External monitor

[ibrahim]

Hi,

I am using a 5D mark III (firmw. 1.1.3) and want to buy the most stable external monitor for my gimbal dji Ronin m axis.

I have thw following to choose from but haven't found enough info from the forum if I can record in RAW to my CF-card:

Lilliput 5D-II/O 7 "

Aputure VS-2 FineHD or any other from aputure such as aputure VS-3 or VS-5

SmallHD AC7

Among these  which features do not work with these monitors? By that I mean, histogram, cropmarks,etc.

[noipego]

i just got the 'Feelworld F570' monitor and its pretty good for what it costs

[Dmytro_ua]

i just got the 'Feelworld F570' monitor and its pretty good for what it costs

How is the latency?

[ibrahim]

i just got the 'Feelworld F570' monitor and its pretty good for what it costs

Interesting. Which camera and firmware are you using and can you  see the cropmarks, histogram, zebras, etc.

[noipego]

no latency (maybe just a slight with gh5 4k signal but nothing to worry about). also use it with 5d3 123fir and everything is fine.

[katrikura]

hello, I use a  ninja blade, it has zebra tools, focus and also I record a backup file in prores, even when recording in raw.

Katrikura

[Dmytro_ua]

no latency (maybe just a slight with gh5 4k signal but nothing to worry about). also use it with 5d3 123fir and everything is fine.

I really hope they fixed latency issue. As it was quite noticeable on other recent models. Please check video at 6:14 here

Can you confirm that this new monitor performs better?

[domasa]

no latency

Latency is not fixed. I think it is same as there:

https://youtu.be/pvC-_Kkxleg?t=6m14s

:-(

[noipego]

sry for late reply ...did a quick video so you can check for yourself 

[ibrahim]

The following features are important for me to film films/short films:

- waveform, histogram, false colors
- LUT
- in/out hdmi
- 16:9, 2.35:1
- 24 and 48 fps
- at least 5 inch
- and most importantly not gloosy monitor. Being able to see in the details on the monitor in harsh sun conditions.

Other features are not that important for me. I am only interested in recording in RAW uncompressed 14-bit, not through the monitor.
Eyeing for those features I have for several months now narrowed down my interest to these external monitors:

1- SmallHD focus 5 inch

2- Atomos ninja blade

3- Atomos samurai blade

4- Blackmagic video assist

5. Atomos Ninja Flame

6- APUTURE VS-5 or APUTURE VS-5X ?

7- MustHD 7" M702S-4K ?

Is anyone using a professional monitor from this list or outside this list that results in very little complications either with firm 1.1.3 or 1.2.3 on 5d3? And if so what issues do occur.
Note my budget is max 600 pounds.

I've gone through the entire forum on this topic but there isn't much new from recent year (2017-2018) that give me a clue if any of these work while recording RAW. For instance smallHD is told in old topics that it has many problems but nothing is updated about it for several years not. My cinematographers out there which do you recommend?

[ibrahim]

hello, I use a  ninja blade, it has zebra tools, focus and also I record a backup file in prores, even when recording in raw.

Katrikura

Are there any issues with the ninja blade?

[katrikura]

There is no problem with ninja blade, everything works correctly.


Sorry for my bad English.

[Lars Steenhoff]

what about the ninja v. coming in september

[nikki]

do monitors work with the 1.1.3. build on the 5d3??

[ibrahim]

There is no problem with ninja blade, everything works correctly.


Sorry for my bad English.

No problem. Which firmware do you use on the 5d3? Can you see both on your atomos and on LCD camera screen?

[katrikura]

I use version 1.2.3. I can watch and record on the camera and the external recorder, on the camera I record on raw and on the external recorder on prores

[togg]

The following features are important for me to film films/short films:

- waveform, histogram, false colors
- LUT
- in/out hdmi
- 16:9, 2.35:1
- 24 and 48 fps
- at least 5 inch
- and most importantly not gloosy monitor. Being able to see in the details on the monitor in harsh sun conditions.

Other features are not that important for me. I am only interested in recording in RAW uncompressed 14-bit, not through the monitor.
Eyeing for those features I have for several months now narrowed down my interest to these external monitors:

1- SmallHD focus 5 inch

2- Atomos ninja blade

3- Atomos samurai blade

4- Blackmagic video assist

5. Atomos Ninja Flame

6- APUTURE VS-5 or APUTURE VS-5X ?

7- MustHD 7" M702S-4K ?

Is anyone using a professional monitor from this list or outside this list that results in very little complications either with firm 1.1.3 or 1.2.3 on 5d3? And if so what issues do occur.
Note my budget is max 600 pounds.

