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Mike K wrote:
...Cell phones and pads do not have the requisite HDMI input. Thus the number of pixels in the display is a mute issue for Live View since you cannot supply a high resolution video feed...
It's not that simple.
Here's an example using DSLR Controller on my Galaxy Note 3 (GN3), connected to my 6D which is shooting a USAF 1951 resolution target. I set up my 1DX with Zeiss 50/2 ZE on a second tripod, behind the GN3 and 6D, as shown in the first attached image.
The second attached image shows:
Top Left: 100% crop of GN3 screen, at 10x
Top Right: 100% crop of 6D screen, LiveView at 10x
Bottom left: full image of GN3 screen,
Bottom right: full image of the 6D screen.
The red squares in the bottom left and right images show the locations of the 100% crops shown in the panels above them.
Note that the GN3 display shows 10x times the 10x display on the 6D, which is the low res video output. Also, the GN3 screen is dimmed for some reason - I should be able to figure out how to make it brighter...
Anyway, the two orange circles joined by an orange arrow, and the two white rectangles joined by a white arrow, highlight the same content on both screens. The "3" on the GN3 screen at 100% is the little 3x3 pixel smear on the 6D screen. Similar for the "line-triplets" by the "6". The GN3 functionally out-resolves the 6D LCD screen by slightly more than two full "steps" in the USAF 1951 target - that's huge!
So, even though the GN3 has a relatively low res feed, being able to enlarge that low res feed in the GN3 provides a substantial increase in magnification, compared to using the 6D LCD at 10x. It's quite likely that a HDMI monitor like the DP6 I sold early this year could do better, but the GN3 is so much better than the 6D, that I'm happy with my decision.
Test Setup
Galaxy Note 3 DSLR Controller (left) 6D LiveView 10x rear LCD (right)
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