Elgato Green Screen MT Review
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I experimented for ages with various types of green screen backgrounds. I used to struggle with hanging the screen and balancing the lighting only to find it would not work in the edit. Then I bought this one, not cheap at £142, but for me well worth every penny. This green screen is quick and easy to set up and works every time.
Elgato offers several greenscreen products, various self-supporting units, some packaged with other products as well as this wall mounted model. I went for this one because once installed the screen retracts into the wall mount up at ceiling level neatly out of the way. Also, the green screen itself is one of the most vibrant I have seen and most likely to give the key needed to overlay a clean background free from fringing and artefacts.
In the box, you just get the screen assembly itself with mounting hooks, along with a simple user guide. The wall mounts you have to provide yourself. I bought two simple mounting frames onto which I can hang the screen housing box and from which it can be quickly and easily taken down if necessary.
The Elgato Green Screen MT is basically the same as a film projection screen, with a 200 cm wide surface made from Dacron a sort of resin or plastic cloth. The screen is pulled down from its housing and locked at any height up to 180cm. It is always under tension and so there are never any creases or wrinkles. After use, it has a spring loaded release mechanism which automatically retracts the screen into the housing box.
It is a bit of a performance to get it mounted onto the wall as it is not light at 5.4 kg, but it is a job you only have to do one time. Once done the housing box just sits up there out of the way.
There are cheaper alternatives, and any green cloth should do the job. I remember the time I used to spend hanging green cloth from poles, struggling to remove kinks and wrinkles, and balancing the lights to avoid shadows. Now I just lower the screen, get my filming done, and when I come to edit it, the green key is perfect every time.
That is not to say that this product is without flaws. It is expensive, and fixing it to the wall can be a tricky job particularly since no brackets are provided and it is a pity too that the screen is not reversible with a blue screen on the other side. But nothing is perfect in this world.
I cannot recommend this product highly enough and if you are a video maker then I guarantee you will never make a better buy.
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