External monitors give you a bigger picture and are higher resolution compared to camera LCDs so you can focus better. New ones also incorporate focus and exposure aids such as focus peaking (for even more precise focus), false color (for better exposure), and zebra (for eliminating hotspots).
The 7" Lilliput 5D-ii/O/P has an HDMI in and has all these features. In addition, since the HDMI output also carries the audio, the monitor has a headphone jack so you can monitor audio too. This monitor also has HDMI out so you can daisy chain an external recorder.
It also comes with an attacheable, foldable screen shade, that when folded acts to protect the screen. It is powered by an included AC, or by a standard camcorder battery (battery attachment included).
Here is a picture of the monitor without sun shade attached to the diminuitive Sony GW77 (which supplies clean HDMI output):
And here, with shade attached, are the three modes:
First, focus peaking:
The red lines indicate what is in focus - in this case the scene outside the window.
Next, false color:
The different colors tell you which parts of the picture are correctly exposed, which over, which under.
Finally, zebra:
No stripes showing - no hot spots!
There is one other trick: 1:1 pixel mapping. The camcorder puts out an 108060p signal, but the screen is 1024×600 (very high resolution compared to camera LCDs). The whole picture is shown normally (same as the camera LCD). But if you want to see the picture in native resolution this mode will show you; of course you only see part of the picture blown up but you can really see the quality of the picture you are getting.
So, to the GW77 the monitor adds all the focus and exposure aids of professional camcorders and the ability to monitor audio with headphones. (And showing up at an event with this rig would reduce (or perhaps increase) the laughs when they see the little blue camcorder.) But this is a serious professional monitor at a really low price.
The 7" Lilliput 5D-ii/O/P has an HDMI in and has all these features. In addition, since the HDMI output also carries the audio, the monitor has a headphone jack so you can monitor audio too. This monitor also has HDMI out so you can daisy chain an external recorder.
It also comes with an attacheable, foldable screen shade, that when folded acts to protect the screen. It is powered by an included AC, or by a standard camcorder battery (battery attachment included).
Here is a picture of the monitor without sun shade attached to the diminuitive Sony GW77 (which supplies clean HDMI output):
And here, with shade attached, are the three modes:
First, focus peaking:
The red lines indicate what is in focus - in this case the scene outside the window.
Next, false color:
The different colors tell you which parts of the picture are correctly exposed, which over, which under.
Finally, zebra:
No stripes showing - no hot spots!
There is one other trick: 1:1 pixel mapping. The camcorder puts out an 108060p signal, but the screen is 1024×600 (very high resolution compared to camera LCDs). The whole picture is shown normally (same as the camera LCD). But if you want to see the picture in native resolution this mode will show you; of course you only see part of the picture blown up but you can really see the quality of the picture you are getting.
So, to the GW77 the monitor adds all the focus and exposure aids of professional camcorders and the ability to monitor audio with headphones. (And showing up at an event with this rig would reduce (or perhaps increase) the laughs when they see the little blue camcorder.) But this is a serious professional monitor at a really low price.
