Outboard monitors: best bang-for-the-buck?

Letzring

Letzring

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I'm looking for something I can use when the camera is on the slider/dolly. I don't want to lay a bunch of money into this because I'm edging towards a Samurai or Pix240 in the near future. I wouldn't consider it for color monitoring or exposure, just framing and focus.
 
For your specific purpose eg on the slider...you need to get a monitor that does not have delay, lag or strobing in the movement.

It is totally distracting as an operator as well as not giving you a true indication of what you are getting.


"Not all off boards are created equal". I suspect that the cheap ones are more likely to have this "issue".
 
Cheap may work if you just want to see an image. But if you want color accuracy, and more important to be able to use it to focus then you'll want something decent. I use a 7" Marshall and I'm very happy with it.
 
Letzring said:
I'm looking for something I can use when the camera is on the slider/dolly. I don't want to lay a bunch of money into this because I'm edging towards a Samurai or Pix240 in the near future. I wouldn't consider it for color monitoring or exposure, just framing and focus.
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So are you considering the pix240 a viable outboard monitoring solution? or are you talking about a cheap monitor in conjunction with said outboard recorder?

I'm asking because I am considering the same. I am sure that the 800x480 lcd on the pix would be of very high quality, as sound devices is known for only implementing the absolute best...
 
D10S said:
Cheap may work if you just want to see an image. But if you want color accuracy, and more important to be able to use it to focus then you'll want something decent. I use a 7" Marshall and I'm very happy with it.
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I used the 7" Marshall yesterday on a very critical shoot for a national client. It was a lifesaver! Director loved the mon clamped to my tripod and I was able to critically evaluate exposures on faces. We went HDMI out of the AF-100.
 
I find my 6.5" Marshall with SDI input (V-LCD651STX)is very useful for my AF-100 and HPX170. It's not cheap, but I can really count on it. It's sharp and works indoors and out. Colors are adjustable (you can calibrate it to the color bars from the camera). The focus peaking (red on BW) is particularluy useful. I use my on-camera WFM's more than the false colors on hte monitor. I use the peaking feature more than the pixel-to-pixel focusing. It doesn't strobe with panning. You can get whichever battery mount you want. I use the one compatible with my HPX 170 batteries, and the monitr battery outlasts the camera battery.
 
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