Use Your Smartphone as a PROFESSIONAL Field Monitor! // Monitor+ App

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If you own a Sony mirrorless camera but don’t have a field monitor like this, I’ll show you how to turn any smartphone into a fully professional field monitor!
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00:00 - Resourceful No-Budget Filmmaking
02:00 - What You Need
02:45 - How to Setup Monitor+
04:27 - The Good (Pros)
06:20 - The Bad (Cons)
08:10 - Final Thoughts

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  • @BarrieCitadel
    @BarrieCitadel3 күн бұрын

    Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf and making a good video great

  • @pbstvuganda257
    @pbstvuganda257Ай бұрын

    Wow, so inspiring

  • @tashitenzin4599
    @tashitenzin45993 ай бұрын

    Very valuable... And last bit inspiring too... Great vid!

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    3 ай бұрын

    Thanks Tashi

  • @lifebidesign
    @lifebidesign2 ай бұрын

    Great video thank you. Do you happen to know if you can connect two phones? One for filming and the other for a monitor for a rig setup?

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    Ай бұрын

    With the right cables, i think this is possible.

  • @BlackSwanFinancial
    @BlackSwanFinancial4 ай бұрын

    Thanks RJ. I also use this app and the false colors functionality is a big help. I just wish the zebras could go a little bit lowe😊

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    4 ай бұрын

    Its a powerful app and Im finding more recently that I'm using it more than my traditional external field monitor

  • @pizzanapoletana1301

    @pizzanapoletana1301

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes, I too wish that. I don't know why we can only go down to 50 for zebra level. It is apparent that the app can measure lower exposures because the false colors and other tools go all the way down to zero. 50% seems like an arbitrary limit in the zebra settings.

  • @pizzanapoletana1301

    @pizzanapoletana1301

    11 күн бұрын

    The latest iPadOS version I tried today allows zebra setting all the way down to 1.

  • @watzmaaname
    @watzmaaname4 ай бұрын

    This looks great! Have you tried Sony's free Monitor & Control app? How does it compare? Can you not set it up with a USB-C to C cable? Or does it only work on newer cameras? Love your thoughts and the audio quality.

  • @pizzanapoletana1301

    @pizzanapoletana1301

    4 ай бұрын

    I have tried Sony's free Monitor & Control app. This Monitor+ app offers pretty much similar functionality for the things I use, but the user interface of the Sony app is quite clunky. You have to switch between a "control" mode and "focus" mode using inelegant menus. The real estate on the screen is really not used efficiently. Overall, the Sony free app feels like a college student's proof of concept of what's possible, rather than a polished commercial app. This Monitor+ app is laid out much better and actually usable. I found the Sony app to be annoyingly cumbersome.

  • @watzmaaname

    @watzmaaname

    3 ай бұрын

    @@pizzanapoletana1301 Thanks man!

  • @musicdiscovery4860
    @musicdiscovery4860Ай бұрын

    The video is helpful for me, can you show me how to turn off charging from phone to phone when they are connected. I have done this on the camera but not on the phone.

  • @jirosaves_theworld

    @jirosaves_theworld

    Ай бұрын

    if you use android, when you make a contact with phone, there's option like : pc control or i forget what it called, mass storage and charging in android i usually put to control side and phone doesn't charging downside, when you had OTG that support 2 way connection (1 for data to camera, 1 for charging) sometimes phone doesn't charge i said again *sometimes* because i had situation when long run shoot, my phone suddenly turn off because doesn't charging

  • @mekeido
    @mekeido4 ай бұрын

    Can you give me any recommendation for other moniter apps? Im using my 2 android phones and i want to use 1 of them for moniter & comnect the other one. Update: I just tried Filmic remote , it's telling me to update

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    4 ай бұрын

    I love using the Protake app which can monitor up to 4 devices wirelessly. It's a subscription app though, but the license includes up to 3 devices. I still use this workflow. For more info, here's a video I made about it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpOfurWQhMXLe7Q.htmlsi=ZsyEppKACnw4fFKw

  • @mekeido

    @mekeido

    4 ай бұрын

    @@RJBaculo I don't wanna use this method or protake in general, any other alternatives ?

