C300: Directors monitor

indiawilds

indiawilds

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Planning to shoot a feature with C300. The director needs to view as I am shooting. What do you guys do for the monitor? Which monitor do you suggest? Do you use the WFT 6A or any other wireless?
 
I just use Teradek bolt to send signal, then Fujifilm IS-MINI to apply lut, then depend on Budget, I either provide a "ok" 27 inch PA279Q ASUS monitor (around 900), or rent a transvideo 15 inch or TV logic 10 bit 17 inch monitor.

but in general , you should always bring a laptop with Spyder to color correct the monitor (for that ASUS monitor of course ! ), I usually do this if the director is kinda knows whats this n that, I dont do it if the director is dumb and from nowhere.

but I haven't tried to play too much with TVlogic / transvideo yet, usually rental houses pre color correct them before giving it to me so I just leave it

generally, there is latency when using wireless, but who cares ~ not even most AC
 
Wireless transmitters are great, but I don't usually bother with them unless I have to do a steadicam shot. I typically run SDI cable to a monitor, like a 17" Panasonic or Flanders Scientific or something like that. Sometimes even just a 5.6" Marshall that the director holds if it's a small shoot. Cable is just more reliable, IMO, and I don't have to worry about powering it.

I'm intrigued by the new capabilities of the WFT-E6A, though, so I may give one of those a try for run 'n gun scenarios.
 
Shawnvfx said:
how about Teradek Bolt pro 2000 ? for 10k lol!
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That unit is listed at $8K, and while that may seem lol-worthy to some, it's half the price of the current industry standard, the Boxx Meridian.

Regarding your previous statement about latency, uncompressed transmitters for the past five years (including Bolt, Paralinx Arrow, Boxx Meridian, Camwave etc) are virtually latency-free, a fraction of a frame. H264 based systems do have noticeable latency. Those are a problem for just about everyone on set--lip sync is off so NG for directors. I don't know any focus pullers who wouldn't be troubled by a visual delay. It is however fine for people who are completely removed from set where they are listening in on cans, such as agency and clients on a commercial.
 
Anything that is fed from an hdsdi port such as a monitor or a cam wave has at the minimum a 5 frame delay. Feeding hdsdi to a teradek adds more latency, but that tends to be ok for people removed from the set where shooting is taking place.
 
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