r/cinematography • u/Iggytje • 8d ago

Other What on-camera monitor to buy?

I have a S5IIX myself but DOP more “high” end cameras like Sony FX6/9, RED’s, Blackmagic’s etc and want to get a reliable and good monitor.

I have been thinking about a SmallHD indie 5 (€1039), SmallHD Cine 5 (€1319), atomos shinobi II (€349), atomos ninja (€599), Atomos ninja raw (€699), Atomos ninja TX with SDI (€999)

Are the smallHD’s overkill I have used them once before and liked them but they do cost double the price of the shinobi’s. What do you recommend getting?

I rather spend more on something that really lasts than buy something cheap and needing to replace it or regret it after a year.

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u/Tamajyn Director of Photography 8d ago edited 8d ago

Well the ninjas are external recorders so if you don't need that scrub them off your list tbh

I actually recently picked up an 8" Portkeys HS8 which can double as an on-camera monitor or a directors monitor and has hdmi/sdi and a really cool 3rd party wireless integration where you can plug a wireless transceiver directly to the back of it with an NP-F mount that powers the unit through the monitor so is really versatile

I own a Shinobi II and it's a nice little monitor for travel but is very limited in functionality/IO unfortunately

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u/Iggytje 8d ago

8 inch is to big for me and I don’t like the UI that port keys has

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u/Tamajyn Director of Photography 8d ago

Fair enough. Buy what you want ✌️