5 Tips for Manual Focus - I Wish I Knew As A Beginner Filmmaker - SmallRig Mini Follow Focus

[@bhealyphotography]

A focus puller is a person where I come from.... this thing is called a follow focus.

[@ManitMonsur]

Thanks for the correction ahaha 🙌🏽😁

[@SymonSaysTV]

I was going to say.

[@gregscarcella519]

Excellent job speaking about focus ring controller - linear Vs non linear. I did not know this existed. Now I finally know how on all the KZbin videos this is accomplished with all the videos demonstrating the small rig mini focus pull. No one ever talks about this feature so I thought that the small rig focus pull automatically focuses from Point a to point B. It does not. The camera must do this.

[@davidp158]

To my knowledge only certain Panasonic LUMIX lenses offer this linear focus option. It works very well. Some lenses have a “clutch” that will switch from electronics to mechanical focus.

[@mauroalcantara7508]

Congratulations on the post, you helped me solve the focus problem on the Nikon D810 for video, without needing another camera with automatic focus, just a folus focus and it was solved. Thank you

[@GeorgeA977]

Thanks man, I've recently purchased a7sii and couple of vintage lenses and I'm having a friend picking up a cage and follow focus from abroad for me and I needed reassurance that I'm in the right path, thank you so much Manit

[@ManitMonsur]

Glad the video helped! Appreciate your feedback mate 🤝😊🙏🏾💯

[@hurleygreen927]

MANY THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO! Just got a used manual 55mm Macro lens for my Nikon D750 and this really helps my focusing issues....GREAT JOB!

[@natxjourney]

Nice to see you put some high-quality content here. Keep it up bro

[@ManitMonsur]

Nat, the man himself! Thank you for checking out the video brotha 🤝🙌🏽☺️

[@5thPlatoon]

THE RETURN OF THE QUEEN 👏👏👏👏👏 Loved how you said "practice makes a man perfect" then showed a clip of Jib shaking her head 😂 The manual focus puller seems like it would probably be the solution for the most widespread scenarios. I don't know if you write a script and read a teleprompter or what, but you've become very good at presenting a lot of information clearly and concisely. It's a rare gift that only the best teachers possess 👍🙏

[@hanhpham-jib9002]

Great job 👏

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you for helping me with the video ❤️🙌🏽☺️

[@bobbygindenver7208]

Thank you for your insight very helpful, I for sure will be watching more of your content.

[@creativephebecooks]

Manit, thank you so much for sharing all those tips. Some of your tips like focus peaking and linear focus sound new to me, so I'll definitely be adjusting my camera settings for my next practise.

[@rickymcc9072]

Manit, thanks for the tips. Helpful for me as a newbie trying to teach myself videography skills. I'm now using Sony kit (mostly stills currently but just bought a FX3 to pursue videography) and thought as their AF was so good and fast that I didn't need to manually focus any more. That said I still manually focus for c/u non time critical shots for precision. Now I better understand why manually racking focus can look better and give you control over what you want especially at wide apertures. I'm now going to buy a manual FF unit (debating SmallRig v Tilta) to start practicing. If and when I feel the need then I'm not averse to buying a wireless pulling set-up. But, feel I should start fully manual to learn, practice and get a good feel first, before splurging.

[@treasey8655]

actually, they use Manual focus for everything in cinema

[@radiatestudios]

We love the SmallRig follow focus!

[@ManitMonsur]

Yess me too! I wish I’ve known how easy to use one of these focus puller long time ago. It’s a game changer ⚡️🤝

[@AlexanderBischof]

@@ManitMonsur so you would say that it is (way) more easy to focus manually with a follow focus instead if the focus ring on the lens itself.?

[@directedbysean.]

my man! this was such a clean and straightforward review 💪🏽 def considering gettin one of these myself now!

[@Frank99315]

Lovely ❤

[@davidrave563]

very helpful and easy to understand, thanks for the presentation!

[@ManitMonsur]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ausdoug974]

Very helpful. I really enjoyed watching your advice. Thanks.

[@ManitMonsur]

Glad the video helped. Thank you for your feedback 🙌🏽☺️

[@just_ant]

Your description is awesome. Thank you guy!

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you for watching 🙏🏾☺️🤝

[@jacktoddy9783]

Very attractive model - thanks for making this video interesting with style.

[@ManitMonsur]

Glad you liked it and I appreciate your feedback 🤝🙏🏾🥳

[@Firoj_sheikh]

Beautiful video brother ❤️❤️

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you brother

[@omba4148]

Good tutorial. Very clear and well-delivered.

