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]]> By: Bruce Allen http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/foveas-wireless-remote-follow-focus-unveiled.html#comment-1821 Bruce Allen Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:41:52 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/03/foveas-wireless-remote-follow-focus-unveiled.html#comment-1821 Is there anyone out there who is knowledgeable about follow focus who wants to do a review of this versus the current remote FF establishment - eg the Bartech, the Arri or the Preston? Also, how much harder is it to follow focus using a fly-by-wire system? Would we have to buy this in addition to a manual FF or could this remote system work in most cases? If someone wanted to put together a killer FF review, I would definitely be prepared to pay for the article. Much better than shelling out $1000 for something that is untested. As far as I know, the current state of the follow focus industry is: manual - available now: 1. Arri (good, many options, including LFF1, which can be inverted to allow you to turn focus "the right way around" with still camera lenses) 2. Chrosziel (good) 3. Willy Tec (unknown if it'll work with still cam lenses) 4. Petroff (untested) 5. RedRockMicro (early ones bad, newer ones good?) 6. JBK (untested) 7. Zacuto (untested) 8. Cavision (untested) manual - "coming soon": 1. Cinevate / Dan Diaconu (gears released, follow-focus coming) remote - available now: 1. Arri 2. Preston (have seen good reviews) 3. Bartech (similarly, some good reviews) 4. Foveas (you guys scooped it!) remote - "coming soon": 1. RedRockMicro (congrats on the scoop, again, FresHDV) 2. Birger (uses electronic lens control, for modern still camera lenses only 3. maybe Cinevate at some point? Anyone see anything I missed? Panavision? Anyone want to try to get some of the above devices all into one place and in the hands of some good operators? Bruce Allen www.boacinema.com Is there anyone out there who is knowledgeable about follow focus who wants to do a review of this versus the current remote FF establishment - eg the Bartech, the Arri or the Preston? Also, how much harder is it to follow focus using a fly-by-wire system? Would we have to buy this in addition to a manual FF or could this remote system work in most cases?

If someone wanted to put together a killer FF review, I would definitely be prepared to pay for the article. Much better than shelling out $1000 for something that is untested.

As far as I know, the current state of the follow focus industry is:

manual - available now:
1. Arri (good, many options, including LFF1, which can be inverted to allow you to turn focus “the right way around” with still camera lenses)
2. Chrosziel (good)
3. Willy Tec (unknown if it’ll work with still cam lenses)
4. Petroff (untested)
5. RedRockMicro (early ones bad, newer ones good?)
6. JBK (untested)
7. Zacuto (untested)
8. Cavision (untested)

manual - “coming soon”:
1. Cinevate / Dan Diaconu (gears released, follow-focus coming)

remote - available now:
1. Arri
2. Preston (have seen good reviews)
3. Bartech (similarly, some good reviews)
4. Foveas (you guys scooped it!)

remote - “coming soon”:
1. RedRockMicro (congrats on the scoop, again, FresHDV)
2. Birger (uses electronic lens control, for modern still camera lenses only
3. maybe Cinevate at some point?

Anyone see anything I missed? Panavision?

Anyone want to try to get some of the above devices all into one place and in the hands of some good operators?

Bruce Allen
http://www.boacinema.com

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