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morgan_moore

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OK Im after a monitor

I dont want an EVF because I find being 'in' the frame innapropriate to my work which may involve interacting with the subject

Im not interested in 480px monitors it needs to be 1280 or there abouts to actually focus on the screen

It should run from sony batts and also my Vlock system

I like 1:1 inspection of the image

I dont really dig peaking or zebras bs because IMO the are not fine enough for guiding focus on narrow DOF cameras

I would love a method of examining the colour distribution of an image - I miss the RBG histo from my 5d

I need a decent screen shade

And decent bite of the 1/4 thread plate, ideally more than one 1/4 mount point

Flip and reverse (mirror) are also cool features

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In the future I may get an offboard recorder - probably Sound Devices - I love the brand

At that point the monitor would be run from the output to the recorder - daisy chaining into a recorder sounds mad

I suppose I need HDMI and SDI in therefore

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Small HD seems the obvious choice - but does that have HDMI and SDI in at the same time?
I love their shades

I dont think SmallHD has a method of examining colour

TV logic VFM 056 has also come onto my radar

There may be a marshal option too

Or even Transvideo - but their HD options are steep

THoughts?
 
Small HD. Nothing will have 100% of what you need. But it covers almost all of what you are looking for.
 
For the FS-100, I think the TVLogic is a better choice. Since the FS-100 doesn't have the on-board waveform, the TVLogic will give you that, along with the ability to send an HD-SDI signal out to a client monitor if necessary.

I love me some SmallHD, but in this case, I think the TVLogic makes a little bit more sense.
 
The SmallHD monitor (the SDI version) has loop through with the SDI input. It also has HDMI, component, and composite input.
It doesn't have a WFM but has two different methods of viewing levels with false colors.

The sunshade is the best I have ever seen. If it works under noon day sun in Las Vegas it will work anywhere!
 
rejdmast said:
The SmallHD monitor (the SDI version) has loop through with the SDI input. It also has HDMI, component, and composite input.
It doesn't have a WFM but has two different methods of viewing levels with false colors.

The sunshade is the best I have ever seen. If it works under noon day sun in Las Vegas it will work anywhere!
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So you can take an HDMI signal from the FS-100 and send it out via the HD-SDI connections on the DP6?


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I see that feature now on the SmallHD website. Not sure why it's tucked away, I'd tout that as a key feature.
 
I dont need levels - they are on the onboard monitor (or the main mon when not using a recorder)

Im after RGB levels or some other way of examining colour channels

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Im currently saving up for a Marshall 651STX... Since I'll be steadicamming this camera as well, I need something that is actually viewable in direct sunlight. Most around (in fact almost all inexpensive) are bad bad bad in sunlight. The look nice and have nice contrast and color, but just disappears once you get outside.
The Marshall 651stx is viewable because of its transflective (anti-glare) screen, and have a quite nice color rendition anyways.

BHPhotovideo retails them for 1631 dollars
In the UK you can get it from http://www.prokit.co.uk

It does however not have dual input.
 
Indeed - worth a consideration, res seems reasonable

Viewability is importatnt - but the SmallHD shade does a good job - bit big though

I have a transvideo for my steadicam - expensive, low res and blindingly bright !

transvideo dont seem to put the res of monitors on their website, they do have build quality for abuse however

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I had the DP1x and I moved to the DP6, and never regretted it. The color reproduction on the DP6 is superior to the DP1x. It has the same panel as the TVLogic, however, the firmware in both is different. If you are not after the extra features of the TVLogic, I'd take the smallHD without question. I love mine. Can't wait to try out the DP4 as well.
 
There are definitely some, but I'd ask some others that have used the TVLogic. Waveform and audio through HDMI are two I remember, but there are others. When I was deciding myself, I just couldn't justify the extra cost for the TVLogic for what I wanted. The smallHD hit my price point and I am happy enough using the histogram on the FS100.
 
Stephen Mick said:
So you can take an HDMI signal from the FS-100 and send it out via the HD-SDI connections on the DP6?


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I see that feature now on the SmallHD website. Not sure why it's tucked away, I'd tout that as a key feature.
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WHAT!!!!! That is so clutch! It makes monitoring off dslrs possible!!!!!!!
 
Where do you see that?

This is from the SmallHD website:
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[TD="class: medtext kbTitle, colspan: 2, align: left"]Does the DP6 do HDMI to SDI loop through? [/TD]
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[TD="class: medtext kbSolutionText, colspan: 2, align: left"]Currently none of our monitors support native HDMI to SDI loop through.

Why not:
The DP6 is not capable of HDMI to SDI loop through because there just isn't enough physical space for the hardware.
We have however created a great product to help with this short coming. We created a USB powered HDMI splitter that can be powered
directly from the monitor itself. See SmallHD HDMI Splitter.
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I also have the DP6 with SDI and cannot do it.
 
DP6 never had pass through of any kind, one of the main reasons why I chose TVlogic over SmallHD
only the new DP4 has HDMI to HDMI pass through which is nice, but SDI would be better
 
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