An Excellent Value Field Monitor for GH6/S5II/FX30 by Viltrox!

This is a deep-dive review of the Viltrox DC-550 Pro 5.5" Touchscreen Field Monitor. This field monitor is awesome value and is perfect for the LUMIX GH6, S5II, or Sony FX30.
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Video Chapters:
00:00 - About the Viltrox DX-550 Pro Field Monitor
00:30 - Disclaimer (product provided)
00:48 - Price and Features
01:02 - 5.5” Display, Brightness, Contrast & More
01:50 - HDMI Lag
02:12 - Weight
02:32 - Ports, Buttons, and Dials
02:44 - Small Design Critique
03:34 - SD Card Slot
03:55 - Function Keys
04:26 - Included Monitor Hood
04:57 - Firmware Update & Active Cooling Fan Speed Settings
05:29 - Touch Screen Gestures & Swiping
05:47 - Punch-in Focus
06:01 - Filmmaking tools and F-Key Default Options
07:15 - LUT Loader
08:19 - My Favorite Things
08:42 - Screen Orientation Flip
08:51 - Awesome Customization
09:51 - What’s in the Box
10:17 - Final Thoughts, Value, and Other Models
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[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Sorry for wearing a hat indoors like a true KZbinr camera guy, but I have stitches in my head and bandages so I have an excuse this one time! 🤣 That said, this unit is awesome let me know what you think. Check it out below. 🛒 Viltrox - bit.ly/417a6Sp 🛒 B&H - bhpho.to/42dmFgj 🛒 eBay USA - ebay.us/iK4Avf 🛒 Amazon Canada - amzn.to/44AwRAY 🛒 Amazon AU - amzn.to/3AZ3jiS 🛒 Amazon UK - amzn.to/3VD0Cgq 🛒 Amazon DE - amzn.to/3B3YNzy (affiliate links)

[@JoshConnectMedia]

You can decided to wear anything anywhere dude!! When you bought the hat, were there any instructions on it that said you are not permitted to wear it indoors?

[@mattalber]

Thanks Shane! Brand new to your channel and already a fan. I'm considering a new monitor this vid was my first introduction to Viltrox products- super slick! Hope your head heals up well, but no need to apologize about the cap-- it's a handsome look!

[@johnheiser2604]

Ordered mine today. Thanks Shane... you've done it again.

[@jorgemiro1613]

Really versatile monitor. Amazing features with well thought out options. Definitely a must have tool. Great informative video

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

It's really good! Thanks for watching and for the kind words. :)

[@kamuzipro]

Thanks you so.much!was looking for monitor without breaking the bank, and i think this one a is a good deal.

[@jayllicampo9908]

Thanks for sharing the video, it was a good. God bless you, take care! 👍🏼🔥

[@judsonbertoch7928]

Well done review. I ordered this. It's impressive and you touched on all the high points and strengths. Additional thoughts: you HAVE to buy a 32 gig or smaller SD card (kind of hard to find...) AND format it on your computer as FAT32 (won't work otherwise - learned the hard way). The exposure tools are great, but there is only the option (that I can find) to have all those tools shown at once so the things on the screen get small and busy and the waveform (for me is pretty unusable) is too squished. Seems like most companies do this though - I would really like separated out tools to assign to a function buttons.

[@markwiemels]

Viltrox is killing it lately. I have such immense confidence in their products.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Thanks, Mark! I totally agree. I have a few of their E lenses and they deliver the goods. Viltrox makes a bunch of great stuff. Did they send this to your channel?

[@markwiemels]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy no, I didn’t get this one, but I had some communication problems with my contact. We are back on track now though.

[@Thirdbornentertainment]

Youre the only one. Im trying to get a refund on my unit that died in 3 days. This monitor is truly a piece of garbage

[@neerajjaswal5991]

Great video Shane and I appreciate your efforts in making this video. Sad to know about your head stitches. Take good care of the injury and get well soon. Just in few seconds of the start of this video I was surprised that your voice is not having the Shane energy. I got the reason now. Take good care of your health and injury. Panasonic S5 mark ii x, is releasing next week so I'll wait for your energetic and valuable videos.

