Video Devices PIX-E5 4K Monitor/ Recorder

Full HD, Ultra-Bright IPS Touch Screen

TapZoom™ for Rapid Focus

PIX-Assist™ Monitoring Tools

4K Recording

Apple ProRes 4444 XQ, 12-Bit

Real Buttons for Fast Tactile Control

Robust Die-Cast Metal Chassis

Virtually Indestructible Gorilla® Glass 2

HDMI/SDI Cross-Conversion

4K to HD Downscaling

LCD – Detail, Accuracy, Brightness.

Discerning cinematographers and videographers need high-resolution, color-accurate, sunlight-viewable monitoring with a wide angle of view.

The PIX-E5 monitors excel in all those aspects with their IPS, 500 nit, 1920×1080, 441 ppi LCD displays.

PIX-E5 LCD

SpeedDrive

PIX-Assist™ Monitoring Tools & Scopes

LUTs

Waveform Monitor

Vectorscope

Histogram

TapZoom™

Peaking

Zebras

False Colors

Frame Markers

Four Way View

TapZoom™

It has never been faster to zoom in and check focus!

TapZoom provides instant 2x or 4x zoom to where you tap on the touch screen. Tap again to zoom out.

Once zoomed in, tap on the screen in the direction of a moving subject to keep it centered – the perfect tool for quickly checking focus when an actor lands short or overruns a mark

PIX-E7 Recording

Outstanding Recording Capabilities

The 4K-compatible PIX-E5 offers the full range of Apple ProRes codecs including the highest quality Apple ProRes 4444 XQ. This is a 12-bit codec designed to preserve the detail in wide dynamic range imagery captured by today’s high performance digital image sensors.

PIX-E5 can record 4K up to 30 fps, UHD up to 30 fps and 1080p or 720p up to 120 fps.

SpeedDrive™ Recording and File Delivery

The PIX-E5 records to the innovative, super fast SpeedDrive, a custom-designed enclosure for an industry standard mSATA drive. The SpeedDrive, which plugs directly into the PIX-E, doubles as a USB 3.0 thumb drive for very high speed offload to any computer without the need for a special cable or drive docking station.

Two SpeedDrive options are available, a 240 GB SpeedDrive and anEnclosure-Only version that allows the user to choose and easily fit any size of mSATA drive. mSATA drives are available in sizes ranging from 128 GB to 1 TB.

PIX-E UI

Best-of-Both-Worlds User Interface

Some functions are better controlled via touch screen and others by real buttons. PIX-E5 incorporates both types of control. The touchscreen is best used when interacting directly with a specific area of the displayed image such as zooming in to a point of interest with TapZoom.

Buttons allow the operator to locate a control without looking and instant tactile response leaves no doubt a function has been activated. Button control is well suited to commands such as ‘Record’ where failure to activate can be catastrophic.

Mechanical Construction and Powering

With a compact, die-cast metal chassis, nutted connectors, and an LCD protected by scratch-resistant and optically-bonded Gorilla Glass 2, the PIX-E5 field recording monitors are designed to withstand the most extreme and demanding production environments.

The PIX-E5 is powered by external DC (10-34V) or dual L-mount Sony batteries with powering seamlessly switching from one source to another should one become depleted or removed.

PIX-E5 Build Quality

PIX-E OnCam

Best Practices for Camera Integration

The following documents act as quick-reference resources for how to best set up your camera when integrating with the PIX-E5.

Getting 4K Output from Sony a7S

Getting 4K Output from Sony PXW-FS7

Getting S-Log Output from Sony PXW-FS7

Getting 4K Output from Panasonic GH4

Display

LCD Size: 5-inch

Resolution & ppi: 1920 x 1080, 441 ppi

Luminance (Brightness): 500 nit

IPS with Gorilla® Glass 2

PIX-Assist Monitoring Tools

TapZoom™: 2x, 4x

LUTs: S-Log 2 & 3, Canon® Log, V-Log, custom LUTs (16x16x16, 17x17x17, 32x32x32 or 33x33x33 .cube)

Peaking Filter

Guide Markers

False Colors: 4-step, 12-step

Zebras: Zebras 1, Zebras 2

Scopes: Waveform Monitor Luma (White, Green) RGB (Overlay, Parade), Vectorscope, Histogram Luma (White, Green) RGB (Overlay, Parade), Four-Way Monitoring (Video Feed, Histogram, Vectorscope, WFM)

Anamorphic Desqueeze: Sensor Ratio (4×3, 16×9/17×9), Lens Ratio (1.33x, 1.5x, 2x)

Recorder

4K (UHD, DCI) Max Resolution/Frame Rate 30 fps

HD (1080i, 1080p, 720p) Max Resolution/Frame Rate 120 fps

Codec: Apple® ProRes Proxy to Apple ProRes 4444 XQ

File Transfer to Computer via SpeedDrive™ USB 3.0 interface

Media

SpeedDrive – Enclosure plus approved 240 GB mSATA Solid State Drive

SpeedDrive – Enclosure only (compatible with third-party 128 GB to 1 TB mSATA SSDs)

Video

Inputs: 6G-SDI, 3G-SDI (level A & B), HDMI

Outputs: HD-SDI, HDMI

PsF to P

3:2 Pulldown Removal

4K Input to Output Scaling

Audio

Max No. Tracks: 8

Analog Inputs: 2x unbalanced line, 3.5mm, 2x balanced mic/line, XLR (via optional PIX-LR)

Embedded Audio Inputs: 8 SDI and 4 HDMI

Headphone Output

Remote Control & Timecode

Record Start/Stop Flags: SDI/HDMI

Embedded TC: SDI (BNC), HDMI, and LTC (Line In 1 & 2)

TC Out: SDI

Powering, Weight, & Dimension

Power Source EXT DC (10-34V), (optional) 2x Sony L-mount batteries

Weight 1 lb (16 oz)

Dimensions (WxHxD) 5.4 in x 3.4 in x 1.6 in (137.1 mm x 86.3 mm x 40.6 mm)