Kim Janson wrote:Hopefully BMD will make the protocol of the new focus and zoom controller available...
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Over all I do not think fully automatic ToF focus is a solution
The ability to rack focus between two set points seemed a bit fumbly when Grant was showing it but I have no doubt that BMD will get that nailed down solid. When they do it would be a nice add for the cinema cameras.
As for ToF focus I have to agree. I use a mirrorless on the gimbal strictly for the eye autofocus and subject tracking when every thing is moving. ToF will never give us that or any thing close to it. Just because the subjects shirt is in focus doesn't mean their face is.
My opinion is autofocus is some thing that needs to be done in the camera using data from the sensor. Lots of companies are doing it that way and most of them work great. You can have an output from the camera to a follow focus system so it works with cine lenses but ToF feels like a stop gap solution to avoid doing the hard work of getting real AF working.
I am not saying getting AF working is simple. But a pretty big chunk of the industry is adding it and a lot of the early patents will have expired making things easier to do. Resolve does tracking like it is no ones buisness so BMD has in house knowledge abut how it works. They currently have one time autofocus so they know how to do focus. Put them together let me touch a subject on the screen follow it, keep it in focus and I will be happier than a pig in ....