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This a DIY follow focus made from a Roller Blade wheel (with left and right bearings) and a single wheel bearing with clear rubber tubing over it to help grip the cameras focus wheel. I mounted it all to my DIY camera mount which holds the mic and enables vasious hand holds.

Everything For the follow focus was made from stuff I had around my home.

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hydechina 1 year ago

easy to make ~ good job!
R W B 1 year ago

Yea great Idea.

I love DIY projects.
EL'YAHZAR 1 year ago

hey! thats awsome!
Ken Steadman 1 year ago

KUDOS!!! Wow great job!

I have wondered about using one on the SR12, because I noticed sometimes the focus dial isn't linear. It will move in big increments of like .5M but then suddenly shift to .1 meters then back to .5m, have you seen this before? or is it just the focal distances of the SR12?
Pauly Forte 1 year ago

yeah I noticed this as well. one reason I think it is due to amount of zoom. but I have not really took notice to the limits or anything.

Im also pretty sure that the manul zoom control is not mechanical. So there is some sort of program to limit the focus limits with different zoom levels as well as the metering system. Perhaps the metered focal lengths are linked to the focus control.
Matt 1 year ago

nice job
Ivan Ciego 1 year ago

Kool video.
Aaron R 1 year ago

I would like to see more of your rig. It would be great if you could upload a video that shows your camera mount as well as mic mount.
craig 1 year ago

Good idea ! But how did you get such a clear video ? what settings ,codec and program did you use please?
Pauly Forte 1 year ago

I think you are using an HV20 or HV30 from some of your videos I watched.

I use a Sony Sr12 and Sony vegas Pro.

I render it as the MP$ with a custom size of 1280x720 for vimeo
David Bryan 1 year ago

Sweet, did you make that metal base that the camera is bolted to, or did you buy that?
Pauly Forte 1 year ago

I made it. I made the whole thing from stuff I find.
boboya217 1 year ago

good job dude!
Klondike Kid 10 months ago

This was definitely the best approach for designing a DIY focus wheel system. Glad I ran across your video and design. Nice job. I've got all the components laying around the garage myself so this project is definitely moved to the top of my list. Thanks for sharing. Friction wheels seem to eliminate all the inherent problems found in gear driven systems costing hundreds or thousands of $$ with their 1 to 2 degrees of backlash/slop. No such thing in friction fit.
stw254 10 months ago

Very nice, Pauly. I have an HV20 and had a similar problem to solve: vimeo.com/867919 .
Carter Smith 5 months ago

oh man, i'd love a tutorial for something like this
Marc-Alexandre Drapeau 2 months ago

Wow man...that's pure genius! So simple and...SO genius! =)