PORTKEYS BM5 IV WR Overview
The PORTKEYS BM5 IV WR 5.5" HDMI Touchscreen Monitor with Camera Control is designed to offer a versatile and enhanced user experience for professional videographers and filmmakers. Equipped with the built-in CINENORM OS and a brand-new user interface, this monitor streamlines operations, providing intuitive navigation for all your monitoring needs. The monitor is highly customizable, supporting up to 7 custom pages to accommodate a variety of shooting scenes and roles, making it a powerful tool for dynamic production environments.
Enhanced Monitoring Features
One of the standout features of the BM5 IV is its comprehensive false color options. With ARRI false color, user-defined false color, and LOG false color, the monitor provides accurate exposure feedback across different camera types and shooting conditions. In addition to these, users can calibrate the monitor with two custom color calibration files, eliminating the hassle of returning the monitor for factory calibration. This flexibility ensures consistent and reliable color accuracy on every shoot.
Split-Screen Monitoring and Wireless Control
The Portkeys BM5 IV offers an innovative split-screen monitoring feature that allows users to seamlessly switch between Picture-by-Picture (PBP), Picture-in-Picture (PIP), and Horizontal-to-Vertical (H2V) cropping modes. This ensures that different perspectives or sources can be easily compared and monitored in real-time. Furthermore, the monitor supports wireless camera control for a variety of camera brands, including ARRI, RED, SONY, Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, and Blackmagic Design (BMD), providing a seamless shooting experience for users with diverse camera setups.
Versatile Connectivity and Professional Tools
Designed with professional use in mind, the BM5 IV supports simultaneous HDMI and SDI signal output, as well as HDMI and SDI conversion, enhancing its compatibility with various production systems. It also includes essential monitoring tools such as Peaking, Zebra, Luma Waveform, and Luma Histogram, ensuring that users can maintain full control over focus, exposure, and image quality. The ability to save and load user configurations via a USB drive allows settings to be transferred across monitors of the same model, making the BM5 IV a reliable and adaptable solution for both solo shooters and large production teams.