[@neerajjaswal5991]

If Viltrox is taking inputs from you then please tell them to release a Nikon F/G mount to L mount autofocus adapter. I'm waiting such a long time for that particular adapter.

[@neerajjaswal5991]

🙏

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Thanks, for the kind words. Yeah, I was a bit tired from the small operation but I felt well enough to get it done. I can't wait to get my hands on the S5IIX. I should be back to my normal vibe in the next few days. :) Cheers.

[@neerajjaswal5991]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy 🙏

[@saheluddin7878]

keep all the oil in your creepy home 😂

[@ImagineVideoclips]

Got one myself and trying -with no success so far- to find an online manual... Anyone? Also, I don't understand why you can't adjust the angle of the hotshoe adapter without some sort of tool...

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I'll see if I can get a PDF manual for it and post it up on my feed.

[@matecseke4574]

HI. Thank you so much for this fantastic video review. I record in hlg 2. in this case how should I set the lut loader?

[@billpeck1189]

Great review. New sub 🎉

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Awesome thank you!

[@Aalochak]

Hey amazing video, I own a FX30 and i am planning to buy this monitor. Just want to know what happens when i switch to 4k 60p?

[@griffensnow]

I returned mine the same day I got it. Really gnarly color banding in the shadows. It was like monitoring with an animated gif.Could just be a bad unit, but made it unusable. Was unable to update the firmware. I loved EVERY other part of the monitor though. really bummed.

[@Eyeofkamau]

@8:00 do you know how to load a lut? I can’t find it in the manual and I don’t get any sort of feedback when I insert my sd card

[@albertspeier5047]

I love your shows you definitely know what's happening all your lady friend is gorgeous just had the say can't wait until the gh6 mark 2 comes out keep up the good😊

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Thanks, Albert! Thanks for the kind words mate. I think if Panasonic releases a new GH camera with Phase Hybrid, it's going to be huge.

[@albertspeier5047]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy yeah the only reason why I said the GH camera series is I love shooting with them I usually use manual focus anyways but I'm getting all geeked up for the new autofocus system plus I don't want to go ahead and jump ship and buy more lenses I got lots of micro 4/3 lenses but that new x camera that's coming out is very tempting though well mate you have a blessed day you and your lady stay safe and remember eat good food life too short not to

[@JoshConnectMedia]

Can you operate your digital camera’s menu on the screen ? I wasn’t sure if I heard that .

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Yes, you can. The HDMI will send the signal through if you want it to. (depending on the camera). Most GH cameras will do it.

[@RichardJPhotog]

Hi Shane. Thanks for the coverage. Does anyone have input on battery life?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

It comes with a battery. You get over an hour with it easily as long as it’s not at full brightness. The good news is it runs on usb-c and also you can use larger batteries with it.

[@anulearntech]

Can we control the focus point using the touch screen of the monitor? thanks.

[@royaboat5315]

Great review! I have just got this for my GH6. Just checking that....using the GH6 with VLOG.....that we dont need to apply the same VLOG LUT to the DC550? :-)

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

The monitor can mirror anything you send to it so if you have a LUT on the camera that'll be all you need.

[@royaboat5315]

thanks 🙂@@GeekyNerdyTechy

[@hankypanky4u]

I wonder how the Lilmon 5 will compre to this.

[@chan94570]

Hi im having problem to load a lut into my monitor. May i know how do u load it on there?

[@anulearntech]

How does it compare with the OSEE lilmon 5?

[@pepebenitezruiz]

Hi... How can we display all the data that appears on the camera screen? (autofocus eyes, etc.)

[@cebb5058]

if ill be using a vmount battery powering the monitor via 5v USB c port do i need to removed monitors battery.

[@jasonshields2061]

Great video! I have a question regarding this monitor paired with the GH6. Can I shoot in 4k 120 and view in 120fps HD on the monitor?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I just checked the manual it looks like 4k30p is the max refresh rate of the monitor. If you're shooting in S&Q or VFR mode, it'll be fine as the camera will output 120p to 30p.

