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The 50-Dollar Follow Focus gives you precise, repeatable control over your lenses. Built to last and a joy to use.

50-Dollar Follow Focus

The 50-Dollar Follow Focus gives you precise, repeatable control over your lenses. Built to last and a joy to use.
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Wiley Davis
Wiley Davis
1,527 backers pledged $117,178 to help bring this project to life.
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We've launched our second Kickstarter - the Pop and Lock

Hello,

Two years ago I started Hondo Garage with the help of over 1500 people who backed the 50-Dollar Follow Focus Kickstarter project. What started as a hobby in an... Read more

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Follow Focus Adapter for the Canon 50mm F1.8

For anyone interested in using their 50-Dollar Follow Focus with the Canon 50mm F1.8 lens, I've designed an adapter ring that adds cine-pitch gears and a belt groove to said... Read more

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That's a Wrap - and A New Gizmo is Born

Hello,

As of approximately 10 days ago, we have shipped all of the orders for which we have received survey information. That's more than 1500 follow focuses. Whew!

You should... Read more

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Nearing the End

Just a quick update to let everyone know where we stand with follow focus shipments. Generally speaking, we've shipped everything except for about 100 orders with red knobs (see below),... Read more

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Shipping Continues

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We're Shipping!

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As the subject line says, we began shipping last Friday. So far we've shipped about 100 of them. We got the all black units in first, so that's what's... Read more

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Where My Follow Focus At?

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Estimated Delivery Timeline

Hello All,

Hopefully by now you've received and filled out the survey. It's been brought to my attention that the survey listed an expected shipping date of March 1. I'm... Read more

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Surveys Tomorrow and a Production Video Now

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The 3rd Color, Gears, and Shipping Upgrades

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Vote for the 3rd Color Option

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You All Rock

A big thankyou-yourock-woohoo to all of you helped get this project way farther off the ground than I'd ever anticipated. Thank you. You're awesome.

What's next? This week, we'll send... Read more

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Successfully raised $117,178 with 1,527 backers

Gear Adapter and FDFF Progress

Hello all,

First, let me say how Amazed I've been by your response to this project. It makes me very excited about the future of cinema and video story-telling in... Read more

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International Shipping Ain't So Bad

Good news!

A quick visit to the post office has revealed that the FDFF box can be shipped as a first class parcel to most countries in Europe, Australia, and... Read more

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Rails Not Included

A few people have asked, so I figured an update was in order. The rails pictured are not included with the 50-Dollar Follow Focus. A few have also asked if... Read more

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International Shipping

There have been a lot of questions about international shipping. Here's the latest:

We've sold out (or almost) our rewards with free or $10 shipping to anywhere. We've put up... Read more
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