FEELWORLD FW568 V2 5.5 inch DSLR Camera Field Monitor with Waveform LUTs Video Peaking Focus Assist Small Full HD 1920×1152 IPS with 4K HDMI 8.4V…

Not yet had chance to use this screen properly yet but have played about with it indoors and it seems to do exactly what I want it to do.

Why I bought it was because I wanted to take ground level photographs of wading birds but it’s not comfortable for me to lay on the ground for 3 to 4 hrs at a time and sitting on the ground with my camera on the ground I couldn’t see my back screen clearly enough.
So I decided to try this screen out withy camera on a flat base connected to my gimbal and the screen on a bracket a few inches about my camera.

Now I can see what I’m capturing as the screen is nice and clear immediately responsive and shows all the details that my back screen would.

Only thing that Could be improved is the battery (canon EN6) is stuff to attach and it would be nice if it were wireless as the lead tends to get in the way a bit.
But for the price they are just nit picking.

I’m looking forward to some low level photography days very soon

The first thing I want to say is that the display on this is excellent for the money – I was surprised I could get anything this good for this much. It works brilliantly in my home studio hooked my Sony A7R3, using mains power.

However, you need to consider these things before you buy one:
* no power source is included, so consider this for your total cost. I went mains as I had neither supported batteries. After investigation I found Sony battery packs are huge and heavy, the Canon ones are small and lighter but have limited run time. Mains power is readily available, I got this Kepler 2A unit https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0711FB8WH/ which works great and has a good cable length
* The menu system isn’t fun to use, and it’s not touch screen. The buttons feel cheap too. For this reason, set up your function buttons straight away (particularly if you plan to flip it over
* I needed it as a vlogging monitor, and cabled using the HDMI out into my 9 year old iMac. I get only a very slight delay – so very manageable for live work. I’m using a SouthSky HDMI>USB converter which is working well so far https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B088TTDWCL/ until I get my new M powered Mac, when I’ll go with a USB C version and hopefully lose some of the lag.

I’ve set up the HDMI output settings in my camera’s ‘favourites’ menu, so it’s really easy to configure, and stored the video settings into one of my custom modes for quick access. The HD video quality is amazing (not using 4K for streaming, only recordings) and face detection is working really well even at wide apertures. I’ve paired it with a Rode Wireless GO which clips onto the accessory bracket nicely, in just the right spot.

All in all I’m happy with my basic rig, and will probably go for some aftermarket F970s to cut out the power cable. If you get one, it will definitely lead to more spending – so consider this if you’re just starting out and on a budget.

So, the screen works fine, but a few things you should know before you buy:

1) it doesn’t come with ANY power supply. And it doesn’t have an internal battery. If you buy this, make sure you have the right batteries for this or buy them at the same time. Otherwise, you can plug in a DC power cord, but at that point, your camera setup is pretty unusable.

2) it’s not a touchscreen. Not sure why they keep insisting that it is when as far as I can tell, it’s absolutely not. You use the buttons at the top to scroll through the menu, but that’s about it. It’s about as touchscreen as a sweater.

3) don’t use it to power anything. It already races through battery life on its own (about 30-45 mins). If you try to use a dummy battery from your camera to the monitor, you’re gonna lose the monitor (it won’t work) and you’ll get maybe 10 minutes out of your camera.

So it gets the job done but yeah, if you have the money, you should get something else because even an amateur will get frustrated with the concessions you have to make to make this work. But in a pinch? Yeah, it’ll do.

I really want to 5 star this one; it has excellent image quality for the price, you get THREE function buttons, and it’s a good size for setups where 7″ is too much. **EDIT** Man, Feelworld’s customer service is RESPONSIVE; this should really give you confidence, they’ve really jumped into trying to learn what issues I’ve had. **

I wanted a 5 or 5.5″ with the dual Sony/Canon plate – I have about 6 aftermarket Canon batteries and all sorts of sizes of Sony; the Sony pop right in, but not the Canon. It takes a lot of force to get them to pop into place, and an utterly ridiculous amount to remove them – like “I’m gonna break this thing” scary. Maybe there’s a difference in actual Canon LP-E6 batteries – I don’t shoot Canon but the LPs are so ubiquitous that I have a bunch. I did email Feelworld and they replied right away, asked for a link to purchase similar batteries and test them, so – good fast reply at least, but doesn’t solve my issue. **EDIT** Feelworld continues to be in touch with me, they actually purchased the non-Canon batteries from Amazon and confirmed they have an issue. I have to assume most people buy a camera that comes with one battery and then instantly buy a handful of cheap aftermarkets, so this may be an ongoing issue with buyers of this camera.**

But, of great importance – color was perfect right out of the box; I didn’t need to use bars and adjust (it does have blue-only though). They’ve really sourced an excellent panel for this one. You can adjust sharpness as well. It’s nice & snappy.

The other 2 dings are minor – the side-mount with a bracket is kinda cool, but most of us are used to mounting these from the bottom. To bottom mount the monitor, you have to remove a small part and move it from the side to the bottom (tiny screws, not gonna be your favorite thing to do on-set). Feelworld sells the part for about ten bucks, just ordered one, but it seems like the monitor should show up with at least 2 mounting points. Also, the supplied bracket lets you tilt the monitor but not rotate it (I’ve found when I’m running camera with an interviewer, the subject will keep glancing at me/the camera; if I rotate my monitor so I’m not facing the subject at all, that behavior stops – it works like a charm, try it sometime). These little screens are great for odd rigs, crazy angles, cranes, shooting very low or high, and the old-school ball and socket mount lets you get the monitor aimed where you need it pretty quickly. YMMV of course, but more mounting points would be welcome; ten more bucks and you’re good though.

And one more minor quibble – multiple zoom levels, but not a true 1:1 level, as far as I can tell. On the plus side, assign an Fkey to Zoom, and each press cycles through the zoom range – in my experience most small monitors are 1:1 or no-zoom until you get up there in price, so the extra levels could be handy. Peaking is fine, and I use the third f button for check-fields; I often frame with the camera’s monitor and ride focus with the external zoomed in 1:1 with peaking and monochrome (I find peaking is much clearer with mono vs. color). I shoot almost all 4K for a 1080 timeline, and the screen looks just fine regardless of footage resolution. HDMI out is nice, no splitter needed for multiple monitor gigs.

So, ten bucks solves the mounting issue, but the battery plate’s a disappointment; ordered some more Sony and I suppose I’ll shelve the Canon batteries for now. Service is responsive (they sent me the link to the mounting part right away). Wondering if anyone else has battery plate issues, I’ve tried other screens with dual plates and had zero issues.