Monitor‪+‬ 4+

monitor+ has brought tons of functionality to my smartphone at times when i dont want to carry around a full blown monitor on top of the hdmi cable, battery, etc, and it still offers just as much amount of value. maybe i just need a quick look at the scene on a slightly bigger screen, maybe i want to desqueeze my anamorphic lenses on a solo personal project, maybe im traveling and packing a monitor just isnt an option. this app does everything i need it to for my purposes EXCEPT one thing. i use the sony A7C II and like other newer models i can switch between photo, video, and slow motion video. when my camera is set to photo mode and i use the focus magnifier to check focus on my manual lenses the monitor also zooms in which is perfect; HOWEVER, in video mode the monitor+ app does NOT zoom with the focus mangifier, its a small gripe i have but a big one, it just slows down the process of me checking my focus while shooting video, if theres a workaround to this or this becomes fixed, i'd recommend the pro version of this app to every videographer i know. TL;DR: focus magnifier action does not work on monitor+ app when newer camera model is toggled to video mode

This app is awesome and is well worth the money you spend on it. Like, totally worth the buy. The only issue I have is with the slight delay between the app and the phone when recording, and I am shooting with a7iv and have the app set to low quality playback, to minimize lag. I even have camera set to 5gHz Wi-Fi. Even then there is about 20ms of lag between the two devices, and the frames sometimes tend to drop on the app, which makes me refer to the camera screen again.

Other than this, the app is awesome. The fact we can load LUTs is amazing. I would love for there to be a future update where I could connect my phone via cable direct to the camera for instant lag-free playback and viewing. I’m sure it can be done!

We needed the ability to start and stop movie recording. This app does it well. Easy connection. And we still want the hdmi to go out while recording, something image edge doesn’t support, but this app does. Not sure why we would need to update to pro. If the app would let us connect to an Elgato stream deck in some way then pro would make sense. Also leaving and app and returning works just fine. Just need to wait a few seconds for the app to restore connection. Doesn’t affect record stop or start. Well done.