Diego Galvez

Hi Fabrice, thanks very much for your feedback, yes it seems that on the paper Redrock's should be a great product. I myself maybe would have waited thir product if i would know its release 3 or 4 months ago... :D As for the drawbacks, i'll try to explain our point. Of course we can be wrong... Please have in mind that we originally designed this system not to be sold, but as a home made alternative for us to work, only later we decided to make it commercially available. We chose Geardear foam material because we found it a high resistant and veeeery low density material, that makes the rig much lighter than if we would have chosen other materials. We've made tests and it seems very resistant and all parts are very precisely machined. One of the fears we had was if it would be strong enough to hold the servo on position when operating (the torque is quite high) and we found that the knob that controls the position and the material performed fine in this aspect. And about the marking, well, maybe that's another concept that we had in mind when we designed it... the transmitter has the ability to store up to three positions that you can recall anytime during operation, so instead marking the ring, i believe it's possible just to store positions and recall them later electronically... Here is a video of how you store positions: And a limited range of motion between 2 stops can be programmed electronically too, we thought instead of the marking ring again. But i'm thinking... it should't be difficult to add later a marking ring as a free upgrade if this is not enough... Anyway, we hope to have soon some units available for unbiased and impartial review that may clarify better these points. Thanks again for you comments. Diego Galvez diego[at]foveas[dot]com http://www.foveas.com

Hi there, there has been lots of discussion about cost effective solutions for wireless remote focus pulling. Redrock's planning to release a wireless focus device, and i think Cinevate is developing a remote too: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?p=841640 http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=88178 ...and recently we ourselves have released the Foveas Remote Follow Focus and a wireless monitor: http://www.foveas.com/rff.html http://www.foveas.com/wireless_monitor.html What do you think about these new options? Will they be useful in your opinion for steadi-newbies? Diego Galvez diego[at]foveas[dot]com http://www.foveas.com

Hi Éttienne, we started to develop a remote follow focus a couple of months ago. You can have all the info in this url: http://remotefollowfocus.googlepages.com/ Do not hesitate in contact us if you need more info about our solution, i hope it will fit your needs and from people using 35mm adapters for DOF. Thanks! Diego Gálvez remotefollowfocus [at] gmail.com

Hi Brandon, everywhere i read, the Bartech seems to be the best option, but maybe you are in a budget like us. It was impossible for us to spend around $4000 in a Bartech unit + motor, so we had to explore another option and we are developing a budget wireless focus control based on a digital servo to use mainly with 35mm adapters and 32pitch gears, which are the ones used by RedRock to control the SLR lenses. We will have a prototype shortly. Maybe this is of your interest. You can read more on this thread: http://www.steadicamforum.com/forums/index...?showtopic=3746 And this is the project site: http://remotefollowfocus.googlepages.com/ Diego Gálvez remotefollowfocus [at] gmail [dot] com

Hi Erwin, yes it must be well under $1850. Of course, for pro people i believe the Bartech ($1850) + the Hedén motor ($2000 more?) may be the optimal solution for focus pulling when using a stabilizer, but i believe there are a lot of independent filmmakers out there filming HDV with a 35mm adapter like us that cannot spend the same amount of money in the HDV camera than in the remote focus system, in my opinion it is just insane... it is just not affordable for us... And sometimes, you can get even more features for less money, i am not very experienced because i am just starting with stabilizers, but... let's take this example: can you tell me why should i pay $3900 for the Glidecam V16 when i can get the Frédéric Savard's FSPRO under $2300 even with more features? OK, maybe this is not as well sold/tested/used as the Glidecam, but i own a unit and although i did not test the Glidecam or another models like the Flyer and as i said, i am just a newbie, for me it seems to work fine at a fraction of others cost. Don't you agree? Diego Gálvez

Hi Soren, i understand you, i took the same route as you did, i bought a VZ EFC and tried to modify it to work with the RedRockMicro system, today i have finished it after a month of headaches... But it worths it! I am using it with the FSPRO system. You can read more in this thread: http://redrockmicro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1778 The next step is a (silent, affordable) wireless remote control based on a digital servo and i am working a lot to release a prototype by now. I think i will have some results in a little time. If you have questions about the development of this low cost wireless remote focus prototype or questions about the Varizoom EFC route, i will be happy to help... just write me to remotefollowfocus at google mail dot com Greetings Diego