5DII HDMI output to laptop doesn't work

Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

I attached my 5D Mark II to my Dell XPS M1330 laptop using an HDMI cable last night but nothing showed up on the laptop. I only have one of these "special" cables so I wasn't able to try another one to see if it's a bad cable. And yes, I did press the FN/F8 keys to toggle the display.

Has anybody else successfully connected the 5DII to their laptop via HDMI?

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-Brian
http://www.PerfectShot-Photography.com

icomput · Jan 17, 2009

I know that on my laptop (Toshiba), I would have to go into the laptop configuration and switch video "in" to that particular port. It seems from what you stated, that might be the issue.

Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

Would that be something in the Control Panel? Now that you mention it, that does sort of make sense. The HDMI port on the laptop is normally used to send video OUT to devices, not in. I'll fiddle around some more...

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Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

Well, it looks like the HDMI port on the XPS M1330 is OUT only. I just bought a 15' mini-HDMI to HDMI cable but it aint gonna work on my laptop. Dang! Now I need to look for a mini-HDMI to VGA cable. Hope somebody makes one...

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Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

Since I can't use the HDMI port on my laptop to send video IN from the 5DII I'm now trying to find a way to use the VGA port on the laptop. It seems like we would have these options for cables/adapters:

1- Mini-HDMI (Type C) to VGA cable (best option)
2- HDMI female to VGA adapter (can use my mini-HDMI to HDMI cable)

Does anybody know who sells these types of cables/adaptors? I can't find anything.

Somebody here MUST have connected their 5DII to their laptop by now...

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-Brian
http://www.PerfectShot-Photography.com

Rodney Sculthorpe · Jan 17, 2009

You cannot bring video IN on any of the laptop video "connectors".

Video connectors on laptops only OUTPUT video - they do not bring video "in".

Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

Thanks for replying

How do folks connect their cameras to their laptops then? I've seen folks do that before. I want to be able to take pictures while the camera is connected to the laptop so my clients can see their pictures on a larger screen.

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-Brian
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jtyoung · Jan 17, 2009

You'd use a USB cable and the EOS utility to basically transfer on the fly (shooting tethered). It's not just displaying on the laptop monitor at this point though -- you're basically transferring the files to the computer. It does also act as liveview as well though without transferring files.

gskolenda · Jan 17, 2009

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At this point in time, the only way to see shots as you shoot them is tetherd via a USB 2.0 cable to your laptop, using the EOS software that came with your camera, and Adobe Lightroom 2.2. If you Google a search on that setup it's all the details are out there. Also this months Photoshop user magazine has a very detailed step by step article on how to shoot tetherd to a Laptop.

Leon

Scott G Spellman · Jan 17, 2009

Brian-

This is done with USB. Canon has view SW on the CD. Its called EOS utility and Zoom Browser. I use DSLR Remote Pro on my laptop and a long USB cable with extender.

HDMI from the camera would work to a TV/Monitor with HDMI input.

Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

Thank you all very much. I made some poor assumptions about how I would connect the camera to the laptop. Sheesh. I saw HDMI on the camera and got excited because my laptop also has HDMI. Oh well, USB it is!

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-Brian
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icomput · Jan 17, 2009

Hey Scott,

I also use DSLR Remote Pro. What a great tool for tethered shooting! This software blows the EOS utility away. There's also info on the Breeze website on how to create pics with almost infinite depth of field by compiling pictures taken automatically (stacks) with DSLR Remote linked to your camera & CombineZM. This works great for product & macro photography.

Jeff

Rodney Sculthorpe · Jan 17, 2009

Brian - once you setup your 1330 using the USB cable and configuration others have described, you can connect an HDMI cable from your 1330 to an LCD or Plasma display and you can see the image being sent to your laptop on an HD Display.

The HDMI out on your Dell 1330 will drive an HD Display.

I have a Dell 1530 and use it in this way.

EOS Paul · Jan 17, 2009

Considering you have to pay good money to get a HDMI capture card for a PC it was hardly likely that the HDMI port on your laptop was capable of input was it.

I don't think a laptop company could get away with providing such an input as standard as it's not particularly liked by the industry as it's a way to get around copy protection. Plus if it COULD do that then they would have made a big song and dance about the capability.

I just hope you have done no damage to either the laptop or the camera.

Brian Bertsch · Jan 17, 2009

EOS Paul said:
I just hope you have done no damage to either the laptop or the camera.

Well, the laptop is working fine and fortunately I have two 5DII's. Haven't tried using the HDMI output on the camera I was testing to see if I broke it.

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-Brian
http://www.PerfectShot-Photography.com

Scott G Spellman · Jan 17, 2009

You are so right!-Very large image, quick jumping between images, and instant hook up. My food and architectural clients love it!!

mchahn · Jan 17, 2009

Scott G Spellman said:
You are so right!-Very large image, quick jumping between images, and
instant hook up. My food and architectural clients love it!!

I tried dslr pro and it was great. It doesn't yet support portrait mode though so I couldn't use it. This is weird since one would think portrait shooting would be common on a tethered setup.

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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson.

Scott G Spellman · Jan 17, 2009

It does support the Orientation Sensor, its an option under View tab.

mchahn said:
Scott G Spellman said:

You are so right!-Very large image, quick jumping between images, and
instant hook up. My food and architectural clients love it!!

Click to expand...

I tried dslr pro and it was great. It doesn't yet support portrait
mode though so I couldn't use it. This is weird since one would
think portrait shooting would be common on a tethered setup.

--
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson.

Markuson · Jan 17, 2009

HDMI on laptops are for OUTPUT to high-def TV.
...NOT input.

I know of ZERO laptops that have ANY inputs to utilize the laptop screen from an outside video source.

Brian Bertsch said:
I attached my 5D Mark II to my Dell XPS M1330 laptop using an HDMI
cable last night but nothing showed up on the laptop. I only have one
of these "special" cables so I wasn't able to try another one to see
if it's a bad cable. And yes, I did press the FN/F8 keys to toggle
the display.

Has anybody else successfully connected the 5DII to their laptop via
HDMI?

--
-Brian
http://www.PerfectShot-Photography.com

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mchahn · Jan 17, 2009

But it cannot show a vertical live image which makes it useless for tethered live portrait shooting.

I email the author every couple of months to see if he supports it yet. His response so far is that no one else wants it and that it would be hard to do.

Scott G Spellman said:
mchahn said:

Scott G Spellman said:

You are so right!-Very large image, quick jumping between images, and
instant hook up. My food and architectural clients love it!!

Click to expand...

I tried dslr pro and it was great. It doesn't yet support portrait
mode though so I couldn't use it. This is weird since one would
think portrait shooting would be common on a tethered setup.

--
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson.

Click to expand...

--
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. - Hunter S. Thompson.

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