@sakattaq76 Do you know if there is a 1:1 pixel zoom mode? One of the thing that irks me, is the GH2's inability to focus assist zoom while outputting to HDMI.
My current Lilliput 5DII-O-P does it, but it takes an age to engage and disengage the mode, which makes me almost not bother using it.
@HillTop1, unfortunately the guys are right. Image is stretched to fill the 16/10 ratio. I personally use the monitor for framing and focus, so it doesn't bothers me. I also have the on board monitor of the GH2 turned on. I made a test yesterday powering the GH2 and the monitor with a single fake Sony FP770 battery. Pressed REC with sanity 5 and made a recording time before GH2 shuts off, about 2.5 hours. Not Bad.
From memory, I don't remember seeing any letterboxes; it fills the display.
@SightfulProd, @sakattaq76, @SuryA is any of you guys having the same problem that @Jon2323 is describing where he says it doesn't seem to letterbox the image, just stretch it upwards to 16/10? Thanks.
Just received this monitor. In the auction it was called the H005, but the one I got was the H056. It does have peaking though. Can anyone confirm that they can get a 16/9 image, as mine seems to be vertically stretched to the 1280x800 pixels without letter-boxing?
Is it possible the firmware could be updated through the usb port? This monitor would make an amazing addition to everyone's gh2 setups if a few features could be added. (more guide marks, pixel to pixel etc) It's got an almost retina display image, lightweight and cheap.
Not that I know of, I have tested it with Panasonic AF-100 and it retains its 1080i monitoring during recording. It's that sweet Panny magic ^_^. Pretty sure the GH2 is the same.
So I used this monitor the weekend that just passed on a 48 hour film festival. Normally the Canon 1080i video monitoring feed that comes out of the Canon DSLRS gives pillar-boxing. After applying the Magic Lantern software add-on I could choose to force 480p through HDMI under display tab of ML menus. Not ideal for focus but somewhat desirable when you have a director next to you who shouldn't need to wait 3-4 seconds on the HDMI output switch ala rez drop-down after record. Time kills performance and energy of actors, though we had brilliant talent whom entertained themselves throughout; even in the martini shot of a bed scene.
C-stand was used to rig Canon DSLR using 15mm Rods above bed with monitor drooped down to eye level. Very much impressed with mobility and rigidness of 60D which the AF-100 would be too dodgy and heavy to rig similarly.
On other countries customs fee usually never exceed 25% of cost
In some countries customs fee almost never exceed 0% :-) I live in one.
@HillTop1, arrived with leather like sunshade, a power supply and a Sony L series (FP970-770-570) battery base. On other countries customs fee usually never exceed 25% of cost, but in Greece we have such public services that overcomes the total cost of the monitor. The customs employee fee to make the arrangements was 150 $ plus taxes made the total cost around 230 $ extra. After I denied to accept the package, the seller was kind enough to refund 120 $ to receive the monitor. So I did. Even with the extra cost the monitor is still worth it. There is a roumor that DHL has done a secret agreement with the customs office to gain some percentage of the taxes, but I can't be sure!
Thanks @sakattaq76. The website that you bought if from, did it come with the sunshade cover and power?
Hey I got mine two, with insane shipping speed! 4 days delivered to my door in France from Hong-kong (no special fees, I think it was fedex). Haven't had the chance to shoot that much with it but I must say I'm impressed. I can't compare with other monitors, but build quality seems more than fine to me too! The screen looks great, and the peaking works pretty well, allthough its not all that necessary since you can clearly see. It does facilitate things if you have to "live" pull focus very often though. Color wise I think I need to calibrate it a little though, the shadows seem boosted somehow. Dark areas might seem a little grayer than they should (compared to the gh2 screen) but I'm pretty sure it's tweakable. All around its bright and the resolution is very nice. Sunshade is pretty nice too, some kind of false leather but it seems sturdy and since its not rigid theres no way to break it. One thing that's a down side (not really) is that the fixing points on top and underneath of monitor get covered by the sunshade which have access holes for them. Which means that you can't remove or put the sunshade on without unscrewing the monitor of the ballhead. But you can just leave it on.
@feha. Much better "feel" and elements used than liliput. OK it is not a SmallHD and will not survive a two meter fall. Very good and sturdy battery base and doesn't have any moving parts or hear sounds on hard shaking. Be careful, if you are from Greece, the Greek customs office is a "bitch"!
@sakattaq76 , how is the construction ? Cheap plastic feel or ?
I would like to post my opinion, it may help some people. I' ve just received the Camax H056. Overall I am very pleased with this monitor’s performance. Very high resolution, high visibility in bright environment, very good construction. I have also tested the Liliput 5DII I/O, the H056 beats it on every aspect, except the fact that the Liliput is a 7” monitor. Camax H056 has a 5DMarkII mode and focus peaking. Focusing is much easier on H056 (without using peaking) because of the higher resolution. Much preferable size for the GH2 with quick response. I haven’t tried yet on a production set but from my preliminary tests looks a very good companion. I have also connected to my PC as a second monitor via DVI/HDMI adapter and recognized and set it as native resolution of 1280x720.
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