On Apr 18, 2011, at 6:48 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > On 4/18/2011 5:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> On Apr 18, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: >> >>> The HDMI port on both the K-7 and K-5, fed to the HDMI port on a TV or PC >>> will give you live view. In fact, it's kind of nice to see the live view >>> on a 40" screen. What you can't do at this point is control the camera >>> from a PC or save the image directly to the PC's hard drive. >>> >> Good to know. The DSLR video shooter I worked with last month had a 7-inch >> HD monitor hooked up to his Canon Rebel T2i, which made focusing fairly >> easy. I imagine the same can be done with the K5. Paul > > Yes, but you have to use MF since AF doesn't work once you start recording in > video mode.
That/s the whole point of using the HD monitor. It enables manual focusing. I don't know if the T2i is capable of autofocus in video mode, but my shooter focused everything manually. And he pretty much nailed it. Paul > > -p > > >>> -p >>> >>> 4/18/2011 1:00 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>>> A real tether solution, not just an afterthought, should be able to feet >>>> the live view to the PC. I don't think we'll see that from Pentax in the >>>> near future. >>>> >>>> On 4/17/2011 4:32 PM, AlunFoto wrote: >>>>> 2011/4/17 David Parsons<parsons.da...@gmail.com>: >>>>>> I'd be happy with a fully realized tethering solution. >>>>> It may be coming in a firmware upgrade for K-5 and 645D. >>>>> >>>>> You didn't hear that from me, because I never spread unsubstantiated >>>>> rumors. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Jostein >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
