diegocervo
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just received my musthd 5.6'' and I must say I'm impressed. For the price is a no brainer.
GH4 Best 5-7" monitor for under $300?
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Yep, I am hoping that the new 5.6" monitor might get an improved panel like the 7" when released in a few weeks. Saying that, the Feelworld 7" monitor is only 10mm wider and packs a 7" screen for less money. If it had a mounting thread on the side of it I would try one out in a heartbeat but on my shoulder rig, I'm not keen on mounting from the bottom. I also really like the remote on the Musthd to give 1:1 focus assist without your hand having to leave the grip. How is the accuracy of the Feelworld red peaking function?
From what I can tell it looks to be bang on.
i.e. I manually focus in 1:1 pixel mode, then turn on the red peaking and only the focused edges are bright red. Or I can do it the other way, where I first focus with the red peaking then switch to 1:1 pixel mode and I see that the red edges are dead sharp.
Thanks Dingo,
In a previous post you said comparing the image quality to the marshal, the feelworld would be a 70 and the Musthd an 80. Where do you feel the Feelworld is lacking compared to the Musthd to give it ten less points? Sharpness, colour accuracy, brightness, etc?
The main thing for me is the weak contrast control. It works fine to get a "normal" image out of it, but if I want to raise or lower the contrast to enhance my viewing image you can't do much.
To get good color with both the MustHD and the FeelWorld monitors I had to modify a custom user profile to match the OLED of my GH4, and both monitors could produce a very good match. It was slightly easier to match the color with the MustHD monitor, but the difference was not huge.
Both monitors could produce a bright and sharp image, and I quite liked being able to apply a tiny bit of sharpening to the image with each monitor, something that my Marshall lacks. ( this little extra made the image from MustHD and FeelWorld monitors appear a tiny bit crisper than the Marshall )
With the Marshall you're getting even better color with more image controls ( except for the sharpening ), a Waveform Display, and an audio metering display. The Marshall also has the best build quality of the three, with the MustHD coming second, and the FeelWorld coming last. But both of the lower cost monitors feel like they should last quite a while if you take care of them. ( the overall quality is a huge jump over my old Lilliput monitor that had bad color and was not very well made )
Thomas Smet
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So you are saying you don't really notice the 6 bit vs 8 bit color difference between the monitors?
Thomas Smet
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One other question. With the MustHD one of the features I love the most is the instant switch to 1:1 pixel mode and back again. On my older Lilliput the screen would turn blue for four or five seconds during the switch which was very annoying. How fast is the FeelWorld switch? This is kind of an important feature to have for me and having the monitor switch back and forth instantly is a huge benefit.
Not really. The Marshall has more sophisticated color controls and maybe the LCD panel itself has inherently better color, but when they are all properly tuned the color each monitor produces is very close.
All three monitors switch in and out of 1:1 pixel mode very fast, almost instantaneously. The difference is that there is a blue flash when switching modes with the FeelWorld monitor, a black flash when switching modes with the Marshall, and no flash when switching between modes with the MustHD.
Thomas Smet
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Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it.
refocusedmedia
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refocusedmedia
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Just got mine in and it's exactly what I was wanting. It's not reference quality for colors or shadows, but it's a perfectly lightweight framing reference when I'm handheld with my rig. Here it is on my Ginirig Advanced Extreme 17 with the GH4 and Sigma 18-35.
The hotshoe mount is of better quality than I expected. The HDMI locking mechanism is of worse quality than I expected. Also, maybe it's just me or it's the the quality downgrade outputting 4K to 1080p over HDMI, but the GH4 focus peaking is a little more scatterbrained, and the monitor's focus peaking is just OK (goes from not much red noise to a lot of red noise to let you know what's in focus).
I did confirm that it works with all modes, even C4K in 24 Hz, no issues staying active while recording. In 59.94 Hz mode, I scrolled through 4K 30p to 4K 24p to FHD 60p 200mbps to FHD 30p 50mbps to FHD 100mbps VFR and they all displayed and recorded fine.
The hotshoe mount is of better quality than I expected. The HDMI locking mechanism is of worse quality than I expected. Also, maybe it's just me or it's the the quality downgrade outputting 4K to 1080p over HDMI, but the GH4 focus peaking is a little more scatterbrained, and the monitor's focus peaking is just OK (goes from not much red noise to a lot of red noise to let you know what's in focus).
I did confirm that it works with all modes, even C4K in 24 Hz, no issues staying active while recording. In 59.94 Hz mode, I scrolled through 4K 30p to 4K 24p to FHD 60p 200mbps to FHD 30p 50mbps to FHD 100mbps VFR and they all displayed and recorded fine.
refocusedmedia
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What settings are you using with your Feelworld for an accurate-ish image?
doubledark
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What did the unit cost and did you buy direct?
I am matching everything to my GH4 LCD, which appears to be the most accurate display I own, it even beats my $800 Marshall.
Here are my Feelworld settings...
Pic Mode : User
Brightness : 57
Contrast : 0
Saturation : 50
Sharpness : 10
Color Temp : User
Red : 128
Green : 128
Blue : 115
Tint : 50
I had a shoot this week where the background of the set was long gradations of grey and my Feelworld FW759 monitor was banding all over the place while my MustHD and my Marshall remained completely smooth. I strongly suspect that the Feelworld FW759 is a 6-bit panel while the other two are 8-bit. It's a little disappointing to see this, but for the low price I can't complain.
Thomas Smet
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It is well known that the FeelWorld is 6 bit. A few people on this thread have even received a response from the company that it is in fact a 6 bit panel. The MustHD mentions in many places on their website that their panel is 8bit. Not the end of the world but it can make a difference.