p.1 #1 · Article: Use of an External Monitor for Tilt/Shift
We are pleased to publish this new article from Michael Kunitani (Mike K) on using external monitors to aid critical focusing and composition with Tilt and Shift lenses. Accompanied by great imagery, this article is a must read for serious landscape shooters.
p.1 #4 · Article: Use of an External Monitor for Tilt/Shift
JohnC wrote:
Is there someway to use an ipad or other tablet as monitor?
Depends on the camera body. Several recent bodies make a connection with an iPad or Smartphone possible via a Wifi adapter. This replaces the solution presented in this (excellent) article.
For info, I put my own experience with the remote controlling via an iPad on my website:
p.1 #9 · Article: Use of an External Monitor for Tilt/Shift
DGC1 wrote:
Is there a way to tether an iPad to any Nikon bodies for use as a monitor?
For the D4, you've got the built in webserver, so you can connect by putting the D4 onto your studio network, or using adhoc mode with the WT-5a then joining with your phone/tablet/laptop/monitor directly and using the browser to control the camera.
For the D600/D3200 and presumably every future consumer DSLR, you can use the WU-1a/b to do the same thing though it is via a dedicated app instead of generic browser access. No idea about cross compatibility between the a,b,D3200 and D600 as Nikon say nothing.
For other Nikon DSLRs, we're SOL for wireless live view without buying Camera Control Pro and a WT-4
p.1 #11 · Article: Use of an External Monitor for Tilt/Shift
NathanHamler wrote:
How is this different than simply using live view?? Just the fact that it articulates, or that it's sharper??
1, yes angled upward so you don't have to lie down to clearly view the LCD.
2. The display is larger in size than the camera LCD so you can use the HD resolution at arm's distance so you can squat above/behind the camera and have two hands free to loosen/tighten the Tilt/Shift locks and fine adjust the Tilt/shift controls while watching the display.
3. Additional software features:
Auto scaling is actually much like the cameras LCD, so comparable
1:1 scaling makes the display resolution equivalent to the max camera output resolution
Focus Peaking provides software enhancement to more readily detect high frequency lines (ie Max focus).
p.1 #13 · Article: Use of an External Monitor for Tilt/Shift
fishjump wrote:
Has anybody tried this with the D800?
I'm curious to see whether focus is easier than with the standard live view.
Reading another current thread on this forum about D800 it sounds as if one major gripe is the line skipping in the Live View display negatively impacting manual focus capability. Will this line skipping behavior also be carried over to the HDMI output? Certainly the DP6 can display the HDMI output with as much resolution as any competitive field monitor. But what is the quality of signal that the camera feed provides?
Mike K
