Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

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Drew Belanger

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Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostWed Aug 16, 2017 11:17 pm

I'm looking into purchasing a monitor for use with my UMP, mostly while its on my Ronin because I don't have eyes on what I'm shooting without one. My question is: If I am recording 2k or 4k and sending the signal through the SDI into an SDI in on the monitor, does the camera and/or the monitor downscale the image if the monitor isn't able to display 2k or 4k footage? I really only need to be able to see what I'm looking at, I don't mind if the resolution isn't the same.

If the camera does downscale the image then I have a small monitor I can use but it only has HDMI input, has anyone had any luck with the SDI to HDMI converters?

Essentially I'm looking for the easiest way to get myself up and running because I've got a shoot coming up in two weeks and am currently monitor-less.
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Drew Belanger

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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostWed Aug 16, 2017 11:56 pm

Upon more research on the BMD website I found this on the UMP page. Does this mean that the camera will downscale footage to any monitor use as long as its using the SDI connection? Does it have to be an uninterrupted SDI signal? Does it still automatically switch if I run the monitor through an SDI to HDMI converter?
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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostThu Aug 17, 2017 12:06 am

IIRC there is an option to send HD video over SDI to monitor and record UHD.
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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostThu Aug 17, 2017 12:17 am

That's good news Jack, is that something I have to manually set up through the menu on the camera?
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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostThu Aug 17, 2017 12:26 am

Under the monitor tab, go to Main SDI and set the resolution to 1080.
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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostThu Aug 17, 2017 12:29 am

Thanks for that, I'd have checked myself but I won't be with the camera again until tomorrow. Thanks for the help, you have no idea how much I appreciate it
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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostSun Aug 27, 2017 1:35 am

I am using the BMD SDI to HDMI Micro Converter and a nice IPS Feelworld 7" monitor I picked up for $70 from aliexpress. For the price I could not justify paying for a SDI monitor
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Re: Trying to pick a monitor for UMP on Ronin

PostSun Aug 27, 2017 10:10 am

Taylor, with that combo you have, does the Feelworld monitor accept all the different project frame rates from the camera from 24-60fps?

I've found whilst using that converter, some monitors will still only accept certain frame rates. Thanks

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