iDC Follow-Focus

This IDC Run & Gun Kit is ultra-light and a perfect match for the amazingly-capable and astonishingly-affordable Canon EOS Rebel T2i. This camera is also known as the EOS 550D and Kiss X4 in other international markets.

Now capable of full 1080P recording, this compact HDSLR camera makes a darn good primary HD camera for beginning filmmakers. It’s also a great B camera for those choosing the more robust and highly-weatherized Canon 7D as their primary platform.

Well, a new decade is upon us. Here’s raising a cup of cheer to all our friends and wishing you each a prosperous, peaceful, and creative New Year. Fingers firmly crossed for nothing but good things in the coming days! 

At last!  A new blog posting.  Lots going on around here, including a catastrophic couple of weeks after lightning struck just outside our studio.  The massive electrical pulse wiped out several high-dollar surge protectors, toasted a brand-new Mac tower,  and wreaked havoc on one of our RAiD arrays.  Big Fun!

Most Follow-Focus rigs are overkill for use with a tidy little camera like the 5D MK II. The gear-driven versions I've tried are generally  cumbersome and far too complex. And expensive!

Gears need to be purchased and installed and alignment is a time-consuming process. These over-sized and overly-complex focusing systems might look butch but they effectively waste the stealthy advantages of a compact capture device like the Canon 5D MK II…

When I see a problem like this, I’m compelled to find an elegant solution and I feel that I have.