Comparing the current line-up of Red Touch LCD Displays

[Mike Quill]

Hey All,

Well, yesterday I stupidly broke my perfectly working 5" touch LCD display, so now I'm in the market for a new monitor. Would love some feedback on people's experiences using the 7" vs the new 4.7". I was playing with the 4.7" the other day at Abel Cine and was really impressed with how compact it is and how much easier it is to determine focus (via resolution and peaking).

Have not really examined the 7" closely, but it's always looked disproportionately large when attached to the Epic. Is it significantly better (than the 5") in terms of color accuracy, resolution, focusing ability and ability to view under bright exteriors?

Are there any reasons why one would opt for the 4.7" over the 7" as a primary tool to control the camera and accurately judge one's image?

Thanks much,
Mike

 

[Tommaso Alvisi]

Have not really examined the 7" closely, but it's always looked disproportionately large when attached to the Epic.

It is indeed...but that's why you can judge the image so much better...

Is it significantly better (than the 5") in terms of color accuracy, resolution, focusing ability

YES, YES AND YES. Ah...and YES!

and ability to view under bright exteriors?

not really...not to the same extent.

Are there any reasons why one would opt for the 4.7" over the 7" as a primary tool to control the camera and accurately judge one's image?

just its smaller size.

Hope it helps Michael!

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

The 7" touch is ace.

 

[BrendanLeahy]

I'm also curious about the 7" touch vs the 4.7". Does anyone have experience with the latter?

I've been reading about various issues cropping up on the 7", so have been considering the 4.7"

 

[Mike Simpson]

one thing to consider with the weapon 7" is theres no lemo connection so you need an adapter or else you can pretty much only put it on the front/top of the camera, which is incredibly awkward for any camera with really any accessories. even just adding a handle makes the monitor difficult to use or operate from in any but ideal situations.

 

[jordan levy]

one thing to consider with the weapon 7" is theres no lemo connection so you need an adapter or else you can pretty much only put it on the front/top of the camera, which is incredibly awkward for any camera with really any accessories. even just adding a handle makes the monitor difficult to use or operate from in any but ideal situations.

wooden camera will have a pogo to pogo cable very soon, no adapter needed.

 

[A. Clint Litton]

I know these sound like the answer, but I do wonder how robust they will be across the diversity of camera builds and production environments. The lemo cables are pretty well proven, and the connectors are the standard for a reason. Things get yanked and stretched and torqued. I'd personally like to see more variations on the Lemo adapter A.

As for Mike's original question, I was keen on the 4.7" until I realized it only swivels on one axis, not two. Seems a little limiting. I'd love to get back to the original 7" form factor with no hinge assembly at all. Noga and ultralight arms...

 

[Levi Arnold]

I've had all three monitors. The 5", 7" and 9". In the opposite order. I went from the biggest to the smallest and quite frankly I like the 5" the most. It's nice to be able to pop my Cinema Oxide viewfinder on it and save the cheese on an extra viewfinder for bright sunlight. Also, I've found that it's actually easier to nail focus because the screen is smaller so you can really tell when something is in focus because it'll 'pop'. The bigger monitors were SUPER nice, I just found the focus area to be a bit harder to find because the screen was so dang clear. My rig is super compact and I do a ton of down-and-dirty stuff so this is just my opinion. Totally depends on what you're doing. Really can't go wrong with a 7" or 5"