We'll make review with all measurement and all soon.
More photos of Neway version of this monitor
I just received mine today. Ordered Lilliput version from Amazon. While there is a lot to like, there is a lot to dislike.
First the positives:
Now the negatives:
I do understand this monitor is about as cheap as they come, so my expectations were never that high. I would be willing to deal with all the negatives, if at very least I could get it to work for more than a few seconds with a battery. Don't have any LP (Canon) style batteries here to test LP-batt connectors, but I need this to work with NP (Sony) style batteries, or it's a no go for me. There is a micro-USB port under the battery compartment, so I am thinking they can probably fix the pixel-to-pixel mode via a firmware update. And maybe even add the backlight setting to the arrow keys.
@Vitaliy_Kiselev - where did you find info about the Neway version of this? Cannot seem to find that online anywhere.
Thanks for detailed feedback.
Actually we just get A5 into US lab, so can check all bad or good points.
Also I make sure that Lilliput management will get info about negatives.
Great, thank you VK! Good to know that they will receive this feedback. Initiated the return on my unit and hoping to get a new one with the battery connection working properly. Will post updates when that happens.
Btw, make macro photos of connector.
With some connectors you can make them better just using very thin screwdriver or such.
You can see the prongs make very good connection with the contacts on the battery. Issue seems to be internal that wires going to connectors are loose or shorting.
I have been in contact with the seller and they are exchanging it for me. Will report back when I have the new one. @IronFilm, even if I hold the battery snug, it has issues. Touching the monitor with literally a feather touch causes the issues. Sometimes it just flickers, but most of the time, it just reboots. The connectors are very snug in the batteries. The fit is definitely better than some other devices I have that use NP batteries.
@Vitaliy_Kiselev did Alan test yet with NP style batteries? Just packaged mine up to send back. Hoping replacement works properly, as I really love the size and weight of this thing, not to mention the color and DR is pretty good. That's also a different ballhead than I received, though guessing that may not be the included one.
Another note, you need to turn volume to 0 on monitor if you don't have headphones plugged in, otherwise sound from camera/mics comes through the speaker and feeds back.
I received my refund, but held off on getting a replacement just yet. Any updates from the PV US Lab?
Amazon Link in 1st post doesn't work. This new link.
short link: http://a.co/gKEyyIi
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$149 Free Shipping
sometimes they have coupons off new purchases, or current coupon : 6% off orders $300 or more : LD006, 7% off -$500 or more: LD007
Thanks, fixed link.
Just finished my a weekend of shooting with the Liliput A5 for the first time, and I really liked it! Was a nice screen (in fact the B cam would often be using it for himself! Rather than for its purpose: to be pointed at me, so I could keep an eye on the B Cam shots), seemed to be battery efficient (I think? I wasn't doing battery management though, that was B Cam AC's job) while being super small and lightweight.
For its price (only US$149!) I think this was an awesome bargain buy.
Delay at 1080p60
Quite typical for such monitors
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