this feel world ma5 has been my go-to monitor for the last three four years since i bought
it and it's been great i've used it for cinema cameras like this especially when i'm shooting
anamorphic because it will de-squeeze in the monitor and i can see exactly how the shot's
being composed which is nice but there's been one major issue and that's that it's not very bright
and so when i'm shooting outside in full sun i might as well not even have a monitor because
i can barely see it even with the shade the hood that goes around it which i lost a long time ago
but annie cindy recently sent me their c7 which is a 2200 nit aka extremely bright touchscreen
monitor and it's really fantastic full disclosure andy city did send this to me but they don't have
any input on this video they're not paying for this review they don't get to see it before
it's launched they just sent it to me and asked me to give you my unbiased opinion about this
and that's what i'm doing if you're in the market for a budget monitor something like this this is
a good option to consider maybe for you may not be for you depending on the options and the setup you
need we'll jump into some of that in this video so what makes this screen really great is that it is
bright extremely bright at 2200 nits which means on a day like this where even though the sun isn't
directly shining on me it's just a little overcast it's very bright even maybe a little brighter than
sunny days because you have lots of diffused light which makes it even harder to see screens
like this but on a day like this it's really easy to see this screen because it is so bright which
makes it really nice to work with when i'm out and doing stuff like this makes it great you
don't have to try and shadow it or shroud it or anything like that before we jump into use uh my
general experience with this let's go over the features of this really great budget screen and
that's starting with the batteries on the back this is npf style you have two of them so you
can hot swap one if it's getting ready to die and keep the monitor going basically non-stop it does
get good battery life on the 700 series i've been getting four to five hours on one so with two of
them that's plenty of time on the side you have an sd card slot which is for firmware updates but you
can also load your luts if you like to work with specific luts and log footage you can load them on
here to get your shots looking exactly the way you want and know how they're going to look when you
come to edit them in post this monitor does have an option for sdi inputs and outputs if
you want to use sdi there's 8.4 volts out if you want to power a camera from there and 12 volts
in if you're powering your whole cinema camera setup off of one v-mount or gold mount battery
and then you have hdmi out and hdmi in which is a loop over here so if you want to just you know
bring your 4k up to 4k in and loop out for say wireless transmission to video village you can
loop out right here which is nice across the top we have a menu and selector button so if you push
it it does something and you can scroll back and forth and then a photocell sensor here if you want
to uh allow this to auto adjust for brightness which it does a pretty good job and then three
user selectable buttons that will give you access to quick things on this side you've got the power
on and off and touch on and off feature so if you don't want to be able to access the touch features
of the monitor you find you're bumping it you can turn them off there pretty easily and turn the
monitor on off and you can monitor audio through the headphone jack right down here now on the
screen it is a touch screen so you can turn the volume up or down here well you can see that okay
uh and if you select on this side you can turn the back light up or down which is nice now if you
swipe up from the bottom it brings you up uh some different things you can turn your nine grid on or
off center marker on or off safety markers false color to give you an idea of if you're overexposed
underexposed or you turn it off and you can turn your luts on or off depending on if you're
using luts or not you can also do that using the menu button you can select around if you want to
and see what kind of safety markers you want so if you push and hold this it brings up the actual
menu so here you have all your different images you can use focus assist zebras
monochrome false color here you've got all of your different grids safety markers things like that
right here you have your different scan modes uh video aspect ratios whoops anamorphic mode
if you want it to mirror or not if you're flipping it upside down etc
you can freeze it do pixel to pixel if you want to zoom in and see exactly what it looks like
you know on a pixel to pixel ratio and then down here you've got a whole bunch of different
waveform options you can turn them all on which basically gives you your vector scope
your rgb display histogram and um i can't remember what that one is off
the top of my head but gives you a lot of information including audio meters there
you can turn on your rgb parade if you want to see that vectorscope on or off rgb histogram on or off
your histogram and you can turn your audio meter on or off which i really like the audio meter
gives you a good idea if there's audio coming in if you're peaking you're too low too loud and then
here you can adjust the different temperatures you can turn your luts on or off you can go through if
you want to import a lot or not your camera gamma so if you're shooting in a specific camera gamma
camera gamut the color space uh color temperature if you're shooting in cloudy days you want it to
be warmer you could say your backlight mode to auto and adjust your your brightness contrast and
saturation if you want to if you want to get it to look more the way you expect a monitor to look
i found the default 50 to be pretty good more than good enough for what i'm doing anyway here you can
set what you want the wheel to do your f1 f2 f3 user programmable buttons what language the osd
alpha osd time overall in my use i've been using this for the last couple of weeks this monitor
has been fantastic it's really bright really easy to see even without a sun shade some of
the reflections may be a little bit hard to see with the reflective surface but that's
pretty easy to compensate for but because it's so bright it's been really easy to see
my framing because it offers anamorphic d-squeeze modes when i'm shooting with anamorphic lenses it
makes it really easy to be able to get the right framing and see it exactly how it's going to look
construction-wise it's not weatherproof i haven't taken it out in really inclement weather
uh because of that but it is well built even though it's all built out of plastic it's handled
you know being put in and out of my camera bag and hauled around a few times uh the last
few weeks more than a few times the last few weeks no problem the you know it's plastic you need to
be aware of that it's a budget monitor it's an inexpensive monitor and the display is limited to
1080p 60. so if you you know need more than that then you've got to look elsewhere but honestly
this monitor is really great for everything i need it for i don't need a monitor to do much more
than just be able to let me allow me to see what i'm shooting and what i'm framing
with cameras like this that don't have a monitor and or cameras have a really small monitor and be
able to see it in bright situations and and make sure i'm getting my shot the way i want it to be
so that i know when i get back to editing i don't have to mess with it a lot or try and
correct or fix things in post now monitor is essential for your workflow depends on your
workflow and what you use how you work you might need a monitor this is a great option
if you're looking for a monitor there are of course links in the description that are
affiliate links but overall i'm really happy with this monitor i was looking at buying one anyway
and then andy sydney reached out and asked me if they could send this one to me so i said sure
fantastic monitor i would have bought this anyway even if they hadn't sent it to me just because
it's a very good monitor that fits exactly the needs i have now if you're interested in other
gear that i use as a solo creator i've put together a small playlist right here
i'll see you in one of those videos as always if you have questions ask me in the comments
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nights from 4 pm alaska time or 8 pm eastern i will see you again soon in the next video cheers