Go Wireless With Your Focus - PD Remote Air 3 Review
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- Looking for a solid, easy to use and affordable wireless follow focus system? Say hello to the Remote AIR 3 from PD Movie!
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Even with the great auto focus we have today, most filmmakers will prefer manual focus for ultimate control over their images. To help with that, many crews include an AC (assistant camera) who's primary purpose is operating focus. With smaller camera system and more complex movement, pulling focus from the camera can be tough. Wireless focus systems like this PD Remote Air 3 allow you to pull focus from any location.
I only touched on what the PD Remote Air 3 can do. Here is a longer list of features:
Ultra-compact lens control system with hand unit and iOS app control
Hand unit controller and dual-motor kit
Up to 330' transmission range
German-made, brushless, highly responsive receiver motor
An OLED screen displays the signal channel and strength, motor voltage, and Bluetooth connection status
Mounts to single 19mm or 15mm rod
Compatible with 0.8 Mod gear pitch cine lenses or lens gears
iOS app control for setting limits and marks, saving lens data, and programming automatic F/I/Z pulls
You can learn more about the system here:
www.pdmovie.com/remoteair3/
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This system was supplied to me from PD Movie free of charge. This review and it's content was not reviewed or paid for by outside persons or manufacturers. - Фільми й анімація
I just received mine last week and tested it this weekend. This thing is awesome! Thanks for the review Caleb!
Video looks good with this set up. Seems like a great product
Wow. Just wow. Besides the review. This is your best looking video as in regards to lighting. Seriously! The B-Roll was really lovely to look at and dig the vintage look too of the your talking head shots. I remember your videos from your apt days and the growth is amazing. Sorry for the long comment. One of my all time fav UA-cam reviewers.
I love the way the new lens looks, it gives a feel... idk... it doesn’t seem like digital video, it seems to give it more character! And I love this system and would love to try it! Although I do agree all the presses does seem a bit complicated...
Teach me the way you light sensei ! Tilta Nucleus M is a steal, considering the price of this unit.
i like the ventage lens look
Great review, Caleb!
The hard stops are clutch. Wow, this is pretty cool.
Your videos always look nice, bit this one looks specially nice. Love the look.
Hi, I have had the experience 2 times that the focus motors are so strong that the endstop of the Rokinons focus break. Be careful when using autocal with the Rokinons. As it looks like in the video; the motor is moving your whole rig slightly, so they are for sure strong and it might be a matter of time until the lens is damaged. Keep up the good reviews. This might be a future purchase.
I usually love your reviews, you give it raw and do pro and con arguments and finally you say weather or not the item is for you. This review or should I say infomercial however is all about how good this thing is you could not find any thing con about it which makes me think it was just a paid advertisement. Hope I’m wrong but either way keep the hustle once the bills get paid lol.
This looks cool, but I wish there were more remote focus pulls that functioned as screw-on handles for dual-handle gimbal use (much like the Aputure Lens Regain, except without a speedbooster). Do you know of anything like that Caleb?
Hi, Great auto focus. I'd like to know how the possibillties to attach it to a rig for a singel camera operator is.
Hey Caleb! Great video as always but i am wondering what knife you got there at 0:28?
Hey Caleb, great review. Anyway to rig this up sans V-Mount battery? Something smaller?
Hi Caleb, will you be making a video about the FS700 + Shogun Inferno combo?
Very cool product. Wondering this system over a Tilta Nucleus M?
Can this hand unit also press record on the camera externally? I've been looking into some wireless follow focus systems and this one definitely caught my eye, but I was wondering if this has the capabilities to externally press record for you like Tilta and Cinegear's hand units does.
Nice lens. Lovely look but a touch dark. Thanks for the vid. :-) can you review the 24 shots silencer air?
I kinda like the look. It is a little soft, mostly from chromatic aberrations and edges are a little distorted. It almost looked like it wasn't focused on the primary subject very well or the dof was way too shallow. I bet however if you had a little more light and could stop down a bit, it might have cleared up just enough. Bokeh was interesting but nice. Let's put it this way, it's creamy, and I like that, but maybe a little more light could it would sharpen it up. I personally don't care for the ultra sharp "clinical" look video can have so your experiment was welcome I did watch it in 4k playback and I did consider the crappy YT compression .
Dear Caleb, I love your content ... but I also realized that your watch is just as awesome ! Mind sharing the model haha ?
