Flipping HVX LCD

Vincent Pascoe said:
that little cool switch to flip the screen has finaly brooke affter 10 months. a very small spring and little white button fell in to a salvage yard to never be seen agin...
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Thinking about the brevis but i mainly shoot handheld and documentary, dont want to haul around a monitor plus its way off budget. What if you open the cover, stick something to hold the switch up and then close the cover. would that cause the switch to break? my guess it shouldnt but can any of you who had done the surgery advice?
 
it's so hard to keep focus using the HVX screen handheld. I just couldn't keep it sharp. It's such bad quality. I know this is a different camera but I have started using my Brevis with the JVC200 which has a built in flip and very sharp viewfinder and LCD screen
 
thanks philip, tried it even with focus assist? what do you recommend for handheld? which monitor would be a good solution within budget? seen a few recomendations on this forum but all seem pretty bulky and dont want the extra attention or weight.
 
nudge said:
Thinking about the brevis but i mainly shoot handheld and documentary, dont want to haul around a monitor plus its way off budget.
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For what it's worth, Dennis at Cinevate is working on a flip module that will work with the Brevis as well as other adapters. I'm not sure when that will be available, but it would greatly simplify both shooting and editing.
 
The Brevis starts out with very little light loss depending on the diffuser option you select, so I would imagine that the flip module will be a viable addition for many people.
 
Don't do the flip switch trick.

I am the 2nd member down a $1200 repair.

My LCD works thank god, but will not flip at all in self portrait mode for example.

Instead of paying $1200 to repair this minor feature I got a $1600 Marshall HDA with the panasonic battery modification.

If you cannot afford a $1000 varizoom hi res monitor or a Marshall for $1300 (no panny battery mod) or $1600 (with panny battery mod) then spend $200 to $400 low res monitor JUST FOR FLIPPING/FRAMING it will be same or slightly better quality than the LCD but you won't break your camera. You simply must think of that as part of the cost of the adapter you buy.

When you open the hinge you are exposing two fragile ribbon cables. One small one that seems to be in charge of flipping the LCD and a slightly larger one that is in control of everything else the LCD does. The small one came dislodged while
inserting the twisty into the switch. The other guy whose LCD broke, he lost the little white switch.

These ribbon cables are like what are inside your computer or external hard drive, but they are not even the rubber coated kind. They are the translucent plastic kind, like a piece of cellophane with wires in it. So doing this is basically like leaving a hard drive open which you will take on location and stick things in and out off. Unlike the hard drive where you could see what came disconnected from where, you can't here. I can't unscrew the white switch, put the ribbon cable back under it and screw it back in.


So your camera cost $5500. Your P2 card cost $600-$1200. Your adapter cost $550 - $1500. Spend $200 - $400 more for low res flip monitor ($1000 - $1600 for a real hi res monitor if you can). The low res monitor won't solve your resolution issue, but you won't be openning and sticking sticks into ribbon fragile electronic areas just to flip your image.

My 2¢ :thumbsup:
 
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thanks jack. i don't have my hvx yet, but that was one of the first things i was going to do.

thanks for talking some sense into me!!!
 
I understand what it means to br broke and just not have enough $ for that one more piece of gear after everything else.

That's how my LCD got broken. Wanting to "get the shot" before I could afford a monitor.

I got my monitor by selling my DVX. It was roughly a 1 to 1 $ ratio.
 
tried the switch, opened the cover... Felt the cover's plastic attachments crack a bit... Put cover back... And will order external LCD.
 
Well, finally got up the balls to do it and it was well worth it, but I dont use a paper clip to push in the switch, Im to afraid of damaging the ribon cable. So, I rolled up a small piece of paper and made it into a point. I works great. The only strange thing is that my view finder never turns off anymore while the lcd screen is open.
 
hourra

hourra

Not the first time I'm searching for this hack...
I want to thank all the people taking risks before me =)

I never wanted to work with a external screen, seriously, what are those small camera made for?? They already got two screens, The EVF and the LCD, why put a third one...

thanks all, I'll try it right away , it's 9pm here at Bruxelles, I'll close my eyes, and wait for not hearing any "Crack"....

sacha

PS: In case I break something, Iwant to erase all my thanks in this msg.. bye
 
pitipok said:
Not the first time I'm searching for this hack...
I want to thank all the people taking risks before me =)

I never wanted to work with a external screen, seriously, what are those small camera made for?? They already got two screens, The EVF and the LCD, why put a third one...

thanks all, I'll try it right away , it's 9pm here at Bruxelles, I'll close my eyes, and wait for not hearing any "Crack"....

sacha

PS: In case I break something, Iwant to erase all my thanks in this msg.. bye
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you may want to one day work with one when you begin using an adapter, and focus becomes critical. Also working with colored lights, trying to create the look you are going for. With an external calibrated monitor, you get precise color, and tone, as well as a larger view for focus.
 
My hax just broke! No longer can i do the paper clip trick. My monitor no longer flips with a paper clip or by turning it to self portrait mode. The white button thingy got all chewed up and twisted....Oh well. At least it still works. I'm not sticking anything into that hole anymore.
 
That sucks.

I have gotten so used to looking at stuff upside down i have a hard time shooting right side up. I move the wrong direction. I have to sit there for a few minutes going side to side to reorientate myself.
 
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