Focus fast — the hardware store way

This is a cool little non-destructive hack for your DSLR, if you have a need to follow subjects in motion, and it probably costs less than $10 at a hardware store. Clamp a hose clamp around your focus ring, and drill a hole through it for a drawer pull or some such.

Now, if you’re shooting fast action — or perhaps video — and you know you need to go from, say, 2 o’clock to 5 o’clock focus, you can do so much more quickly and smoothly than fiddling around with the stock focus wheel.

I presume this would also work for the zoom.

It’s like a suicide knob for your camera!

(From lonelysandwich’s Flickr stream, via Gizmodo)