GH4 wifi follow focus success?

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wwjd

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anyone using wifi for focus successfully on GH4? I messed with one evening and it seemed usable but a bit clunky... like SEEMED to focus where I touched on the Android tablet, then next time it would not. And I couldn't tell which mode the camera should be in to make it work better.
I'm using a not so new HTC 7" android tablet

Anyone doing this?
 
Cool. Didn't know there were an app for iPhone. I used to use the one for iPad, essentially for monitoring, since remote focusing isn't really usable (isn't it?).
Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O3phhZBWfE I used 2 handheld stabilizers. A very lightweight one and another one fitted with an Axis1 remote FF.
I hope Panasonic can improve autofocus (see Canon dual pixel AF) and/or implement a decent wifi remote focus
 
well, touch screen focus DID work for me during my test, but seemed a bit flakey. however, I have an older "not so fast" android, and thought maybe THAT made it not work as well. And deciphering how to make it focus seemed awkward and unintuitive. I was trying to rack focus using the FOCUS UP AND DOWN slider and that seemed to do nothing, then it worked. This is on the 12-35mm 2.8 fully auto lens. Then I played with touching the screen and a square apeared but didn't work, then it did. I am not sure which setting on the camera to set the FOCUS switch, but pretty sure MANUAL was worthless for obvious reasons.
If I can get it dialed in, could be SOOO HANDY!!
 
If you guys are looking for something more stable and reliable, and still very affordable then check out some of the offerings from Cinegears
 
wow. I'm not pro enough to afford a remote focus that costs the same as the camera. My $20 works great! :D Guess I'll keep trying my crappy android. Actually, it works fine to setup a shot. Very handy. And cheap!
 
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