Comments on: An amazing monitor for the 5dmkII

By: Philip Bloom

Philip Bloom — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:31:59 +0000

what about the old sun burning through it?

By: stiltbat

stiltbat — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:57:52 +0000

I’m curious what you all think of this. A really smart and cheap alternative to the craziness of an on-board monitor.
This product was invented a couple of years ago by me, an LA director of photography. It fits on the rails and is basically a big ass magnifying glass which gets you about 2 to 4 times closer to the LCD. It’s called the Magnifty and we’re selling it now on our ebay store http://stores.ebay.com/Magnifty or at Samy’s Camera in LA and Pasadena. It’s $79.95. Super-durable and is supposed to fit on your rails or varying sizes, but for sure Red Rock. Watch the we made yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmy7LJEy3tM I’ve used mine for over two years and don’t leave home without it. It really does work. I also stack two of them to

Hope you like it! ~mark

By: T Maurice Busch-Christensen

T Maurice Busch-Christensen — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:33:25 +0000

V-LCD651STX-HDMI does your splitter work with this monitor?
Stockholm

By: craig z

craig z — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:34:09 +0000

Hey Guys, I’m really late to this discussion, but would love some input on what to buy for my 7d.

I know I want a monitor, but not sure if buying the more expensive Marshall type, with focus assist is the way to go, or if just spending a couple hundred bucks on the Liliput would get me by.

I’ve got the zacuto z finder, but finding for slider shots, ( and since my eyesight is crap) i really could use a monitor.
Lot’s have come out in the last 6 months and I’m pretty confused now.

What’s the most efficient bang for the buck?

craig

By: Bob C

Bob C — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:55:05 +0000

Philip, doesn’t the Marshall 651STX have an option for 16:9 aspect ratio? From the Marshall PDF manual download, it appears to allow the user to select a letter-boxed 16:9 screen. Pixel-to-pixel mapping will fill the entire screen for an HD format that is larger than the native screen size.

By: Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:25:31 +0000

Thanks for all the help you give!

Rob

By: pbloom

pbloom — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:00:44 +0000

i like the 6.5″ best

By: Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:55:53 +0000

Philip,

Thanks for the prompt response. With that being the case, which monitor do you prefer these days: Marshall V-LCD651ST (1024 x768)? The Marshall V-LCDXP-70 (800 x 400)? Other?

Thanks much and best.

Rob

By: pbloom

pbloom — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:53:16 +0000

yep. it’s not full 16×9 image. It’s letterboxed 4:3, even with the info pressed like Alex says.

By: Rob Taylor

Rob Taylor — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:37:42 +0000

Philip,

Thanks for all your great work. Also, have greatly appreciated your 5d and 7d training videos! And thanks for the Memorial Day discount!

Re getting 16:9 image to an on-board monitor, I ran into the following post on a dvinfo.net forum from one Alex Reid:

“Just to let everyone know,

If you press the INFO button whilst in Liveview, the HDMI output (to an on-board monitor) cycles between 4:3 view, 4:3 with additional info/waveform and finally clean 16:9 output, so you can monitor and record with full 16:9 image on an on – board monitor.”

Philip, have you tried this? I don’t have an HDMI monitor yet, so haven’t been able to experiment with it.

Cheers,

Rob Taylor