HD monitor for the 5d Mark II - Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI

HD monitor for the 5d Mark II – Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI

Posted on: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
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Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI first impressions

Today I received a Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI HD monitor to use with our Canon 5D mark II as a demo unit to test out on a music video shoot tomorrow. The HD monitor looks great so far… I have not yet read the manual but the Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI seems to be pretty easy to use even though it has a lot of robust features.

I’ll be writing a full writeup about our experience with it after we have a chance to use it on a shoot. For now, if you are looking to buy a Marshall V-LCD70P-HDMI as an HD monitor for your 5d Mark II, you can from the link below (we get a small percentage of the sale).

avery

Hi, a few months ago i asked if you could daisy chain this monitor to another. You mentioned running a usb cable from a laptop to the 5D to get another image off the camera....can you explain this a little more. I tried this briefly with no luck earlier....although i'm quite unskilled at tech stuff :) thanks for your time

Lan Bui

Here is a brand new option... it is probably the best option too. An HDMI splitter:

http://jag35.com/new/products/hdmi-splitter/

Zezar

Hi, would you remomend this monitor for the red one camera for 2nd monitor from the sdi output or for a film camera using the componet output?

Zezar

Lan Bui

Hi Zezar,

Since the monitor is great, I think I would recommend using it with any video camera. It is a feature rich monitor so go for it!

Kin Artos

Hi Lan, did you had any problem about the aspect ratio ? My monitor in to the canon 5d doesn't fit full screen mode. I change all the setting, full screen and stuff.
Also when you are in "stand bye" or when I push the record botton, change format on the monitor. Any suggestion ? Thanks

Lan Bui

Hi Kin!

Yes, I did have to make some special setting changes on the monitor. Since the monitor was just given to us as a demo unit I don't have it anymore to give you the settings.

Also, when you press record the aspect ratio does change because the 5D mark II changes its output aspect ratio. It is a fault of the camera, not the monitor... you will experience this with any monitor you use with the 5D mark II.

My preference is to set the monitor so that while recording the aspect ratio is correct and while not recording it is squeezed.

Victor, I hope this helps you too.

If you guys have any other questions please let me know.

Victor

I am having the same problem as Kin Artos is. We have gone through all the settings on the monitor and we can't get the full screen aspect ratio like you have demonstrated in your video. Also it switches when we hit record and it seems either squeezed or stretched. Is there something in the 5D's menu i am overlooking?

thanks

Nasser

Hello ,
Thanks for the review ,how was the LCD70P ? will you recommend it for my 5D and EX1 ?

Lan Bui

It was great!

I would highly recommend it.

angela

I'm really curious if this monitor can be daisy chained to another monitor for a director to view from

Lan Bui

I'm not sure...

One way to do this is to use a computer to connect via USB to the camera. This allows you to have a display on the camera and one on a computer! We did this the other day when we shot something that the actors needed to see what they were doing while we were shooting.

Lan Dalat

Based on my understanding, you would not need a loupe to aid focusing. Thank you for the feedback.

Lan Dalat

How do you do that in the field? outside of the studio?

BTW, Lan is a very good name for a photographer.

LD

Lan Bui

The Marshall HD monitors (like this one) can be used in the field with a 5D mark II with batteries. The monitors can use a variety of different batteries.

Lan Dalat

What do you use to focus the subject through the screen? Do you shoot video with your camera?

BTW, excellent work!

Lan Bui

I'm not sure I understand your question.

The camera I used is the Canon 5D mark II and I use Canon lenses. They must be manually focused when I am recording video.

Lan Dalat

Lan,

Thanks the quick response. With the monitor do you have to use a loupe or some types of visual magnification to pin point the focus on the screen. I have the 7D and the 3" screen in the back is very hard for me to do a narrow DOF. To get that hair thin focus, I have to use a 4x loupe.

I just want to know how the pros are doing it.

Thanks.

LD

Lan Bui

Oh I understand now...

We use an external monitor, like the one above... but we have also used standard computer monitors with HDMI and standard TV's with HDMI.

Lan Bui

Yes! It came in very handy...

Stephen Stewart

The 1:1 feature is so clutch for a sharp focus. I love it.

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