Jump to content

Upgrading Monitor on a Pilot


Thomas Merryman

Recommended Posts

My Pilot (AA) has served me well but I am looking to make swap over to a V-lock mount and as long as I am upgrading a little I wanted to get a monitor that will offer me more and RCA in. When I purchased my pilot it came with a HD/SDI fished up the post which the previous owner had put in. I am still a student and most of my work is small time with documentary as well as wirth a camp I work with in the summers, that being said most cameras I end up flying are of the prosumer variety and either have HD/SDI or HDMI outs. All that considered it would be great to get some opionions on what the best bang for buck is on the smaller end of monitors. I done neccessrliy need anything much bigger that the 5.8" that it came with so my big wants are input options, decent brightness for outdoors, and being able to power off the V-lock 12V. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Premium Members

The AC7 is 400 nits, which is really low brightness for daylight viewing.

Here is a list of the HD high bright monitors available (there may be more or prices might have changed, this list is a few months old) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aln7iPn_kB2sdHowWElqVk1HWlRkdjgxcjJKN01XRGc#gid=0

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The AC7 is 400 nits, which is really low brightness for daylight viewing.

Here is a list of the HD high bright monitors available (there may be more or prices might have changed, this list is a few months old) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aln7iPn_kB2sdHowWElqVk1HWlRkdjgxcjJKN01XRGc#gid=0

Great resource, thank you for sharing.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Premium Members

The MarshallV-LCD651STX-3GSDI is a good choice for the Pilot, and keep in mind that, even though it's 650nits, it has a very good transflective coating that helps it do very well in comparison tests. It can be had for less than list price, as is true of the other Marshalls and probably some other brands.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...