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EVF or LCD?

Ralph Oshiro said:
I know both the RED EVF and LCD have identical resolutions
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The EVF has been confirmed to be 720p (1280x720). This morning on another forum Jim said that the LCD is WSVGA (1024x600). That's not a significant difference in resolution, plus the LCD screen is obviously much larger.
 
Well, I've shot with both the F900/3 and the F900/R, using Sony's $10,000 HD color EVF, and that was pretty awesome. If the RED EVF is even better than that, well, that's going to make this a pretty tough decision. I'll quote the Sony specs here, since I wasn't aware of them myself until I started this thread.

The F900 color EVF, the HDWF-C30W, is basically a 960 x 540-pixel resolution (for each color channel of R, G, B), 2.7" color TFT LCD that has a 200:1 contrast ratio (300 cd/m2 brightness spec). Until I looked it up, I had thought it was a CRT. And even though its resolution is only 960 x 540, it's a real pleasure to shoot and focus using that viewfinder.

But, I've never shot with an Accuscene on an F900--has anyone here shot with both the Sony HD EVF, and an Accuscene, that can make some comparative comments?
 
Why is Red advertising that their LCD is 720p if it can only show 600p?
 
Where do we advertise the LCD to be 720P? We need to fix that. Actual specs are 1024x600.

The LCD is a great solution. The EVF is even better!

Lowkus... please tell me where you saw us advertise the LCD to be 720P.

Jim
 
Jannard said:
Where do we advertise the LCD to be 720P? We need to fix that. Actual specs are 1024x600.

The LCD is a great solution. The EVF is even better!

Lowkus... please tell me where you saw us advertise the LCD to be 720P.

Jim
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Ouch, 720p for the LCD has long been known. That's unfortunate to have that spec slip. Are we still going to be able to get 4k in focus with it?
 
OK Shawn... where has it "long been known" from?

And yes, focus on a 5.6" LCD with Graeme's Magic Focus invention will be obtainable from a 1024x600 panel.

Jim
 
Jason Roche said:
$350, marked down to $1700?


http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/press_releases/2004/lcdb_04_214.jsp
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Oh wow, that is it! Dang, $350 plus a rewire fee gets you the LCD. I wonder what cable the port is on the Red?

Jannard said:
OK Shawn... where has it "long been known" from?

And yes, focus on a 5.6" LCD with Graeme's Magic Focus invention will be obtainable from a 1024x600 panel.

Jim
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I've been looking at past posts because I thought for sure you or one of the other official Redheads said it, many times over. Peple like Gibby, etc have been saying it for the past year or so and were never corrected. I mean, I know it's not your job to go around correcting all the bad info, but this one was widespread and by many of the top posters.
 
Shoot, I wonder if it was the constant referencing of the EVF being 720p that caused that spec to migrate to the LCD and be repeated so often for over a year.
 
I have looked over 100 posts and cannot find where it was said that the LCD was 720P. The output of the camera is 720P, the EVF is 720P but the specs of the LCD have never been posted. I just want to make sure that you don't think the specs slid. They haven't.

Jim
 
Shawn Nelson said:
Shoot, I wonder if it was the constant referencing of the EVF being 720p that caused that spec to migrate to the LCD and be repeated so often for over a year.
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I can't find one place where the reference is that the LCD is 720P.

Jim
 
Okay, my bad, I can't blame you for what somehow got ground into my mind. Sh*t, I must have just seen 720p so many times for the EVF and automatically equated the two. Well I'm glad I know, I now want to just get a cheap Toshiba LCD of the same specs and buy your EVF.
 
I held the 720p misconception as well, though I can't figure out where I got it from. It was probably just an assumption from reading 720p EVF so many times.
 
Ahah! Brook too! Now please everyone else who thought that too jump on here and alleviate the "I'm an idiot" sign I have hanging over me
 
...and Ralph, you too thought it was 720p LCD?

I'm amazed that this exact 1024x600 5.6" LCD has been available from Toshiba for over 2 years for only $350.
 
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