SmallRig VS Tilta Follow Focus- Which one is for you?

manual focus is making a comeback

'in that RETROSPECT' ?? holy guacamole, think you failed the native speaker test there 'mate' 😛

Tilta

Skip both and go for the Fotga DP500 mk iii follow focus rig. It's an unbelievably good bit of kit. Costs a little more, but well worth it

Good comparison with many details described... but: both are much too expensive for simply being a small piece of low tech...

thank you for this video!!! :)

Does anyone know if the focus gear (that connects with the lens gear) is metal or rubber on the smallrig model?

Had the tilta for a bit but since the gear is rubber, it would hop off the gears constantly

i've used both systems, sometimes small rig has an edge over tilta on a lot of their accessories, but i will say that smallrig shit tends to always have that one weird screw that falls out - and then you can't get the replacement. between the matte box support, the follow focus hard stop screw, i got so fed up with their stuff just not wanting to stay tight i dropped the entire brand. the one thing i do love about tilta is you can buy all the annoying little screws just in case.

It's called a whip

Can you change to larger gears on both?

I think you made a mistake when showing the correspondant broll about how to swap the cog side. You're saying the Tilta is easier but you're showing the Smallrig with the fixed plastic screw. Then you say the Smallrig is a bit harder and that you have to totally unscrew it but you're showing the Tilta.
When in fact if I'm not mistaken the Smallrig is the easiest of the two.

The SmallRig mini Follow Focus does come with a nice pouch. It isn't hard plastic but is secure and really packs well into a gear bag. I wish you would have shown it in your video.

Nobody talks about: you can remove the extender arm? To mount the ff short height ? Like the old tilta fallow focus has?

Thank you for the review Jason. Btw which LUT are you using to grade your on-camera sit-down videos? Cheers.

I’ve had major issues with smallrig returns, and would not look at smallrig for any products again.
Tilta all the way for me.

I lost one of those hard stops I ended up replacing it with a small screw.

Enlighten me on Aussie, much of a muchness? Am I hearing that right? Guessing it means, it’s not a significant difference, or “It’s a wash” in ‘Merican

Thanks for this video Jason! It seems like a pretty tight competition, so I would love to know which one you actually use Jason, and would also love to hear your subscribers opinions on which one they like better based on experience! Not a lot of people have reviewed this Tiltas Pocket focus

Would have liked to see how they both mount on a rig.

So in your one on one coaching can we just hang out and have a beer no need to talk about cameras lol I hope to get to the point to try follow focus one day but I am becoming a manual focus king using panasonic lol

Nice video. But can you or someone else do a video on using the follow focus on the zoom ring of a zoom lens. Nooooobody talks about that. You can be the first....Thanks!

Hope you and the girls had a great xmas bro :)