Sun hood for monitor, ideas?

fatpig

Hey guys, i was at a shoot some days ago where there was a tv logic portable monitor.
It had a sun hood, and i thought i could make one of my own, for the cheap 10" hdmi monitor recommended by vitaliy.

My Question is: Does anyone have an idea, which material best to make the sides of? The tv logic ones have something like nylon-wrapped cardboard/plastic on the sides and top. thanks :)

DouglasHorn

I've made them with cardboard wrapped in black 2" gaff tape (both sides) and attached to the monitor with "stickyback" Velcro around the outer bezel. They work great.

fatpig

thanks douglas, i will try the cardboard :)

eyeBOX

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/686671-REG/Petrol_PA1008_PA1008_Mini_Hood.html

might give you a few ideas..

davhar

just cut up some black core-plast and tape together

Imaginate

This is a 22inch samsung but you can see we did exactly what DouglasHorn was saying.

gizmo

Or you can buy some of these

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130527055642?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270824496383?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

DouglasHorn

@Imaginate
Nice. And you can't beat the price. These have a way of disappearing on shoots (as they keep getting taken off and on), so there's no point putting a lot of money into one.

fatpig

sadly, the cinematics hood is a little too small... the cheap hdmi monitor is wider than usual.. shame. :( the cardboard solution seems very unflexible for in the field use..

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@fatpig

Are you sure? I think Cinematics hood can be installed on $130 Monitor.

alcomposer

@everyone although I have a Ruige Monitor with included sun hood- nothing wrong with velcro and black plastic bent to shape... :-D

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