An Alternative Monitor...

[Jeff Emery]

Ed, what camera are you using?

Most consumer models have an A/V cable. It has the small plug on one end and RCA/ Composite (red,white,yellow) on the other end. Just use a coupler to connect the "camera out" cable to the "DVD player in" cable. Those couplers can be found online and also in the electronics department at Walmart.

By the way, the DVD player in my photos was bought at Walmart.

For BNC, you can get a BNC male to RCA female adapter like this on ebay.


Jeff

[Atwinator]

I am using the canon XH-A1 Jeff. Thanks for posting the link to the BNC connector. I am a bit confused by the adapter description, does it mean that the adapter itself is BNC male on one side and RCA female on the other, or, that it is to connect to a male BNC and female RCA on the other end. My BNC port is male. Even looking at the picture of both ends didn't make that clear to me. I've always been a bit dyslexic (spelling?) when it comes to cables and connections. Setting up my home theatre components was a real treat I can assure you. Also, the manual didn't say what could be outputted through BNC. Do you know if that is only for composite?
 
Wouldn't you know it, I've been reading the manual and checking which cables I have while writing this post and it turns out that I do indeed have an RCA port and cable. It was buried and plugged in behind my TV. I didn't realize it was RCA because the camera end of it is only a yellow plug and on the camera it just goes into a yellow port. I have always had to use that cable to get audio along with my component connection. Still curious what the BNC is meant for though.
 
Thanks for all the info Jeff, I'm going to check Walmart and see what they have available there.

[Jeff Emery]

Here's a page that compares connections.

http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/svideo.html

If you have a composite out (yellow), I'd say use that if you'll only run a short distance from camera to monitor. Remember, the yellow will carry video only. Red and white carry left and right audio. Composite isn't shielded usually so keep your run as short as possible to avoid possible interference.

BNC is a type of connection. It's more or less for a quick connection that locks in place. The cable used is ordinary coaxial cable. A good thing about using coaxial cable is that it is shielded which allows for longer cable runs.

Jeff

[Shaun Stoddart]

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Anyway, this is relevant, you all know my wife how she's become a profesional prize champ, wel the other week she won a $500 shopping prize in an online goods store. We picked up Guitar Hero pack for PS3, a Uniden 5ghz wireless phone system, and a beautiful 15"16:10 aspect widescreen LCD TV, it has Composite RCA in/out and S-video. I haven't hooked it up yet but will be buying some extra long leads and using on a shoot. I'll post some pics of the set and stuff next week.

[tunguy]

And this is also relevant..I bought a  39cm Samsung LCD TV (model TLCD16).It has all the imputs one would want including HDMI.So i,ve attached it to my Sony FX1000 via HDMI and I have a great external monitor.It is very light and only a few cm thich so I will be making a bracket to attach it to a tripod of sorts.Also it does require mains electricty, so only useful when the camera is locked down.

[Chris Harding]

The very same Tunguy from the Panasonic forum and a keen East Coast Video Camera Club...also a doctor??
 
If so, Hi from Chris in Perth!!!

[tunguy]

Yes Hi Chris,Glad to see you are alive and well and enjoying Perth. I am as you say ,an "avid" member of the East Coast Video Club, although being a busy clinician,I don't get much time to shoot video. You may have seen my first "doctor and the Rep" movie on Youtube.
  However, I made another short "The Doctor and The Rep ll" and it was elected video of the year at the club.We had a lot of fun making the movie, having borrowed a Ferrari to use as the Rep's car.You can see the movie (a bit shortened, and some scenes done as PIP in edit  for YouTube).

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I am planning to do another "Doctor and the Rep lll" in 2 weeks time.I have written the script and we will have a short PreProduction meeting at my rooms next Saturday.
The nice thing is that I have an audience:Doctors and Medical Reps- who enjoy the movies (even though they are not that great).
What do you think about me using the flat screen TV as a monitor?

[Chris Harding]

Nothing wrong with using a big LCD as a monitor but I would find it a bit offputting!! On my stedicam I use a standard 7" LCD (cheap and easy to find) These are the ones they usually use for screens in the back seat of a car so they are often called "headrest monitors" as they can be recessed into the headrest...Mine are powered with Li-Ion 12v battery packs which also makes them nice and portable too so you can even camera or tripod mount!!!
 
I hadn't seen series 2 as yet...it's great!!! Keep up the good work...Actually you need to repost that clip on the forum in an appropriate place ..people will miss it way down here!!!
 
Chris

[tunguy]

Thanks for the suggestion.I will post it under the video showcase section.