portable LCD monitor ?

ulisses

ulisses

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Hi,

I'm looking for a good LCD monitor that I can use in my hands while directing shots, so portable and good battery life.
Sometime ago i saw a waveform/video monitor from techtronics, but a little expensive.

Any suggestion ?

Thanks,
Ulisses
 
There is a company called "transvideo" that makes the best compact portable LCD's on the market. Downside is they are very expensive. They are what you see all the time mounted to film cameras and stuff. I have heard the Nebtek's that EVS carries are really good also. The plus with those is that you can get an adapter so that the monitor uses the same panasonic battery as your camera.

Nebtek's:

http://www.evsonline.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=NEB50LIP

Transvideo:

http://www.transvideointl.com/
 
Oh - also, if you have a spare laptop you may consider DVRack as well from Serious Magic. It's a great all-in-one tool that includes monitor, record-to-disk, waveform monitors, etc. it's really fantastic. You just need a pretty decent laptop.

seriousmagic.com

Cheers

Brian
 
Test DVRack first with the trial. It's fine, but for me when I used it for the first time the other day the laptop or the long firewire cable generated a lot of noise, and interfered with our audio so I couldn't use it. I have to work out what was the cause - crappy firewire cable or what..

Aza
 
I regularly used a 50 ft firewire cable with no problems. I forget where I got it from, but it was recommended by the guys at serious magic, and the cable is obviously high quality. Only problem was the steadicam shots; the wire was a problem.
 
Hi Brian, I don't have the TVOne, is that the 180 degree monitor you mentioned? Do you have a link to find it?
 
I tested DVrack it it is good, but manytimes the laptop is big enough to use in external productions. I want a LCD monitor to be light and easy to move with the camera when recording in diferent locations.

I also saw this model:
http://www.evsonline.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VLCD4PROL

which has color, brightness and tint controls, but not sure if the image is good and how to use batteries on it.

and this one:
http://www.evsonline.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VZTFTU&Category_Code=2B3A2&Product_Count=3

Thanks again,
Ulisses
 
cool thanks Brian, I checked that link out, and I will be calling them. I am also going to check if any of my existing vendors make 180deg monitors.

Ulisses, please email me and I will discuss the monitors with you.:)
 
i have the nebtek 50 lcd and i love it!

its very bright.

i had a varizoom lcd and it was too dim and that was indoors! can't imagine using it outdoors.

plus a big bonus with the nebtek is that it takes the same battery as your camera...

i'm big on keep it simple and try to minimize what i haul around and having one less battery/battery charger to worry about is a HUGE bonus IMHO

matthew
 
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