Do you need a field monitor?
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Hi All - In this video I take a look at field monitors, go through what they are and what function they perform. We also look at the pros and cons of spending your hard earned cash on a field monitor - focusing on their use cases for photography and videography. Finally we take a look at the monitor I purchased - the Viltrox DC-50.
Any questions, please leave them in the comments section.
I hope you enjoy!
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - What is a field monitor?
02:21 - Use cases for a field monitor
02:42 - Benefits for photography
04:24 - Benefits for videography
06:14 - Viltrox DC-50 Review
07:09 - Using a monitor
0:7:43 - Summary
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Hi All,
My name is Tom Fricker and I am an amateur photographer from South East London - United Kingdom. I have recently decided to set up my CZcams channel - I hope you enjoy!
Check out my website at: www.tomfricker.co.uk
I think this is a great video. Well organized and presented. Thanks!
Thanks Michael! Feedback means the world 😊
Nice production, content and presentation. However even though you mentioned a couple of scenarios for photographers, I think you missed some others. Field Monitors are very handy for all photography using a tripod including landscape, long exposure and light painting. The larger screen allows to to explore angles to can't reach with your eye or can't see the LCD (as is the case with many LCD's that don't tilt up when taking images in portrait mode). A field monitor is seriously handy for nailing precise focus (so critical for nightsky images) and for playback of images in greater size and detail. This can help detect little things that may need to be removed from the shot without wasting more time editing them out later.
Hi Lee - firstly thanks you for watching my video and the feedback! I totally agree with your comments, my views were really based on my photography and camera usage. I try to minimise what I carry so rarely even take a tripod out with me! I do wonder whether some of the uses surrounding focus are somewhat eroded now as mirrorless cameras allow you to magnify focus through the EVF to make sure everything is crisp. I guess not everyone has a mirrorless though! Cheers!
Great video. Really useful and great presentation.
Thank you Natasha - glad you liked it.
First time here, helpful video
Thanks Star! Glad the video was of use to you.
Thank you. Shooting both stills (CD Covers) and music videos, I find a larger screen valuable for both, not just video.
Hi Irene! Thanks for your comment. Totally agree that a monitor can help in all kind of situations. I think they are more of a general necessity for video, but certainly in some types of photography are just as much of a requirement. Thank you for watching 😀. Have you taken photos for any famous albums? 😃
Very well done. This should have more views! That said, if you're as near sighted as I am, a separate monitor can help. I'm considering purchasing one for my work which is mostly outdoors since I need the brightness and the ability to compose photographs on a screen that is bigger than a postage stamp.
Thank you - believe me this video is doing my well compared to some of my others that are struggling for 20 views! The use case you put forward certainly sounds like a very valid one, I guess I didn’t consider specific situations like this. Maybe I was a little general.
The video is excellent in regard to content and presentation. What was not mentioned but assumed is that a camera needs to have the live view feature to take advantage of a monitor. Most DSLRs do but some older models don't. In regard to speaking too fast, I think it is common for Brits to speak quickly. As a US resident, it took me about a year of weekly conference calls with a London office to understand everything that was said.
Hi Raymond! Thanks for your comment! Yes - should have mentioned that it’s definitely a good idea to make sure your camera can support a monitor. It’s true to say us Brits speak at a rapid pace... that plus bring in front of a camera probably makes us pretty unintelligible.
The usefulness of such a monitor depends on which facilities the camera hooked up to a field monitor can offer. Both units can have their own limitations. Being able to toggle settings overlay is a must. In practice you'll never know it until you see it for yourself. For photography the most important thing for me would be magnified focus preview: in MF - be able to magnify an area, either by using cursor or by pinch zoom, or auto MF Assistant. And have focus peaking on when you want.
5 09; 5 42;; ... for photography in monitor for some reason not in full scree viewing as when camera in Video mode. In video mode displayed in full screen and all setting you can adjust in camera screen which is ON also. Same in my monitor... I prefer if in both (movie AND photo) modes monitor displaying in FULL screen.. Thank you for nice talking ideas.