[@OITW]

I noticed you mentioned that you use anamorphic lenses with the monitor on. Are you desqueezing the anamorphic footage in camera, or is this also a feature available on the monitor? Currently doing research on purchasing either this monitor, or the Portkey PT 5 II. I do a lot of indoor client work, but most of my passion projects are filmed outside. So, I'm a bit torn on which one to get! Thanks for the video, it's serving as a great help when it comes to finding more information on this Viltrox unit.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Hi mate. You can de-squeeze the preview on the monitor. I showed an example shot of all the different ratios you can use. I have the Sirui lens with a 1.33x squeeze and it looks great.

[@OITW]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy Thank you for the response.

[@samohara5187]

Typical that this comes goes live the day after I order a monitor (Portkeys P6)! Looks good, and that extra brightness is compelling me return the P6.

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Ah man, well I'm sure the P6 will be okay. I had a P6 sent in a while back it was DOA out of the box so I never got a chance to test it. This one is very bright as you can see from the comparison shots with the camera LCD.

[@samohara5187]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy that's not a good omen. 😅 Something to consider if mine goes the same way. Keep up the great vids!

[@dhaaa123]

Thank you for the video! Hows the image quilty? Is it get washed out and flat when viewing from an angel? And it possible to transfer 4k60 in anyway?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I showed off-angle viewing quality in this video I am pretty sure. Check the b-roll sections outdoors. I had no problems seeing it at all.

[@dhaaa123]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy great, thank you! I will watch the all video again (: Thinking about this one as my first monitor ...

[@anasmodamani933]

Cool video, thanks, I bought it a month ago, the company update doesn't work, I did all the steps correctly, downloaded it to the SD card and put it in the monitor, but it doesn't work... How did you manage it? DC-550 V3.7

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I put the SD card in and hit update. That was it. I think there were a few firmware updates almost within a few days of each other. Make sure you use a card no bigger than 32GB.

[@user-tx9pp7mk2p]

10:18 yea I didn’t see the hdmi cable info below

[@fredabery3816]

Great review, Shane- Cheers! just one thing (bear with me, I'm a newbie to external monitoring)- I have Lumix S1 and I shoot mainly in C4K/50p - is this monitor gonna be able to display this? (even if only at a lower frame rate?) Cheers in advance. PS- great to see the Aussie flora in all your vids. almost makes me homesick..

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Hi mate! So the monitor can view DCI-4K. It works fine with 4K50p. I just tested it with DCI-4K at 50p, and it works but the image area is slightly larger than the framing in length. It's a lovely park, it's one of my favourites. I hope this helps.

[@fredabery3816]

Cheers, mate! Pretty much made my mind up, that reply. @@GeekyNerdyTechy

[@mirceasorescu-videographer]

Viltrox DC-550 Pro or Feelworld F5 ProX 5.5'' ??

[@sonycemedia]

How do you load LUTs using the Viltrox 550 pro & the Lumix S5II

[@neunik_]

Can you maybe give me some tips how can i set my VILTROX DC 550 PRO correctly so i get the same image as on my camera for perfect picture quality? 🤐

[@nosatori]

What about fan noise when you're using an on-camera mic? That would be an absolute show-stopper.

[@PhotoBooth72]

Can you mount this vertical?

[@sriman.stories]

What is the battery life?

[@AdmitTwoProductionsLLC]

If I'm shooting at 5.7k 60fps on GH6 will this monitor display the picture?

[@patek_px]

Hello, so you can playback your videos and photos via gallery inside camera?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Some cameras default to the HDMI port on playback if there's an external monitor plugged in. It really depends on your camera.

[@videomarketing-somerset]

Recommendation for small full size hdmi cable?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

Try this one - bhpho.to/3GS2Dih

[@firehorseweddingphotograph3995]

Just like the Osee Lilmon 5, try finding either of these for sale in Europe 😢

[@woodcraft_cz]

Tell me about it 😩 all I see are recommendations for Viltrox or Osee when all I have access to are feelworld, desview, Atomos and a couple others

[@jlsmedia8960]

On my camera (A7 IV) the entire monitor is not supported by the Viltrox monitor and I have a black border on the sides. Does anyone know how I can change this?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

There's a full screen mode on the unit. It should be fine with Sony gear, I've used it with my FX3 and A7SIII before. You can turn things on and off manually as well if you're seeing a crop it means something is hidden on the side of frame. There's toggle switches (digital ones) you can enable and disable features.

