Small HD Indie 5 Monitor
5-inches of daylight visibility on a hyper-responsive touchscreen
SKU: SHD-16-0525
Indie 5 is the smallest and lightest monitor in the Smart 5 Series, with optional camera-control functionality, all your favorite PageOS 5 tools, and customization on a premium touchscreen 5-inch monitor. At 1000nit brightness, this compact model is also daylight-viewable.
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Indie 5 is the smallest and lightest monitor in the Smart 5 Series, with optional camera-control functionality, all your favorite PageOS 5 tools, and customization on a premium touchscreen 5-inch monitor. At 1000nit brightness, this compact model is also daylight-viewable.
Indie 5’s hyper-responsive touchscreen display, with 1080p resolution, is backed by PageOS 5. With Indie 5, you’ll be able to access our intuitive UI/UX for at-a-glance adjustments and effortless navigation, integrated tools for more accurate exposure and color control, Look-Around Camera Control, EL Zone, Advanced Teradek RT overlays, and so much more.
Indie 5 is our entry-level Smart 5 monitor, ideal for professionals on an indie budget.
Coming Soon: Camera Control For RED DSMC2 & RCP2
Transform your touchscreen into the central command hub of your camera. SmallHD’s proprietary software enables unfettered access to RED DSMC2,KOMODO®, and V-RAPTOR™ camera functions and project settings such as Start/Stop Record, FPS, Shutter Speed, ISO, Color Temperature/White Balance, Clip Playback, and more.
*Individual Camera Control software licenses are sold separately.
Additional Camera Control compatibility coming soon.
- 5-inches of daylight visibility on a hyper-responsive touchscreen
- Model: 16-0525
- Display: 5-inch Touchscreen, 1920x1080, 440 PPI
- Input: 1x 3G-SDI [IN], 1x HDMI 2.0 (4Kp30) [IN]
- Output: 1x 3G-SDI [IN/OUT], 1x HDMI 2.0 (4Kp30) [OUT], 1x 3.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
- Power Input: 5.5mm x 2.0mm barrel connector (DC 10-34v), Integrated Sony L-Series Plate
- Data I/O: 1x SD Card Slot, 1x Micro USB
Environmental
- Mount Points: 6x 1/4-20 Mounting Points
Display
- Panel Type: Touch-Screen
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Brightness: 1000nits
- Backlight Type: Edgelit
Input Signal
- 3G-SDI Input Types: 1x 3G-SDI
Output Signal
- HDMI Output Types: 1x HDMI 2.0 (4Kp30)
Connector Type
- SDI: 1x 3G-SDI (In), 1x 3G-SDI (In/Out)
- HDMI: 1x HDMI 2.0 (4Kp30) [In], 1x HDMI 2.0 (4Kp30) [Out]
- Audio: 1x 3.5mm Stereo Headphone Jack
Data I/O
- Storage Media: 1x SD Card Slot
- USB: 1x Micro USB
Power
- Input: Barrel Power Input
Software
- Pixel Zoom: Yes
- Focus Assist: Yes
- Peaking: Yes
- False Color: Customizable False Color Overlays
- Waveform: Customizable 4K Waveform w/Region of Interest Highlighting (Coming Soon)
- Custom LUTS: 17pt 3D-LUT on Output/Input 33pt 3D-LUT on Output/Input
Camera Control
- Camera Control Compatibility: COMING SOON: Camera Control for RED® DSMC2™ Camera Control for RED® RCP2™ Cameras (KOMODO®, DSMC3™) *Additional camera control compatibility coming soon
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- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Color Depth: 10-Bit Color Intelligence Engine
- Brightness: 1000nits
- SDI (1080p60): 1x 3G-SDI Input 1x 3G-SDI (I/O)
- HDMI (4Kp30): 1x HDMI 2.0 Input 1x HDMI 2.0 Output
- Touchscreen: ✔️
- Joystick Control: ❌
- Physical Buttons: ❌
- Power Input: 2.0mm Barrel Power Input
- Locking USB Control Port: ❌
- Ethernet Port: ❌
- Camera Control Compatibility*: Coming Soon
- Battery Support: Integrated Sony L-Series
- Touchscreen Lock: ✔️
- Built-in Teradek Bolt 6: ❌
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