Thanks for the very helpful video!
My pleasure - glad you enjoyed it
More to carry. My video shooting is all location or outside. I had rather carry a gimbal or monopod than an external monitor. Probably will be one in my future. Good show !
Thanks for the comment! It’s always a tough challenge to pack a carry that covers all eventualities! Most of my shooting is at home so not such a problem for me. Cheers
Putting a field monitor Onto your gimbal
Is the best thing you will ever do for your low shots.
@@JellyFishMcgee-bs5xe Hope to add a monitor after X-maa
Hi, quick question.. what will happen if I shoot 4K 60p video with field monitor that supports only 4K 30p? Cheers.
Do you think a field moinort will be a lighter substitute for shooting tethered ? If I want to shoot tethered outside my studio I will have to carry with me my laptop (16") plus a stand including a tethering cable. However. using a field monitor (to check my composition, exposure and focus) will be much lighter and lighter. What do you think.
Hi Adam Adam! Yes I think a field monitor would really help you out. It would be much smaller and lighter to carry around and you also would not need a stand as you could mount it in your camera shoe. The screen will not be as big as that on your laptop, but a 7 or 10 inch monitor will give you a much better screen than the one on your camera so will be good for your use.
@@TomFrickerPhoto Thanks. One more thing, I read some comments saying that the monitor gets really hot (some says even extremely hot) did you encountered this issue with your monitor.
I can only speak from experience with my monitor. I have never noticed it letting off any real heat at all, especially compared to my laptop! Thanks for your questions 😀
What about focus peaking on a field monitor? Is it better than what the camera itself offers? I've never seen focus peaking working optimally and never had a photo that was 100% sharp when just relying on focus peaking.
If a monitor turns off the camera screen, how would I tap to focus on a face for example?
hey, i have a doubt, will that monitor or any monitor show us the real 1080 p video? on the camera screen its just not sharp enough to manually focus, so will the monitor show full 1080p of just a scaled up view of the camera screen??
Hi There! So the monitor I own receives its feed via an HDMI output from the camera, so it is definitely receiving a full digital feed. If you consider that this is the same feed an external recorder uses (which generally can record at qualities better than those cameras can produce natively), I think then the quality of the picture is going to come down to the quality of the monitor you buy. Mine is a cheap one so I would say that the picture is no better than that of the LCD on the camera. I have used it for focusing but in conjunction with the focus peaking my camera has. A more expensive monitor will certainly give you better quality which may be better to use for manual focusing. Hope that is of some help! Cheers
My bo does macro, would it be useful for macro in field & in studio?
Hi! Yes I think so. For macro it would be useful for precision focus. In the studio it could have lots of applications! Thanks for watching
Hello my friend I just subscribed and hit the Bell. I'm currently using a Sony nx5u video camera. Due to my declining eyesight I need a larger monitor.
Perhaps you can help me. Two things I want more than anything on a monitor. I want to view my cameras menu through the field monitor That's #1
So I need a monitor that will adapt or work with the Sony NP batteries. Will you suggest something.
At least 7 to 10 inch
HDMI in and out.
Thanks. Keith
Yeah, try using a Lumix S5 at night with Constant Preview turned on, and you will see very quickly why you need an external monitor.
They are an excellent tool. I rely on mine more and more. Even with my little ZV-1 which has a screen that can flip to the front of the camera. Thanks for watching
Sorry: Are you in hurry? Must get the bus? I can't follow, because you speak too quick for me.
Hi - Thanks for the feedback. I will bear in mind for my next video and slow down a bit :)
You can always slow down video playback in YT video options. Change from 1 to 0.75 should be enough. I am not a native English speaker, so I use it option quite often.
@@dr.ozdowskiThanks for the comment that is a good tip - The only downside to that would be that the video would be longer... meaning more listening to me :-P
I want to get a 7" monitor with as accurate of a display as I can. one reason is that I have terrible eyesight and a bigger display helps with my ability to see what im shooting. most of my photo taking is with a tripod so the bulk and the weight are not as big of a concern.