Comments on: Rack Focusing Made Easy With FocusMaker

By: Chris Popely

Chris Popely — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:47:00 +0000

$2? I think you’re being about $1.70 too generous with that estimate.

I could probably make that with some plastic, a lighter and a few rubber bands… Maybe I’ll sell mine for $45, ha!

By: Sin Potion

Sin Potion — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:18:00 +0000

wo wo wo its rumpa bumpa goood

By: Iwah

Iwah — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:43:00 +0000

Ordered 2 of those. One for my D3s and one for my D4.

By: Dragan Jereminov

Dragan Jereminov — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:36:00 +0000

and again im just sayin any normal 3d printer that costs less than 30k can make a mold and a mold costs less than 1000e at least where i come from. and you can make it yourself in modeling clay or something. have a BA in product design so i know. outsource stuff out of USA. also i dont like what kessler is doing too. two parallel metal sticks they call a slider and costs at least 500 bucks WTF then cameras should cost 100k. Indy my ass.

By: Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:54:00 +0000

Cool device, I agree with most though it is overpriced but really, it is pretty typical of any cool piece of photo gear that we end up paying for.For example $2 bubble levels priced at $35 when they have a hotshot mount or a $0.50 piece of rubber that Gary Phong calls a $60 “lightspere”. While it sucks that they charge so much for this sort of thing it kinda has become the reality of the photo/video industry.

By: Jernej Lasič

Jernej Lasič — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:21:00 +0000

I am aware of that… but still, I am not going to pay 90$ for a couple of pieces of plastic, and according to others, nor will they.

By: Brian Reese

Brian Reese — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Do all that handheld on a rig. Still going to be a pain in the ass.

By: Bryan Leighty

Bryan Leighty — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:17:00 +0000

For anyone complaining about the price I’d ask you to look at the cost of producing something like this. Seriously.. getting a mold made to begin mass production costs huge sums of money. Tens of thousands. My friend recently made a modifier for photography and it cost about 30k to make the first one. He joked about it, but its true that the very first one was nearly 30k to get it produced. Obviously the next ones become less and less over time. I used to complain about prices until I saw what he went through to get an idea to real item in his hand.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:22:00 +0000

I’ve been using the Focus shifter for a few weeks now and, I must say, it has been an incredible tool to use. I’ve attached a link here. http://www.focusshifter.com/follow/

By: Jernej Lasič

Jernej Lasič — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:42:00 +0000

People need to realize that you can’t put a high price on a gizmo made out of a few pieces of plastic just because it falls into the photography/video market.

Good idea, but come on… 90 bucks for something that is produced for 2$ in china… no way I am buying it for 90$. It’s not like it is fine mechanics, right?!