Camera and Monitor recommendations

[Shez]

I'd avoid digital conversions like the plague - analogue SD is immediate, simple and reliable. Nothing worse than a delayed conductor monitor.

Scaling also adds latency. Sadly it's unavoidable with modern (HD) TVs as they'll scale up anything less than HD. Many also have all kinds of "clever" processing built in too which is best disabled.

[ojc123]

It's horses for courses but my approach has been that the talent needs to see the conductor bang on time so analogue is the way to go.

 

We're doing school shows with the screen showing the conductor 15m from the front of the stage. We use a dome camera, a cheap video amplifier/distributor and a 32 inch screen. Never been any problem for the last four years. Talent can always see the conductor and zero latency. Whole lot for about £200 including cables.

 

E2A We also send a show relay to various outputs using the same kit. Nobody needs any more than to see what's going on at the time and to see what's going on in the dark.

 

My £0.02 FWIW.

Edited June 26, 2019 by ojc123