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Jeff Harper March 9th, 2011 10:31 AM
Sony monitor looks great
 
The new Sony 5" monitor is available, but only at Sony. It looks great. Actually it looks outstanding. Iit tilts, and has a screen hood, which I think is included, but not sure. It's smaller than the Marshall, but appears to be much higher quality.

I'm probalby going to order it ASAP.

Jeff Harper March 9th, 2011 10:59 AM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
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The monitor has a headphone jack, and the hood is included. Does anyone have opinion as to whether 5" is large enough? I think it would be. The common Marshall is 7".

Is there a downside to this monitor? One thing is you must a Sony battery.

Bhanu Neti March 9th, 2011 01:14 PM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
I have recieved the monitor yesterday, but could not test it for lack of battery in the box. Not sure why sony does not include a battery.
But looks great with the hood on my GH2.

Jeff Harper March 9th, 2011 01:42 PM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
That's too bad, no battery. It is great looking, no doubt. It will eventually go on sale at B&H, and it should cost less, but I honestly don't know if I want to wait that long!

Jim Forrest March 9th, 2011 02:05 PM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
B&H has them now as does Amazon. Good prices and the batteries are cheap.
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...95823#features

Pearstone batteries around $26.

William Hohauser March 9th, 2011 02:22 PM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Harper (Post 1626176)
The monitor has a headphone jack, and the hood is included. Does anyone have opinion as to whether 5" is large enough? I think it would be. The common Marshall is 7".

Is there a downside to this monitor? One thing is you must a Sony battery.
If the peaking works as advertised then the low resolution shouldn't be a problem for focusing. I used some Marshall monitors with the same resolution while shooting with 35mm primes on a HVX200 and the focusing was terrible without the focus assist function in the camera.

Jeff Harper March 9th, 2011 02:27 PM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
Thanks Jim, they sure do...thanks for the input William.

Bhanu Neti March 9th, 2011 11:47 PM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
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Purchased battery and charger. Hooked on GH2. Works great.
Some pictures.

Jeff Harper March 10th, 2011 04:30 AM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
Thanks for posting. The monitor does seem to be of adequate size.

Jim Forrest March 10th, 2011 09:27 AM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bhanu Neti (Post 1626444)
Purchased battery and charger. Hooked on GH2. Works great.
Some pictures.
Are you happy with the resolution of the monitor? Does it look HD?

Ed Roo March 10th, 2011 11:31 AM
Re: Sony monitor looks great
 
Jim just asked my question, but I will push it a bit further ...

The display is only 800x480 WVGA, so just how good is the resolution if you are shooting with a 1080i/p camera?

With the vinetting illustrated in the video above, is the focus too soft?


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