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  Using an ipad or android tablet as a field monitor with the panasonic AJPX270

  Posted by Joel Bellagamba on June 21, 2014 at 6:08 pm

  Has anyone found a way of doing this? I noticed online that there is an android app that allows you to view the output of a canon dslr by running a cable from the HDMI output of the camera to the mini usb port of an Nexus 7, etc.

  After having reviewed 720P field monitors in the $1K to $3k cost range it occurred to me that this method (or perhaps the wifi capability of the camera) could be used to take advantage of the incredible 2600×1600 screen on a samsung 8.4″ tablet ($275). But after buying one and trying – I can’t get it to work.

  Does anyone know of a work-around to use a tablet as a field monitor with this camera?

  Noah Kadner replied 12 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Noah Kadner

  July 1, 2014 at 1:28 pm

  Short answer- no.

  Long answer- yes it’s technically possible to use your iPad as a monitor. But you’re either getting it cheap with a serious lag and low frame rate or you’re getting it for so expensive it far exceeds the cost of a decent field monitor- which would already give you far better resolution and additional calibration and focusing tools.

  Cheap but laggy and low frame rate: https://www.handheldhollywood.com/latest-news/macworld-iworld-2013-camranger-turns-ipad-or-iphone-into-wireless-field-monitor.html

  Expensive: https://www.teradek.com/pages/cube

  Instead I would recommend starting with: https://www.smallhd.com

  Noah

  Call Box Training.
  Featuring the Panasonic GH2 and Panasonic AC160/130.

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