Z CAM Electronic Viewfinder

EVF | Electronic Viewfinder

The EVF is fairly compact at 174.5 x 76.3 x 73.3mm. The diopter adds some length to it. It’s powered externally with a Lemo connector on the back. No onboard battery is available like the Zacuto Gratical HD has. This might be an issue if you are not using a larger battery with a D-tap output on it.

Key Features:

• Resolution: 1440x1440
• Wireless HDR
• Bulit in LUTs
• Built in exposure tools
• Adjustable diopter
• HDMI / SDI input
• Can be used with any camera with SDI or HDMI

The shortcut and menu buttons are on the side. They look to have raised lettering on them to make it easy to find the button when operating. On the back is a full-size HDMI and SDI inputs as well as USB for loading Luts and firmware updates. It’s good to see that Z Cam included an on/off switch as other EVF’s don’t have one and require the power cable to be disconnected to shut it off. This is not good as if you forget to unplug your camera battery will likely be dead when you resume shooting. It’s the little things that make our lives easier.

A fresh idea on the EVF is the built-in WiFi to monitor the image from the camera with the Z Cam app. I like using my iPhone to control and make changes to E2 settings. Especially the autofocus one-shot feature by tapping the screen on what you want to focus on.

The WiFi connection will be able to stream 10bit HDR signals to the App, Monitor, PC, or Mac. It can do live streaming to a server as well. Z Cam also plans to add receiving streams to the EVF in the future.