I'm a focus puller. I heard about this product online a couple of months ago, and thought it was neat, but practically speaking I don't think it's all that useful.
Forget about using it for focus. Professional remote focus systems like the Preston, C-motion, Arri WRS, Scorpio, Bartech, etc have very low latency. Remote focus must be instantaneous, otherwise it's useless. Also, dedicated hand units have the benefit of being tactile devices, with a mechanical focus ring with hard stops. If I have to keep glancing down at a touch screen to see where my finger is, my focus is already too late.
For iris, which is what the product is intended for, I can see potential uses. However, since you're going to need a digital lens motor to work with it anyway, then that means you already likely have a Preston system on set. So what's the need for this extra product?
The economics don't make sense. To complete the system you're going to need to get a digital lens motor (a Preston DM-1 is like $3K) so you may as well get a complete Bartech kit with an M-One motor for about $5k and have a real remote FF unit.
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I'm a focus puller. I heard about this product online a couple of months ago, and thought it was neat, but practically speaking I don't think it's all that useful.
Forget about using it for focus. Professional remote focus systems like the Preston, C-motion, Arri WRS, Scorpio, Bartech, etc have very low latency. Remote focus must be instantaneous, otherwise it's useless. Also, dedicated hand units have the benefit of being tactile devices, with a mechanical focus ring with hard stops. If I have to keep glancing down at a touch screen to see where my finger is, my focus is already too late.
For iris, which is what the product is intended for, I can see potential uses. However, since you're going to need a digital lens motor to work with it anyway, then that means you already likely have a Preston system on set. So what's the need for this extra product?
The economics don't make sense. To complete the system you're going to need to get a digital lens motor (a Preston DM-1 is like $3K) so you may as well get a complete Bartech kit with an M-One motor for about $5k and have a real remote FF unit.
@filmfrog
+1
Another fart app is all we have here.