Camera Monitor Tools: Waveform, Focus Peaking, False Color and More 

Click the below timecodes to skip to your preferred section! What questions do you have about video production? Ask below! 3:13 - Waveform Monitor 12:37 - Vectorscope 17:53 - Focus Peaking 22:22 - Zebras 24:29 - False Color

I’ve learned a lot in just 30 minutes. Would love to see more content like this.

Use grey card in front of his face for vector scope! When color temp is perfect it will be one single dot. Your doing it wrong.

Learned so much from this video, thank you guys

I scrolled though a bunch of "thats how the Shinobi works" but I was looking for exactly this. Thank you so much for this in-depth tutorial on how to bring this to work.

Finally! Very helpful and the one I've been waiting for. I just wish there was a condensed 'in summary' version of the video for a quick reference. Thanks.

Very nice device, i have one Shinobi. why no one mentions the overheating of the screen, even in study conditions? the screen gets so hot that I'm afraid it will melt

Brilliant and thorough advice! Also great point about wide or anamorphic lenses, it’s definitely a challenge to properly expose 👍

Thanks, Doug! This is one of the best videos from B&H! So informative! Usually Jake being in a video is not a good sign but this one was great! Thank you!! 🥰

Why does the image from the actual camera that you show on screen look so much darker than what you're seeing on the Shenobi monitor? Even when you showed the "original log" on the Shenobi, that is much more brighter than even the LUT you use, which are all still much brighter than the actual camera's image. Another related question: Is the waveform and other information being dialed in to the monitor's image or the actual camera's image? I'm a little confused by the fact that there's a difference. Why not just view the camera's actual image that it's recording and dial that in?

useful info. a trick i found out about is to zoom in with your lens (or use clearimage, digital zoom, something "in-camera/lens") so that the screen shows mostly the face/skin, and that way you can see better how the waveform/vectorscope looks mainly on the face/skin. zoomed in (and this way, you dont have to get physically closer to the subject), now even the in-camera meter might be more reliable, because you've isolated mainly the subject.

Camera monitors make me feel like a BIG MAN. Who's doing CAMERA SCIENCE.

That was great, thank you. I have the ninja v, and haven’t really used anything other than peaking. I will use the false color more for sure.

Which HDMI connection cable model did you use? Please provide a link! In advance, thank you! ;-) T

The amount I just learned-I felt like I was in a college course. Thank you!

Wow, IRE is such a strange term… I mean “what does radio have to do with light/luminance?”. Really haven’t seen much light over the radio 🤣

14:00 Couldn't you zoom into the image with the camera? I'm on outdated equipment, but I thought you could usually zoom way into the image to check focus..

Many thanks for your useful explanations. Very easy to listen to whilst grasping challenging content.

Is it me or is peaking and zebra useless for a moving subject? The recorder bakes the effect into the recording. So you can't use it while recording. High end cameras don't do this. Why on earth does Ninja?

thanks for the video, was watching this and doing the same stuff on my atomus ninja V+

way too dark and under exposed. The subject looks like he sits in the dark. It seems to be the trend now on RU-vid : most talking head videos seem to like sitting in the dark.

As for peaking wide shot zoom in lens set peaking then zoom out and it will lock focus at any zoom out level on lens.

Thank you for this Tutorial, Excellent content. Was your model Chris Evans ? aka Captain America.

Some of my features are not available to me, it used to be available. However, when I was messing around with it... It disappeared and I tried to factory reset it and it comes back but disappears again. I need help!

My shinobi screen color seems washed out. I used phantom lut. Any ways to adjust?

Hello I am subscribed and I'm in the market for a monitor. I'm using my Sony NX5U video camera. With my declining eyesight I need something larger than the little flip out screen that's on there. 7-in monitor will be fine. What I need more than anything is the monitor to view the camera settings. When I pull up the camera's menu. We recommend one that will do that for me. Thanks. Keith

I just bought the Viltrex 550 PRO from B&H yesterday. The best price on the internet is $168, except for B&H where it is only $135! Thanks!

Great video to learn about Field Monitor settings! Thanks.

This is a fantastic video and thoroughly explained. Thanks very much!

Very informative. Just bought a monitor from B&H and it's above my pay scale to use it. But your video has helped me get a head start. Thanks.

Place or space, that is the question.

It would be great if you did a version using this monitor for photography

For rec 709 i thought %18 grey card should be 40 IRE and for caucasian skin 70 IRE am i wrong?

Cool.🎉.Thank You

can you use peaking and zebra at the same time!?!?!?!!?!

Awesome. This should help me in my filmmaking on my channel. Thanks

Great video :) I'm using the Shinobi with the BMPCC6K. Any recommendations for what to choose from Camera Output? Should I just leave this in OFF ?

Is there any way to get the grid on the monitor? I just bought this monitor and I'm disapointed that I can't seem to get the grid on the screen.

Thank you everyone at B&H . I to want very much about all the tools on the monitors. Thank you so much

Super helpful. Thanks!

So when you use this monitor with a camera via HDMI do the settings in the external monitor affect how your image looks when you are recoding from the camera? I apologize for asking, this is new to me as I just ordered a Sony A7IV as my first ever legit camera and want to get a larger external monitor to see what I am recording better. Thanks for your time.

I feel like I should take a full course just on scopes. Is that a thing? haha

Can you record 4K 60 if the monitor doesn’t support it?

Very nice tutorial. The best I've seen on this topic so far.

can it work on old model dslr like nikon d3200 or canon 600d?

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Really well done. Thanks so much!

My monitor displays crop view, how to change display in full screen?

Very helpful, thanks!

deep enough to learn a lot, not too much to get confused, thanks!

Very good tutorial. Thank you.

Just what i needed 😁 Thank yu for this!!

First video to show How to use the Ninja to get better lighting, thank you. subscribed ..bam

What an awesome video. So much information ! Thank you

this was very helpful

I just bought a field monitor from B&H, and your explanation of the different tools on a field monitor is a big help to me. So thanks for the video, and I will be playing it again, again, and again. I love free stuff.

can you use focus peaking and zebras at the same time with this?

Excellent video....

Great content! More like this, please! 👍

This’s amazing. Thanks man

Really well done 🏆

This looks like it has great content but is completely spoiled by the droning garbage playing in the background. Why do do many videomakers imagine this adds anything to their product?? It separates the artists from the you tubers. It's a proven psychologically extremely counterproductive. It's do frustrating but I couldn't watch it after 5 mins

Brilliant, deliberate, dutifully paced and spaced tutorial. Director you just earned your favored coffee break. I recently purchased a 'FeelWorld' 7" 2200nit for outdoor video production. Thanks to all participating crew members.