1280x800 IPS 7" NEWAY CL76HO-X and CL76SDI monitors, amazing

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Yep, and 770 is better fit than too large 950/970 batteries.

spacewig

Agreed. Two should more than cover a typical 12 hour shoot.

LucasAdamson

I am using 970 batteries, but I hope to soon buy a big Anton Bauer to put at the back of my rig, behind the shoulder, to balance it out and take the weight off my hands. The advantage is it can run monitor, camera, sound recorder for 12 hours without pause, and also balance the shoulder rig perfectly.

EricSF

@spacewig & @Vitaliy_Kiselev,

My monitor just arrived today! Yeah I have some 970 batteries and they are big. Might even weigh a bit more than the monitor itself. spacewig, is the F570 (2200 maH) you're using sony or generic brand. The sony ones usually last longer than the generics, right? I'm trying to find the right balance btwn power, weight, number of batteries, and cost for a full day shoot. Thoughts?

spacewig

@ericsf Well, I don't think it's a Sony as there's no branding on the battery but I'm confident it's a high quality generic repacement. It was sold as part of a power pack from one of the city's main photography stores which I picked up second hand from some dude. Given the stated power requirements of the monitor, the amount of time the battery lasted seemed spot on. Contrast that with one of the P-V members who mentions in an earlier post that he bought a knock-off supposedly rated at 7200maH but that barely lasted 2 hours...

On that note I just ordered 2 Sony F770 from bhphoto. At $60 a pop I think it's a very good deal and should handle a days worth of principle-photography; you figure on a 12-15hrs shoot your monitor will probably be turned on around 2/3 of the time.

What makes me curious is whether the camera consumes less power when a monitor is plugged in and the LCD is turned off.

morekitsch

I got my monitor a few months ago and love it. I do have one thing to mention as a warning however:

I got an FP-970 battery and popped it into the battery plate that comes with the monitor. It went a bit hard, but I got it in. (note: the battery easily fit into my charger with another brands swappable battery plates). When I removed the battery it's metal connects came out with it. The battery is a true Sony one and it fits quite easily into my charger (which is a random Chinese made one with interchangeable battery plates). When I looked at the metal connect on the Monitors battery play I notices they were about .4mm wider than is usual. I ended up using super glue to lock the connect back inside the battery (no idea if this is a fire risk).

Long story short. Check your connector plat before inserting your first battery and is possible find an alternate connector plat for the monitor.

Aside from this the Monitor is great. I'm very happy I got it.

morekitsch

There is a lot of talk on here about getting FP-970 batteries. That's a bit nuts. This monitor doesn't eat that much power. You're better off getting two smaller batteries and saving some weight. It's a lot to ask of the hotshoe mount and up top of your camera is the worst place for weight. Had I known just how big 970 batteries were when I mail ordered them I would have gone smaller. Even if I had a rig (working on it) I'd rather have the weight on the back rather than up front. There is very little reason to get a huge battery in my opinion, especailly when you consider how long camera batteries last.

LucasAdamson

For sure, if using a rig, positioning the battery behind the shoulder is the ideal. I am using a massive Anton Bauer to power camera, monitor and audio recorder, and also to balance the rig perfectly on my shoulder. You could do something very similar with 2 or 3 FP-970s, plus a weight of some sort. Having a rig that is heavy on the hands is not a clever way to operate. A balanced rig, with all the weight on the shoulder is not tiring and leads to better camera work. Ask any pro operator with a shouldercam.

luekio

I got my monitor and love it, deal of the century!

I'm using a 975 battery as thats the plate it came with. However I'm having trouble finding a charger for it, so far I have bought 2 off amazon that claim to fit 975s but dont!

anyone know where I could find the charger? Thanks!

spacewig

On the other hand your battery might just be dead :)

spacewig

They'll be sending me a new switch. No need to replace the whole unit for a cheap component that takes a few minutes to replace.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

CL76HO-X since today comes with updated IPS panel. Same quality and colors, just better, 600nit brightness.

joeevento

I just ordered one! I hope it arrives soon!

joeevento

Hello, today the monitor arrived but it has two problems. Com hdmi display with the gh2 and the Panasonic hmc 151, has only two colors! Any key funzioneuso after I made my exit from this always in two colors. I have done several times reset but no result! Then I tried to use it as a second monitor on the notebook and the vision is perfect! Does anyone have an answer? Second problem: As you can see from the photo 4When the image is black you see some reflections of light on the right of the monitor that disturb the image.

vicharris

The bleeding is normal. All ips monitors have that. The other problem, well that sucks.

Tscheckoff

@joeevento:

Hmm. Is that the "CL76HO-X"? Not very promising all in all. =/ ... I planned to get one soon. (Since the Lilliput 663/O/P got more expensive here in europe.) No chance to get a replacement? (From Neway directly.) Because that are major problems / material errors. Btw.: The red "shimmering" from the side is normal (with IPS screens). But the backlight bleeding - which you can see in the 4th picture for example - is a panel / backlight fault. Because normaly you get a VERY small edge or corner highlighting - but not such huge clouding which is affecting the picture.

Lg, Tscheckoff

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@Tscheckoff

It is not normal for this monitors, as we have many happy owners here. Issue with this specific item is being solved now by manufacturer.

joeevento

Hello, I was sent back to the monitor after I sent them my that did not work. I had some communication problem given the time zone that have prolonged the time required for verification of the fault but that's okay. Cole has always been polite and shipping costs are all borne by them, I only had to pay € 23 customs fees and taxes ($ 30.5) :-( To make amends they sent me a little present, just a thought but thank you anyway! I only have a little tip: A simple quality control would have saved us time and money at all.

Thanks again Vitaiy, the monitor is wonderful

@Tscheckoff: P.S. the new monitor does not present any "bleeding" and the black is now totally black

Vitaliy_Kiselev

A simple quality control would have saved us time and money at all.

They have 100% quality control. But you must account postage handling methods.

joeevento

ok, all's well that ends well! (I hope you understand this Italian proverb ...) :-)

fran

Hi, I got mine too, sweet, works very well, I'm using it my jib and is very helpfull, perfect picking for focus etc...the only problem I had and maybe you help me to resove is this. I got three mode resolution with the last moonT7 hack in the memories c1,c2,c3. 24p, sh and fsh. Never let me go to sh (720/50p) when it is attached, never only 24p and full hd with fsh. When I switch to c2 (720) the camera and monitor stay at fsh. Only disconecting the camera I'm able to shoot in 720, but without the monitor, and I bought it to use it in all modes :( Anybody had the same issue? Let me know if there is a solution

RatLabProductions

You can't use 50/60p on GH2 with HDMI plugged in if I remember correctly. Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong as I have a GH3 now.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@RatLabProductions

Yep, nothing to do with monitor.

luekio

I learnt that the hard way. Its true

fran

Oh! I saw in the manual Signal support 1280x720 50/60, check it out, what a pitty, i thought it was posible....

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