Arms-On Evaluation: NEEWER F700 Field Monitor for Low-Gentle Photography

The NEEWER F700 Field Monitor is a high-quality monitor that may excel at video, macro, trend, studio, and business pictures, in addition to panorama. How helpful would it not be for evening pictures?

NEEWER contacted me about reviewing this monitor. I largely do evening pictures and don’t do the opposite sorts of pictures or video talked about above, and talked about this to them. However, they have been okay with me reviewing it primarily for evening pictures. Consequently, this may probably be a really totally different form of overview than most.

Note: NEEWER despatched us the F700 Field Monitor with two NP-F750 batteries to overview and maintain. However, that is an impartial overview, and all ideas about this product are our personal.

Pros

• Very vivid 2000-nit show, which is very helpful for day use open air
• Mounts on a digital camera rig, tripod, or cage with 1/4″ screws and a cold-shoe mount included
• Helps expose and focus precisely, particularly helpful for video functions
• Includes 15 built-in 3D LUTs you may simply toggle to preview totally different seems to be right away
• You can import your personal 3D LUT recordsdata through an SD card, supplying you with flexibility to preview customized or camera-specific seems to be
• Various cables included

Cons

• Relatively gentle plastic construct that may not maintain as much as rigorous or fixed use
• Battery life could possibly be longer when used at or close to most brightness, even with two batteries, and the monitor slowly drains energy when batteries are connected however not in use

NEEWER F700 Field Monitor — Technical Specifications

All technical specs for the NEEWER F700 Field Monitor are from the official NEEWER website.

Specifications

• Model: F700
• Resolution: 1920×1080 pixels
• Dot Pitch: 0.0804(H)x0.0804(W)(mm)
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Brightness: 2000 nit ±10% (precise measured brightness)
• Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
• Viewing Angle: >160°H/160°V; 80°/80°(L/R) 80°/80°(U/D)
• Input: HDMI
• Output: HDMI, 3.5mm headphone jack
• Power Input/Output:
  5.5mm DC Input Interface: DC- 12-26V (can’t be used as a dummy battery when in low voltage output)
  2.5mm DC Output Interface: DC 8.4V (can join a dummy battery energy twine to the digital camera through the DC energy output interface, considerably extending the digital camera’s battery life)
• Type C Input Interface: Supports 5V/3A and better quick chargers or transportable chargers (3A output)
• HDMI Input Format Support: 480i, 576i, 480p, 576p, 720p (60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25/24/23.98), 1080i (60/59.94/50), 1080p (60/59.94/50/30/29.97/25/24/24SF/23.98/23.98sF), 3840×2160 (30/25/24Hz), 4096×2160 (25/24Hz)
• Total Power Consumption: ≤22W (with out DC 8.4V output)
• Operating Temperature: -20°C-55°C
• Storage Temperature: -30°C-65°C
• Dimensions: 6.9″x4.2″x1″/175x107x25mm
• Weight: 15.7oz/445g (with out batteries); 23.1oz/654g (with 1 battery); 30.2oz/857g (with 2 batteries)

Package Contents

F700

• 1 x Monitor
• 1 x Monitor Mount
• 1 x USB to Type C Charging Cable
• 1 x HDMI to HDMI Cable
• 1 x HDMI to Micro HDMI Cable
• 1 x HDMI to Mini HDMI Cable

F700+ 2*NP-F750 Battery

• 1 x Monitor
• 1 x Monitor Mount
• 2 x NP-F750 Battery(4400mAh)
• 2 x USB to Type C Charging Cable
• 1 x HDMI to HDMI Cable
• 1 x HDMI to Micro-HDMI Cable
• 1 x HDMI to Mini-HDMI Cable

I used to be reviewing this primarily for subject use in evening pictures to see how it could assist with focusing. With or with out focus peaking, would this 7″ display screen make it far simpler to nail stars, distant lights, or foreground edges than a tiny digital camera LCD? Would or not it’s sensible to deliver right into a bag and arrange at midnight?

NEEWER F700 Field Monitor — Ergonomics and Build Quality

The ergonomics have been about what you would possibly count on because it’s a monitor. The buttons are simple to search out and push in regular daylight. The included sizzling shoe adapter was simple to make use of. I used to be in a position to tilt the monitor as much as 180 levels.

Build Quality

The F700 Field Monitor is an entry-level subject monitor, though it does assist customized LUTs, which helps separate it from different entry-level displays close to its worth level. However, you can not count on the F700’s construct high quality to match that of higher-end skilled displays costing a number of occasions extra—and it doesn’t. It has a plastic really feel. Although I used to be not about to do a Photofocus Bounce and Drop Test, I might not wish to drop this from a number of toes onto a tough flooring. However, I might be keen to check it within the subject.

NEEWER F700 Field Monitor — In the Field

The first check was to manually focus the digital camera on a few stuffed animals in a dimly lit room. I used to be in a position to arrange every little thing with ease and deal with the animals. There was no noticeable lag between the digital camera and the monitor, and the colours have been rendered fairly properly.

Next, I examined the monitor in dusty Joshua Tree National Park on a moonlit night. With evening pictures, it’s not all the time simple to see what you’re doing on the a lot smaller digital camera LCD. Especially since I started sporting glasses for nearsightedness, I’ve needed to take them off to see the LCD higher. Would the sphere monitor assist me nail deal with stars, distant lights, or foregrounds? Would it make the composition course of simpler?

In a phrase, sure. Focusing on just about something—stars, foreground topics, textured rocks, Joshua Trees, and so on.—was significantly simpler. And I used to be in a position to simply see what the digital camera noticed, making composition a lot simpler. I may additionally see doubtlessly distracting components on the periphery way more simply. It felt luxurious, as if I have been being pampered.

However…

Bright, vivid, vivid…

The subject monitor is vivid. For most individuals, this might be a bonus—you may see every little thing even in broad daylight, which was actually the case when testing it round my home.

At evening, nevertheless, even when dimmed as little as it’ll go, it’s nonetheless vivid. And this was throughout an almost full moon. On a darkish evening photographing the Milky Way, this might be distractingly vivid.

Most evening photographers dim their LCD screens closely. But even then, this might be too vivid for many functions. For evening use, there are restricted situations during which this might work properly, which we’ll focus on under.

NEEWER F700 Field Monitor — “useful for night photography and more”

For evening use, the perfect functions can be:

• Indoors at evening (deserted buildings, warehouses, low-light product or automobile pictures)
• Photographing alone
• City evening portrait classes
• Teaching evening pictures workshops the place you wish to present digital camera changes, framing, and settings

As talked about, I felt nearly pampered when focusing and composing. It felt just like the distinction between watching a video on a smartphone and switching to a pc monitor.

It was additionally simple to arrange at evening whereas the digital camera was on a tripod. The most difficult half was becoming the HDMI cable into the Pentax Ok-1 with the L-bracket connected. This was extra an L-bracket situation than a monitor situation.

Other Uses

A field monitor like this can be extraordinarily helpful for macro pictures, which I do often. Making minute focal changes with a 7″ display screen is considerably simpler. Combined with the touchscreen, it could streamline macro work immeasurably.

I discussed indoor low-light product or automobile pictures as properly. Although I didn’t have the chance to check it in these contexts, I’ve carried out each previously and might simply think about it serving to considerably.

I may also see the monitor being helpful for video, trend pictures, portraits, studio work, panorama, or any state of affairs during which a number of folks want to judge photographs.

At this worth level, it could be helpful to have one or two of those for any of those situations.