How do you record the LCD display?

[cuper]

Is there a way to record, as an image on the camera you're using, the LCD on a 5DII or a G10? Specifically, I need to record the menu and set up screens.

I'm writing a series of tutorials for fellow technical shooters (i.e., engineers who have to document test set ups, etc.) and it's really annoying to have to use a second camera to take a picture of the LCD of the first camera to get an image to include in the training material. Surely there is a way (although I've searched quite a few boards and not found one) to just record this screen image on the camera you're using.

Thanks for any hints.

[michael]

The only way is to photograph the screen with another camera.

Michael

[cuper]

The only way is to photograph the screen with another camera.

Michael

Bummer!

Thanks for the reply, anyway.

[Jonathan Wienke]

Actually it depends on the camera. Some cameras have video out jacks that dump what's on the LCD screen to analog video output. If you have video capture capability, you can pull your screenshots from the video.

[cuper]

Actually it depends on the camera. Some cameras have video out jacks that dump what's on the LCD screen to analog video output. If you have video capture capability, you can pull your screenshots from the video.

Both cameras I use 5DII and G10 have video out. I tested it on both and it works fine.

Using HD TV out (rather than AV out) keeps everything digital and avoids a D/A, A/D, D/A & A/D conversion path that would occur if you used AV out.

By hooking the camera to the HDTV input to my Mac, I can view the camera on the computer screen and using the "grab" and "capture grab" utilities on the Mac gives an immediate digital capture.

Thanks for the help.