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FS - TrusMt T2 Follow Focus - Only Europe

klem007 — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:20:54 +0000

Hello !

I'm selling my t2 with all gears included. I'm shipping from belgium.

Price : 200 Euro

I'll provide pictures if wanted.

Selling IANIRO redheads - GH2 - CANON FD kit - Rokinon - TRUSMT FF

klem007 — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:15:24 +0000

Well all is in the title really.

I live in belgium and i can ship it around in europe i guess!

[IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/sqqkv5.jpg[/IMG]

The real IANIRO's i'm selling are 100 € a piece. They are weathered but in working condition.

Greetz from Belgium

TrusMT larger matte box

o2x — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:25:42 +0000

Just had word from Julie in TrusMT that they will be releasing a larger Mattebox with a rear opening of up to 140mm at the end of September.

This is fab news for those of us who use lenses bigger than the 100mm max on current models.

I've asked to be kept up to date so as soon as I know more I'll post.

Owen.

Gear for Sale updated with SLR Magic

Tommyboy — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:13:11 +0000

I’m planning to slim down and sell some of my gear that I do not use. So here it is:

Trusmt NF2 FF with lens gears: $280
Linux GH2 Body Only: $650
Trustmt MB D100MB2:$300
SLR Magic HyperPrime 12mm T/1.6:$600

All the items are in a very good condition and full that were barely used. The GH2 am selling is my C camera and I do not have a need for it. The GH2 will come in an original box with all the accessories. Trusmt gear won’t have the original packaging. Local pickup is welcome, PM me for more info.

Recommendations on longer handles for a shoulder rig?

5thwall — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:37:16 +0000

(reposted from another topic)

Anyone have any recommendations on cheap extended handles? I'm looking at these and some others, like Jag35's, but hoping to spend less. Thinking I want to get something with handles that swivel. Thx!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trusmt-Double-hand-grip-kit-fix-with-dia-15mm-rods-/270955751862?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f1638a9b6#ht_500wt_970

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Trusmt-Double-hand-grip-kit-T-Support-B-rig-support-by-dia-15mm-rods-/290697659672?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43aeee4518#ht_2474wt_1025

http://jag35.com/products/handles-2/extendedhandles.html

Cages: TrustMT cage for GH2

last_SHIFT — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:00:03 +0000

Looks like trustmt has their modified cage up for sale which is more GH2 friendly. It would be nice if it was a little more form fitting and not just a couple of adjustments to accommodate the LCD and battery. Having said that - all these cages still cost way too much.

Price - $430+ shipping or less, check our deals

http://www.trusmt.com/en/proview.asp?id=99

Mattebox height adjustment part?

JackBayer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:13:05 +0000

Hi,

So I´ve got my Trusmt MB and realized, that I will need some kind of variable height adjustment to have it working on all my lenses on my Ginirig. I found only this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Height-Riser-rail-systems-follow-focus-mattebox-/190353971566 but that one comes from India and due to bad experiences I´d like to avoid to buy from there.

Does anyone know a store which offers something variable? Or how do you deal with the heights of you rigs when it comes to Matteboxes?

Thanks!

GH2 Shoulder Mount Follow Focus rig - Gini + TrusMT

LPowell — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:55:14 +0000

Here are a couple of photos of the shoulder mount follow focus rig I recently assembled, using parts from various sources.

Gini DSLR Pro Pack shoulder mount
http://cgi.ebay.com/DSLR-RIG-PRO-PACK-/260827565577?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cba88ce09

TrusMT DSLR T2 follow focus
http://cgi.ebay.com/DSLR-Follow-focus-T2-Matte-box-Canon-5D-7D-60D-600D-/270786604503?pt=US_Camera_Camcorder_Accessory_Bundles&hash=item3f0c23add7

DSLR "Matte Box" lens hood with flags
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390332331443&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Berkey Systems CHP-2 chest pad
http://www.berkeysystem.com/store/shoulder-pads/chest-pad/

iShoot tripod collar mount for Canon EF 100mm f/2.8
http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-EF-100mm-f-2-8-USM-Macro-Lens-Tripod-Mount-Ring-/260821785675?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cba309c4b

Dot Line Nikon-M4/3 lens mount adapter
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dot-Line-Micro-Four-Thirds-Adapter-Nikon-F-Lenses-/390330740020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae1866d34

Tokina AT-X 235 AF PRO 20-35mm f2.8 zoom lens, Nikon mount
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/20-35mm-f28.htm

16X9 Model HDV7X1 0.7X wide angle convertor, 72mm
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/381965-REG/16x9_Inc_HDV7X1_HDV7X1_0_7_Wide_Angle.html

TrusMT T2 Follow Focus Review

Hunter_H_Richards — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:36:38 +0000

Its been 4 weeks now since I got this thing but ill start from the beginning to make it more interesting:

I was looking for used follow focuses on ebay for dslr use- to my surprise I saw an Arri Mff-1 look-a-like followfocus for sale brand new $399 by "trusmt". $399 sounded way too cheap but after looking at pictures from their website, it felt low enough risk give it a try, keeping a realistic view that if it was only 1/4 as good as the arri I would be happy with it for dslr use (going on $399 vs $1600 for the arri).

