PortKeys BM5 Monitor

Price 35 GBP

PortKeys BM5 Monitor The BM5 can connect directly with a compatible camera and control some camera functions via the touch screen. Very interesting, indeed. Let’s dive in and go over the build, features, and usability of the PortKeys BM5 5″ SDI/HDMI field monitor. Quick side note. The color of the retail version is now black, not the seafoam green in the images I took with the early prototype.

Description

The Portkeys BM5 comes with a few accessories. Notably, the camera control cable for the camera you selected when ordering and two power cables. Also, included is a hard shell plastic case with foam inserts on both the lid and bottom. The BM5 fits nice and snug in the hard case. This is a nice included item. It’s still small so it won’t take up much more room in your bag and will protect it from dents and possible scratches on the screen. Two smaller LCD protectors and a full Gorilla Glass cover are also included.

The waveform shortcut option includes four different look pages. The first and last that appears is programmable. You can set it to be RGB parade, Luma Waveform, Vectorscope, LUMA Histogram or RGB Histogram. A downside is you can’t use the shortcut for only one tool. It has pages and each tap of the shortcut opens a Full Screen, Four Screen layout then All Type followed by User Mode that allows the user to add up to four tools one in each corner of the screen. I would like to be able to have just one waveform tool option as well so I don’t have to go through all four when I just want to see one.

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