Wireless video is fun

[@hollylandtech]

That's cool! It's a pleasure to work with you! The Pyro 7 and Pyro S are our star products. Our team will update the firmware soon and hope you all like them! Any feedback for our products are welcomed! :)

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you ❤️❤️ I used the Pyro 7s on a shoot today. They were on all day, not a single disconnect 👌. That’s what I like.

Do you offer calibration like smallHD in a separate menu? So it doesn’t affect the monitor LUTs

[@BlaineWestropp1]

You can calibrate the RGB channels of the monitor. What do you mean by not affecting the monitor luts?

[@VideoBruhhh]

@@BlaineWestropp1they mean calibrate white point, contrast, blacks, etc. so that the monitor is calibrated and then a LUT is applied

[@hugomalpeyre]

When a product test is so genuine and smartly put that it doesn't look like a sponsored / collab video. Thx I wake every morning thinking i don't have F1 yet, and I know that one day i'll end up in jail for that.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you thank you 😊 F1 will happen at the right time.

[@zgaspo]

appreciate the honesty regarding the features you'd like to see. great stuff as always!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you! Hoping they can make those updates!

[@kevinfickling6384]

Doesn’t matter what it is. Always interesting. Thanks for doing these test’s!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you thank you 😊

[@cringejoon]

comprehensive, well done review of not just the product but workflow and so much more. amazing as always

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you Joon ❤️

[@ryanpatrickyoung508]

hell yeah dude! Love your vids

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you 😊

[@12yfilms]

3:22 I believe that bridge is pretty thick, too. Thank you for sharing! I'll look into this wireless option.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

It’s a great option! I am on a shoot right now walking around with the monitor, in and out of different rooms and spaces and it’s just great!

[@killian2826]

As a solo filmmaker, I'm currently looking at this solution, I'm also curious on the DJI SDR product, anyways, your video has a perfect timing :) Love the hard work you put on them, clearly one of my best sub this year!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey thanks so much! What I like about these is the integrated wireless built into the monitors. That’s what I bought years ago, and it’s super useful to have it built in. One less piece needed. Time saver. Of course everyone will have different needs. I would also love to test the DJI SDR, as well as the new acsoon. These 3 new options are all strong contenders at great prices. At the moment I’ve only used the hollyland gear, I like it.

[@shueibdahir]

@@BlaineWestropp1I seriously recommend you lopk into Shimbol TP Max. A reliable and fast Wireless Transmitter kit for about 120$

[@nolanfstandifer]

I just picked up the sdr and I love them

[@IanSnape]

I have the DJI SDR I have a test video on soon. They are super good and love that I can use my iPad as a directors monitor with a crisp good quality feed. For £500 for rx/rx kit it’s an absolute steal! I’m guessing the benefit of the Hollylands here is you can run two tX units into a monitor for A/B feeds which may be more use for bigger sets etc. But with DJI having hdmi and sdi options for connections I’m super impressed. Great video Blaine, felt like I was watching a chase film! INTENSE!

[@AutoFOCUSED.]

The POV angle from the Pyro 7 is silly but great. Haha. Great job as usual. Saw enough reviews of this monitor before buying it but had to see yours.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Haha thank you! I like the monitor a lot.

[@AutoFOCUSED.]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Yup. I was the guy who was talking about it with you in the last video comments. Any chance you let anyone intern under you if they shoot BTS or something? I'm in NJ.

[@Asomers322]

William Vale sittin pretty in that drone shot

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Favorite hotel.

[@georgekamenov_]

I've been considering picking up a wireless solution like this for a while now. Lately I've just been using the Creators App on my phone with my FX30, which is fine for when I'm shooting at home by myself, but it's still been kinda annoying because it disconnects every time the screen goes to sleep. And obviously, for client shoots using my phone as a monitor to hand it to someone is out of the question... But after this vid I might seriously consider the Hollyland route. Looks pretty sick.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

These are great. Connection is very solid which is nice. For phone apps, have you use the monitor+ app? In my experience I find that was the best one for use with Sony fx cameras.

[@georgekamenov_]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Haven't used Monitor+ though I did think it was interesting a while back. Back then I was still on my old phone which was an Android though and I believe at the time the app was only available for iOS. And since getting the iPhone 15 Pro, I haven't really thought about Monitor+ but I might just pick it up. Does it disconnect every time you turn the screen off because that's probably the biggest issue I'm dealing with on the Creators App? Just really annoying to have to manually reconnect to the cam every time...

[@BlaineWestropp1]

The disconnecting/reconnecting with phone apps is SO annoying. I can’t remember if monitor+ drops out when phone goes off but I can test tomorrow. It does disconnect, I just found it to be better than other phone app experiences. But they all drop out. 😭

[@jakeledger2819]

i use the monitor+ on my fx3. the initial connection is a bit hit or miss . but once its connected it is very reliable and the interface is much better than the creators app.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Agreed on interface for sure.