[@esther_wright]

Thank you so much. Very easy to understand

[@ManitMonsur]

Glad the video was helpful! Thank you for your feedback 🙌🏽☺️

[@TheSkull1101]

Hello, Thank you for this video. I'm a beginner, so all advice are welcome 😉 On that note, about the external monitor: the small orange box I see in your video, is that an external battery? Thanks a lot. Yves (from Brussel) ❤

[@illusivetech4498]

Super helpful! Thank you for sharing

[@ManitMonsur]

Appreciate your feedback 🙌🏽☺️

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

It's funny, auto-focus is such a huge "must have" until you get used to manual focus. After learning to manual focus (it's WAY less difficult than you think...), you almost completely distrust auto-focus and look for ways to avoid it. For videography, you quickly realize how limited the use cases for AF really is (Vlogging, etc). AF is like training wheels. It's great when you first pick up a camera, but MF is what lets you REALLY fly. Seriously. Just disable AF and tinker with MF around your house or messing around out and about. You will very quickly realize how 2nd nature it becomes and you'll do 90% of all future shooting in MF.

[@ManitMonsur]

Totally agree with you 🥳🙌🏽

[@JaymesMedia]

Totally agree

[@AlphaGChannel]

100% agree

[@jcon654]

Fantastic!!! Thank you!!!

[@NICUofficial]

Thanks for this training & tips - I definitely want to get one of those Smallrig focus pullers for my Blackmagic. I'm a total amateur just trying to make better videos for my music channel. Manual focus isn't easy for me, especially on the move with a handheld! Thanks for the help :)

[@CalmaxFilm]

Thank you really much for this perfectly clear video. I have just a question: I just bought a cine lens and the ring is really slow to turn, even in linear focus. How do I focus faster please ?

[@emmsyTSUI]

damn manit how did i just find out about this awesome video!

[@osmumos]

Great content and clear tips! Thank you!

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you for your feedback 🙌🏽☺️

[@ShamellAntone]

great vid...

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you

[@erikpreston2393]

Very nice, thank you.

[@margaritamaximova4556]

great video

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you

[@amarentertainments2917]

👌👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏... Thanks for review..

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you for watching and the feedback ☺️🙌🏽

[@kskashi]

Hi! @maintmonsur What NPF970 battery you are using? I looks like good quality one

[@introvertid]

Love this tutorial..❤️

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you so much! Glad you found this video helpful

[@hanfpv3093]

Great video! But how do you Set the focus ring control to lineair on Sony camera's?

[@davidson2812]

THANK YOU !

[@ManitMonsur]

My pleasure! 🙌🏽☺️

[@joseagonzalez2973]

Great video. Learned a lot. Seriously. I see you have a lumix. I just bought the S5. Do you have a video for beginners about how to get that cinematic look with the proper settings with aperture, shutter speed and ISO?

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you so much for your feedback and glad to hear that the video helped. Yes, check out my color grading videos on this channel. They are all based on the footages I shot with Lumix S cameras.

[@DethronerX]

Thanks!

[@ManitMonsur]

My pleasure 🙏🏾☺️

[@treasey8655]

my gh5s doesn't have the linear focus ring settings 😭

[@DaftRebel]

2:28 This is just what I needed! Is there a way to set it on a Sony Alpha 7iii? Thanks in advance!

[@ManitMonsur]

Glad to hear that. Unfortunately, there is not much content online showing how to set linear focus control in Sony cameras. Not sure why but here is the only video I've found that mentions about the feature: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6jdonikpZWArK8

[@ericsmeets-fotografie9174]

Thanks for this video! I have selected linear focus control. What puzzles me though is that you say the speed you rotate the ring does not matter, only the amount of degrees you turn it. But when I turn the ring fast or slow the speed I get from focus point A to focus point B is different. And by the way you explain it, it should always be the same right?

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you for your feedback. X amount of rotation for slow speed get your focus from point A to point B . Also, X amount of rotation for higher speed gets your focus from point A to point B. The rotation speed can be your creative choice on how fast or slow you would want to change your focus from point A to point B. Since it doesn’t effect linear focus control.

[@jonyjonychy4260]

Very very nice brother

[@ManitMonsur]

Thank you brother 🙌🏽☺️

[@mylifepart2]

Dont pull focus...coz you can...Pull focus...so it tells the story you wanna tell....

[@ManitMonsur]

Well said sir

[@KenFlanagan]

Its a manual focus not a manual focus puller. Thx

[@TimeandTruth]

This kid needs to get with the times. Everyone one now shoots at ISO 25,600 and stops down to F11. There is no need to focus anymore. 🤪

[@ManitMonsur]

Bahaha i hear you 😂🤌🏽