Follow Focus: Comparing Neewer and Fotga Ep 21

[@linkachin]

your video is easy to understand and so helpful! I always can't wait to watch your new uploads!

[@Sunpixelvideo]

Thank you

[@louisrafael2742]

every time he says fotga it sounds like "fucka" - "what this fucka has.." :D

[@anatolepapafilippou7967]

Just want to say, mate this a very helpful review, because it is also so instructional. Really helped thanks.

[@MarioHemsley]

This was absolutely excellent! You really helped me more than most of the other videos combined! Thank you very much for this effort, your professionalism and attention to detail are exemplary. Bravo!

[@prairieskycam]

Thanks for putting this together! It has helped me better understand these two products.

[@BasicFilmmaker]

Nicely done!

[@JamesClark1991]

Super, super helpful video. Thank you very much for making this!

[@50450720]

Thanks for the tutorial, very useful video 👍

[@whitedragonpictures]

Thanks, thoughtful and expansive.

[@FeranoWibisono]

thank you for making this! really2 helpful!

[@Paulfarnfieldmedia]

Nicely explained. Thank you.

Thanks loads ! Great video

[@Poli-IX]

Very helpful. Thanks a lot!!!

[@jacobalvaradoDP]

Links to the external gear rings you used on your lens?

[@JohnnyMotel99]

What do you think of the type that rotate around one rod? I think neewer make one like this. It seems a simpler design and simpler setup. I don’t think it has stops though.

[@Sunpixelvideo]

More than anything, is worry about the clamping force you'd get. I'd hate to fight it from coming off the teeth. They might work fine, but I've definitely had a couple duds from Neewer. If you wanna just try one out, just order from somewhere that won't give you a hard time shipping it back.

[@jwkob]

Love your videos ^^

[@DentargPL]

Cheers mate!

[@alex-bohorquez-jimenez]

Very interesting.

[@GuillaumeB7]

I'm afraid the sound that the hard stop make when colliding would be picked up by the microphone.

[@Sunpixelvideo]

It depends on where the microphone is.

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

do you absolutely need a cage to put on the follow focus?

[@Sunpixelvideo]

No. Most follow focuses need rails to mount to, but not a cage.

[@Albanez39]

A mechanical follow focus system for $300? I'd rather buy the new Nucleus Nano for $230, which is wireless.

[@Sunpixelvideo]

It only cost me $150, so half that. I personally like having my hand directly in control of the lens. There are no batteries to run out. There are no programming bugs or software updates to worry about. That follow focus your mentioning is not available for sale yet, so can't say how well it works. Is there lag? Does it make noise? Servo motors (my guess on motor selection based on the price point) tend to make some kind of noise. If you shoot as a first camera operator only, you'd then be putting it on the camera rig and it would effectively be the same thing as a manual system, right? There are manual follow focuses for over a thousand dollars though and I'd agree that it's silly to spend a ton of money if you can get something just as good for cheaper.

[@stanleystevens6278]

If I remember correctly, every time you turn the Nucleus Nano on, it does a calibration for a full minute. That seems troublesome for a run & gun person who moves from location to location and want to save battery, or someone who wants to use different lenses.

[@Albanez39]

@@stanleystevens6278 Run & Gun? Use AF...it's kind of a no brainer nowadays with all the mirrorless cameras. Even Panasonic is good at AF nowadays. Although I agree that AF will never replace manual for narrative and documentary work. But if you're on a tight budget, the Nucleus Nano is a great option. Calibration is very important to achieve correct focus...my experience has been different though. Both the M and Nano take about 20-30 seconds depending on the lens (and focus throw).

[@richiedavies9931]

Hey errr....what's your name again!....great video - keep it simple, that works. Thanks errrr...what's your name again?

[@brentthomasaustin]

I keep hearing people talk about settling for lower quality brands as a back up or some BS like that and it's just not good advice. Don't buy what you have the budget for, save your money until you have enough money for that budget and buy the best. As for the Newer, I'm using this one and as long as you are fine with taking it apart and adjusting small items on this (for example I swapped out some screws and built a riser for the follow focus system), then this is a great follow focus to get. If you are more inclined to brand, then the Fotga is great. Both are made of the same materials and though the latter might be better in a lot of respects, it will never compromise the quality of footage that comes out of your Canon, or Sony, or Lumix, etc.

[@jimb1453]

So your advice is save and buy the best... But you own neewer equipment, cheapest available. ;)

[@brentthomasaustin]

@@jimb1453 Buy the best, and in this case, follow focus systems as far as manual turn focus' are pretty much all the same.

[@cmdr.shepard]

The best? You mean a Preston?

[@sebastianwaitzer9613]

But 220 is not to far away from 250..and for that cash u are already gonna get a Nucleus Nano

[@Hatvocate]

Everybody Loves Raymond. I’m sure u heard that before.

[@jimb1453]

They both seem to love those cheap blue looking fixtures on their gear :/

[@Sunpixelvideo]

Yeah, it kind of is what it is. They're just normal threaded screws. I thought about swapping them out, but once I used it for a while, I kinda quit noticing.