GH1 DIY Follow Focus at DVinfo.net

Bob Rydeen · January 25th, 2010, 06:11 PM

Here is a simple way to make a Follow Focus lever for the GH1 out of some steel wire.

Matt Hoecker · January 28th, 2010, 08:31 PM

Thanks for posting this. Can you give a bit more of a rundown? I see you got a sign stake, but how did you bend it so nicely? What tools did you use?

Bob Rydeen · January 30th, 2010, 03:01 PM

I unwrapped the second curl and re-wrapped it around some PVC pipe that was about 2.75 inches in diameter. With a little hammer work I got it round (enough) and at the proper diameter. Don't make this too tight or it will bind the camera ring depending on how perfectly round the ID is made. I then slid on some shrink tubing and shrunk it. Next I made the short grip curl around a small pipe but this could have been left as a 1" or so radial finger.

January 25th, 2010, 06:11 PM	#1
Bob Rydeen Tourist Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Woodbury, MN Posts: 3	GH1 DIY Follow Focus Here is a simple way to make a Follow Focus lever for the GH1 out of some steel wire. Attached Thumbnails

January 30th, 2010, 03:01 PM	#3
Bob Rydeen Tourist Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Woodbury, MN Posts: 3	Follow Focus Wire Forming I unwrapped the second curl and re-wrapped it around some PVC pipe that was about 2.75 inches in diameter. With a little hammer work I got it round (enough) and at the proper diameter. Don't make this too tight or it will bind the camera ring depending on how perfectly round the ID is made. I then slid on some shrink tubing and shrunk it. Next I made the short grip curl around a small pipe but this could have been left as a 1" or so radial finger.

January 28th, 2010, 08:31 PM	#2
Matt Hoecker New Boot Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 14	Thanks for posting this. Can you give a bit more of a rundown? I see you got a sign stake, but how did you bend it so nicely? What tools did you use?