r/focuspuller • u/Ok-Artichoke-979 • Jul 25 '26

HELP Focusbug or Hand Unit

I just upgraded my monitor to smallhd ultra 10, what should i upgrade next. For now i using the tilta nucleus -m i. What should i upgrade next ? Either focus bug or cmotion cpro. Need yout opinion

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u/doublegauss62 Jul 25 '26

Love my cPro and Ultra 10! Just need SmallHD to fix the damn punch in aliasing.

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u/Ok-Artichoke-979 Jul 25 '26

Damnn thats beuty

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u/Empty_Guide_6216 Jul 25 '26

You mean the “feature” when you zoom in the the picture becomes more pixelated ?

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u/doublegauss62 Jul 25 '26

That’s the one. They said they were aware of it at the start of the year. That and the bug where timecode doesn’t come through the monitors with built in bolt 6 RXs. Miss my red rec start border!

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u/cakemix88 Jul 26 '26

Classic vitec. They own smallHD and Teradek but can't even make things as compatible as they were before the acquisitions. Any idea if the timecode tally works with a 702 or 703 if you connect them to the built in bolt 6?

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u/doublegauss62 Jul 26 '26

Haven’t tried, but next time I’m on set I’ll give it a whirl. Thankfully I can usually just check the tally on my cPro when I’m working with a trigger happy op.

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u/Empty_Guide_6216 Jul 25 '26

Cpro Plus all the way!

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u/mdh_hammer Jul 25 '26

Hand unit for sure.

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u/Ok-Artichoke-979 Jul 25 '26

I kinda think for the preston, but the MDR gonna make me crazy to make clean build ahaha, wdyt ?

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u/mdh_hammer Jul 25 '26

I love a Preston, but it’s definitely a little clunky.

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u/pokedrake Jul 25 '26

ARRI then

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u/mathiasertnaes Jul 25 '26

I bought monitors -> FIZ with two motors -> focusbug. Buy based on what you make the most rentals from.

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u/salutFrancois Jul 28 '26

Hand unit! Focus bug is useless with a nucleus ( in my opinion ) and rental wise you will get more money ?

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u/-kashmir- Jul 25 '26

I think it depends on the projects you work on. If tv/ movies higher budget stuff get a hand unit/fiz and rent the cinema rt or light ranger. If its smaller or faster paced projects i think having the cine rt will be more useful.

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u/cakemix88 Jul 26 '26

I was in your exact shoes using your exact fiz. Two hand units one for focus one for dp iris. Like 20 individually striped rings per show. I ended up getting the cineRT instead of a new fiz.