The Portkeys PT5 II came today. I missed out a few weeks ago when the fire was burning, put in a notification request and forgot about it. When notified I ignored the email for a day or two, then decided to go for it.
It is gorgeous!
Shorter than my iPhone, but about twice as deep without a battery. The sun screen brackets can be removed, making it look even more like a phone.
The advantage it has over my 7” Feelworld is a clear jump in contrast and touch screen with a much smaller footprint.
Compared to the camera screen (G9 or S5), it is about the same quality, but twice the size and more conveniently located with a sun screen option.
The rig above is perfectly balanced. This stays true for the S5 with either Lumix lens and the G9 with most lenses.
I have no intention of relying on auto focus for video, especially now I have focus ring control on the Pana lenses, so the big things to fix are viewing screen and manual focus.
Focus I am happy with, with every lens I run bar one (the old Olympus F series) focussing the same way with consistent throw (120 degrees seems ideal), so a follow focus is not on the horizon.
Viewing was improved by the 7”, but it is big. This will be kept for the static camera rig. The 5” is for the moving camera and also better for outside use.
Cool stuff.