Very nice product
thanks for the info
I think the lens looks fantastic
the setup of the gh5s looks really cool, would u mind tell me about the parts ?
Great video Caleb! Love the elegant lighting on the black table. Was just wondering what v-mount battery you’re using? As I’m also looking into purchasing some :)
Yeah, which Came-tv (how many watts) and DC plate? Tried to find in your archive. ONly found the swintex
Ok, this is a real interesting product!
Can you buy just the focus ring? I am searching a good focus ring without an "end" for a long while.
Can you use this with the Sigma 18-35mm?
can i use it on a shoulder rig? thanks 4 the video
I like the look. What lens are you using?
The lens looks great to me. It's definitely a bit softer, sure, but it also looks a bit more... filmic to me. It's more of a creamy look, which I dig. What lens are you using there? The Helios 44-2 or one of the other Soviet vintage lenses you mentioned you were getting awhile back?
what is the life expectancy for the build in battery? do we need to ship back if the battery no longer charge?
Can you make a video on your camera rig set up with that big battery please?????
It’s EZ on the eye I like it jmo
The millennium falcon though! Sweet!!!
Can you tell what the greatest distance that I can still work with the RC?
When’s the a73 video coming out
I noticed on the Canon C200 you can pull focus just by touching the screen.. Are you suggesting this is more for DSLR's. or is this a complement for these systems as well?
does this work with arri Cplenses and carzeiss lenses
I love the look of the lens very filmic , old school beauty diffusion ala black pro mist filter vibe, I think the only possibility of unpleasant “softness” is the soft reflection in your eyeglasses. It’s really the only tell tale sign of anything even going on.
What was the vintage lens you were using to film the episode with? I liked the look.
Andy Robinson +1...would also like to know
I would also like to know
Me too
Could you please link the battery and the plate? I just got a Ronin and for some reason its ptap is not powering my PD3. I want to find a cheap solution mounting plate and battery on the handle. Also, if you ever used this on a Ronin, do you know if it supposed to work with this follow focus or not? Thank in advance
how it compare to tilta NUCLEUS-N?
Awesome - I want.
Hey bro at the time duration of 9:40 the rokinon lens moves up a little bit. May be you have noticed while editing. is that because of the focus motor or may be the tripod baseplate and camera body loose connection. M confused. Can you find a reason? May be the motor is too strong for this kind of DSLR or mirror less system which has very loose contact because of only one screw mount. Thanks for the vdo.
The motor is just fine. The problem was my camera setup. I used the GH5s with a battery grip. The battery grip doesn't have a very strong connection to the camera. Without the grip there are no problems.
never thought I'd get such a quick reply, WOW. Good job man not just because you replied but your channel has the consistency and the unbiased reviews. Thanks man. You and your channel ROCKS.
Thank you for the kind words Santu! Really does mean a lot to me.
Like the soft look, something different.
hey caleb, i just purchased GH5s. but the problem is that i am getting noise in the footage(mostly in the defocused background), even when i am using my sigma 18-35 wide oprn at f1.2 and iso at 400/800. i dont understand what the problem is. i am not using any light but even at C4k 400mbps noise is considerable. can you help me with this ??
There might be that you are underexposing the image. I own a GH5s myself and when shooting log you have to be careful about the IRE values. I recommend you watch this: ua-cam.com/video/rsOLAdVccEk/v-deo.html
In short terms; It´s easy to underexpose log and get unwanted noise, waveform monitor is your friend for the GH5s.
Thaks Johan.
Hey, I think your links are off. The Links you have are the Ikan ones!
same company. Cinegearpro, PDmovie, Ikan. All one company really.
Looks cool, pity it's more expensive than my camera body :D
I think 24shots' Silencer Air is a better product as it doesn't requires rails and can can be mounted on the hotshoe....it would be great if you can review that as well Caleb.
That has to be the strangest LCS I have ever seen. Stranger than the Chrosziel CDM-100 even
Let’s talk about that VMount for the GH5!
Check out their website, the broken english level is only paralleled by Zhiyun. Good luck with the product support if you need it.
The auto calibrate function will not work with a focus-by-wire lens because those lens rings don't stop rotating after reaching the minimum focus distance/infinity. Not that there's a big chance anyone is using a focus-by-wire lens at this budget because as far as I know this is mostly used in cheaper lenses, but still something to keep in mind. I have no focus-by-wire lenses but I wonder if this system can still be calibrated if you do, or maybe calibration isn't really necessary if the lens can't be damaged from turning a ring too far.
