Kinotehnik LCDVFe

I was at EVS returning a dumb lens adapter and asked their advice on a EVF for my FS700.  Just like Band Pro they thought the Alphatron was tops but they just got a new Kinotehnik EVF in that day and inventor/CEO Tonis Liivamagi just happened to be there, along with his Cartoni distributor.

It's HDMI, not SDI.  Tonis explained this was for the DSLR people.  This loops thru but doesn't convert to SDI like the Alphatron.  Although it takes both A/C adapter and D-tap in, the other battery is a block of AA batteries instead of Canon or Sony batts.  Tonis thought this was best because AA were available everywhere in the world.

On the minus side, the Kinotehnik has one of the smallest LED monitors, doesn't have the great TV Logic screen or the clever closing eyepiece.  But it has three big advantages:  One, a very low power drain.  Two, you can see the entire image without looking around like you're sitting in the front row of a movie theater.  And three, and important to me as an operator, the ability to tilt the VF without loosening some arm.

I may have to go with the Kinotehnik...

http://www.kinotehnik.com/products/electronic-viewfinder/overview