Paul Curtis Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hi, I'd like to ask some general advice for all focus pullers out there. I have a choice of building a set of primes, one of the choices are ZF based zeiss and obviously being Nikon they focus 'the wrong way' (although i have to say i prefer the idea of twisting a follow focus away from me for distance, but i digress) In general how do people feel about that these days? a) Just get on with it, different direction, that's fine. No problem. B) Have to add a reversing gear to FF or it's very painful. c) Some other result...? Personally i don't mind, but that's not my job and there will be situations where i'm not even DPing and the kit is used by others. So i don't want to build a ZF set to discover that in general it's a real pain. I'd rather not change the FF permanently (other lenses i have are the right way round) and i'd really rather not have to add extra weight to the rig with a reversing gear. Perhaps there are simpler solutions? many thanks in advance Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 You can get a reversing gear that screws into the Arri follow focus unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted July 11, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted July 11, 2012 I don't run into it very much so I've only had to deal with it a couple times. I just went with the direction change. It's not a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bowerbank Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I just switch my brain from the bottom of the focus wheel, to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Vogel Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 This isn't usually a big deal for me because 99% of the time I will be pulling focus remotely. So if the case ever arose where the lenses were going the wrong way I would just reverse the direction of the motor. Problem solved. But in the few times that I've had to pull off of the old meat-fiz, I just take a couple practice pulls to wrap my head around the change and then I'm good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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