I did my research and looked at quite a few monitors for use with my camcorder that I could also use with my DSLR camera. While the Marshall monitors are very nice, they are far too expensive and they make you buy expensive adapters if you want to have different inputs. I looked at several Lilliput monitors and I noticed two things 1) the way their descriptions are worded on Amazon you are left wonder just what it is exactly that you are getting. 2) I also read that some people bought them and they had short lives or were DOA. Not good.
I took a hard look at Ikan's monitor products and saw this one and the 5 inch version of this one that have waveform monitor, vectorscope and rgb parade built in along with a whole list of other really nice features including DSLR scaling. This is also one of the few monitors I could find that actually has HDMI throughput (ie HDMI in AND HDMI out). This allows you to feed either another monitor for the production director to view or feed a capture device.
I am a professional when i comes to video and when I saw this model has a built in waveform monitor and vectorscope, I had to take an even closer look since I'm used to using a separate piece of test equipment for those purposes. This is going to make it really easy to calibrate the outputs of video cameras and my DSLR to ensure perfect color match between the two cams and perfect exposure every time.
I am using a Sony NEX-VG-30H camcorder with this and occasionally a Nikon D3200 DSLR camera with this monitor.
The Pros: Vectorscope, waveform monitor and video monitor (and lots of other cool helpful features) all built into one piece of really nice equipment. ¼-20 mounting holes to mount to an articulated arm or to your tripod and even comes with a hotshoe adapter to mount it to your camera/camcorder hotshoe adapter, which I would personally not do because of the weight of the monitor. The kit also comes packed in what appears to be a fairly sturdy somewhat heavy duty aluminum-framed padded case. Nice.
The Cons: The battery, in this case, is HUGE but that's the extra price you pay for portability. Don't let that deter you unless a little extra weight is a problem. The battery charger this kit comes with took the better part of 12 hours to charge the battery! This unit comes with two ac 12vdc adapters one for use with the charger and one for use with the monitor. The directions do not tell you which one is which. The two ac adapters are interchangeable and it may be that the battery took a long time to charge because I used the smaller of the two adapters on the charger. I am planning on buying the official Sony L-battery charger to replace the cheap (in my opinion) charger this kit comes with.
I suggest the following accessories:
EzFoto 11-Inch Articulating Magic Arm for mounting HDMI Monitor LED lights, with 15mm rod clamp
Sony ACVQ1050D AC DC Adaptor/SuperQuick Charger for L-Series Batteries
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