<s>
A	O
camera	B-Device
monitor	I-Device
(	O
or	O
external	O
monitor	B-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
monitor	B-Device
that	O
attaches	O
externally	O
to	O
a	O
digital	B-Device
camera	I-Device
to	O
aid	O
with	O
photography	O
and	O
cinematography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Camera	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
typically	O
have	O
larger	O
displays	O
than	O
the	O
built-in	O
monitors	O
on	O
consumer	O
cameras	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
also	O
usually	O
brighter	O
and	O
able	O
to	O
reproduce	O
color	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consumer	O
friendly	O
units	O
use	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
for	O
connecting	O
to	O
the	O
camera	O
,	O
while	O
higher	O
end	O
camera	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
may	O
also	O
offer	O
SDI	B-Protocol
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
providing	O
a	O
larger	O
display	O
,	O
many	O
camera	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
provide	O
additional	O
tools	O
to	O
assist	O
camera	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
tools	O
include	O
framing	O
guides	O
,	O
focus	B-Algorithm
peaking	I-Algorithm
,	O
zebra	B-Algorithm
stripes	I-Algorithm
,	O
waveform	O
monitors	O
(	O
oftentimes	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
RGB	O
parade	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
vectorscopes	O
and	O
false	B-Application
color	I-Application
to	O
highlight	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
critical	O
to	O
the	O
operator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
camera	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
also	O
offer	O
a	O
recording	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
recorders	O
typically	O
encode	O
footage	O
in	O
a	O
higher	O
quality	O
(	O
using	O
CODECs	B-General_Concept
such	O
as	O
Apple	B-Algorithm
ProRes	I-Algorithm
or	O
Avid	O
Technology	O
's	O
DNxHR	B-Algorithm
codec	I-Algorithm
)	O
and	O
to	O
larger	O
storage	O
mediums	O
than	O
many	O
consumer	O
cameras	O
provide	O
internally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
some	O
cameras	O
output	O
10-bit	O
color	O
with	O
4:2:2	O
chroma	O
subsampling	O
through	O
their	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
connections	O
,	O
while	O
only	O
recording	O
8-bit	O
color	O
with	O
4:2:0	O
chroma	O
subsampling	O
internally	O
.	O
</s>
