Portkeys LH7P Monitor | I'm Learning To Love It 

Appreciate that!

It’s changed some of how I work - but overall I have been enjoying it 🤙🏼

Ahhh, it’s easy to forget wireless camera control isn’t a feature available to all. Surprised Fuji doesn’t offer that - especially on their more video-focused line.

@@jimuking4224 this monitor isn’t as bad as most. I had issues reviewing footage on my portkeys PT5, but not with this monitor. I don’t have a Feelworld to compare it to, but compared to Atomos monitors (which have the same problem) it’s fantastic at playback.

I'm fairly certain it will work in all the modes, including 4k/120fps. Granted, the monitor doesn't display in 4k120, but it will still show image on screen.

I think it's mainly best for handheld setups. If you were going for a gimbal with the v-mount it would probably have to be mounted to the side handle separate from the camera. I've seen some pretty cool setups with a v-mount on the back of a monitor off the side handle of a Ronin gimbal. But the monitor + battery is connected to the gimbal, not the camera. There's ways to do it, but ideally not like this setup.

@@RossBarnett02 makes much more sense. Thank you

@@dominiquerichardson yep! Touch to focus works great on this monitor when you’re wirelessly connected.

For me, it’s less about the brightness and more with the reflective display that makes it difficult to see in direct sunlight. However, it’s much better than the standard monitor on the camera / so, it could be better - but it’s one of the tradeoffs. Technically a sunhood would help but in my opinion it’s not worth the extra weight/size. As far as the 8bit - I don’t mind it at all. I’ll save the 10bit for editing/delivery. Mainly I’m using a monitor for framing and not color accuracy. I know my cameras/exposure well enough to not need perfect 10bit color out of an on camera monitor. Most of the day I tend to be using the monitor for framing and watching the waveforms for proper exposure.

I can see that - for me personally, the shotgun mic on the camera does just fine picking up ambient sounds at live events (laughter, cheers, general city noises, and the occasional talking directly to the camera). So, I don't rely on the on camera shotgun for much. But I have used this monitor often for interview content where I'm running a shotgun mic boomed overhead and have this monitor on the camera. I've never noticed the volume of the monitor to be an issue in any of my work.

@@RossBarnett02 i hear you. For what I do for myself (film acoustic instruments while recording them live right under the microphones) this monitor is straight up unusable. For client jobs it depends. When I need to place ambient mics for background sound accuracy it could be risky depending on the environment. Interviews and spoken videos in general can definitely be set up so that the monitor’s fan isn’t an issue whatsoever so I can see why it’s a non problem for you. Ugh. I really like this monitor 😫

It’s the slow booting PLUS the additional steps to get wireless connected that adds to the boot up process even more. For me, it really took some time to get into the habit of not turning off the camera after grabbing a few clips. But I’m finally getting more used to the workflow 😅

@@RossBarnett02 Yeah I get that but I am not into carrying a VM battery. I turne of the camera and I am located in Greece 🇬🇷 it’s getting very hot here so I want the camera to cool down. I have the ninja V it’s kinda heavy and it’s eats a lot battery. Have you ever used this godox monitor? godox monitor gm6s

amzn.to/4cbtbZE Here's a link to my specific cable. It's a barrel connection cable directly from the Smallrig V-Mount battery to the monitor.

Do you connect this cable to 8V out on a smallrig 99 battery?@@RossBarnett02

@@KarelDebedts (unless I’m missing something) the “auto connect” is still going through the monitor’s menu and selecting your previously saved camera. Although it saves your camera info, you still have to select it and tell it to connect. So, not very “auto” in my opinion.

​@@RossBarnett02 yes the 5 just connects automatically ,,,, I have to dive back into camera menu to get 7 to reconnect,,,, not efficient

yes the 5 just connects automatically ,,,, I have to dive back into camera menu to get 7 to reconnect,,,, not efficient

@@johnnyweissmuller5838 Deity V-Mic D3 Pro on the camera rig. Rode NTG5 overhead recording the video. 🤙🏼