Portkeys PT6 Camera Field Monitor 5.2" 600nit Touchscreen Camera Monitor Vertical Shooting Stretch 3D LUT Output Wide Color Gamut New Peaking RGB Waveform for DSLR

I bought this monitor after a promo in the portkeys facebook group with a discount! I didn’t really need yet another new 5” monitor. I already have their BM5 2200nits and Atomos Ninja for ProRes Raw recording. I couldn’t pass down a discount! I must say... I am surprised on how well the monitor perform! Pros & Cons: Pros: - Great quality monitor in term of the actual glass, colors are also rich and sharp. - Built quality is not too bad for the price it’s ABS plastic and the monitor is super light for gimbal work! It’s not metal housing so it won’t be taking a beating like their BM5. but it has a rubber contour on the left & right to protect from corner bumps but also to clamp on the sunhood. - The function buttons are ridged and has 4 short cut keys which are quiet handy. - Power is via NPF battery or Canon LP E6 and there is even a DC input. - Very quiet Cons: - Only 500nits, if it was at least 1000nits or above would be ideal. but again for the price... it’s hard to complain. But i doubt I’ll be using it on bright days. - The swivel arm bracket isn’t a great design and the pin broke after I tried tightening it... but am getting a new one. - Sunhood is too reflective for my liking... it should’ve had a velour type inlay to absorb more light. - The 3button menu navigation is not ideal! too many steps to navigate... their other monitor has a 2 bottom(wheel and exit) system which is much faster to make adjustments and more intuitive. Conclusion: Where the monitor really surprised me are the features... it has pretty much what you gona need and more! From peaking, zebra, histogram, waveform, false color with various degree of adjustments and you can even load 3D Luts! Straight out of the box the monitor was too warm compared to my calibrated monitor I used as a comparison but I went in the menu and adjusted the colors and got it super close. The one thing that blew me away which is actually simple... by accident I chose a black and white option in the peaking short key. So when i press it... the image becomes black and white and the peaking red and after also tweaking contrast... BAM! You can actually critically pull focus! If a 7” Version with 2200nits and light weight and not noisy ever get released... am buying it as my wireless focusing monitor rig!

I chose this over the Atomos and others because it’s lightweight, thin, fanless, with waveform, and full HD. Strengths: * The luma and RGB waveform scope is fast and smooth. Transparency can be adjusted, large or small, located in any corner. * False color is also smooth, and the color guide can be hidden once you memorize it. * Focus peaking has color, multiple levels of greyscale, and black mode, with options for peaking colors and thickness. * Audio meters can be split on the sides, or both on top or bottom. * Buttons are better than touchscreen because muscle memory learns how to navigate faster with sequences of clicks. * Power switch is either on or off instead of a button you push and hold for seconds. * No apparent screen flicker from poor LED backlight dimming. * Silent with no fan noise and no beeps. * Screen automatically reorients when you flip it upside down. Weaknesses: * When powering on and video signal is lost or changed there is a solid blue color. That might help people in a studio, but when the screen is in your face on a camera the sudden shift to bright blue can disrupt your vision, and cause eye pain. Especially in dim lighting, when you’re intently focused on the subtle colors and focused edges, if you need to change resolution or FPS on the camera, you’ll get hit with a flood of bright blue and your eyes have to adjust again to the darker picture. * When you have a LUT applied, and turn on false color, when you disable false color the LUT is also disabled. You have to reenable it again by either going into the menu or assigning a function button to load the LUT. * The luma waveform can only be in green. It’d be nice to have the choice of color. * The histogram isn’t as smooth as the waveform, and you can only have one shown at a time. * Focus peaking includes the OSD, so even the battery voltage will be outlined as in focus. * It takes around 7 seconds to boot and show the video signal. * When you flip the screen toward the front of the camera you might prefer it to be in a “mirror mode” where your left hand on the screen is on your left. To do that you need to disable auto rotation and manually flip it horizontally and vertically in the menu. But then the text on the menu will be reversed because it flips too, so there’s also a setting to flip the “on screen display” text. These settings can be saved to a separate user profile, but you do have to go into the menu each time you want to flip the screen and use your “mirror mode”. A function button can be used to flip the video, but then the text is reversed, and it requires a separate function button to flip the OSD. The solution is if they apply the manual flip settings to the auto mode, so you can customize how you want it to flip the video and OSD when it detects the physical screen is upside down. * There’s some other quirks in the firmware where it needs to be polished more, and there’s a graphical glitch of the OSD whenever it exits. Overall the P6 seems promising, and might be the best option in January 2020 if you prioritize light weight, silence, compact size, and smooth waveform. Hopefully they can improve the firmware, and it’s upgradable via USB, so it’s probably good enough for now.

