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

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My 5 tips on how to ultimately improve the manual focus. Things that I wish I knew when I started filmmaking.
I also reviewed the SmallRig Mini Follow Focus and showed how it can drastically help you improve your manual focus with higher accuracy in the professional world. Watch the full video to find out more!

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Video chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:30 When to use manual focus?
1:21 Tip 1: Linear focus ring control
2:35 Tip 2: Using a focus puller
4:58 Rack focus test
6:08 Tip 3: Using an external monitor
6:39 Tip 4: Enable focus peaking
6:51 Tip 5: Always practice
7:31 Recap
8:29 Conclusion

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

bhealyphotography

actually, they use Manual focus for everything in cinema

treasey

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.

creativephebecooks

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!

hurleygreen

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

directedbysean.

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 YouTube 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.

gregscarcella

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 👍🙏

thPlatoon

Good tutorial. Very clear and well-delivered.

omba

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

bobbygindenver

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

mauroalcantara

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.

rickymcc

Your description is awesome. Thank you guy!

just_ant

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

GeorgeA

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 :)

NICUofficial