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12/14/2005 11:29:58 AM · #1 |
Am very interested in understanding how and what is required to shoot photos and have them immediately available to view on a monitor in 8x10 size. To those that do this regularly;
1. What equipment is needed?
2. Can this be patched directly from the camera (D70)?
3. Is a separate power source required for the monitor?
4. Does anyone do this with only a monitor? (no harddrive, or notebook)
Thank you for the help.
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12/14/2005 11:35:59 AM · #2 |
I know on my camera I can hook it straight to a tv and it will display what I'm shooting there but I have never tried it hooked to the computer.
I actually bought a small hand held TV with input ports to use when composing an image instead of the camera's screen...my thinking was that it wouldn't use as much battery power and I could hold it in my hand while doing low to the ground or other difficult shots. I since have given up on that and have better batteries instead.
This would be nice to be able to view it on a monitor immediately or as your setting it up but I really don't know how without a computer or notebook...very interesting idea
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12/14/2005 11:36:47 AM · #3 |
I've done this a few times with Nikon capture and a laptop. I don't know how you'd do it without the laptop.
Needed:
Laptop
Nikon Capture
usb cable
D70
I've taken some time lapse photography this way and pictures of fireworks. It's pretty cool if you have the time and space to set up a laptop. A tablet PC would be ideal. You can't frame the shot or anything with the laptop but you can have it autofocus and engage the shutter immediately or via timer. |
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12/14/2005 11:39:10 AM · #4 |
| I've done this with my Canon G3 using the supplied program 'Remote Capture'. |
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12/14/2005 11:39:20 AM · #5 |
I don't know about Nikon specifics (such as whether the D70 can do this or not) but with the Canon 20D or the 1Ds you must have a computer, software, cables and a monitor. The image is sent out the connection (20D uses USB, 1Ds uses firewire) to the computer where a program (Canon's EOS Viewer Utility) captures the image and saves it to a folder on the hard drive. I then use PhotoShop to view the image. The images are in their native resolution so you don't automatically see them as 8x10's but rather at the resolution of the camera.
It sounds like you just want a way to view the images from your camera on a larger resolution. If that's the case you can shoot directly to your CF card or microdrive and just hook the camera up to any monitor device that has RGB inputs on it. That monitor device will need its own power, though, and you wouldn't be able to see each picture as you take it. You would have to take the photo and then hit the "Review" button on the D70 to get the image piped out the Video Out port (I think Canon's 20D has a 1/8" plug for this and I'm guessing the D70 does, too).
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12/14/2005 11:50:24 AM · #6 |
Thanks for the replies thus far.
Kevin, I think you nailed it pretty close. I have hooked up photo reviews via the TV route and it got me thinking that it would be nice to be able to do that in the field. The notebook costs is something I was trying to avoid and a flat panel monitor would solve my need except for the separate power source required. Thought there might be some relatively inexpensive way to "see" the pics before I got them home. I have taken many that look ok in playback, however are not even close to my quality standards once viewed on a monitor.
btw - 8503 is a wonderful shot.
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12/14/2005 12:22:30 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Flash:
... I have taken many that look ok in playback, however are not even close to my quality standards once viewed on a monitor. ... |
I think we've all done that. It's the reason people like larger LCD screens on their digicams.
I think any device that will display at the size you want (8x10) is going to need it's own power supply, be it battery or plugging into a wall socket. Camera batteries just aren't intended for that. I'd go with a laptop.
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12/14/2005 12:30:06 PM · #8 |
Here is some software you can buy.....
remote capture software site opps this one appears to be for Canon.....
Message edited by author 2005-12-14 12:32:24. |
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12/14/2005 12:41:19 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by undieyatch:
Here is some software you can buy.....
remote capture software site opps this one appears to be for Canon..... |
This is what I am trying to accomplish. A tethered view. It appears as Coolhar has indicated, that a laptop will be the only solution.
Anyone know of the minimum requirements to run such programs on a laptop. Screen resolutions, ram, hd space, etc.
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12/14/2005 01:06:24 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Flash:
Originally posted by undieyatch:
Here is some software you can buy.....
remote capture software site opps this one appears to be for Canon..... |
This is what I am trying to accomplish. A tethered view. It appears as Coolhar has indicated, that a laptop will be the only solution.
Anyone know of the minimum requirements to run such programs on a laptop. Screen resolutions, ram, hd space, etc. |
Whatever program you decide to use for "tethered" shooting will dictate how powerful your laptop needs to be, but also consider that you will probably want to be able to run your photo-editing software on it too.
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12/14/2005 01:09:43 PM · #11 |
nikon capture is kind of a memory hog, but using it is totally fun.
we did a catalog shoot and hooked the cam into a pc that was hooked to a plasma screen. that way the client could review all of the shots immediately and we could re-pose the model or fix the fabric or whatever in real-time instead of re-shooting or trying to manipulate it in photoshop. it was an amazing timesaver and everyone loved it.
beat the hell out of standing around a light table with a loupe, that's for sure. |
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