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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: billy on March 20, 2014, 07:25:35 pm

Title: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: billy on March 20, 2014, 07:25:35 pm
hello, i have a 5 inch external monitor that I would like to use for viewing photos I shoot while tethered to it. viewing only, not downloading to the monitor of course. there is a small plug on the monitor that says A/V and it is a single hole that looks a bit bigger than the headphone hole on an iPhone. how can I hook this up to my 5d? The 5d has a slot named ' A/V digital out ' that looks kinda like a weird USB hole. Any suggestions how I can join these two together with a long cord? What cord?
Title: Re: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: Paulowen on March 21, 2014, 10:49:16 am
A HDMI to Mini HDMI cable usually does the trick.
Title: Re: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: billy on March 21, 2014, 12:41:27 pm
thanks but I looked that cable up and it is not the correct fitting. the port on the monitor is just a round hole like I described in my post, it needs some sort of male microphone jack thingy.
Title: Re: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: Petrus on March 21, 2014, 12:50:51 pm
mini HDMI output on your camera and the analog A/V in on your monitor are not compatible. Forget it.
Title: Re: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: jaclarkaus on March 22, 2014, 01:57:55 am
Sounds like it is an RCA socket, which is analogue. HDMI is digital.

Time to hit B&H?
Title: Re: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: billy on March 22, 2014, 07:29:37 pm
yeah I guess so. is there such  monitor ( handhold able 5inch or close to it ) that I can simply tether a cable from canon 5dm3 to? For viewing only?
Title: Re: external monitor with Canon 5d mk3
Post by: kaelaria on March 22, 2014, 09:41:36 pm
Tons of them just google dslr hdmi monitor - something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/251313720490?lpid=82 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/251313720490?lpid=82)