Reviews

Excellent rail! I am always skeptical of items that have 100% satisfaction rating, but it seems warranted here. I just received this and it is very well made and smooth to operate. It is light weight but doesn't seem to flex or have any backlash on the worm gear. Speaking of that, this has a steel worm gear and metal "shoe" (not sure the technical term for it) that rides on it. When you push in on the release on the side, the shoe moves away from the worm gear and you can move the whole assembly forward or back quickly. It has a friction knob on the side, but being a worm drive I don't know why. They are not prone to slipping. As to weight handling: I am using a Fuji X-E1 with a Vivitar Series 1 90 macro and there are no issues. I know that is no where near what the spec says this is rated for, but that's what I use and the rail works perfect with it. Very happy with this item.

The quality of this product is quite evident the moment you open it and feel the precision of the gears, the smoothness of the finish and the precision scaling. Even the simple instructions are understandable.

Exactly what I was expecting. Great to use if you use a battery pack

Great! Works as it should. Well made, and fits my Sony A7RIII perfectly.

Works well with my Lumix G9, but you can't fully open the articulating screen.It is a solid bracket for both landscape and portrait positions.I tried it on my Canon 5D3, and it is fine in the landscape position, but there's alittle wobble in portrait. I'd want a more rigid bracket for that body, especiallywith a larger lens.Generally a good product, and at the price, it's great!

The quality of the product just exceeded my expectation. It does what it says on the product information. The screw drives perfectly smooth without any loss of motion. I highly recommend this to all photographers who are planning to go for macro photography and photo stacking. I love it.

Well built and works great with the arca swiss clamp must have if you like macro photography

great product, especially for the price. great build, great quality...

This is a well-made unit - nicely finished and smoothly functioning. There is little side-to-side play, and what does exist. is constant along the length of the rails. There is a little hysteresis in the drive screw - as you change direction of travel, there is a small amount of "lost motion". This can be overcome by steadily approaching your final focus point from one direction, if very fine and constant increments are needed (as in focus stacking). For more general work, the precision of the device is quite adequate. The design of this unit uses a screw drive, while many others in its price range use a rack and pinion mechanism, which is faster to move but it is less precise. This is a good performer at a reasonable price.

Verified Purchase. I don't write many reviews although I do a lot of Amazon shopping, but the quality of this Macro Focusing Rail by Shoot is way beyond what I expected. Being a mechanical engineer, I appreciate a well made product and this is one. The manufacturing quality of the IS-MFR150 is what you would expect from a custom machine shop. It is almost to the level that you want to put it on display. The assembly of the screw drive mechanism is spot on with no backlash what soever. The movement is extremely smooth, something you would not expect in a product costing so little. I am using an Olympus OM-D EMI MKII with the accessory battery holder and the OLY 60mm macro lens weighing in at 3 lb 4 oz, which the macro focusing rail supported with no problem. I'm not sure how it would perform with a heavier camera/lens combo. However, It does appear to be able to hold and focus a heavier camera/lens combo. I'm sure you can find many macro focusing rails costing much much more than the Shoot unit, but quality wise, this is near the top.

Is there any “play” or “slop” or “backslash” when it is unlocked? In another word, does it feel loose?

When unlocked, at 45 degree angle, would the camera slide downward (due to gravity)?