General Two affordable 10.1" LED HDMI DSLR Field Monitors! Anyone Use These?

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skital

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I have been on a search for a 7 or 8" DSLR field monitor to help with focusing and such, but secretly wishing for a 10" screen and finally came across two and just about jizzed in my pants...to quote The Lonely Island. lol. Seems almost too good to be true. One shows it with the 11" Articulating Magic Arm and WOW! They both look like they'd be awesome affordable and large field monitors. Although you may have to make your own sun shade. I don't know of any that will fit.

http://www.amazon.com/Lilliput-Fa1011-Field-Monitor-Camera/dp/B0063FJBQ0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_1

http://www.amazon.com/Lilliput-10-1...TF8&coliid=I3BW5HSN0DJKDY&colid=22O94L71RB4V7
 
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Ok. The second set seems to work. Not sure why the top ones don't. Edited/Fixed the top ones. For some reason it was posting a different copied link. Odd.
 
those do look pretty nice. They lack HDMI pass through which is great to have if the clients want a monitor or anything like that. The other problem i could foresee with a monitor like this is that it would be very heavy to use on a shoulder rig if you planned on it. Good price for the resolution you get however.
 
treynolds said:
those do look pretty nice. They lack HDMI pass through which is great to have if the clients want a monitor or anything like that. The other problem i could foresee with a monitor like this is that it would be very heavy to use on a shoulder rig if you planned on it. Good price for the resolution you get however.
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I may be totally misunderstanding you here, but what about using an HDMI splitter so you can use the on camera led monitor and another one for the client?
 
yeah that would work perfectly. They actually have some pretty good cheap ones on monoprice. I just dont want to have to have too many things running on dirrefent batteries on my rig. Each battery i add is another thing i have to remember to charge.
 
treynolds said:
yeah that would work perfectly. They actually have some pretty good cheap ones on monoprice. I just dont want to have to have too many things running on dirrefent batteries on my rig. Each battery i add is another thing i have to remember to charge.
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Ahh, that is true, but at least there is a way. lol. I think I may pick this monitor up a little while down the road. Not quite in the market for it yet, but soon. I guess I'll have to make my own sunshade though.
 
I presume that you are aware that the resolution on these monitors is 1024x600 despite the references to 1920x1080? I have one of these but don't use it as the image isn't that sharp & it's too bulky to use most of the time.​
 
nigelbb said:
I presume that you are aware that the resolution on these monitors is 1024x600 despite the references to 1920x1080? I have one of these but don't use it as the image isn't that sharp & it's too bulky to use most of the time.​
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Yes, I'm well aware of the native resolution of the display, but I've always read that the T2i and some other Canon DSLRS don't even output 1080p anyway, but like 480p, over HDMI. So, I kind of expected maybe a scaled 480p image, which is fine. I mean that's still dvd resolution, which I have seen look pretty god on my front projection screen at a massive size, so a tiny screen should suffice. As long as it's not a giant blur I'll be fine. I just would like to be able to focus better. Plus, my T2i has magic zoom for focusing, which would be even larger on this display.

Of course I only plan to use this for very serious filming....not everyday situations. I mean for shooting a feature or something like that where focus is more important. I could step down to a 7 or 8" display possibly. I just feel like 10.1" would improve my focusing even more.
 
skital said:
Yes, I'm well aware of the native resolution of the display, but I've always read that the T2i and some other Canon DSLRS don't even output 1080p anyway, but like 480p, over HDMI. So, I kind of expected maybe a scaled 480p image, which is fine. I mean that's still dvd resolution, which I have seen look pretty god on my front projection screen at a massive size, so a tiny screen should suffice. As long as it's not a giant blur I'll be fine. I just would like to be able to focus better. Plus, my T2i has magic zoom for focusing, which would be even larger on this display.

Of course I only plan to use this for very serious filming....not everyday situations. I mean for shooting a feature or something like that where focus is more important. I could step down to a 7 or 8" display possibly. I just feel like 10.1" would improve my focusing even more.
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As far as I'm aware, the Canon's output 1080i when not recording, and switch to 480p when recording with the exception of the 7d, which having dual Digics is able to output the uncompressed 1080i while recording.

Note though, due to pixel wastage, you don't ever get real 1080i, or even 480p :( See this very good summary of the issues:

http://videos.smallhd.com/the-truth-about-canon-dslr-output-signals/
 
treynolds said:
I just dont want to have to have too many things running on dirrefent batteries on my rig. Each battery i add is another thing i have to remember to charge.
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They do make passive splitters; they're about $6 on eBay. I've used them with an HMC150 going to a Marshall and also a 22" HDTV on a stand, no problems at all. Haven't needed to try it with my DSLR yet.

I tried it with my Matrox setup and no go, had to add a powered (active) splitter. But that's at my desk, so no biggie.

By the way - Lilliput is making some smaller screens with blue-only; I'd really think twice about dropping much money on something you can't calibrate. My first experience with non-pro monitors was pretty rough. Color and brightness way off, and really bad viewing angles. For $250 or so, maybe... personally I'd prefer something with an accurate screen and great viewing angles, even if I lost a few inches.

Even a 5 or 6" professional monitor is kickass for focusing. I bring a pair of those drugstore reading glasses (magnifiers). You wouldn't believe what a diff that makes for critical focus if your screen is good. And the pro monitors use very nice LCDs; a lot of the consumer HDMI stuff out there is kinda rough compared to even the 5" Marshall.
 
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