Lenzhound Combo Kit - Wireless Follow Focus

This product is amazing. I am surprised by how sturdy the build quality is for the price. The ease to program a lens, the precision in the control and the response of the dial, and the feeling of the remote are very pleasing. The motor is powerful enough for big cinema lenses (We have to keep the z-mode about half or lower with the cinema lenses so that the teeth on the motor wont jump on the stiff lenses).The motor does make enough noise to make an onboard mic unusable. We have not had any issues on our set as we always have our actors audio with a boom or lav mic, we never use any of the audio from the onboard mic.

I like the Lenzhound as its operation is straight forward and it's half the price compared to others. Got it with thumb wheel which is really handy. Motor is bit noisy but since is use boom mic so it wont be a big problem. Haven't tested on actual shoot so will update the review if I change my opinion about the focus system.

So I bought this back in February and it is really hit or miss. It's great for the price, but If I were buying it again if pass and get an Ikan. My biggest problem with this is it says 300 foot range and that's not true. I can get maybe 100 feet then it starts to freak out. Also if you are using a lens with a long throw don't expect to be able to rack very quickly. I needed this for my steadicam rig. When my AC follows beside me it's fine, but getting too far from video village will cause issues. Also cellphones mass with the reception. If you have extras on set you're going to have issues because the all will just silence their phones and not turn them off. People suck what can I say. If you're looking for a cheap solution this is nice, but if you're trying to pull off very elaborate shots spend the extra coin and get an IKan. Also the knob keeps falling off and I can't get it to stay on. It's extremely annoying.....

This an affordable and useful tool. It works very very very well and does not ass rape my wallet. Freakn amazing. So grateful for this.

This thing is garbage compared to even the DJI follow focus or Red Rock because they made the financial decision to reinvent the wheel not to use brushless servos and a servo driver but a stepper instead. This was a bad choice because this thing is woefully inadequate on anything that also records sound since those steppers make a huge amount of noise when they move. The steppers in this thing also come unglued from their gears and slip badly. What would prevent this is if the shaft from the stepper would have had a key on it to prevent this but that seems a bit beyond the manufacturing capabilities of Lenzhound.I bought this hunk of junk with the intention of modifying it to drive brushless servos (because it is, after all, open source) but quickly realized that I would have been better off using that money toward a real follow focus like the DJI Follow Focus, RT Motion, Heden Carat, Bartech, or even an insanely expensive Preston.In conclusion, you certainly get what you pay for. If someone releases a version of this that will drive Heden or Preston brushless servos and is open source, the community will absolutely EXPLODE around it. The makers refused to listen to my critiques and, as far as I know, have no plans to release a professional version of this TOY.