Hot Shoe Monitors, Do you Use One?

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Just wondered if anyone uses a small 5",6" or7" monitor on top of the camera for wildlife/bird stills photography?
Watching some videos on Y/T and it seems to be a bit of an in thing just now.
So if you do use one why what benefit's do feel you get?
Thanks, Russ.
 
russellsnr said:
Just wondered if anyone uses a small 5",6" or7" monitor on top of the camera for wildlife/bird stills photography?
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I'm not big on bird photography but I did go through a phase of using an iPad as a camera.

That huge screen is an amazing viewfinder...

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It got me thinking too, especially when he mentioned lying prone.
 
An alternative I have tried with a Canon DSLR is to connect to an iPad running Canon Connect. No need for cables as it uses Blue Tooth and the monitor is the size of the iPad (10.5 inches in my case). The touch controls I wanted to use (e.g. focussing) worked on the iPad. As the iPad could be several metres away, I could sit in a comfortable chair nearby. Initially, I did find getting the iPad and Canon to communicate was difficult but used the set up in my garden a few times. However, I have since moved on to a much lighter Sony but have not explored connecting to my iPad.

Dave
 
I looked at these and decided against the monitors. Either they were very expensive or cheap Chinesium and the screens were'nt that much bigger than the one on my camera.

What I ended up doing was buying a second hand iPad Mini and an Accsoon CineView. It works well if I'm setup for a period of time (say waiting for a sunset or something) and it's especially nice if the camera is very low or very high, but it's a bit of a pain in the arse when you're moving about.
 
Dave Canon said:
An alternative I have tried with a Canon DSLR is to connect to an iPad running Canon Connect. No need for cables as it uses Blue Tooth and the monitor is the size of the iPad (10.5 inches in my case). The touch controls I wanted to use (e.g. focussing) worked on the iPad. As the iPad could be several metres away, I could sit in a comfortable chair nearby. Initially, I did find getting the iPad and Canon to communicate was difficult but used the set up in my garden a few times. However, I have since moved on to a much lighter Sony but have not explored connecting to my iPad.

Dave
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Thanks for the reply, problem with using any kind of Wi-Fi/Bluetooth is connection drop out at a critical moment in wildlife/bird photography. Russ.
 
ecoleman said:
I looked at these and decided against the monitors. Either they were very expensive or cheap Chinesium and the screens were'nt that much bigger than the one on my camera.

What I ended up doing was buying a second hand iPad Mini and an Accsoon CineView. It works well if I'm setup for a period of time (say waiting for a sunset or something) and it's especially nice if the camera is very low or very high, but it's a bit of a pain in the arse when you're moving about.
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Hi, thankyou for your reply, have to say what is not made in China these days :) as for price, looking at not this years models they are not that expensive really for what they can do, yes the people on YouTube get to have the £500 models but like many I also cannot afford that for something I would probably use only now and again so there are many out there around the £100 mark and less. Russ.
 
Dave Canon said:
An alternative I have tried with a Canon DSLR is to connect to an iPad running Canon Connect. No need for cables as it uses Blue Tooth and the monitor is the size of the iPad (10.5 inches in my case). The touch controls I wanted to use (e.g. focussing) worked on the iPad. As the iPad could be several metres away, I could sit in a comfortable chair nearby. Initially, I did find getting the iPad and Canon to communicate was difficult but used the set up in my garden a few times. However, I have since moved on to a much lighter Sony but have not explored connecting to my iPad.

Dave
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russellsnr said:
Thanks for the reply, problem with using any kind of Wi-Fi/Bluetooth is connection drop out at a critical moment in wildlife/bird photography. Russ.
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Can a tablet be used when connected via cable rather than wi-fi/Bluetooth?
 
Nod said:
Can a tablet be used when connected via cable rather than wi-fi/Bluetooth?
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Honestly I don't no and unfortunately I don't have tablet to try that out but anyone who does and can try on a mirrorless camera please advise. Thank You.
 
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