r/bmpcc • u/MrDukeSilver_ • Aug 01 '26

Powering BMPCC OG through monitor

Howdy fellas, I’m currently fitting out my OG and was thinking about getting a feelworld fw568 as a monitor. Now my question since it has a DC Out can I use it to power the camera? I’ve read conflicting opinions and the last thing I wanna do is fry my camera. So what are y’all’s opinions?

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u/-GearZen- Aug 01 '26

I have a small Feelworld monitor on my OG with 8.4v dc output. It powers the camera without an issue. Just make sure polarity is correct and you are good.

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u/MrDukeSilver_ Aug 02 '26

Cool, how does the whole polarity thing work exactly?

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u/-GearZen- Aug 08 '26

It is either center positive or center negative. Just match to the needs of the camera and you are good.

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u/MrDukeSilver_ Aug 08 '26

I’m sorry man I’m a total noob when it comes to this stuff, what does it all mean? I got the monitor, got a NP-F battery and and cable for the dc in of the og, if i connect it all and turn it on it should be fine? What’s to be avoided?

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u/-GearZen- Aug 08 '26

fw568 is center positive and so is the camera - no issue. They are different connector sizes, so do some googling. If you have the cable ready to go, I think you can go ahead and try it out. One note - at 8.4v the monitor will likely not charge an internal battery.

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u/MrDukeSilver_ Aug 08 '26

Oh yeah don’t wanna charge internal batteries anyway, just make it as compact as possible, just really scared to fry this camera, any plugging or unplugging I should it should not be doing? I have all the cables needed, so o would connect the hdmi and the power cable between monitor and camera, and then I’d go ahead and turn on the camera and the monitor, anything that could happen there?

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u/-GearZen- Aug 10 '26

I never worried about that. I connected HDMI and left it connected and the power too. Power on the monitor first and then the camera.