Moritz Moessinger

Thanks for your response. As far as I understand the description on the AZ page, they recommend the non IVS option as well, since it is supposed to be flicker free in comparison to the IVS conversion. Luckily, I own the non IVS top and are not sure if the VP has any disadvantage compared to the more expensive AZ camera.

I feel like matters are getting worse with the quality of monitors available from rental companies. Especially when working on short commercial jobs in other countries, it often is a depressing experience to explain to the production to either book a DIT for another day of prep to calibrate all of the monitors or explain to the director/agency/client why the contrast/brightness/colors on their screens differ. In order to solve the problem and be able to rely more on my own screen, I am looking to buy an onboard camera monitor in between 5 and 7 inches which can be calibrated. I feel like more and more DPs bring their own monitoring to the set in order to have one reference everyone can rely on. I've had many people recommend the SmallHD Cine 7 as well as the 703 version. What are your thoughts?

Hey, I own an ARRI SR3 Advanced for quite some time now and always wanted to upgrade the ARRI IVS Video Tap to a state-of-the-art HD Video Tap in order to achieve a better image as well as lose any analog-digital converter. The most important aspects for me are of course the high res digital image, the sensitivity to low light (the IVS always started to fall apart quite quickly) as well as the flicker reduction of course. After doing some research I found the AZ Spectrum Version 2 camera as well as the camera by Visual Products the two most referred to options to attach to the C-Mount Optics I luckily got as well. Does anyone here know any notable differences between the two systems? The price difference is quite notable (AZ Spectrum roughly 2500$ and Visual Products around 1700$). AZ Spectrum also offers the conversion of the ARRI IVS to HD-SDI but after talking to them, they told me that the conversion isn't 100% flicker free on 24fps. I would love to hear your thoughts!