SmallHD has launched Focus 7, a new seven-inch on-camera model that features a 1000 nit display and which offers dual battery slots. The Focus 7 has a 1920x1200 pixel resolution which equates to 323 pixels per inch of the 16x9 display, and can accept footage of up to 4K in 30p.
Designed with a pair of mounts for Sony L-Type batteries and the ability to power the camera via an optional battery adapter cable, the Focus 7 allows batteries to be swapped out during recording. The monitor offers full size HDMI input, a 3.5mm headphone socket and SD card storage. SmallHD says the screen has a viewing angle of 160-degrees, so it is able to be comfortably used by more than one person at a time.
The monitor runs the company’s OS3 software that allows users to customise tools, pinch to zoom, to desqueeze anamorphic footage and view waveform, vectorscope and histogram displays. LUTs can be loaded via the SD card slot or the USB port.
The SmallHD Focus 7 is available now, and costs $699. For more information see the SmallHD website.
Honestly seems a bit expensive. I mean, I'm sure you could get most (if not all) the same functionality out of a Surface Go or something that costs half the price. I mean I'm sure this is calibrated to produce more accurate colors than your average tablet let's say, but still the price is still something that needs to be considered.
I've tethered with my Surface Pro and it seems to do a decent job. OK maybe the color redentions aren't perfect but at least I can get a general idea of what my images is going to look like and I can show images to people while on location (yes the Pro costs more than this and most average tablets, but my point is that the same could be done for way less than this device).
Seems very expensive, given that you can buy something similar that will do HDMI capture for around the same price. Blackmagic has a 5" Video Assist monitor FHD recorder for $495 and a 7" UHD monitor recorder for $895.
I am certain the image quality of this SmallHD is better and it has double the brightness. Also the touchscreen for pinch/zoom is nice, but I don't know if its 5 times the price nice.
The iPad? You can't get a signal into it, so what's the relevance?
Meanwhile... you can get the Atomos Shinobi for $400 or, if you really need 7", you can get a whole Ninja Flame recorder for only $100 more than this thing. I don't get it.
@Toni Loewald That might work for some, but I prefer a pure hdmi input source. These monitors also have a number of built-in features like focus peaking and false color with a quick menu with physical buttons.
The relevance is that the iPad has a really nice display — nicer than most calibrated desktop displays, so this display is overpriced for what you’re getting.
Also, you can definitely get the data into an iPad, especially the latest iPad pros which are usb-c. I’ve been using my old iPad Pro as an external display and drawing tablet for my laptops for three years.
What you can’t do is just plug in HDMI (AFAIK), mainly because no one seems to have bothered to build the necessary widget or software.
I wonder how they are going to justify the price considering the fact that Blackmagic Video Assist 4K can be had at $799. For a hundred bucks more you get the same screen capabilities plus a ProRes HD recorder, HDMI I/O, SDI and two XLR inputs for analog sound. Darn, it has only one zoom level :)
at 350 nits for the VA 4K it's hardly the "same screen capabilities" vs focus7 1000 nits plus wide viewing angle. But yeah otherwise VA 4K offers a lot more features ontop of this monitor only solution. Depends on what you're looking for, one or the other may be more useful.
Yes, 1000 nits sounds impressive, but I have yet to encounter a real life situation where the BM screen is not visible (I am not shooting in mountain peaks and in Sahara desert). The only advantage for the field work, provided the camera can do 10-bit internally, is weight while working with a handheld rig. In that situation, however, I would go for a 5" screen.
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