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Proud owner of a new Olympus E-PL6

Started Dec 23, 2015 | Discussions thread
Michael Meissner
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Re: Number ONE accessory after a lens (or lenses)

alexisgreat wrote:

Can I connect this analog video out cable to a computer monitor? Or must it be connected to a TV?

If your monitor supports old-style yellow RCA jacks for NTSC/PAL, then you can use it. If you have an mp4 player, dvd player, or camcorder with RCA jacks for analog video input, you could use it. If you are looking for something small and portable, look for the monitors made for 3rd party car backup systems.

Since the standard for video input has changed over the years, newer computer monitors have been dropping the older plugs, but if your monitor has the old plug, it should work.

Note, the resolution is not so great, so it will look really grainy if you display it on a large modern monitor.

Newer cameras like the E-PL6 have HDMI output as well.  However, with the exception of the E-M5 mark II (and possibly newer cameras designed after the E-M5 II), if you plug in a HDMI cable, the camera will only do playback mode, and it will not take pictures.  The E-M5 II can finally do live view over HDMI and is not restricted to analog video output.

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