How to Use PortKeys LH5P Monitor | Bluetooth Camera Control BMPCC

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Production isn't production without an external monitor. Why?
Because the camera display is typically cluttered with things like focus assist or false colors. Plus, external monitors are much brighter than camera displays.
And yet another reason? Lookup tables! If you're shooting RAW the footage doesn't look that great in camera. An external monitor with a LUT allows you to see what the footage will look like later, which helps with creativity on set.
This video shows how to use the PortKeys LH5P stand alone, and also with the Black Magic Pocket Cinema cameras. You can control your camera from the PortKeys monitor via bluetooth.
The PortKeys has proven very reliable for us during our film RECKONING, and we're excited about continuing to use it on other productions.
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@ThisIsLeeBird Жыл бұрын

Your videos are seriously gold! Keep them coming please 👍👍

@writedirect Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Anything in particular that would be helpful?

@SanjitT 29 күн бұрын

Great video!! Does the monitor let you focus?

@writedirect 29 күн бұрын

Thank you. Not that I know of, but I use manual focus lenses so I haven’t even messed with that. But I don’t think it will do that.

@lokiodinson4804 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this informative video. Subscribed. Look forward to more of you content.

@writedirect Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@josuevale11 10 ай бұрын

How do you make your screen monitor have that 21:9 ratio point of view? I have a sony fx3

@writedirect 10 ай бұрын

Hey man, go to Camera Settings > Monitor > 2nd Screen and select your anamorphic desqueeze. It gives two options: 1.33x and 2x.

@retrofilmtrailer1137 8 ай бұрын

Hello. Your video is nice and informative :) I bought a monitor one level up, the LH5P II version, and I have this problem. If I turn the top button on the camera (bmpcc6k) to FALS color, nothing appears on the Portkeyes monitor, only on the camera display. Focus Assistant and LAD work without any problem. The only way to turn on FALS color on the external monitor is to go to the camera menu and in the HDMI settings turn on FALS color hard. The problem is that I also have to turn it off there and not with the top button on the camera :( That's not great if I have stupid access to the camera display :( I would like to know if the same problem is on your monitor. Thank you very much for your help.

@writedirect 8 ай бұрын

Hey man, I haven't run that scenario but understand what you're doing. Make sure that under SETUP that the "F1 Parameter Displays On" is set to HDMI vs LCD. That could be what's doing this to you.

@retrofilmtrailer1137 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. I just figured it out too that I shouldn't set it in the MONITOR menu but in the SETUP menu F1 function button :) Great thanks a lot :) just don't understand why the other two F2 and F3 were set and F1 wasn't :)@@writedirect

@F.a_visuals Жыл бұрын

Do i have to buy a mount for it?

@writedirect Жыл бұрын

Yes, you'll need a mount for your cage. SmallRig, Tilta, etc. Those are pretty inexpensive though.

@travisgrenke 4 ай бұрын

Hi. What is the range in feet for Bluetooth camera control? Have you tested that yet?

@writedirect 4 ай бұрын

Hey man, not ignoring you. Just haven’t tested and wanted to test it to give you some actual data. I’ll try to get to that soon.

@travisgrenke 4 ай бұрын

HI! were you able to test the bluetooth range yet for the 6kPro? @@writedirect

@writedirect 4 ай бұрын

@@travisgrenke I will do this tomorrow! Talk soon.

@writedirect 4 ай бұрын

@@travisgrenke okay, just tested with the CC6K (FF not Pocket). The farthest I could get it to connect was about 21 feet. Maybe 22 feet. After that it would lose bluetooth connectivity.

@travisgrenke 4 ай бұрын

@@writedirect that's good to know. I might get it now. Thank you so much for testing the range. 🙂