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guardian
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 Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 3:25 pm Post subject: eZlever - Focusing (and zooming) your MF lenses |
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guardian wrote:
With apologies to forum members living outside the USA, and especially to Canadian forum members:
Just stumbled across this item
Click here to see on Ebay
which struck me as somewhat innovative for MF lens users.
Thought a few of you might find this of interest. |
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Dogtag
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: eZlever - Focusing (and zooming) your MF lenses |
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Dogtag wrote:
| guardian wrote: |
With apologies to forum members living outside the USA, and especially to Canadian forum members:
Just stumbled across this item
Click here to see on Ebay
which struck me as somewhat innovative for MF lens users.
Thought a few of you might find this of interest. |
Great find, encase I lose some of my limbs I can still focus properly!! 
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inombrable
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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Aanything
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Aanything wrote:
I think it can be useful for videographers.
Proper follow-focus rigs are often very expensive, this can be a cheap alternative if it allows smooth and precise operation, otherwise it is completely useless.
I would like to try one.
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Dogtag
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Dogtag wrote:
| Aanything wrote: |
I think it can be useful for videographers.
Proper follow-focus rigs are often very expensive, this can be a cheap alternative if it allows smooth and precise operation, otherwise it is completely useless.
I would like to try one. |
follow focus rigs are expensive but way more useful, this device might be useful with short focussing throws. But with some older lenses and super smooth focus rings this becomes useless.
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Aanything
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Aanything wrote:
| Dogtag wrote: |
follow focus rigs are expensive but way more useful, this device might be useful with short focussing throws. But with some older lenses and super smooth focus rings this becomes useless. |
Yes, obviously. However I've been shooting video in some situations (especially with mf glass) where such a device could have come handy. Whatever, I already bought one of the expensive one some months ago, so not really needing this, just curious about feel and useability.
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Dogtag
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Dogtag wrote:
there's also an easier design available. One you can make @ home.
http://blog.planet5d.com/2013/12/dslrsolutions-ultra-simple-follow-focus-review/
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Oldhand
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Oldhand wrote:
Not a new idea - and far more useful on cameras with a waist level finder when two hands are needed to hold the camera still and a single finger can do the fine focus using it.
The older ones such as this one shown also have an angle adjustment to move the lever forward or back to suit finger size/comfort.
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