lidar autofocus

I have a bmpcc4k with a Meike 35 mm cine lens T2.2. For one man band solution can be useful buy a lidar autofocus like this? T2.2 https://www.pdmovie.com/pages/liveair3smart ? Maybe 4-5 meter limit distance can be a problem?

I'm not quite sure if it is still the case, if it hasn't changed then you need a Dji RS3 Pro to program the lens profiles into the Lidar Range Finder. From then on you can use the Range Finder with manual lenses without gimbal. Bestboy Adam has a recent video on YouTube where he uses the Range Finder with a shoulder rig.

The problem usually is in short distance, when you go to longer than 4-5 meters you can close a bit the iris and you have a good depth of field.

When you work to Blackmagic you can know how is without calculator, you should only go to lens metadata’s during shot from 7.9 firmware




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The problem usually is in short distance, when you go to longer than 4-5 meters you can close a bit the iris and you have a good depth of field.

When you work to Blackmagic you can know how is without calculator, you should only go to lens metadata’s during shot from 7.9 firmware

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Thank you for the tip, have you by any chance had the opportunity to try the lidar I linked? When you say the issue is with short distances, were you referring to the lidar or focusing in general?

I'm not quite sure if it is still the case, if it hasn't changed then you need a Dji RS3 Pro to program the lens profiles into the Lidar Range Finder. From then on you can use the Range Finder with manual lenses without gimbal. Bestboy Adam has a recent video on YouTube where he uses the Range Finder with a shoulder rig.

I was considering one-man band solutions, and now I have a Flycam Redking, which is quite heavy, and that's mainly why I was thinking about the gimbal. However, the autofocus issue would still remain even with the gimbal, and buying the RS3 Pro with the DJI Lidar is not a small expense for me as I'm just a hobbyist. Anyway, the lidar I linked is this one

, I wasn't referring to the DJI lidar. I don't know if the DJI one actually works better than this or if it carries the same issues.

PDMovie Lidar has much less range than the DJI Lidar, which has a 14m range according to DJI. Idk if the "effective" range is really 14m but definitely much more than PDMovie.

I think they also differ in the horizontal area they cover but you might research that. With both you need to keep objects in the middle of the frame to focus them but I think DJI grants a bit more leeway. I might be wring though. There are tests of the PDMovie on YouTube.

Although I do not use auto focus I got the pdmovie live smart to throw on a b cam if that user is not used to use manual focus in run and gun.
The max is five meters secured distance witch is enough for what I meant the use case for.
It has worked really good when used.
I still prefer manual thought 100% because I want to be in full control of the focus point for the framing I am going for for each shot.

The problem usually is in short distance, when you go to longer than 4-5 meters you can close a bit the iris and you have a good depth of field.

When you work to Blackmagic you can know how is without calculator, you should only go to lens metadata’s during shot from 7.9 firmware

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Thank you for the tip, have you by any chance had the opportunity to try the lidar I linked? When you say the issue is with short distances, were you referring to the lidar or focusing in general?

No, unfortunately there isn’t a rental near me that have it.
In general more near you are to subject less depth of field you have to keep it in focus, and lindar or manual focus could be wrong.


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I have a bmpcc4k with a Meike 35 mm cine lens T2.2. For one man band solution can be useful buy a lidar autofocus like this?

I tested the Dji Lidar Range Finder with Pocket 4k and the Sirui Mars set and the Zhong Yi Speedmaster set. Excellent continuous autofocus. It works very well.

Phil, did you test for the nearest and farthest distances that the LiDAR handled well?

I see the new DJI Focus Pro LiDAR system is rated to 20m. That’s very appealing for what I’m usually shooting. Often though I may have subjects in frame to stage left and stage right at a wide angle of view so that type of shot might not work properly if the LiDAR angle of view is too narrow. With a suitable use case though, it looks very effective.

…I’m selling my PD Movie Live Air 3 Smart…

So watching Florent’s video may have in part addressed my concern about the narrow angle of view needing to capture a wide perspective since the LiDAR can optionally track people. I assume then I can simply indicate the principal subject to be followed at anytime.