Chris,

I currently have the RedrockMicro Shoulder Mount and RedrockMicro Followfocus w/ the whips and speed crank to use with the LetusEx.
Not sure what you're in the market for, but I've found that one way or another, it is quite nice and makes life easier.

-Jeremy

This thread is a merger of several existing discussions concerning follow focus for the Canon XH series... and I'm just wondering if any of you are using this product currently:

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If so, please report! Thanks in advance,

I am using this system. I use the friction wheel when using the A1 with a bare lens and the gears when using an adapter. About my only complaint with this system is that the gears protrude a little farther from the knob than some other FF out there. It can get in the way of a mattbox if you're not careful.

I've never used any other brand of FF so I don't have anything to compare it too. There is nothing fancy about this FF but it does get the job done. Is it as good as some of the name brands out there? Probably not. Buld quality is okay. It's not a fancy CNC piece of hardware. But it also costs only a fraction of what the big boys charge.

Again, it works. And the customer service is great.

I have one Chris.
It is seriously a waste of money.

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Hi, I got one too. I can't say how does it compare to others, the only one I have got before was the one from India on ebay known as Dvaccessory. Their follow focus was not as good as the Indi Focus but the Matte Box they offer is good value.

The IndiFocus I use only with the supplied rubber wheel on XH A1 focus ring which works well. Do not have 35mm adaptor so can't say about the gear rings anything.

I found a little odd the assembly of the unit, it has too many part and the tripod mount is not very stable, basically the tripod plate which attaches the unit to the follow focus rails is too tiny to do any serious job like running with the camera, etc.

I feel it is a good value for the money and Tim, the guy who runs the business is very responsive and helpful.

For budged solution I would recommend it unless you need to work in extreme conditions and doing lot of fast movements with the camera, then you may have to look elsewhere. The arm pad needs to be improved a bit too. But the carbon fibber rails are excellent and light.

Hope this helps.

How are you using the tripod plate? It's designed to mount the rails to a tripod so you shouldn't be running with the camera attached to a tripod. If you're using it to mount the camera to the rails that may be why you feel it isn't stable.

Hi, ya, well not running with the tripod, well spotted. :)

That is what I probably meant when the camera is on my shoulders, like that walking, running, or fast panning I have to screw the knob which attaches the plate and rails to the camera really, really tight and still there is a little 'play'. It's a good product for the money I just felt that the mounting bracket could be larger, broader and have proper rustic surface where it touches the camera base.

If you have some tips you did find working why not to share them...?

I cut a piece of old bicycle innertube and glued it onto the indifocus base (the square one that the camera mounts to). That helps keep the camera secure. If you have the little pin installed in that base, the camera shouldn't twist much. With the added rubber, it doesn't move at all. some cork sheet would work as well.

Marcel

I haven't bought an Indifocus yet, but will probably get one soon. Is yours still going strong?

Do you find you can put focus distance marks on it and return to the same focus distance repeatably?

Or must you watch the focus distance on screen whenever focusing?

Did anyone succesfully remove the XH A1's instant AF sensor in order to slip a geared wheel over the top of the lens focus ring?

Stuart,

My FF is still going strong, although I've been using it on 35mm lenses instead of the canon for the past few months since I'm using a 35mm adapter for most things now.

As far as returning to focus marks, since the Cannon lens is not a mechanical focus, its a bit more difficult to know where you started and ended up and then return to the start point unless you attached the stops to the FF itself (comes with the FF).

Occasionally, I will take the adapter off and use the friction wheel, but it's rare these days.

Thanks Marcel :)

Will the Indifocuspro follow focus fit on Camvision rail systems?

The Camvision rails look better quality than the Indifocus ones.

I'm not familiar with that rail system, but if it's a standard 15mm system, I don't know why it wouldn't.