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I got back from my shoot in Austria last night to find the DP6 monitor from SmallHD waiting for me. To be honest I’m not going to have much time over the next few days to put it through it’s paces but thought I’d share a few initial thoughts with you and some quick iPhone pics I took whilst having a play with it.

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I’m in the middle of another Harley-Davidson event at the moment, this time in Faaker See, Austria.

One of the best things for me about this event is that I get to spend some time shooting from a helicopter which us always an amazing experience.

I use the EX1 for this, mainly because its image stabiliser does a pretty good job of taking the worst of the shake out, although it’s still a big challenge to keep the shots shake free.

I’ll post some footage when I get back but for now I think the following pic just about portrays my thoughts on shooting from a chopper!