[@austintsai03]

how's the battery life/

[@Jakze.]

I think 90 minutes ca.

[@filipmichalsaffray441]

Great Content as usual...I still think Ninja V or anytype of recorder is probably best for pro work because of the backup solution...still wished that GH6,S5 could record protest raw and parallely record backup on sd like the FX30,FX35 can . Anyway I still don't get so much why the S5iiX is so hyped here S5ii goes body for 1799 CHF vs S5iiX 2499 CHF😅...Kind of expensive just to buy a record to ssd devices actually the option with Ninja V and S5ii is cheaper...what are the real benefit of S5iiX vs S5ii you told me month that for 90% of the people it makes no sense...😂😂😂

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

For me, the S5II is more than enough - even for paid gigs. The S5IIX will be for people shooting a very particular workflow. The X will be mostly handy for All-I workflows if you need to shoot in those less compressed codecs. I can't fault the image out of the S5II, it's unreal.

[@filipmichalsaffray441]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy thx for your answer you are I think my favorite KZbinr. Just a simple question how do you pick your cameras when shooting outside?S5org multicam you have in studio but the rest? and between Sony and Lumix, maybe you could make a personal video about it or probably remake it with cameras in winter 2023 because for you is winter now(well Australian winter is kind of you wish for most in European country specially the raining one like France England😂😂😂) And for what purpose you pick GH6 over S5ii slow mo excepted ...great content Yours Fil

[@hemanshupareek_1]

How does it supports 4k 60 when it is only compatible with 4k 30 this is very confusing snd does it support 10bit 422?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

The unit can handle up to 60p but the refresh rate of the screen might be set to 30. It works fine with 4k60 at whatever the refresh rate of the screen is.

[@hemanshupareek_1]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy ohoo okay buddy what about 10 bit 422?

[@oliverb5798]

How long does the battery last

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

I didn't do a proper battery drain test but you should get at least a full hour or more depending on the brightness settings. If you have a larger NPF battery, you can use that as well and get extended runtime (or a battery bank charger)

[@castielvargastv7931]

So if i film 6k this monitor cantshow a picture?

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

If your HDMI output is set to 4k it'll work fine. Most 6k cameras have an "Auto" HDMI output setting.

[@mehranpik2513]

amazing and usfull

[@Madrigan1]

HEllo I had 2 problems with this monitor, i have black border display not the fullscreen and also my camera screen display is black on my a7s3, someone has the same issue? thanks for your help everyone ! :)

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

The A7S3 outputs like that to a monitor. You can turn that off in the hdmi output settings of the camera

[@Madrigan1]

Thanks for your response and it works ! amazing will follow you for more great infos ;) have a great day@@GeekyNerdyTechy

[@firehorseweddingphotograph3995]

So many shit reviewers out there. Yours are always on point. Keep up the good work!

[@Thirdbornentertainment]

Mine died in 3 days.

[@marcb.l]

With a blue screen? Like blue lines?

[@Thirdbornentertainment]

@@marcb.l yea, horizontal. Game over for this monitor, ive since upgraded to a ninja

[@marcb.l]

@@Thirdbornentertainment same

[@saf574]

Same here. Screen died after updating to “the latest” firmware. No support from Viltrox so far. $200+ down the drain

[@marcb.l]

@@saf574 I bought it on Amazon so I replaced it with another unit. I contacted the seller and it is the only way to update it without errors bruh...

[@mirceasorescu-videographer]

Can we control the focus point using the touch screen of the monitor ? Thank you !

[@GeekyNerdyTechy]

You'll have to use your camera monitor for that

[@mirceasorescu-videographer]

@@GeekyNerdyTechy Ok, thanks 🙂👋