Pros: -User interface has greatly improved over previous generation and is much more intuitive. -No fans! Nice and quiet. - The false color referencing is nice. Zebras & peaking are easy to dial in. - The screen is significantly sharper than the PT5. - Nice focus grid feature. - Super lightweight and nimble especially running power via usb A. - Finish on material is great! Cons: - not bright enough. - ( EDIT i shot middle of the day in the desert, with the sun hood it’s not that bad. The extra 100 nits over the previous smaller models seems to be just enough but just for the cam op ) - My first unit had a defective usb A port causing no charge no start. Had to return immediately. - The cold shoe swivel head it comes with fits loosely in every single application across multiple PortKey monitors mounts & shoes. I’ve little play wouldn’t be that big of a deal but it’s very obvious when you have a Matt box. A little gaff tape is the remedy or buy a better mount with adjustable tension and precise machining. - You have to disconnect the cables for the sun hood retainers to fit. This restart/reset camera. Note: turn OFF your CAMERA FIRST then power down monitor. Power MONITOR FIRST then power camera. This is to avoid burning your boards typically only a problem with HDMI look it up, after getting a dead board and reading some reviews I’ll be following this procedure religiously

I shoot the occasional talking head and solo guitar video and found the rear screen of my Canon R6 MK II too small for self-shooting. I considered a Portkeys model with camera control—touchscreen for auto-focus and other advanced features. But at nearly $400, it was a bit pricey. So the PT6 Camera Field Monitor landed on my doorstep instead. I immediately popped in a spare Canon LP-E6NH battery, jacked in the included HDMI cable, and turned on my camera. Within a few seconds, it was working perfectly in Liveview and video mode without messing around in the TAB menu. Good show! It’s petite—about the size of a smaller smartphone—and very light. It’s mostly plastic, so don’t drop it. The included metal tilt mount is okay—not great—but I have a much nicer one from Smallrig. All the menus, icons, overlays, and AF boxes show up exactly like they do on the R6 MK II’s rear screen, but larger. I have to use the camera’s physical controls to select options or move AF points. The Portkeys touch controls are only for Portkeys functions. I found the image quality of the 5.2" 600nit touchscreen to be excellent. Indeed, better than I expected. I mainly video indoors with LED softboxes, and the 600nit screen proved to be clear, sharp, and plenty bright enough. If you mainly shoot in bright sunlight, you should pay extra for a brighter monitor, but I’m pleased with 600nit for indoor use. All in all, a great little monitor for a Benjamin: easy to use, sharp and clear, petite, and silent (no fan).

Works good, my unit had some q.c. issues and had to return it. The device itself worked ok . Menu was tricky to operate

So I already owned a BM5II from PortKeys for my Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K and I am a huge fan of that monitor. The BM5II is what turned me onto this company originally during my search for a monitor on my first camera rig. Fast forward to present day – I wanted to get another monitor that was affordable and wouldn't break the bank but allow to me semi-permanently mount it to my Ronin-S gimbal. My idea has worked out great so far, the P6 Monitor is super light-weight, it works with my NPF batteries and I'm getting exactly the usage out of it I was hoping to get. and I would consider it great general use monitor. Having this as a dedicated monitor on my gimbal allows for me to switch set-ups with my camera with ease and efficiency. In the future I plan on switching this monitor over to a handheld client monitor rig for viewing purposes or follow-focus rig depending on the shoot and it feels good knowing I can get that kind of versatility out of this screen without breaking the bank. I did mention I use this with my Pocket 4K but just in case you don't know it does not have the capability to control that camera and I knew this going into the purchase and had no expectation of it doing that, hence my BM5II purchase. PortKeys makes some great products, equally as important they have an active support and development community on Facebook that I highly recommend you join. It is cool to see all the user feedback generated on their products in that Facebook group and then typically just weeks later you will often see some of the feedback and suggestions implemented into the new firmware update. All in all I can't say enough good about this company, they are 2 for 2 for me and I highly recommend it. Pros: • Lightweight • Screen Brightness is great and gets the job done. Cons • None to date, will update if any develops but my expectations have been met.

