Portkeys BM5 II Camera Field Monitor High Brightness Touch Screen Monitor with LUT(5.2 Inch)

The media could not be loaded.  I bought this to use with the Blackmagic Pocket 6K/4K and a Sony FS7 and have to say that it's the best monitor I've owned so far.I used to only own monitors from a 'small' HD monitor company, but they were not in the same ballpark.This monitor is BRIGHT. My first shoot with it, was in New Mexico, outside, during the day. I couldn't even see my other monitors because the sun was beaming down directly on them. The BM5ii was perfectly visible, and also gave me the waveforms, histograms, vectorscopes, false colors, etc... All helpful when you can't tell what's going on outside.It has pinch to zoom and 3D LUT capability which I find to be super useful when it's really the only monitor I'm using on the Ronin or shoulder rig.It has camera control and follow focus control for a number of manufacturers, and they're currently making a bluetooth module that will work with the new Blackmagic Pocket 4K/6K which I'm really looking forward to.It's built like a tank, and made of aluminum, with heavy duty heat sinks and sturdy connectors.I don't see myself breaking it ever, although I haven't dropped it yet. It comes with a gorilla glass frame which you can install in place of the standard one, which I put on right away. The finger prints on it are a pain, but I keep a wipe in the monitor case.It comes in an impressive box with a small case, 2 Sony batteries, a charger, multiple power cables, a USB dongle for updates, and a gorilla glass cover. Interesting fact is that the power plug is a lemo style plug and it can be used as an in or an out, if you need to power the camera from the monitor battery.All in all its a great purchase and I'm happy I chose it over the other bright monitors out there.Do yourself a favor and purchase it!

Excellent high-quality bright crisp clear monitor for using in bright sun. Using it with the black magic 6K pocket cinema camera and it is easily four to six times brighter than that screen and has no off angle viewing problems in full sunlight. Solid construction and all metal no plastic you feel. Comes with additional screen protector glass which I immediately screwed on *underneath* the frame (not sure if that is the recommended location but that works great).

Got mine in July, used it for a couple times at home then first time I have a serious Video shoot, the monitor got really hot and then the screen went all green so had to stop using it.A couple of days later I tried turning it on for another shoot and got no signal from the hdmi port this was after about 4 shoots and just after having it for like a month or so... Contacted Amazon to return it and they told me it was no problem, I returned it expecting a full reimbursement and instead I got like $399. Super unfair.

All the cheap monitors have a similar user interface. I could have had a lemon, but the monitor I had (which has been returned) had a very poor picture quality and was only useable for framing. The colors on the monitor did not represent what the camera was recording at all. I have heard great things about this monitor from others, but I did not have the same experience.

I was super excited to rig this up to my new Z CAM E2, but definitely got my hopes up. NO HDMI SIGNAL whatsoever! Upgrading firmware is probably one of the most tedious, unclear processes as well. The only aspect that lived up to the price was the build quality, but that’s it.

Great build quality, great customer service, had a problem with one monitor and the company shipped it back and fixed it very quickly. These are in use on Graveyard Carz 5 days a week and they perform very well!Only thing to consider is the fan noise, but you can manually control that. For us it hasn’t been an issue, at least to my knowledge.

This monitor fills a lot of roles for me and since a lot of camera systems are moving towards a more modular system I viewed this a smart investment and one piece of my kit I won't have to replace in 1-2 years. The build quality is top notch, tons of features, a few different and convenient ways to power it, really happy with it so far. Now I wish dji would come up with a hdmi or sdi out so I could use with my mavic

Very bright with a solid build quality. Colors are accurate and I love be able to load and store luts in the monitor. SDI + HDMI are also a bonus.There are some things that irk me about the monitor. For instance you have toggle through every view mode when using the waveform. (I only want to use the view mode when it takes a smaller portion in the corner of the screen.)The Zebra setting has numerical values that make no sense, its not the typical 0 - 109 IRE.The fan when set to high is pretty loud but that's to be expected with a 5 inch monitor thats 2200 nits!The UI as a whole sucks compared to SmallHDs, its slower and not as intuitive. This is by far the biggest pitfall of the monitor and what keeps it from be a 5 star product.I use it with my FS5 and A7iii. Its a fantastic monitor for outdoor viewing with the 2200 Nits. With the FS5 I use batteries with a dtap port so I don't have to use extra NPF batteries on the back of the unit.Some of the other reviews are kinda silly. Its common place for a pro grade monitor to not ship with mounting hardware or batteries.