Hi Guys

I was looking to buy a focus meter and am wondering if they are any good.

Given how they work I am sure they will be, and they should work better than a test monitor....

What's your opinion?!?!

DJ

Hi Guys

I was looking to buy a focus meter and am wondering if they are any good.

Given how they work I am sure they will be, and they should work better than a test monitor....

What's your opinion?!?!

DJ

I was wondering the same our lcd colour test monitor is the pits for focus so end up lugging an old 6" battery tv with video inputs around not the best but you can watch tv on tea breaks

Hi Guys

I was looking to buy a focus meter and am wondering if they are any good.

Given how they work I am sure they will be, and they should work better than a test monitor....

What's your opinion?!?!

DJ

Electronic Focus Tools are a good investment although in my opinion they don't replace the field test monitor. The monitor does so much more such as field of view and also if the camera is in colour or not! With most decent cameras having a menu built in the test monitor is irreplaceable IMO.

Dave

Electronic Focus Tools are a good investment although in my opinion they don't replace the field test monitor. The monitor does so much more such as field of view and also if the camera is in colour or not! With most decent cameras having a menu built in the test monitor is irreplaceable IMO.

Dave

I agree with Dave, a good quality test screen is a far better investment than a electronic focus tool. I recently replaced my 6.5" LCD test screen with a computar test screen. Main reason was that on bright days you could see bugger all image on the LCD. Although the computar screen is expensive its way ahead of the LCD ones available.

hi guys,

i got a Focus meter from LJD, daft thing about it is you need an 'still' view, so a moving tree or people moving it's of no use, but on still scenes pretty nifty kit.

agreed, monitors are generally better, but the LCD ones not so hot for fine focus, so i still have my old computar mono box camera brown 'satchel' unit for fine setup. non i've used are much cop in bright sun, so wondered if any techy's could a hook a composit video source to an SPV 1000 via blue toothe as this screen can be seen in very strong sunlight.

i just had a thought, i have a T-Mobile MDA with wifi (wm5 smart phone), so anyone got a suggestion for a wifi video link that will give full screen direct in? there must be something out their in IP based cctv perhaps using 'ad-hoc', i'm of to route about a bit.

regs

alan

hi guys,

i got a Focus meter from LJD, daft thing about it is you need an 'still' view, so a moving tree or people moving it's of no use, but on still scenes pretty nifty kit.

agreed, monitors are generally better, but the LCD ones not so hot for fine focus, so i still have my old computar mono box camera brown 'satchel' unit for fine setup. non i've used are much cop in bright sun, so wondered if any techy's could a hook a composit video source to an SPV 1000 via blue toothe as this screen can be seen in very strong sunlight.

i just had a thought, i have a T-Mobile MDA with wifi (wm5 smart phone), so anyone got a suggestion for a wifi video link that will give full screen direct in? there must be something out their in IP based cctv perhaps using 'ad-hoc', i'm of to route about a bit.

regs

alan

Thanks for the reply Alan - I did look at the LJD meter but thought it a gamble for

So...no one got a focus meter to sell me cheap?!?!?!

DJ

Edited June 26, 200718 yr by BestGear

just what i had to do the other day.

1 x 21 inch monitor

Touchtracker

power supply

extension lead

cherry picker

just cuz our company wouldnt buy me a test mon

I have a Rapport and its the bees knees. Think its about 350 buks but well worth the money.

Have lcd and computar, both have their advantages but the Computar wins most days and twice on Sundays. For the guy who's company won't buy him a test monitor here's what you do.... it'll cost you about