GH2 Evf/loupe vs my HDMI monitor?

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Admir

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Hi!

So here I go again, thinking about changing out some gear. I have a ruige 4.8" monitor thats sharp and nice. But it's bulky and heavy for my taste. A lot of people use loupes or evf's, and I'm thinking if that would be a better solution since the hdmi takes away some key feautures from the camera while plugged in. I know that the gh2 monitor isn't the most precise, but is it good enough for use with a magnified loupe?

In that way I can keep all the functions availible while having a larger image for easier focusing I hope... But then again it's really nice to have a large and sharp image.. This is a tricky one for me!
 
I have tried 2.5x viewfinder on my GH2. Hated it. The resolution of the screen is somehow too low for my taste.
 
If your using it to nail focus a 3x loupe is just fine (I have the varavon GH2 one) but for overall picture and colour I would use an external monitor.
The rez on the GH2 flip out is terrible. You do see large pixels on the loupe but it works great for focusing and essential in bright sunshine.
 
You can see big pixels on the GH2 with you bare eyes, magnifying them will not give you any more definition and will not help with focusing. The only thing it will do is give you an extra point of contact for stability.

a monitor (I use SmallHD DP6) will give you critical focus abilities, plus adding weight to the rig will help stabilize the rig a little.

Solution. Run n gun in the street all autofocus, viewfinder is ok, or even nothing at all (I call it tourist spy mode). Preparing a nice shot with manual lens, use a monitor.
 
Phenixone said:
You can see big pixels on the GH2 with you bare eyes, magnifying them will not give you any more definition and will not help with focusing. The only thing it will do is give you an extra point of contact for stability.
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I strongly disagree. Yes you can see pixels but magnifying the image makes it pretty clear if those pixels are in focus or a touch soft especially shooting wide open.

No one is saying that it is as good as an external monitor with peaking but it superior for run and gun and light rigs. For me not having to carry around another set of batteries is a bonus. If you shoot studio stuff or can afford a zacuto evf or small HD with the evf option they are clearly superior (and hundreds of dollars more expensive)
 
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I have been doing near critical focus using contrast detection (my brain) on crappy flip outs for years. I guess I invented the loupe over the flip out concept (2004). You can do very well focusing this way, though obviously, nothing beats a 5"+ HD monitor fed an HDMI signal. I should add that after 30 years of struggling to find focus on the groundglass of a 4X5 everything else is gravy ;)
 
Thing is that I would love to have an EVF but the camera gets so crippled once you connect and monitor to it. That's why I was thinking about a loupe since it gives more stability, a larger image, and needs no battery nor does it cripple some of the best functions with the camera...
 
Admir said:
Thing is that I would love to have an EVF but the camera gets so crippled once you connect and monitor to it. That's why I was thinking about a loupe since it gives more stability, a larger image, and needs no battery nor does it cripple some of the best functions with the camera...
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That was my conclusion also and why I got a loupe. Not ideal but the best compromise for my situation (non studio shoots run and gun)
 
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