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For those who are mounting electronic view finders (EVF) with mini ball heads or perhaps variable friction (magic) arms, you might have run into the issue where the EVF can spin loose as you apply pressure against the eye cup or may be too much for a hot shoe to handle. Ball Heads and Friction [...]

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Towards the end of 2010, it seemed like there would be an explosion of Electronic View finders. In the end only a handful have been popular such as the Cineroid EVF (starting $548), Zacuto EVF (starting $749), and the SmallHD DP4-EVF (starting $599).

3.5″ HDMI LCD Electronic View Finder
Here’s a cheaper 3.5″ HDMI EVF [...]

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If you didn’t catch the news, SmallHD has a new eyepiece available for the DP4 EVF [Thanks Joel]. The DP4 originally was available with a Canon LP-E6 battery tray, but with the new eyepiece announcement, there is also three new battery tray options as part of the bundle. For a limited time, you can get [...]

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The old Focus Assist in the SmallHD DP6 HDMI LCD monitor would make the screen literally go black and show white lines in what was in focus. The problem was it was hard to see what you were trying to focus on. You can see an example in the video (above) of how dark the [...]

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A little tour of the Ruige TL-S701HDA 7″ monitor with a Panasonich GH2 from Vimeo member James Bamford. Unlike some smaller versions from Ruige, this 7″ monitor has HDMI in and also HDMI out. Towards the end of the video, you’ll see the linear zoom remote test. First click zooms in, second click turns on [...]

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A Steadicam Rig I built for my last project, she carries it with ease. I think the rig weighs more than she does. Canon 5D Mark II + Sigma 20mm F/1.8, Glidecam HD4000 with Steadicam Merlin Vest (hybrid). Varavon Armor Cage, Rode VideoMic Pro, 312 LED Video light, SmallHD DP4 (below) powered by two 12V/5V [...]

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Let me warn you now that this video is about 25 minutes long. It’s a thorough video explaining all the bits about the SmallHD DP4-EVF. If you jump on over to about 19 minutes in, you see a Drop, Throw, Toss, Helicopter Crash, Car Crash, DP4 damage test. Yeah I know some of you might [...]

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This ends up being a huge time saver for me as I was going to run through some of the Zacuto EVF menu options. Here’s a nice run through the menu on how to scale just about any video input type with the Zacuto EVF. I’ll try to run through the SmallHD DP4 menu, which [...]