  • @watzmaaname

    @watzmaaname

    4 ай бұрын

    @@mekeido How about Sony's free M&C app? Heard it's not that refined though. Would like to know if you guys have tried it.

  • @pizzanapoletana1301
    @pizzanapoletana13014 ай бұрын

    Thanks RJ for sharing. I've been using the Pro/Paid version of this app for a couple of weeks on an iPad mini 6 with a wired connection to a Sony FX30. The false color inaccuracy you mentioned is likely the same issue I tested by comparing the app's Zebra with the FX30 native screen's zebra. The app's measurement of exposure varies anywhere from 6% (at exposure levels close to 50) to about 2% (at exposure levels close to 95%). Hope the developer fixes it and/or provide a way for us to calibrate it ourselves by comparing against the camera's own measurements. Unfortunately, I haven't received even an auto-acknowledgement from the developer for the 4-5 support requests I have made in the past couple of weeks. It is really hard to work with an app that has issues to be fixed and the developer is not responsive. Overall, its user interface is much much better than the free Monitor and Control app from Sony. The roughly $20 payment would be worth it if the issues are fixed and the support improves. Right now, I'm not too happy, but the app has a lot of potential.

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    4 ай бұрын

    That's good to know that you also found the same issue with the inaccurate false color (wasnt just my device). A shame about the developer response. I'll give a try reaching out to them too. Coz yeah, this app definitely has a lot of potential. Working with the iPad screen (and hitting record on it!) is such a joy.

  • @pizzanapoletana1301

    @pizzanapoletana1301

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks @@RJBaculo for volunteering to contact their support. Hopefully, you will have better luck and we can all benefit. Please let us know if you hear back. You are right about the joy of using the app on a tablet. The iPad mini is actually smaller in overall dimensions and lighter than many of the 6"-7" dedicated monitors and the versatility of controlling the camera from a single display rather than jump between an external monitor and the built-in camera screen is golden! Being able to touch auto-focus and track from the iPad, in addition to changing iris, control manual focus, etc. are so useful. The only downside is my iPad is only about 600 nits brightness, I think. The external monitor gets me 1500+ nits. For a bright outdoor shoot, an effective hood would be necessary for the iPad.

  • @pizzanapoletana1301

    @pizzanapoletana1301

    3 ай бұрын

    A few days after I gave up on their support, I got an email this morning regarding the app's exposure measurement error that affects false colors, zebras, etc. Here's the message I got: *** Hi, Thank you for the information, we will fix this issue with next update. Monitor+ Support ***

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    3 ай бұрын

    @pizzanapoletana1301 wow okay lets hope they stay true to their word. Nice!

  • @ruciferu93

    @ruciferu93

    3 ай бұрын

    there is touch autofocus on pro version ?

  • @omegatek6905
    @omegatek69052 ай бұрын

    Nice review. Do you know if applying a LUT on the app affects the exposure? Would I need to adjust the Zebra Levels?

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah i did notice when you use the preview LUT the exposure readings reflect that in the histogram etc.

  • @tomasis7
    @tomasis74 ай бұрын

    interesting! Too bad it is only for Sony camera. I have Leica SL

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    4 ай бұрын

    I know, i've always wondered if other apps like this exist for other camera brands

  • @yomommanigga2501
    @yomommanigga25014 ай бұрын

    I have a Sony ZV E10 and the wifi connection sucks but using the HDMI capture card makes it even better you get better fps on your phone. You can also combine wifi with the capture card in duplex mode

  • @RJBaculo

    @RJBaculo

    4 ай бұрын

    Thats awesome!

  • @samyphotocinema

    @samyphotocinema

    16 күн бұрын

    Curious! Can I connect it to my phone through HDMI capture card using this app?

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