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Use MacBook Pro as LCD monitor for HPX170 ?
I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to use a MacBook Pro as an LCD monitor for an HPX170.
I’d like to use it to get a better focus when I do interviews. It would be great if I could avoid purchasing an LCD monitor.
Thanks,
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4 Replies
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You could, won’t be the greatest, but you could.
You’d need a third party app like ScopeBox or On Location from the CS4 suite.
Jeremy
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Jack
MBPro is a computer not a video monitor. I’ll give you credit for thinking.
There are some inexpensive do-it-yourself LCD monitor kits that you can connect via composite/component.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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[Steve Eisen] “MBPro is a computer not a video monitor. I’ll give you credit for thinking. “
It could kind of become one if you have the right software and a firewire enbled camera, especially for focus as was mentioned by Jack. Won’t be the best monior, though.
https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/onlocation/
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Our experience with lightweight cameras is to use the “push auto” to get focus. Used intelligently it is sharper than you can usually manage by eye and a lot quicker. For an interview shot, just tilt down slightly so it can’t see the background and push for about 2 seconds. I don’t know how well the HPX170 holds focus through a zoom. backfocus can be a problem on small cameras.
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