Hello all,
I’ve gotten a couple emails lately about monitoring with the GH1. In the 25-35 hours of data recorded on REJOUER, something we did probably 6-7 times was to shoot a quick test shot and play back via a HDMI-mini adapter to HDMI to DVI cable, and hook that cable up to a decent DVI PC monitor and we would get a fair understanding of what the 8-bit 4:2:0 YUV is looking like straight from the camera. I would not use this to judge critically, but you definitely get an idea of your ballpark. After a while, you’ll start to learn how the camera will respond- like a film stock. The on-board LCD of VF (plus the histogram both Y and RGB) should give you a good idea of what the shot will look like.
Hope this helps,
I.
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Hi Illya
nice work!! I have a question for you:
When you say the GH1 can be monitored with the HDMI to DVI cable on a decent PC monitor, am I correct in saying that this is only during playback and not whilst setting up the shot ie in live view, and that the feed will switch off once record is activated. Or is the feed to HDMI only active during playback of the recorded clip?
Also is there a limit to how long the HDMI to DVI cable can be?
cheers
Simon (UK)
Hi Simon,
I was referring to monitoring playback. There is a method to get a “live” video signal using the composite output, that goes dark when recording, but I haven’t used this method as I don’t find that particularly helpful.
I’ve been tooling around with a prototype “video tap” for the GH1, but it’s not quite ready for prime time. When it’s ready, steadicam folk will love it.
I.