Using a Twist Jar Opener as Follow Focus | DIYPhotography.net

by udijw

It does fulfil the goal of making the focusing of the camera smoother and less awkward in terms of the hand position.  I think it would also make hitting a specific point on the focus ring a more visual task that is possible from behind the camera (without being able to see the markings on the lens...)

Might work nicely with a second one on the fixed part of the lens as a focus stop to align with...

Thanks for the tip.

Glad I saw this, I was in the mall with my girlfriend and she wanted to stop in at a store called Peppers which has more kitchen gadgets than I ever thought existed. Anywho I was able to find the exact same thing (albiet for $4 CDN) and it works great as a follow focus. Just thought I'd mention this for any folk that don't have a BB&B in their city.

Cheers

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Will It Work? The One Touch Jar Opener

Here I test out the One Touch Jar Opener .... and this one has multiple references to Pee Wee's Playhouse ... so if you liked that show ...

Red Sox Journal: Fenway Park was just what Pedroia needed

19.05.74

BOSTON — All Dustin Pedroia needed, it seems, was to come home.

Pedroia, perhaps as visibly frustrated as anyone by the team’s 0-6 start, has certainly answered the bell in Boston. The sparkplug second baseman, who like his teammates struggled through the season-opening road trip, has put together back-to-back three-hit games against the Yankees at Fenway.

Pedroia homered in his first at-bat at Fenway on Friday — the third straight year he’s gone deep in the home opener, by the way — and followed it up with a two-run single an inning later.

He was in the middle of three of the four Red Sox runs on Saturday, scoring the first after a leadoff double and knocking in the final two runs with another double. He had three two-baggers on the day, and even more impressive, hit one to each part of the outfield. He lined one down the left-field line in the third, launched one off the wall in center in the fourth and blooped one down the right-field

Source: Providence Journal

Jar Opener

jar opener OXO Good Grips Jar Opener
Kitchen (OXO)
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Sharp, stainless steel teeth grip jar
Jar Opener base pad keeps jar in place, reducing force required to open jar
Contoured, nonslip grip for better leverage
jar opener EZ Off Jar Opener
Kitchen
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Price: $15.95


EASY TO INSTALL AND USE
Opens lids from fingernail polish to a 6" jar
Opens lids effortlessly!
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Home (Progressive)
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Use to provide superior grip when opening stubborn jars
Set contains: Round, Rectangular and Cone Shaped Flexible Jar Opener.
jar opener Evriholder EasiTwist Jar Opener, Assorted Colors
Kitchen (Evriholder)
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Price: $3.59


Great for children, elderly and arthritis sufferers
Handwash recommended
Easy grip handle
jar opener Amco Swing-A-Way 711BK Comfort Grip Jar Opener, Black
Kitchen (Amco)
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Dishwasher safe
Adjusts to most jar lids and caps
Helps open those stubborn jar lids and caps

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Gang Gang Dance – “MindKilla” Video
Stereogum - Apr 05, 2011
Gang Gang Dance – “MindKilla” Video
You've heard the 11-minute opener “Glass Jar.” This video for another standout “MindKilla” was directed by the Boredoms' Shoji Goto. It may remind you of iTunes Visualizer. Before Eye Contact arrives, the band's releasing a “MindKilla”/”Glass Jar”

Travel Q&A: Laundry during a trip; Washington wineries
Arizona Republic - Apr 02, 2011
Pack a rubber jar opener to act as a sink stopper and a clothesline for drying. You can bring Woolite if you wish, but I've used shampoo or bar soap. Make sure your clothes are quick-drying. That means I'd probably only wash socks, undies and the shirt

From jumbled sentences to a published story: InnerView - Tina Smith's ...
Enterprise-Record - May 19, 2283
She wrote aa piece on preschool art objectives, one on "number sense" for kindergartners, and another on a knitted glove children can use as a jar opener. "That one was featured on the home page," she said. She also makes her own lip balm and lotion,

D'Backs show grit in opener in Denver
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) (blog) - Apr 02, 2011
D'Backs show grit in opener in Denver
Upton nearly won the game in the 10th inning breaking for home on contact on a grounder to short and collided with Chris Ianetta in an attempt to jar the ball loose. The D'backs eventually won the game on a wild pitch by Matt Lindstrom with one out in

Eye Contact
Undertheradar - Apr 04, 2011
Album opener 'Glass Jar' (at a daunting 11 minutes and currently available to stream on their website) beautifully sets the tone for the entire album. From slow beginnings the track builds and evolves, as the percussion mounts and Lizzi Bougatsos'