I've gone through the entire forum on this topic but there isn't much new from recent year (2017-2018) that give me a clue if any of these work while recording RAW. For instance smallHD is told in old topics that it has many problems but nothing is updated about it for several years not. My cinematographers out there which do you recommend?

let me know how it goes, I'm also interested in buying a smallhd focus for the same use. I'm curious what kind of LUT are you planning to use for shooting?

[allemyr]

What are you using a lut for in the display? The image to the display is 8 bit right? And if you record raw its record 14 bit.

Focus peaking could also be quite important to have in a monitor!

[smasry]

@allemyr I have an Atomos Ninja 2, from the cheaper end of their range, and it mirrors the ML display, treating it as a focal plane. The result? All ML UI elements are in focus, and are highlighted by focus peaking. In other words, it doesn't work (for me, with 5D3 1.2.3) for focus peaking.

I know that the waveform, histogram and false colours work, but it may be reacting in the same (false) way; I haven't tested them. For focus, articulation and a backup recording, it's fantastic!

[ibrahim]

I was thinking of using the kodak 2393 LUT only as a reference; so that I would know how the final output would prior to rec. That's the LUT I usually use for dramas in 2.35:1.
Sorry for replying so late togg. I missed this thread. 

[allemyr]

@allemyr I have an Atomos Ninja 2, from the cheaper end of their range, and it mirrors the ML display, treating it as a focal plane. The result? All ML UI elements are in focus, and are highlighted by focus peaking. In other words, it doesn't work (for me, with 5D3 1.2.3) for focus peaking.

Yes, for me that's not a problem that some text in the interface also is affected by the focus peaking, but I don't have much on during recording. ML focus peaking also only works before recording?

Focus peaking would for me be top priority of these features, especially because its 14-bit most people record so for the otherstuff there is headroom.

[allemyr]

I was thinking of using the kodak 2393 LUT only as a reference; so that I would know how the final output would prior to rec.

Ok shure go ahead, you didn't get the point The point: you can't create a image from this camera because the image you grade from HDMI is 8-bit, and the image you grade in your application is 14-bit or something similar. If you want to be able to see what the image will look like afterwards you have to record in 8-bit, but yes, not a good solution.

[togg]

I've bought the smallhd 5", I'm using it on a shooting on these days, I'll tell you more at the end of it. I'm not sure if the magic lantern UI is movable, that would be very nice.

Focus peaking etc are useless as always, but the touch focus works very well. I also think that I prefer ML scopes. But I need to test them more.
Also I couldn't test the LUT yet, but they should work nicelly.

[allemyr]

I've bought the smallhd 5", I'm using it on a shooting on these days, I'll tell you more at the end of it. I'm not sure if the magic lantern UI is movable, that would be very nice.

Focus peaking etc are useless as always, but the touch focus works very well. I also think that I prefer ML scopes. But I need to test them more.
Also I couldn't test the LUT yet, but they should work nicelly.

This is a Magic Lantern forum right? As far as I know Canon 1DX2 or a Sony A7s2 doesn't run Magic Lantern?

Touch focus? What? If you have 1DX2 shure, but then again this is ML forum. I have no idea how you shot your videos? But I heavily rely on manual focus because I use the 5D3. And focus peaking is the most crucial feature, isn't that the only focus assist you can have with this camera? Shure ML focus peaking works, but not after you pressed record, or did I missunderstand that feature?

And for the third time in this thread, LUT's is for people who shoot with a flat profile like S-Log or similar and want to add a LUT in monitor to visualy see what the image will look, you do know how flat S-log look? And understand why its that imporant in that case. And again, what Canon cameras output is 8 bit thru HDMI, you know that you can record up to 14 bit in camera?

Do you both know what 14-bit is?

[ibrahim]

Yes of course I know very well what 14-bit vs 8-bit is Allemyr from having worked with it for quite some time now.

Just to clarify I need an external recorder for two different scenarios:

1) for live streaming
I want to use a LUT just to see what the final look will be like while recording with the atomos. I don't want to record in 14-bit (by the 5d3) since it cannot be streamed into live streaming software. Are you saying that the LUT on the monitor won't the applied to the final recorded footage (in prores/DNxHD) and only is meant to be used as a reference?

2) for 14-bit recording through the 5d3.
In this case I don't want to record by the monitor since it cannot record in 14-bit.
So my number one priority is to use the monitor for accurate focus peaking. At the same time, I want to use a rec709 LUT just to see that the final look is while making use of false colors and RGB curve in my multi-camera shots. I want to record through the ML in camera, not the monitor. Then in post I want to apply the same LUT. Since the hdmi signal is 4:2:2 8-bit in a 10-bit "container" (in the prores codec) wouldn't the difference between the LUT applied in post and prior to that be approximative enough?

Which external monitor would serve these two purposes without being an over-kill of course.