Follow Focus Software

I did a quick search but didn't come up with anything.


I really haven't gotten into this whole video thing as much as I would like. Mostly due to lack of knowledge and what I feel are acceptable results without spending the thousands for extra video oriented accessories.

Anyways, I having been looking for a follow focus on the cheap for quite a bit of time now and it just hit me;

I use EOS Utility in studio when working on product sets in still photography. In the program you can adjust focus with a serious of buttons, ranging from small movement, to larger movements to full infinity and MFD.

Wouldn't it be relatively simple to rewrite this part of the program to be a digital follow focus system? Has this been done? Am I just crazy in thinking that it could be easier than adding additional motors onto a lens that already has quick responsive motors in it?


Any input on this would be great.


On a side note View Factor seems to have taken this to another level and has built a follow focus switch that directly enables control of the lenses motors.
http://www.viewfactor.​net/

check out redrockmicro.com

Thank you for your reply, but I really don't see how that has anything to do with my question.

I am aware that redrock makes a great mechanical follow focus, and a really cool remote system. But it still uses external motors, gears, and focus wheels.

I think the best results would be with a remote follow focus like the one redrock micro makes

a software bases follow focus using the lens's motor I think would be less precise

Also I don't think you will have live view streaming to your laptop while recording and without some sort of live viewing feature or reference of where your subject is you wouldn't be able to make the proper adjustments

redrock uses wireless remote, follow focus motor, and a sonar sensor to automatically focus.

www.freshdv.com has the video on it. check it out!!

my recommendation, shoot in like F22 with killer amount of light, make sure everything is in focus, then, simply create a transparent blur mask with a hole in it for your focus point, key frame it in after effects.

otherwise get a mechanical one, its WAY less work.

~Casey

do you own a iphone????

here is why
http://vimeo.com/12182​443

look for the WirelessIris app

http://vimeo.com/12182​384

how about an ipad?

wireless iris app!!!!!!

Those are both very cool. That is very cool, but they still use external motors.

Are for accuracy being an issue with the internal motors. I really don't think that would be an issue. Most cameras record the focus distance in the metadata and thus be figure out from the focus what that distance is.

I'm assuming that this concept has yet to be explored.

http://vimeo.com/user3​806037

this guy raves about it