Ryan Bohner
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My Scarlet has been allocated (wwooo!) and I'm trying to figure out exactly what I want for monitoring and whatnot. Ideally, I'd get a Bomb or the old EVF, but that is out of my budget and the latter is a bit bulky for my taste. I was going to cancel my order for the 5" touchscreen, but turns out my redmote and side handle won't be here for a couple more weeks so I need it to control the camera (unless I get lucky in the FS forums). I ended up getting good deals on the following monitors and have them waiting:
SmallHD DP4 & EVF
SmallHD DP6 (HDMI, sdi upgrade can be done for a discount)
Marshall V-LCD70XP-3GSDI
And now the Red 5" Touch Pro. My budget is just too tight to keep everything. What is everyone's experiences with these? I haven't used them on anything but a 5D, which doesn't do the DP6 justice. And, my experience with the Red Touch is limited to playing with it at EVS, so yeah. I see that just about EVERYONE has and keeps their Touch - is it really worth it over the alternatives? I am almost certain I will be keeping the DP4 as I can use it as a decent viewfinder for operating. The Marshall is SDI and has great picture quality, but is only 800x480... DP6 is sharp as can be at 1280x800. Hell, for what I paid, I could keep the Marshall and the DP6 for less than the Touch. Red 5" seems good and handy to navigate, but when I get my redmote and side handle, that would be $1600 I could put towards another SSD. I'm indecisive as can be, haha. Thoughts?
SmallHD DP4 & EVF
SmallHD DP6 (HDMI, sdi upgrade can be done for a discount)
Marshall V-LCD70XP-3GSDI
And now the Red 5" Touch Pro. My budget is just too tight to keep everything. What is everyone's experiences with these? I haven't used them on anything but a 5D, which doesn't do the DP6 justice. And, my experience with the Red Touch is limited to playing with it at EVS, so yeah. I see that just about EVERYONE has and keeps their Touch - is it really worth it over the alternatives? I am almost certain I will be keeping the DP4 as I can use it as a decent viewfinder for operating. The Marshall is SDI and has great picture quality, but is only 800x480... DP6 is sharp as can be at 1280x800. Hell, for what I paid, I could keep the Marshall and the DP6 for less than the Touch. Red 5" seems good and handy to navigate, but when I get my redmote and side handle, that would be $1600 I could put towards another SSD. I'm indecisive as can be, haha. Thoughts?
