You can buy a dongle that allows your video I/O port to attach to an HDMI cable. I know it works for video out, I don’t know if it will work for video in.
stan On Apr 12, 2015, at 6:19 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > ...aaand my macbook pro (no thunderbolt, it's older) won't do HDMI in. > Just out. So, no way to push the live view or image review to laptop > via HDMI. In the past, I've done HDMI from camera to projector, in a > class scenario, so I guess that's why I was thinking that would be > easy-peasy. Unless anyone has found a work-around for this? Seems > unlikely form the little research I've done... > > So, time out while I consider which purchase to make: > - HDMI monitor? > - laptop, HDMI in enabled > - camera, that can legit tether > > Hmmm. > > -c > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> > wrote: >> Thanks very much, Paul. It does make sense, and is very helpful. >> >> I'm starting to think that since I don't need to transfer files elsewhere >> immediately, I really just need more real estate for viewing images - >> shooting interiors is killing me, so many details! - that maybe all I need >> is the HDMI connection... I'd rather have the camera controls & wireless >> too, but at least this way I'd get live view & image review with histogram, >> etc... >> >> All good food for thought, though. Thanks again! >> -c >> >> >> >> On Apr 11, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Paul <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Christine - >> >> I have a couple of the Eye-Fi Pro series cards. I use the Pro rather than >> the Mobi in the event I want to transfer RAW files from the card to either >> my iPad or computer. Transferring RAW files however would be a last resort >> as it's a slo-o-o-o-w process. >> >> OTOH, I have my camera (a K-5)set to record RAW+JPG and the Eye-Fi cards set >> to transfer JPGs only. The JPGs generated by the camera are the smallest >> file size and lowest quality compression, but still give me decent web-sized >> images on the iPad. They transfer reasonably quickly and the client gets to >> review the images on a screen larger than 3 inches. >> >> Eye-Fi calls transferring to a tablet or phone "Direct Mode". If you have >> the card set up to transfer to either a network computer or a tablet/phone, >> it defaults to the known network and only goes to direct mode if there is no >> known network available. I only want the transfers to go to my iPad whether >> I'm in range of my network or not, so all I have set up is the direct mode. >> An alternative setup for venues outside of a studio would be to take a >> laptop connected to a wireless router to an event to set up your own network >> and use the eye-fi card to transfer to that. That may work better than the >> direct mode to a tablet but is somewhat more cumbersome. >> >> In direct mode, when the card goes to sleep the tablet loses the connection >> so when you wake the camera/card back up you need to re-establish the >> connection on the tablet. There is some adjustment to how long the card's >> wi-fi remains active after the last image is transferred but that uses more >> from the camera battery so it's a balancing act as to how long you want the >> card's wi-fi to run vs battery life. >> >> Uf-da...does that make any sense? HTH >> >> -p >> >> >> >>> On 4/10/2015 10:41 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >>> hello all, >>> >>> Has anyone had any luck with various tethering & tethering-like solutions? >>> >>> I'd like to get live view, camera controls (aperture, ss, iso, remote >>> shutter), image review w/ histogram, ipad app... >>> >>> What I think I understand so far... >>> >>> Eye-fi card? >>> + image review... >>> + combined with an HDMI out, I could get the live view to laptop... >>> - but no camera controls... >>> - and not wireless w HDMI out... >>> - does this get sketchy on location, depending on wifi connection? >>> >>> Flu card? (don't think this is possible on the k-5ii... is it?) >>> +live view on my iPad.. >>> +camera controls >>> +image review >>> -no view of histogram, or meter >>> - I'd have to buy a k-3 to use it, yes? >>> >>> PK tether? >>> I know this has been the default workaround for the pentax tethering >>> issue, but it always just looks... sketchy... to me. Something about >>> their website seems kinda half-baked. Something about the "Use at >>> Your Own Risk" in bold on the homepage... Anyone use & recommend? >>> >>> >>> Now for the Bonus Tale of Woe.... yesterday I was shooting >>> architecture interiors... Bracketing RAW images to combine later, >>> mostly, but I wanted to try a few in-cam jpegs, just for kicks. After >>> a couple at various settings (HDR Standard, Strong 1, 2, etc), the >>> camera basically seized up. The lcd screen showed the progress bar, >>> not progressing, with the usual "image processing" note. I let it go >>> for a while... 5-10 mins, but still nothing. Supposed to be able to >>> hit "menu" to cancel, but that didn't work. Even turning off the >>> camera didn't shut off the back screen. Removed the (full) battery, >>> waited a few minutes, put it back in & resumed shooting. The image I >>> was trying to create wasn't there, of course, but everything else >>> seemed fine. I went back to shooting RAW... tried it again later, and >>> it happened again after a couple of HDR shots. Maybe I'll send it in >>> with my 16-50, which has -surprise! - recently given up on AF. >>> >>> I seem to get cameras to produce the weirdest bugs... it's just one of >>> my talents, I guess. >>> >>> :) >>> -c >>> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
