MacbookPro as monitor for A1

[Sirocco]

Anyone know how I can use my MacBookPro 17" as a field monitor for my Canon A1?

 

[wes]

get the program "Monitor Magic"......pretty cool. Even gives you the option to flip the image if you are using a 35mm adaptor.

 

[Sirocco]

Have you try it? How does it work? What about the delay using the firewire?

 

[wes]

I downloaded a try version....

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/monitormagic.html

and I thought it works great. Yes you use firewire and I thought the delay wasnt bad at all. It even auto-detects the camera for easy setup. I use a Macbook Pro and the setup is perfect. I have yet to purchase the program but I will shortly for a music video coming up.

Try the demo and mess around with it in your room. The program isnt expensive to buy either.

 

[RPK]

I have Adobe OnLocation (former Serious Magic DV Rack HD or so) and run it in Bootcamp (XP) on a high res 17" MBP screen. Works great for focusing and framing but due to the delay not well as main monitor for smooth movements. We tried it on a crane and that's were this soultion failed. Other than that the firewire & laptop combo works great for monitoring. And having the additional software tools like vectorscope etc. is helpful as well.

Oh, and recording an m2t stream directly to MBP (internal 7200RPM drive) with OnLocation worked swell too.

HTH,
RP

 

[wes]

i think Monitor Magic has a built in vectorscope.

 

[koo]

get the program "Monitor Magic"......pretty cool. Even gives you the option to flip the image if you are using a 35mm adaptor.

I've just downloaded it but can't seem to find where to flip the image???

Thanks

I've just found out how to do it.

Thanks again

 

[KROOKEDKROWN]

good info I had the same question