Replacement component cable

[Bob Mark]

I have not found a single cable option to do this. I have been using RCA to BNC adapters. It’s a pretty ugly senario.

Bob

[Jay Childs]

even a component cable where the mini comes out of the camera and the end is 3 male RCAs for component video would be fine.

What about the Sony VMC-30VC component cable. Anyone had any luck using this with an EX-3 or EX-1?

I can’t believe Sony makes it THIS difficult to EVEN identify a replacement part, never mind find it and order it. Jeeez.

Jay

[George Griswold]

It’s Sony, believe it. You are just the customer.

I had to find the same cable a few years back for my Z-1U and I ended up calling B&H and the person on the other end hooked me up in about 2 minutes. Order. Done.

At the time the Sony cable being offered was longer and built better than the one that ships with the camera. I then cut the ends off and used a decent quality Switchcraft set of RCA’s that I soldered on…. much better (no intermittent connections). The outer shells of the stock connectors are thin round continuous barrels of metal that don’t grab correctly (at all) and if you bend them for a good electrical contact they hold too tightly.

[Rick Diamond]

VMC-30VC is a good replacement component cable. I bought one from B&H. The reason was to troubleshoot my component output. On a shoot the cable got yanked out and the blue channel died. After troubleshooting, the cable worked just fine but the component output from the EX3 didn’t. Hopefully you won’t have the same problem.

rick

[Bala Chandran]

This is component video only:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/379768-REG/Sony_VMC30VC_VMC_30VC_Mini_A_V_Male.html

This is component with audio:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/540096-REG/Sony_VMC_30FC_Multi_A_V_to_5x.html#features

This is composite and S Video:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/379770-REG/Sony_VMC30FS_VMC_30FS_Mini_AV_Male.html
This one gives S-Video out from EX1 which does not have an S-video out built in. Works on my EX1 and EX3.

[Jay Childs]

Thanks a lot. I wasn’t sure if these mini-component plugs were compatible with the EX-1, EX-3 given that Sony tends to make every connector specific for what seems like every model.

Thanks.

J

[Bala Chandran]

The component cables of my Ex1/3 and Z1U are interchangeable. So I assume if the connections are the same they work among different models. In my case these cables work on the JVC HM100 as well.
The replacement cables are sturdy and longer than the supplied ones.

[Tom Daigon]

Great timing on this thread! I was looking for a longer version of the same cable for use on an EZFX jib and not having to much luck with my searches. Nice to know it does exist and where to get it.

[Jeff Landie]

How much did it cost to fix your connector, and how involved was the process?
This same thing happened on one of our shoots recently. I was moving the tripod a with a Sony EX3 on it and the HD LCD monitor, which was attached to a light stand that had not been sandbagged fell over. The monitor still works just fine, the casing was slightly cracked probably due to the addl weight from the brick battery on the back. However, the fall damaged the component connector on the camera by giving it a hard tug. Nothing else was damaged on the camera. This was a rental camera, so they’re figuring out the cost to fix it. I was still able to use the USB connector located about 1/4″ to the right of the damaged component connector to download the card contents. Lessons learned: a 5′ cable is too short when going between expensive equipment, and make sure you sandbag your monitor! I’m currently ordering a 9′ cable to help ensure this doesn’t happen again!

[Marsnaut Javier]

I read this thread and am very confused.
I bought a VMC 30FC cable but to my surprise it actually plugs into the AV port of the ex1 not the component (miniD) port. From what I understand you can only get SD from the AV port.

Am I a moron? Its clearly not the right connector on my cable and would not fit the MiniD connection on the camera. How is everybody getting this to work? Thus far I have not found a single reference anywhere on any site (including sony’s) to “Mini-D” cables. Do they have another name?

🙁

How can it be so hard for Sony to identify a cable correctly?