HD FLOW Wireless HDMI : 5D/7D wireless monitor solution on the cheap?
Hello folks,
We recently saw this little HD wireless kit on Markertek’s web site and thought it might make the perfect wireless field solution for the 5D on the cheap. We ordered one and tested it. We thought we’d save ya’ll a little time and talk about the pros and cons.
HD video transmitted almost instantly through the air for under $400!? Yes indeed, and the image was pretty good too. It was re-compressed on the fly (h.264), but damn if it wasn’t fast at 30ms and the image quality was very good with the exception of some artifacts when the image got busy. (More …)Tweet
El Jefe de Nada, 
raoul and one other person are discussing.
Laffrey Witbrod 1:26 pm on December 15, 2010 Permalink
This look cool, thanks for sharing it with us. How do you mount it to the camera?
Thanks
Laffrey
Tyler Cartner 12:04 pm on December 16, 2010 Permalink
There is a video from a trade show of a guy running around with the transmitter attached to his belt somehow. Mounting would be entirely up to you since this unit was not designed for production use.
raoul 12:58 pm on February 8, 2011 Permalink
hi. im new to the blog and from nyc. 30ms is too much if you as me. why not use
http://www.amazon.com/Arrival-brite-View-BV-2322-Wireless-Transmission/dp/B0043BPZWA
http://www.amazon.com/WiCast-EW2000-Wireless-Transmitter-Receiver/dp/B0042JST4E
they say 1ms
Tyler Cartner 11:22 am on February 23, 2011 Permalink
Hello and welcome,
I discovered the Brite-view after writing this up and meant to add it. You beat me to the punch. I use the Brite-view in my home as a blu ray hop to a digitial projector and it works very well, 1080p with no compression! I didn’t have to tear up my ceiling! I have not tested the HDMI handshaking with either the 5D or the 7D, but based on the time it takes with my blu ray I’d say it’s probably not a good field solution for the 5D, but may be for the 7D. And again, this unit is fairly cheap plastic so I’m not sure how it would hold up in the field, but for $200 a pop I’d be willing to buy two and have one as a backup.
I disagree with you that 30ms is too much delay. Shooting at 24 frames per second, each frame is about 42ms, so 30ms is a subframe delay. Some professional wireless solutions have a much longer delay. And certainly it would be fine for a video village. Maybe a focus puller might have issue, depends on the puller.
Thank you for suggesting the Brite-view!
El Jefe de Nada 9:36 pm on February 23, 2011 Permalink
Very cool blog, Mr. Cartner and Mr. Cavallo. Not sure about this obsession with the 5D (look how big the tag is!), but seriously, great info. Thanks!