7D EOS Utility - Live view monitoring/recording

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thebullfrog

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Hey guys, sorry if this has been discussed before...i tried searching for it but couldn't find much info.

I have a laptop and was wondering if anyone has used the EOS Utility program to record video, from the 7D...directly to the laptop. Also possibly use it as a field monitor.

If so, 3 questions

1) I assume it would be best to use the HDMI port to transfer the footage (if it can do that or would USB/firewire suffice?)
2) What would be the recording resolution from the camera to the laptop? (well with the 3 options of transfer cable....HDMI, USB and firewire)
3) Would it, in theory...bypass the 4gb-12min cap, and also not cause the 7D from over heating.

Thanks!
 
There is no direct-to-disc recording from the 7D or any DSLR that I know of.

Recording straight, uncompressed has been done via HDMI but I don't know how. Probably a $2000+ video card with HDMI input. It must be processor intensive with a huge file size.

I would assume the recording resolution would be whatever your camera is set at, either 1080, 720, or 480.

Direct-to-disc could bypass the 4GB in theory if you just record the live feed without hitting the record button on the camera. But since the only way to record DTD is via HDMI the file size would be much larger than 4GB anyway.
 
The EOS utilty can be used to capture stills direct to your laptop/PC. However you can not record video.

You can use your laptop as a field monitor. There will be some lag which depends on the speed of your laptop/PC. All the camera functions can be controled via EOS utility and there is even an ipone/touch app that will let you have wireless control and monitoring. Your laptop/PC will need to wifi the signal. http://www.ononesoftware.com

You could record to an external flash device such as a Nanoflash tp://www.convergent-design.com/Products/nanoFlash/tabid/1666/Default.aspx it is possible to get almost full screen output without the record icon, by being in "AF " mode, which disables the autofocus square overlay and means you don't have to be in record mode to get full screen output. The Nanoflash will record various codecs from 8-280 Mbps.
 
Since it's almost Halloween I figure it would be ok to resurrect this thread from the grave!

Anyways, I was trying to find a solution for live recording on my T3i and came across this, http://www.diyphotography.net/capture-720p-hd-with-any-liveview-capabale-canon-camera It has some limitations, but.... it works!

Using the USB connector (I haven't tried a HDMI yet), the camera in 60fps/720 mode, and the buffer to 500mb it recorded pretty smooth video. Ok, so you'll have to capture audio by some other means, but still, I think this is a pretty cool break through.

I've got a 4hr conference to film and won't be able to change the SD cards during, so hopefully this will work. Going to try out some long tests now.
 
Collectiveink said:
Since it's almost Halloween I figure it would be ok to resurrect this thread from the grave!

Anyways, I was trying to find a solution for live recording on my T3i and came across this, http://www.diyphotography.net/capture-720p-hd-with-any-liveview-capabale-canon-camera It has some limitations, but.... it works!

Using the USB connector (I haven't tried a HDMI yet), the camera in 60fps/720 mode, and the buffer to 500mb it recorded pretty smooth video. Ok, so you'll have to capture audio by some other means, but still, I think this is a pretty cool break through.

I've got a 4hr conference to film and won't be able to change the SD cards during, so hopefully this will work. Going to try out some long tests now.
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4hrs and you aren't allowed to change your SD card? I guess that's a perfect job for a surveillance camera...;-)

As long as you can get clean HDMI out, why don't you use a HDMI capture device? It will easily solve all your audio issues and either record to a hard drive directly or via a computer.
 
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