robedge wrote:I'm pretty sure that I'm missing something here. What do you envisage that would be different from using the tilting mount shown at 13:35 in this video:
It's exactly the issue that the friend illustrates at 15:11 in that video. Yes, back in the iron age, there was no option except the attached, fixed EVF, just as before that in the bronze age, we could only look through the viewfinder of the film camera. (Though the industrial revolution did bring the video tap to film cameras...) Yes, people made far better films than I can with today's bells, whistles and conveniences.
I would like to be able to rig my 4k with an EVF positioned for some sort of "normal" shooting position (such as on the shoulder or pressed against my upper-right chest.) With the rig on a tripod, you can see the rear screen to frame and lean in to look into the EVF to focus. Sometimes I could use a 5" to 7" monitor on the rig. Some people prefer monitors, but I like to have an EVF. As I get older, my close focus eyesight isn't great, even with glasses, so an EVF with good adjustable optics is easier than trying to focus looking at a monitor a few inches/cm from my eyes, like on a shoulder rig. Plus, the eye cup against your head can add to stability a little.
Often, hand held, you need to shoot from some other position, where it's hard to hold the camera and get your eye to the EVF or see the rear screen. That's what the friend in the video is getting at at 15:11. With 1980s EVFs, it was a teeny, tiny B&W display that would be useless from some distance away without the optics in the eyepiece. They were super-crisp (as was my eyesight) but today, we have better options. Because this unit has a small screen, it would be preferable to use it directly sometimes.
If the eye cup/shade hinged up, then you could flip it out of the way and see the screen itself when you are in an awkward position. It isn't absolutely necessary, but it would be more convenient some of the time.
I'm likely to get one because it's 80% of what I've been looking for over the last few years (mostly because of the price range compared with older, much more expensive options like those from Zacuto.)
edit: Of course, if the BMPCC 4k/6k cameras had tilting or "flippy" screens, then this wouldn't be an issue ....