Can anyone with experience on the RJ follow focus or Fotga FF advise me on how they handle small lenses? I have a few small C-mount lenses which I want to be able to use (see below).
I got rid of the lens ring gears and converted mine to friction operated. Simply put a rubber doughnut over the reversible/removable gear wheel. It works fine on all my FD's as they have smooth consistent rotation. Much quicker to swap lenses, setup and you get full 360 degree rotation.
+1 on previous reviews. Got mine, impressively small backlash, very solid build. If noise from the hollow knob is a problem, it should be easy to fill w. silicone or similar to quieten.
Like i said, i look Pro..hehe. seriously it's ok, i only really got the matte box to shade my Canon FD's that suffer badly from low contrast/ flare outdoors, and it works. A lens hood didn't do that. But i found a extra use for the rubber collapsible lens hood > use it as well as the matte box and it will block off the gap between the matte box and the lens, folded and unfolded. Cool Huh???
@brianluce So I forgive Vitaliy for forcing me to buy the GH1 eyecup that I hated and didn't work on my Gh2.
That was stonebat, but don't mention it else he call you out.
Gee, with this rail rig, FF, Lilliput LCD, Matte box and Cheapo W96 LED lite, i can almost call myself a Pro ... all for under $500 bucks ... haha .... looks impressive, hope it doesn't all break at once :-)