The highly portable and convenient design of the DP-V2411 4K Reference Display makes it well suited for a wide variety of production and postproduction uses. It can be used on-set as a Director, or client display, or will fit on many DIT carts for on-set or near-set color correction and dailies work. It’s also the ideal size for use as a 4K UHD program monitor in the control rooms of mobile sports and event-production trucks.
The display measures approximately 22.68" x 17.20" x 7.09" (WxHxD), including handle and stand, and is built with a sturdy metal frame- but weighs only about 26 pounds. The display also features a carrying handle, an integrated control panel, solid metal frame and inputs for 24V DC battery power (or 100-240V AC).
The DP-V2411 4K Reference Display is equipped with a 24-inch IPS (In-Plane Switching) LCD panel that outputs a resolution of 4096 x 2160 pixels. This 10-bit panel provides a wide viewing angle that displays images with edge-to-edge consistency with minimal color shifting. Further supporting this new IPS panel is a power-efficient RGB LED backlight optimized for the LCD panel's color filter. This helps achieve high quality color reproduction with high brightness and the DP-V2411 panel also features an anti-glare surface for reflection-reduced image display.
The DP-V2411 4K Reference Display supports the next-generation standard of ITU-R BT.2020, and ACESproxy (ACES 1.0) the transmission standards of ACES whose color management standard was developed under the auspices of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as the DCI-P3 digital cinema standard, ITU-R BT.709, EBU, and SMPTE-C broadcast standards. The DP-V2411 4K Reference Display's advanced gamut mapping technology support ITU-R BT.2020 to optimally display color data outside of the native panel color gamut.
The reference display also supports ITU-R BT.2020 color matrix (constant luminance) by converting consistent luminance YUV signals to linear signals and then converting them to RGB signals and, finally, adding gamma. This process allows the monitoring of images recorded with constant luminance.
The ultimate goal is to reproduce the same amount of luminance on the DP-V2411 4K Reference Display as was captured on-scene, giving the viewer the same feel as if they were present on the set at the time of image capture.
The high contrast IPS LCD panel in combination with advanced digital processing empowers the DP-V2411 4K Reference Display to achieve a 2000:1 contrast ratio. This helps faithfully reproduce important shadow details while simultaneously reproducing highlight information. Tonal reproduction over the nominally exposed range of the image is outstanding. This high-contrast accuracy is essential for critical assessment of images during nighttime shoots and other low-light scenes that are important factors in digital cinema production.
The DP-V2411 4K Reference Display supports the ability to display High Dynamic Range (HDR) footage captured by Canon's proprietary "Canon Log 3" and "Canon Log 3 (HDR)" as well as "Hybrid Log-Gamma" (the HDR video standard). These HDR capabilities help maximize retention of the original coloring and brightness of the recorded subjects and HDR EOTF recommended by the SMPTE ST 2084 standard. The HDR display function allows users to view and confirm the subtle details of underexposed and overexposed areas of displayed images and to compare SDR (Standard Dynamic Range) images with HDR images.
For example, in scenes containing light areas and dark areas such as a dark room and bright sun peeking through the window above, areas in between are scarcely recognizable in a SDR monitor due to the loss of dark detail and overexposure.
The SDR monitor has difficulty supporting the corresponding details of the original data. Even in dark scenes, gradation is more visible using the DP-V2411, which gives the user the ability to monitor images with high contrast from the very dark areas to the bright areas and rich-mid tones of HDR content. Users can check how SDR and HDR images compare with the ability to verify the final image quality at the shooting location, helping to maximize efficiency in video production.
This function allows the display's contrast range to increase from 0-1500 when off, and then from 1500-4000 when turned on.
The DP-V2411 4K Reference's Backlight Scanning uses a full array RGB backlight, allowing individual backlight areas to be partially turned off includes three adjustment choices (auto, high, low, and off). This feature helps reduce the image-hold period inherent to LED technology while images are being displayed, and results in crisp video playback, reducing the perception of blurring between video frames. It also enhances static image contrast ratio.