[@shueibdahir]

Mans got a camera worth of tens of thousands and said the prices are crazy 😂😂 I love it

[@lewisroseweir]

I think he meant crazy cheap

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I mean this in a good way, the prices are wildly great!

[@ryanlynch347]

Go to bed. Love you. Great vid, maybe bring these today?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

❤️❤️ thank you for joining.

[@dantecorbett2221]

Always on time with your content. I'm in the market for something like this so I can do a village and directors monitor soon. Hoping this is the best option for under $700.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I think it’s a great option. There are 3 new units on the market. This, DJI SDR, and something from acsoon. This is the only one of the 3 I’ve used, and I like it a lot. I like the integrated wireless within the monitors. I know DJI has the long range, and I don’t know much about the acsoon. Would love to test all of them, but for now this one is very nice.

[@clever_ghost]

Unleash the Pyro.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I’m feelin it

[@st.jacques-pierremaximin6109]

Could you make a video about gear that you think DPs should buy as opposed to rent? I’ll be graduating film school soon

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I do have a video on this channel about buying stuff! for someone just graduating, I'd buy an Alexa classic or a red scarlet-w on Ebay, or an fx3 and a 24-70 lens. depends what type of work you want to do and how you want to do it. fx3 will be the more modern, versatile, and easy to move around with option.

[@st.jacques-pierremaximin6109]

@@BlaineWestropp1thank you! love your channel

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thanks so much! Happy to talk more with you about purchasing a package of equipment if you need any further advice. Just let me know :)

[@romainszuwalski]

i think i just understood why your luts are called F1 because that's the shortcut button wait, that's smart

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Some people think that, and it works, but… that’s not the reasoning behind the name!

[@eirikskarstein9964]

This is such good content, thanks!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you ☺️

[@johnsospencer]

Did you dial up the barrell distortion after my comment?? Looking good, I love the integrated wireless monitors. I hate extra clutter on the camera. I'm actually pretty surprised camera companies aren't making integrated high quality wireless video feeds at this point.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Yes the integrated wireless is very very nice. Love it. Also, I didn’t do any post barrel distortion in this video!

[@johnsospencer]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Dang, what lens was that then??🔥

[@JD-cl9nw]

What lens what lens what lens

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Used a variety of lenses here. Atlas mercury 36, sigma 24-70, rokinon 12mm fisheye and last but certainly not least was a canon digital laser range finder.

[@CREATEBEYONDBOUNDARIES]

🔥🔥🔥 Nice Video Neighbor!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

thank you neighbor!!

[@billmakesmovies]

Dope! What lens camera combo was used for the main talking head on this one? I love the almost fisheye look. Looks a bit wider than a 16mm to me. Whatever action camera you had mounted on the monitor for the field stuff did great too. Love your work!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

hi! me talking to the camera was an Alexa mini LF with an atlas mercury 36mm lens. the action cam on the monitor was the insta360 go 3, which comes in handy pretty often.

[@billmakesmovies]

⁠@@BlaineWestropp1huh weird. Looked wider than 36mm! Barreling on it is cool

[@Janni51]

Love That Video, feels like a Crime Series in the begining. Do you have any experience in comparison with a small hd 7 cine ? I cant find any comparison between the Panels and the lut Rendition between this two. Would love to get away with two pyros 7 (on Camera and Director) instead of one small hd.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank ya! I also have a cine7 that I use all the time. I’ve done 3 shoots with the pyro over the cine7 (just for the range and the strong connection, and I was perfectly fine using the pyro on camera.

[@Janni51]

@ Thanks, i guess i will get two Pyro 7 instead of one Cine 7. Keep up the Great work ! :) 💪🏼

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Well I’m not saying get the pyro instead. There are advantages of both systems. Cine7 and an industry standard, no latency with the teradek, but expensive. Pyro 7 is newer, but was a great price and is nice to use.

[@Janni51]

@@BlaineWestropp1 Yes, sure. Cine 7 has the Color calibration going for it aswell, but in the end i feel like Color accuracity on a Camera Monitor might be less interesting than Wireless Video for me Right now. I have a Feelworld lut6s Right know and no matter the Settings, the picture with a lut just Looks to saturated and with too much Contrast in comparison to the Pyro 7. Didnt had the Chance to compare the Image and lut rendition of the Pyro to the Cine 7 yet, so thanks for your opinion on That! Spam end.

