Comments on: [Gear] The Incredibly Smart, 100% Crowdsourced, ‘One Size Fits All’ Follow Focus Adapter

By: Paul Seymour

Paul Seymour — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:59:00 +0000

Check Out http://LensStraps.com the are also on eBay the work great for pulling focus or zoom way better that the jar opener and the look great and are reusable and on cost about $15

By: Jeremy Patterson

Jeremy Patterson — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:00 +0000

They don’t work to well…., and with different lenses sizes etc. They also wear out quickly

By: jacob snowden

jacob snowden — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:24:00 +0000

I will say that I have used the jar opener as well, but I ran into a couple problems. 1) when you put it on large lenses like the 200,300,400mm 2.8 lenses, the tab that keeps the device tight loosens and then your jar opener slides around. 2) it doesnt work very well on lenses with thin focus rings, I couldn’t get it to fit on my canon 50mm 1.8. This was a shame because it has such a shallow depth of field it was really the lens I needed it on. 3) no marker board.

But to each his own.

By: jacob snowden

jacob snowden — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:24:00 +0000

But to each his own.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:28:00 +0000

That’s what I use! I got mine from target. I should get the marker board though. That’s an awesome idea!

By: Eric Klasko

Eric Klasko — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:24:00 +0000

This works really well and is only $2.99
http://www.petapixel.com/2011/03/02/jar-opener-as-a-cheap-follow-focus/

By: Jens Marklund

Jens Marklund — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:27:00 +0000

Great for people getting into this kinda stuff. Doubt anyone would prefer using it over a real follow focus in a real production, but seems great if you can’t spend too much. You’ll probably mostly wanna look at the screen when focusing instead of the marks on the lens.

Also, I doubt the marker board would fit on lenses like the Nikon 18-135, were the focus ring is super close to the body.

Great idea with the funding though. Makes people wanna get on it sooner rather then later.

By: Mathias Briquemont

Mathias Briquemont — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:45:00 +0000

Really cool !