Premium Members Gary Litwin Posted January 18, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi Jens, Do you mean the model that's 900nts? Do sc ops consider that to be bright enough ? Also...do you all have a need for a 5" size range with 1500 nts? I've always thought that 5" was to small for sc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jens Piotrowski SOC Posted January 18, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Gary, both the 450 nits and the 900 nits version have AR coated glass fronts, not bonded though. Re: brightness. I'm using the regular brightness (450) Rainbow HD as an on-board monitor and it is plenty bright in daylight, visually much brighter than my assistants TVlogic with 1000 nits. So, having said that, i think the 900nits version should be sufficient for Steadicam. it also has the build in level, custom zoom, flip, hdmi, sdi, cvbs, battery plates, etc http://vimeo.com/65284271 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Gary Litwin Posted January 18, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 ok...thank you for the feedback. I ask because we also have a 9" (16:9) but its only 900-1000 nts. Glad to hear that unit might also be viable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Jens Piotrowski SOC Posted January 18, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 All I was saying is that my 450 nits Rainbow is visually brighter than the 1000 nits tv-logic. We all know the backlight Nits value does not equal visual brightness. Time for another monitor shoot-out , I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Gary Litwin Posted January 18, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Great idea....! Would love that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Martin Stacey Posted January 18, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 The main reason I ask about bonded is I used to have fogging issues with my old Rainbow IIA and I would be reluctant to place something over the screen if it had the same reflective effect that you get with the DP7. That SmallHD screen protector makes it almost useless in daylight it is so reflective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members James Davis Posted January 19, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 I think 3.9lbs is a good monitor weight to aim for because it then almost perfectly matches the weight of two batteries at the opposite end of the base on the bottom of a rig. This makes dynamic balance really easy and simple, it also means you don't have to stretch the monitor really far away from the rig to counter-balance the batteries on the base if you don't want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members James Davis Posted January 19, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Also please test viewing angle/viewability in tilted and tabled/co-planar next to the Cinetronic monitors. Regardless of people's opinions on the company the viewability of their monitors is still an excellent benchmark to compare against. Thanks James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Brad Olander Posted January 19, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 "3.9lbs is a good monitor weight" I would prefer half that weight, and the ability to add a battery to the back of the monitor. With two batteries on the CineLive, one is often under the post and one is off the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Gary Litwin Posted January 19, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Looks like the monitor is going to weigh in at about 25 oz / 1.5 lbs / .71 kg. Viewing angle is a full 170 x170 (H&V). Also....one of the pros testing the monitor on-set right now said that "it's off angle viewing and anit-glare are fantastic." The protective glass is removable via 4 simple screws, so in Daylight situations there is no chance of ruining the anti-reflective properties (nor fogging up). Best, Gary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Mike McGowan SOC Posted January 21, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Re: water resistant....... It was literally under water, ocean water for a few seconds. I rinsed it off with fresh water and let it dry out in the sun. An hour or so later is was on my rig and working fine. That was close to ten years ago? The monitor is still working fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Nicholas Davidoff Posted January 22, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 A digital horizon would be HUGE! Wether internal or external sensor, as long as it works properly and can hold it's calibration through whip pans. Lack of a solid digital horizon indicator a big gaping hole in the class of steadicam monitors under $3K. I would buy one of these in a heartbeat. And yes, we're all aware of SmallHD's horizon indicator, but unfortunately it's useless and needs alot of work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Gary Litwin Posted January 26, 2015 Author Premium Members Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 What is your feeling on Tiffen's horizon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Alan Rencher Posted January 26, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Gary, if you could add an on-screen display for the Wagner level, so I could just plug the Wagner head unit into the monitor, that would be great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Rob Vuona SOC Posted January 27, 2015 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Love to see it next to Small HD, Transvideo and cinetronic =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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