[@waynejordan3295]

So cool

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you :)

[@migbrgd]

Love it man

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank ya :)

[@UnionCreativeCo]

Bridge is ✨thick ✨

[@BlaineWestropp1]

😂😂

[@megamodularis]

Yeh! Thanks for this video! Spotted the monitor in the last video and was just about to ask if you could make something talking about it, and you did, so cheers! One Q, (hopefully you know the answer) but if you just had the monitor pair can you use one on camera and transmit to the second? ie without the TX module? Thanks again, always love your videos, chill & informative 👍

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hey! Yes you do not need the dedicated TX or RX. Monitor sends feed to other monitor without needing anything extra. Also, the monitors can be receivers or transmitters, which is amazing.

[@megamodularis]

@ Thanks for the info & the great video, I think these may be a great solution for me! 👍

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Cool. Here to answer any questions that may arise

[@billykoak9716]

whats your thoughts.. on the color accuracy on these pyro s transmitters/receivers... i have to do on set editing/color.. current setup is a long hdmi that the client viewing montior. would be nice to remove the cable for safely on set..

[@BlaineWestropp1]

To be clear, you want to put a transmitter on computer, and hand the monitor to client with the feed from your edit? Let me do a test and report back.

[@billykoak9716]

@@BlaineWestropp1 yup. transmitter on the computer and receivers on a sony bvm or Flanders or enzo monitor for client to view..

[@KelvinGate-i7u]

Can you wirelessly press record from far away ?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Not that I know of.

[@KelvinGate-i7u]

@@BlaineWestropp1 thanks for the reply . I am currently looking for anything that can allow me to press record when I am away from my camera . I used to use the DJI raven eye and the DJI app do that on my Panasonic s5iix. I am currently using the Nikon z8 , I love the camera but the monitor apps sucks and it doesn’t completely work with raven eye . I can do everything but press record . If you have any recommendations, that will be awesome , if not you , you are still awesome !!

[@jondoeslifestuff]

Hah! This was a lot of fun to watch

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you sir 🫡

[@F1423Films]

How’s the panel on it vs like a smallhd and the color and contrast accuracy ? For like on camera monitor

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I think it’s great. I’ve been using it a lot. Looks good. Price is wild!

[@AndyGrabo]

Thanks for sharing. I am assuming the Monitor is not able to control the camera? That would be wild! What anamorphic lens did you use for the talking head?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Hi! There is not camera control that I know of. There may be a way to record the camera from the monitor, but I am not sure. I can look into it and report back.

[@AndyGrabo]

@ If I‘m not mistaken, Portkeys just announced a monitor that is able to control a few cameras. Though I don‘t know, whether that‘s achieved via HDMI, it would be wild, if that functionality would be passed on wirelessly (can’t imaging that it would, though).

[@TylerEdwards]

But I still can’t get WiFi in my garage

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I know right

[@allen_bernardo_jr]

You could try running an ethernet powerline adapter from inside your house out to the garage, and connect the ethernet out of the 2nd powerline adapter (in the garage) to a router in the garage to get wifi there perhaps 👍

[@lucaungaro4090]

For the trouble you might as well use camera framelines :p

[@BlaineWestropp1]

For sure using camera frame lines on something that can output them over SDI/HDMI but on the fx3, I can’t, so then have to do it in the monitor. I have to assume it’s easy to add a scaling feature to the monitor frame lines. You can scale the frame lines in the iPhone app.

[@phileezor]

❤‍🔥

[@BlaineWestropp1]

❤️❤️

[@rgleeson]

the distance tests ruled, and now I'm pulling out my wallet for hollyland...

[@BlaineWestropp1]

$1k for double monitor.. pretty wild!

[@HunterCash]

when you spend your yearly YT budget on a CITI bike

[@BlaineWestropp1]

😂😂 I got that membership. One of the best ways to get around NYC. Which I will get into more soon..

[@waynejordan3295]

This vs the dji transmission

[@BlaineWestropp1]

I need to test that!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

The integrated wireless into monitors for the great price was the draw for me on the pyros

[@waynejordan3295]

@@BlaineWestropp1 it's a really great steal in price but in performance they are similar but dji has it's own benefits when you are already into it's ecosystem.

[@MARZILLI]

How about 10 floors down… Same building.

[@BlaineWestropp1]

staying in the building.. I am just not sure. I cant imagine that would keep a connection. but that is only 100 feet or so, so maybe. I could test soon and report back

[@chakk0]

Great video as usual 🫶 have to check the pyros after that

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Thank you 😊

[@jakeledger2819]

no el zone?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

Not at the moment. Maybe they can add it.

[@jakeledger2819]

no false color display?

[@BlaineWestropp1]

It does have false color. I accidentally didn’t show it 😭

[@jakeledger2819]

@@BlaineWestropp1 thank you! i might buy this now :))

[@BlaineWestropp1]

It’s nice 😊. If recall correctly you cannot custom map the false color. I can do a rest tomorrow and report back. You can map the zebras though of course.