Ashley Briggs
March 8th, 2009, 12:26 PM
Hi,
I am going around in circles and can't think straight. Finding a good monitor solution is doing my nut.
I shoot on my EX1. I also shoot on a variety of other cams (up to F900r). I'm training up next week on Red. The main reason I need a monitor is for me to light, frame, compose, focus, properly monitor colour etc and then grade. Not a client/dir monitor.
I have a new iMac and a macbookpro and a Samsung 28" LCD computer monitor. The screen on my EX1 is pretty good. That's 4 screens already acquired (not inc various TV's and a projector).
I have never really been too concerned about colour, vectorscopes etc etc - more framing and lighting and if used at all, a basic SD field monitor hired out has sufficed. Now I'm starting to get more serious and want to shoot properly and as near perfectly as possible. But I don't edit. But I do want to colour correct.
Do I future proof and buy a very expensive Panasonic 8" with all the industry spec to use in the field? And hire in a full 1920 res studio monitor when cam-testing and grading?
Or take the full 1920 out into the field too and only buy 1 monitor that'll do everything, although at some size?
Or use scopebox/OnLocation in the field as my macbook goes out with me anyway and just get a bargain Swit or similar (even a portable DVD option) for framing / focus? (And put the £2K I've saved towards a mattebox and some lights?).
If I do buy a HD monitor how do I connect it to my iMac? Is it a case of selling it and buying a Mac Pro? I would want full HD monitoring.
Help.... Please.
How long do you think a top-notch monitor would last me? Is it like a good tripod head - it will outlast at least 4 cameras? Long term economic sense?
Thanks for any suggestions - and yes, I've read virtually every thread here!
Ash.
I am going around in circles and can't think straight. Finding a good monitor solution is doing my nut.
I shoot on my EX1. I also shoot on a variety of other cams (up to F900r). I'm training up next week on Red. The main reason I need a monitor is for me to light, frame, compose, focus, properly monitor colour etc and then grade. Not a client/dir monitor.
I have a new iMac and a macbookpro and a Samsung 28" LCD computer monitor. The screen on my EX1 is pretty good. That's 4 screens already acquired (not inc various TV's and a projector).
I have never really been too concerned about colour, vectorscopes etc etc - more framing and lighting and if used at all, a basic SD field monitor hired out has sufficed. Now I'm starting to get more serious and want to shoot properly and as near perfectly as possible. But I don't edit. But I do want to colour correct.
Do I future proof and buy a very expensive Panasonic 8" with all the industry spec to use in the field? And hire in a full 1920 res studio monitor when cam-testing and grading?
Or take the full 1920 out into the field too and only buy 1 monitor that'll do everything, although at some size?
Or use scopebox/OnLocation in the field as my macbook goes out with me anyway and just get a bargain Swit or similar (even a portable DVD option) for framing / focus? (And put the £2K I've saved towards a mattebox and some lights?).
If I do buy a HD monitor how do I connect it to my iMac? Is it a case of selling it and buying a Mac Pro? I would want full HD monitoring.
Help.... Please.
How long do you think a top-notch monitor would last me? Is it like a good tripod head - it will outlast at least 4 cameras? Long term economic sense?
Thanks for any suggestions - and yes, I've read virtually every thread here!
Ash.