FBW is impossible to do remotely short of sending the lens a signal directly (Foolcontrol, AputureDEC). Not worth it tbh. Better off using older stills lenses with gears glued on.
It looks pretty soft. I don't hate it, but I think your other lenses look better for this channel considering what you usually cover.
amazing
That test lens of yours has a pretty nice look. I'm curious to know what it is. Character seems familiar to me, but I don't want to be one of those jerks who pretends to be able to guess what lens you're using by looking at final images.
Not mad on watching reviews of really expensive products.
Think I'm going to wait for the Tilta Nucleus N
Lens looks great. Nice product. This video seemed very dark to me though. Beyond moody into too dark. I'm on a new cell so maybe it's me?
It's you
What watch are you wearing?
Also great video ;)
Very soft... Used to your sharp look
Hmmm... it looks like there is an - either - using this remote focus “manually” - or - relying on the camera’s auto follow focus...
Not a fan of the multiple tap solution to the problem... Dedicated buttons and short menus are the way forward. The motors look to be quite slow. Hope that can be changed by tapping...
The artistry function is nice for 1st time focus pullers but when you need to hit marks accurately and quickly it'll be a pain. If you need to approach infinity very quickly (like when filming cars) you wont be able to keep up.
Not having lens mapping is not a feature, it's a limitation. I understand them not having it, it's expensive to develop the firmware. Does mean you'll need as many rings as you have lenses so you can mark up the rings to you can focus by mark if the wireless video goes down. Pretty standard for a lower budget LCS. A Bartech is the same.
It looks like a fine system for videographers and occasional gimbal work but you hand that to any focus puller and they'll laugh. Price is good, Tilta is cheaper for a 3 channel (with very similar motors). Never really understood the niche of PDmovie, still don't.
Hopefully you get good use out of it.
Tilta Nucleus M is a way to go! This is to expensive for the package.
That price tag, ouch!
Yes I know for what it does it is really cheap, but still. Still far away from consumer budget reach.
Compare it to a WCU-4 or a Preston FF system
You should say that to equipment from 5-50 years ago lol. Those were ridiculous prices.
check the price on an ARRI FF4 manual follow focus? lol
Connor Smyers WCU-4 Not FF4
The tilta nucleus M is only a little more expensive and you get much more for your money!
If you ever get it. amiriiiite
Alternativ?
Sorry, but going to lol when hear "made of aircraft aluminum"))) When manufacturers start to write "made of cosmic space shuttle secret metal alloy", or "alien unknown material form"?)))
No too soft change the location too
Very sceptical of any remote focus in this price range, I've had 3 die on my on various shoots over the last month. The only stuff I've ever seen be 100% rock solid is the arri and Preston stuff
Yeah, cooked a few DJI focus this past year. Preston, Arri, Bartech Digital, HocusProduct are my trusted brands. RTmotion have some good stuff but I've never liked their motors. New motor on the way though so they might become usable soon ha
How the...?
2 rentals (pretty beat up when I got them) and a DPs. Mostly older lenses and 26v reelpower supply. Let the smoke out after a couple days of that. The DPs didn't fully die to be fair, it soldiered on but I wouldn't say it was usable anymore. I think they had access to too many Amps but I they don't have 3pin Lemo power cables for regulated supply
Me being like:
OMG, I have to get this thing😍
*hears price*
😢
Love your Videos, you‘re awesome, but sadly this thing is waaaaaaay outta my price range😢😂
Have to say I didn't enjoy the lens, just a tad too soft for me.
I’d rather tilta. That fiz looks frail.
This product has been discontinued
Not sure why anyone would buy this system now that the Titla Nucleus-M exists. You can get a more robust and complete system for less money.
Does you wife know about all the gear you are buying and hiding in the basement?
Expensive but you get what you pay...
"Affordable". Might want to google Lenzhounds wireless follow focus. Its half the cost.
A _mere_ $1,200...
...surely you jest!
Hears "a thousand dollars"......Turns video off
To dark video and yeah $2000 get f***ked for literally a potentiometer on a stick that you can control remotely. Haha.
video loks soft. not good IMHO
andivax the camera totally focus to the camera in front of him, btw i really like his style of video
Why do you feel you need to say this?
because he asked for feedback about the look of this video.
yep..must of used something in which he thinks is a lut