Thanks guys. I am currently leaning towards picking up a monitor that will do hdmi in...
FWIW, I have in the past been able to use the hdmi connection from camera to projector, enabling me to show students both live view and image review.... -c On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: Christine, As Steve wrote, all (most?) standard laptops and desktops would not have ability for video in, only video out. There are small stand-alone LCD monitors (5"-10") that have HDMI inputs, and, I suspect might even work on batteries. I've seen those used for the video work with Canikon DSLRs. As I pointed out in another thread, this Amazon store sells parts for building rigs that would allow mounting such monitors to a camera: http://www.amazon.com/gp/node/index.html?&merchant=A22PRX6WI8E2K6 I am sure there are others. I also wanted to add a caution: I've never looked or tried, but before investing in any additional equipment, I'd check if the current Pentax DSLR firmware allows _LIVE_ displaying via HDMI. I know that some cameras that have HDMI connectors only allow playing recorded videos via them, say on a TV, not live display while you are shooting. Finally, 2.5 years ago, I was asking for possible tethering solutions here. I remember there were a few options I considered, but since the immediate need disappered before I tried any of them, I don't know what would work. I don't remember all the details at the moment, but you can take a look at this thread: https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg638081.html Hope this helps, Igor steve harley Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:25:56 -0700 wrote: On 2015-04-12 20:32 , Stanley Halpin wrote: 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. that won't work; Christine would need an HDMI video capture device; i don't know the market, but something like this: <http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-USB3HDCAP-Video-Capture-Device/dp/B00PC5HUA6/ref=pd_cp_e_0> but since she has a pre-Thunderbolt Mac, she also doesn't have USB 3 and i suspect USB 2 is not fast enough to keep up; maybe if you found a device that broadcast a stream onto wifi . -- 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.
