GH3 HDMI out to RCA VGA

[greytail]

If I buy one of those hdmi to rca cables, can I get SD 720 video out of the camera to display live video on a Steadicam Pilot monitor?

 

[edinc90]

No. HDMI and composite video are two entirely different signals. You need a video converter, not just a simple adapter. Also standard definition isn't 720, it's 480.

 

[greytail]

Is there such a thing. I saw some on amazon but it seems they need usb power. Are there any passive ones. I need to feed the camera's output to the Steadicam monitor.

 

[edinc90]

A converter needs power. After an exhaustive 2 minute Google search, I found that Gefen makes one: http://www.gefen.com/kvm/gtv-hdmi-2-compsvidsn.jsp?prod_id=11402

 

[greytail]

Is this the only option for optain 480 out of the GH3. How would one fly this camera with a Steadicam Pilot which uses a 480 monitor. Is an on board converter feasible, what about power. Could all this be fixed with a Panasonic hardware update?

 

[mrlittleteich@gmail.com]

IMO you have 4 options:

1. IMO, the best answer is to get the AV cable DMW-AVC1 to plug into the A/V digtial port on the camera then to hook to the RCA port into the sled. (the port is also the usb port for the computer ( but its not the standard usb cable) - In the manual, it says - you will not be able to use the "viewfinder", but the OLED screen will work.


2nd, you can try this:
Blackmagicdesign makes the "Battery Converter HDMI to SDI" with an 2 hour internal battery. (no need for extra power)
So you would take the HDMI out from camera to the converter, (somehow you will need to mount by the camera on top of the sled)
then you need to connect the battery converter SDI (BNC connector) to RCA cable to the Steadicam using this cable.
Then you have to make sure the settings of the battery converter is correct. (1080/720/480p to 480p SD)
(if someone knows this wont work, please tell me)

or 3rd, you can go the unconventional way, get an HD monitor and modify your steadicam to run a hdmi cable down into the sled.
http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?showtopic=16125

or 4th, get the Pilot HD steadicam.

Could all this be fixed with a Panasonic hardware update?

What do you mean? The hdmi does output 1080/720 & 480p. (i am assuming you mean, that the GH3 doesn't output 480 via HDMI?)

 

[Razz16mm]

IMO you have 4 options:

1. IMO, the best answer is to get the AV cable DMW-AVC1 to plug into the A/V digtial port on the camera then to hook to the RCA port into the sled. (the port is also the usb port for the computer ( but its not the standard usb cable) - In the manual, it says - you will not be able to use the "viewfinder", but the OLED screen will work.


2nd, you can try this:
Blackmagicdesign makes the "Battery Converter HDMI to SDI" with an 2 hour internal battery. (no need for extra power)
So you would take the HDMI out from camera to the converter, (somehow you will need to mount by the camera on top of the sled)
then you need to connect the battery converter SDI (BNC connector) to RCA cable to the Steadicam using this cable.
Then you have to make sure the settings of the battery converter is correct. (1080/720/480p to 480p SD)
(if someone knows this wont work, please tell me)

or 3rd, you can go the unconventional way, get an HD monitor and modify your steadicam to run a hdmi cable down into the sled.
http://www.steadicamforum.com/index.php?showtopic=16125

or 4th, get the Pilot HD steadicam.

What do you mean? The hdmi does output 1080/720 & 480p. (i am assuming you mean, that the GH3 doesn't output 480 via HDMI?)

Is the Steadicam monitor analog composite SD or digital SDI? Putting an RCA adapter on a BNC connector delivering an SDI signal of any kind will not work for analog SD.

EDIt: It looks like the GH3 provides a 480p analog SD video/audio output from the camera via the mini-HDMI port using the DMW-AVC1 cable. In which case that is all you need to feed analog composite 480p to a Steadicam monitor.

 

[mrlittleteich@gmail.com]

Is the Steadicam monitor analog composite SD or digital SDI?

If he has the standard monitor that came with the Pilot it is (SD-SDI) which is analog-composite SD signal.
That monitor is very standard, and would doubt that it would have an digital SDI (HD-SDI) signal.
Now if he bought the steadicam Pilot HD, that only comes with HD-SDI monitors. Which tells me that just the steadicam Pilot is only SD.

If you look at the pilot manual here
Read under the"Included accessories" it comes with an RCA video cable and BNC to RCA adaptor

EDIt: It looks like the GH3 provides a 480p analog SD video/audio output from the camera

Yes

via the mini-HDMI portusing the DMW-AVC1 cable.

No, it uses the mini-usb. Which is the A/V Digital port under the Mini-hdmi port on the GH3

 

[greytail]

Yes, I have the regular composite monitor with my pilot. I thought that the GH3 doesn't provide a live output feed from its AV output. It is just for playback???