The majority of current cinema and commercial production work still uses HD and 2K video. The DP-V2411 display is equipped with three types of screen scaling functions, including the Canon Shape Tracing technology™? an original shape-tracing technology that helps to minimize artifacts on images scaled on the DP-V2411. Using the Canon Shape Tracing technology, the DP-V2411 display detects the angles of hard edges and selects an appropriate interpolation to help provide smooth diagonal lines and optimal image rendering, further extending the display's application during location/studio shoots and within color-grading, DI, CGI, VFX and other post-production workflows.
The DP-V2411 4K Reference Display can perform 4K RAW format image debayering internally*, without the need for any external debayering equipment. This enables a sophisticated, yet simple 4K production-monitoring environment to be set-up with minimal wiring connections and as a result, greater mobility for the EOS C700, EOS C500/C500PL and EOS C300 Mark II digital cinema cameras.
The DP-V2411 4K Reference Display supports the latest ACES2065-1 standard, and has received the ACES logo from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, after review of its ACES implementation.
The DP-V2411 is capable of providing RAW format image de-bayering and ACES Input Transform, enabling the reference display to transfer RAW format images to the ACES2065-1 images. These images can be displayed by adjusting the exposure and colors using a CDL's (color decision lists) and by performing ACES Output Transform processing. In addition, by sharing the CDL data using a USB connection, the signals output by on-the-set grading and editing set-ups have the same colors and gradations, so the "look" determined on-set or at an off-site grade can be maintained throughout the postproduction workflow.
The EOS C700, EOS C500 and EOS C300 Mark II digital cinema cameras can be directly connected to the DP-V2411 4K Reference Display, enabling the Display to act as a 24-inch program display that can be seen by multiple people and used (in place of the camera’s viewfinder) to check focus, angle of view, and other picture attributes. In addition, a range of on-screen display functions provide convenient Shooting Assistance Tools. These direct integration features include:
This allows for the camera’s metadata information to be viewed when the 3G-SDI RAW format has been selected. Types of metadata that can be displayed include color temperature, f-value, ISO speed, shutter speed, gamma, color gamut, resolution, frame rate, I/P/PsF and camera status (shooting or playback).
This function automatically switches the image quality of the display based on the camera’s metadata when the 3G-SDI RAW and Canon Log mode are established. This Link-Up function can be used to link color temperature, gamma and color gamut information. Canon has also made it possible for users to select “Cinema Gamut to 709” or “Cinema Gamut to DCI-P3” as the display’s color gamut when “DCI-P3+” or “Cinema Gamut” (supported by the Cinema EOS System camera) has been set. The image Link-Up function ultimately helps reduce user error. If a quality setting changes on the camera, the DP-V2411 4K Reference Display will automatically make the adjustments accordingly.
The DP-V2411 is also supports connectivity with ARRI Camera systems, incorporating a function enabling the display of metadata acquired from the ARRI cameras. Additionally, a quality sync function automatically changes the display’s picture quality based on camera settings for improved on-location convenience.
Convenient on-screen display functions that provide a range of Shooting Assistance Tools when the DP-V2411 4K Reference Display is connected to a Canon Cinema EOS camera include:
The display is capable of handling multiple images including two-screen 2K images and four-screen HD images. 2-Sample Interleave Division for the split transmission of 4K and UHD video signals.
This feature allows for easy visualization of the PQ or HLG brightness values throughout an image. There is no guesswork in HDR exposure values in comparison to a waveform meter. A variable (100 to 10,000nit) maximum level can also be set – so for instance if you are mastering a 1000 nit project, you can set the maximum level for 1000 nits, then everything over 1000 nits will be shown in red. Everything in SDR is shown in Black and White.
This function provides at-a-glance focus confirmation. This convenient tool should be familiar to users of HD cameras.
These are superimposed on the screen display. The signal level is displayed using the waveform monitor function (six types: Y, Cr, Cb, R, G, and B). The two color-difference signals (Cb and Cr) are each displayed with “X axis/Y axis” when the vector scope function is engaged. Included are optimized waveform monitor display settings for Canon Log, SMPTE ST 2084 and other signal inputs.
Any area of the screen can be selected and enlarged. Magnifying a portion of the picture can make the focusing process easier to accomplish. This includes a feature that allows users to select 4X and 8X magnification levels.
This assists in setting the camera's exposure by displaying the input image using colors that differ according to their luminance level. For example, over exposure (above 100% luminance level) is indicated in red and loss of dark detail (under 0% luminance level) is indicated in blue.