So on paper this looks like a good monitor. After using it, I can say it’s a great monitor, especially at the price point. For starters, you get several HDMI cables, and hard shell case with some waterproofing, a removable sunhood, and a cold shoe mounting bracket. That’s cool. The monitor itself is very sleek looking. Not only is it very thin, but the thin bezels make it look even better. The panel itself offers very good color, very good off axis viewing angles, and really good brightness. It is more than bright enough for any indoor or studio shooting situation. Outdoors it will work well in the shade and can work in sunlight, but it’s not the best. The included sunshade helps a lot with that making it usable outdoors. Power options are awesome. It can take NPF, LPE6, and DC power. Battery life is really good. With brightness on the middle setting and using a standard npf 550, I got just over 5 hours of runtime. On the brightest setting, a full NPF 550 got me a bit over 3 hours. There are plenty of monitoring tools like waveforms (Luma and RGB) audio meters, LUT loading, etc... A lot of these options are customizable too making them even better. Great usability and works great. One cool bonus I didn’t know was that it has an accelerometer so you can auto flip the display. For example, when I am behind the camera and monitoring, everything looks good. Using the cold shoe mount, when I go in front of the camera, flipping the monitor means everything would typically be upside down. A lot of monitors allow you to flip it but you have to dig through menus. This monitor will just do it automatically. You have to set Display Flip to Auto for it to work. Having HDMI in and out is awesome cause I can run video from my camera, but still transmit the signal to another monitor for additional viewing. Overall, this is a pretty killer monitor especially given the price. You get lots of great accessories, the monitor is sleek and thin, colors are good and bright, and the feature for getting a killer image work well. I would definitely recommend picking up this monitor.

USB POWER FIX INCLUDED BELOW 👇 Incredible monitor for the price. It has a lot going for it in the spec of the panel and it's software, but it has its downsides as expected. Firstly, it's not especially bright, and can be drown in bright California daylight, even with the included (albeit flimsy) sunshade. Additionally, it can get every hot do don't leave it in the sun either. Secondly, the included case is nice and sturdy but seems to be a standard sized case that's not purpose built to the monitor itslef. This means it's hard to find a configuration to fit the monitor as well as cables in the case without feeling like you'll damage the monitor, and I've resorted to just using the case for only the monitor and sunshade with cables stored separately. Thirdly and most interestingly, there's a quirk with the power input that can be very discouraging until you figure it out. It has DC input (not included), battery input (not included), and USB A input (sorta). I've gone with USB, but don't try to power it with a USB C to A cable by plugging the USB A side of the cable into the USB A input on the monitor and the USB C side of the cable to a power source, it won't work. For some reason I'm unsure of, probably something to do with out of spec USB implementatiom with a quirk in the USB handshake, USB C to A cables somehow become directional with this monitor - they will only work one way, and conveniently it's the way opposite of what you'd expect. I had to plug the USB C side of the cable into the USB A port on the montor made possible with a USB C to A adapter, and then I was able to plug the USB A side of the cable into my power bank. That was the only way I've gotten it to run, and it's annoying to need an adapter to power it, and it does add stress and a weak point to the rig, but it works fine and I've had no real issues so far. I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Perhaps a USB A to A cable will work and not require an adapter, but I found this solution to work especially with the plethora of those and lengths of USB C to A cables I have. I would recommend only buying this monitor if you add a USB C to A adapter to your cart. That all being said however, I will be keeping the montor as it's unbeatable for the price, and fits my needs well enough. Just beware of it's shortcomings before hitting Buy Now.

Very good field monitor on a budget

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For the price, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better monitor. It’s compact, lightweight, and portable, yet still packs impressive specs that make it a standout value.

A good functional monitor, not that bright in a sunny day. the problem is that the battery bay at the back is not well designed so any NPF battery will not hold in place securely. I really can't recommend it.

Great Image and battery life (NP-550) from the monitor. peaking and other features aren't the greatest but overall very pleased