It showed up 2 days later in a pretty little box with precision cut foam for holding the goods (wish I still had this to take a photo of the box but I threw it out when we moved a few weeks ago, I was impressed though)

Contents were:

1x Trusmt t2 follow focus http://trusmt.com/proview.asp?id=44

4x Gear rings (4 different sizes)

1x bag of tools and extra screws

1x trusmt catalogue

First reactions:

Visual build test:
I picked it up and looked around the unit for signs of poor manufacturing, I was amazed how well it was made, very solid and couldnt see with my eye anything showing poor work. Colors and anodizing looked nice too.

Gear rings looked good- reminded me of red rock micro (i dont really care much for these but they work and were included "free")

Follow focus feel test:
To make it fair, I have used every mechanical Arri follow focus from ff1 to ff4, including the mff1, the lwff, ect- most chrosziels, as well as most "affordable" ones like redrock/cavision/cinevate- I got spoiled on the arri's and chrosziels for sure.

I spun the trusmt followfocus wheel to see how the gear box felt, It was very well dampened and actually felt good (possibly too well of dampening, but ill get to this later)

"Wow, I cant believe this was $399" I thought

Two handed "play" test:
(no not what your thinking pervert)

I grabbed the handwheel with one hand and with my other hand, i held the drive gear to see how much play there was. it seemed like too much play- then I realzied I needed to tighten the drive gear screw and after that it was only maybe 2mm of play? Didnt take an accurate reading but what ever it was it was very close to the more budget friend followfocuses like redrock for example and much better than the origional redrock follow focus if you ever tried that one. Not to bad for such a cheap follow focus!

Mounting it on the camera:

I placed a gear on my lens and put the followfocus on the rails. It was pretty tight putting it on- maybe the rod spacing distance on the trusmt was slightly too narrow- I tried it on another rail system and it did the same- tiny bit of work to clamp it on to the rails (I was using chrosziel matte aluminum rods, maybe it works better with steel)

It felt pretty good, but I noticed it took a lot of effort to drive the lens with the follow focus- this was probably because the gear box had too much dampaning grease in it as I was using it on a very smooth focusing lens. But it wasnt terrible- Would actually feel perfect on an AF lens as they seem to have near zero dampening or feel to them in the focus ring.

Hard Stops:

This just got in the way for me so I removed the blue disk along with them using the included tools, they just kinda flopped around or if I locked them, wouldnt allow full lens rotation- you may like them on

Alternate opinion:
My friend who mostly produces but shoots some too came and checked out the rig- and after feeling the follow focus said he thought it felt amazing "So much better than my (XXXXXXX more expensive) follow focus I have" (im not going to name names)

4 Weeks later, pros and cons:

Pros:

Looks nice

Really great build for the price, I dont think you can get anything better here at this level

Versatile mounting from the articulating arm

Good "feel" to value ratio (no arri or chrosziel, but for follow focuses under $900- this thing competes well at its price point)

Comes with extra tools/parts

beveled magnetic marking disk

Drive gear can be moved front to back with one screw

Did I mention this is a nice working follow focus for $399!?!

Cons:

Gear Box is too well dampened (not good for cine lenses, but again I dont think its aimed here- its aimed at people using AF lenses)

Hardstops are OK but better to take them off unless you have an extremely short throw AF lens (just remove 2 screws on the handwheel, then 4 screws to remove the blue disk- put the hand wheel back on)

Some play (About 2 mm isnt bad, but I would prefer zero play- but then again who wouldnt!)

A bit heavy

Some torque in the Arm part if you have it up too high, could be beefed up here a bit

Conclusion:

Let me get real- This thing is no Arri MFF-1, its 1/4 of the price- what did you expect? With that said, I do think its more than 1/2 as good the the Arri, which is saying something. Is it going to be my follow focus on my f3? On a red? maybe not, I probably will have to go to Arri for that.

Will trusmt provide good customer support? I dont know

Is every unit made well? I cant tell you

But for $399, I feel I have a great value of a follow focus unit- perfect for any dslr and ideal for any dslr with AF lenses: I.e. The gh2.

If you have a dslr and your looking for something nice looking, well built, that will actually work as a follow focus and you only have $399 and you appreciate taking a bit of risk- I can honestly say this is the best cheapest follow focus ive tried and would recommend it. Hopefully Trusmt will continue to improve on the design and make it even better in the future.

(Disclaimer: I dont know trusmt people so I cant vouch for them, nor have I received any compensation- Im just basing this review and recomendation off of this one follow focus model I bought from them on ebay, do your own dilagence and get other opinions too!)

Some camera porn attached (again, not ideal for an f3, just showing you!):