C200: C200 LM-V1 with ZACUTO C200 Z-FINDER vs Gratical Eye

[AndreyBlanco]

Hi, Not sure if I'm missing something but in paper the Gratical Eye has Twice (or so) more resolution than the C200 LM-V1 Screen with a ZACUTO C200 Z-FINDER?
C200 Screen: 1,230,000 Dots
Gratical: 5.4 million Pixels
Do I'm reading this right?

 

[Run&Gun]

Well, the pixels in those VF's don't exactly translate into "normal" resolution like we normally think of it. But with that being said, the Eye and the Gratical HD are incredibly sharp. I had to send my Gratical HD in a few weeks ago for service, so I've been using my old Alphatron on my C300 in the meantime, which I believe was essentially a 3.5" iPhone screen, it is extremely soft compared to the Zacuto OLED's. I had a really hard time focusing yesterday, even with peaking, because it's so soft in comparison.

 

[puredrifting]

Gratical Eye is definitely better. But you lose the ability to flip up the Z-Finder and use the touch screen and you have to spend more green stuff for a Gratical Eye. Personally, I have shot an entire film outdoors using nothing but the stock screen boosted with the luminance to +2 and a Hoodman H400. Not as good as the Gratical but good enough and I am now a fan of shooting cradled, Gratical Eye is best for shoulder mount although I suppose you could shoot cradled with it too. But not as flexible for holding the camera in different ways handheld as the screen is. I don't really like shooting with the C200 or C300 MKII shoulder mounted, you have to put the damn camera so far back on your shoulder to balance on the VCT Pro baseplate, it becomes a PITA to try to operate and change settings.

 

[mrchirster]

Just finished a doc shoot using the smallrig hood https://goo.gl/dwdbJh and it worked pretty well. I'm used to the Z Finder from working with a FS7 for the last 3 years and I do sometimes miss it. But like puredrifting says when you cradle you can use the EVF pretty well and with the hood the screen performs ok in sunlight. Attached is a still from a recent shoot, unfortunately you can only guess the smallrig from this angle...