stills zooms for video, I would like something close to 1/2 that.

With a little bit of research I discovered:
vocas has a 36 tooth drive gear option
cavision has a 28, 34 & 44
oconnor has a 35 & 43
&
Chrosziel has a 30 for series 201 & 204
& a 24 for series 206

But I can't begin to tell which might be compatible with the TRUSMT.

I'm gonna guess it's cavision, but that would only be a $20 + $400 mistake.

Would anyone who has a TRUSMT FF be willing to shoot a few pics of the drive gear and throw in a measurement or 2?

thanks-djangosan
 
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Yeah ignore the trolls and haters. I for one would love to have that magical grease that makes lash seem to disappear even though it's really still there. David Blaine grease! I wonder if it works on a beer gut?

@ Whiskeyred, thanks for posting those. Sorry for more questions but I can't quite tell from those photos, how does the drive gear attach? And what size is the spindle/hole, ~2mm?. I know most of us don't have micrometers lying around to measure small parts. If you've got a set of drill bits, maybe you could tell us the largest one that fits inside the drive gear?

It looks a lot like the Cavision and Redrock drive gears, but they have a small set screw that tightens down on the spindle from the side:
Cavision drive gear.jpg

And it's not like the vocas gears which seem to lock onto a half-round spindle:
Vocas drive gear.jpg

To me it looks most like the Genus or Chrosziel 201 drive gears:
Genus drive gear.jpg
Crosziel 201 drive gear.jpg

But not knowing spindle size and how they lock onto the spindle, you just can't tell.

I'm gonna pick up the Cavision gear to see if it will play nice with the Redrock we have at the studio. I'll measure both when I get my hands on them. If the Cavision gear doesn't work for me, whiskeyred, I'll pm you to get your address and send it on to you.

Have fun with the new toy!
-djangosan
 

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I just purchased this on ebay thanks to this thread. i was going to go with the Redrock Micro, who I know make quality products but the couple hundred dollars in savings is really needed right now
 
What is the difference between the TrusMT NF2 and NF4 follow focus? Do i need to buy the Quick Release plate with extend plate in order to set it all up?
 
Many thanks for this thread. I have purchased a crappy FF and reading this thread, I wish I hadn't. I may be upgrading to this set in the future.
 
trusmt n4

trusmt n4

i just recieved the trusmt n4 model. the build quality is awsome. love the hardstop option and the stiffer feel. The quick release is also a plus.

definetely a great buy,

Thanks,
Chris
 
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