EYOYO 7" Camera Monitor
Bigger is better
Modern cameras are great. Period. They have high-resolution screens and viewfinders, and are often touchscreen, with all the information you could want in easy view. One thing they’re lacking is real-estate, once you’ve got all that information displayed — there’s often very little space to actually see the subject you’re photographing. They’re also not designed for multi-user viewing while shooting, whether that’s at a photoshoot or during filming. That’s where field monitors such as this one come in, to provide a secondary, larger screen that provides a host of benefits to aid in your composition and framing.
This particular model is aimed at the consumer market, as it only has HDMI connectivity and not the industry standard SDI. That’s okay though, most consumer cameras only have HDMI output, and equipment with SDI adds to the price tag.
Let’s take a deeper look.
Specification:
Brand: Eyoyo
Display Screen: 7" IPS
Physical Resolution: 1920x1200
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Brightness: 500cd/㎡
Contrast: 1000:1
Viewing Angle: 170°/170°（H/V）
HDMI input: 1
HDMI ouput: 1
Speaker: 1
Ear Phone Slot: 1
Audio input:1
Current: 1A
Operating Temperature: -20°C-60°C
Storage Temperature: -30°C-70°C
LWD: 182.1 x 124 x 20.5mm
Weight: 320g
Contents:
1 * Eyoyo E7S
1 * Foldable sun shade
1 * Plate(F970)
1 * Plate(LP-E6)
1 * HDMI A to HDMI C cable (Ed note: one thing to note here is that a lot of cameras use MicroHDMI, which is the D-type, so you’ll need to get a separate cable for this)
As you can see this has 16:10 aspect ratio, and is an 8-bit IPS panel with a high contrast level. In my testing it’s easy to see and reference under a variety of lighting conditions and has a sunshade for reducing glare. While the panel is 1600x1200 resolution, the HDMI ports support 4k passthrough to either a recording device or a 4k screen. This is a nice addition and impressive at this price point, as I’ve used ‘FullHD’ products that only passthrough a 1080p signal in the past.
This monitor has a host of useful options for the photographer or filmmaker — I particularly appreciate the Audio Level Meter, as this is something often overlooked or difficult to read on the camera itself. It has an inbuilt speaker for monitoring, and it can be set up to either take audio signal from HDMI or from an analog 3.5mm cable. It also passes through whatever the camera OSD is set to display, which you can turn off in your camera settings if you find it distracting. I often shoot using a wireless trigger, and having a larger screen to reference for peaking or exposure levels is really helping my photography. I don’t think I could go back to not using this monitor, and it’s going to be a difficult choice as to whether I take it with me when I shoot outside, depending on how much equipment I want to take.
The unit is powered by external battery, and it comes with two adapter plates for the most common DSLR batteries (most Canon or Sony). I’m using a Sony F970 battery in the images as it’s also the battery that my LED Video Light uses. This saves effort not having to worry about different batteries to take to shoots or keep charged. Battery life is good, it’s already outlasted two charges on my Lumix G7 and it’s still going. It also has A/C in, and I’ll be getting an adapter for that for studio sessions. My unit also came with a grub screw, for connecting the unit to a frame or other equipment that might not already have an attached screwmount. The unit is fairly light, and using it mounted on the camera and hand-held wasn’t too much more effort but I’d recommend using a tripod or a video rig for extended periods of time.
The F1 button is set to Peaking by default, but this can be changed in the menus to a host of other functions if desired to fit your workflow. These are: Center Marker, Aspect Marker, Check Filed, Underscan, Scan, Aspect, DSLR, Freezeframe, Peaking, False Color, Exposure, Histogram or Level Meter.
Summary:
This is a well-provisioned, well thought out camera monitor that adds functionality and utility to consumer DSLRs and Camcorders for a very reasonable price point. It’s already helping my photography as I transition from hobbyist to professional, and I recommend it to anyone who’s at a similar level.
You can find this monitor at Amazon
