2015Video Assist and Video Accessories forum
Building a handheld director's monitor setup with wireless video receiver and battery
What the thread found
- The SmallHD OLED monitor offers better color accuracy and tone representation compared to the HB model, making it more suitable for directors to assess lighting decisions.
- The SmallHD DP7 OLED weighs approximately 1.2 pounds and paired with a 1.5-pound third-party lithium battery and handles totals around 4 pounds, providing a relatively lightweight handheld solution.
- SmallHD OLED monitors can accept different battery plate adapters, such as Canon LP-E6 plates, though this reduces runtime to approximately 1.5 hours.
- GlobalMediaPro 95Wh batteries weigh 1.5 pounds and offer lighter alternatives to standard Anton Bauer batteries like the Dionic HC which weigh 2 pounds.
- The Ikan bracket and Wooden Camera cage both provide mounting solutions for SmallHD monitors with Anton Bauer battery plate compatibility.
- The Wooden Camera cage mounts to both top and bottom of the monitor and allows Anton Bauer plate attachment, but spatial constraints exist for mounting a wireless receiver with multiple antennas alongside the battery.
Depends on
- Discussion does not resolve the practical routing of power to both monitor and wireless receiver when using a single battery plate.
- Comparison between AC7 OLED and DP7 OLED picture quality differences remains unevaluated in thread.
- Weight and ergonomic performance of SmallHD factory handles versus third-party cages not definitively compared.
- Monitor size for handheld director use presents space limitations when combining receiver antenna array with battery mounting on same cage.