Lee Saxon
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I've just started using the new (I think?) Lilliput A7S monitor and I'm very pleased with it so far. $160 for 7" 1080p, a cold-shoe / 1/4-20 mini ballhead mount, rubber bumper cover, (admittedly flimsy) sunshade, 3' HDMI to mini-HDMI cable, AC adapter, and battery sleds for both Canon and Sony, and what so far seems to be a pretty solid build.
It doesn't have, like, vectorscopes, but then I've always suspected that unless you're working with a camera that sends 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 over SDI those kinds of features are better done in-camera (or not at all) than interpolated from a compressed 4:2:0 HDMI signal. I shoot Nikon D850 so I don't have that luxury.
I'm so pleased with this as an fairly-portable on-camera monitor I'm thinking about buying one of their 4K monitors, the 10" A10 or 12.5" A12, for when I'm working in the studio. And although at $600 they're still a relative steal compared to many brands, that's a more substantial investment in terms of *my* budget.
So I'm interested in any first-hand experience with these before I buy?
It doesn't have, like, vectorscopes, but then I've always suspected that unless you're working with a camera that sends 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 over SDI those kinds of features are better done in-camera (or not at all) than interpolated from a compressed 4:2:0 HDMI signal. I shoot Nikon D850 so I don't have that luxury.
I'm so pleased with this as an fairly-portable on-camera monitor I'm thinking about buying one of their 4K monitors, the 10" A10 or 12.5" A12, for when I'm working in the studio. And although at $600 they're still a relative steal compared to many brands, that's a more substantial investment in terms of *my* budget.
So I'm interested in any first-hand experience with these before I buy?