Low Headphone Volume out of 5D Mark III

[eplamondon]

Hi all.
Wanted to see if anyone has worked out a decent solution for monitoring audio directly out of the 5D mark III's headphone jack.
Naturally - one of the biggest draws to this cam from the previous model and lower models was the addition of this jack... however, I find the output dreadfully low for critical audio monitoring.

I do have a dual audio system - but there are times I want to simply plug my sennheiser wireless pack direct into the camera. So I'm asking specifically about this type of scenario.
I've been getting clean results with this set up - and I can hear the audio okay during recording, but I'm straining. I hate to miss an audio hit because the volume output is too low.

Any good (and small) headphone amplifiers... or perhaps an internal solution I may have overlooked?

 

[Mike Lemovitz]

Are you sure you don't have the headphone volume set too low? That was a mistake I made when I first got mine.

 

[David W. Jones]

Something else to consider is the impedance of the headphones you are using can have an effect on how loud they are.

 

[eplamondon]

Hi Mike...
Yeah, have the volume maxed out. I also wonder why you can't adjust volume while recording. But that's a minor gripe I guess.

 

[eplamondon]

Thanks David -
Don't know the impedance of my current headphones. They're a set from the Sony Professional line. No issues on any other cameras or devices. Also have 2 colleagues use the 5D III and we all have the same complaint, and I've seen others online mention it.

I Should mention again that I CAN hear the sound... but I'd like a bit more oomph. Anything other than a perfectly quiet environment can make it difficult to critically monitor it. I'll add that when I play a file back - the audio is acceptable in terms of volume. It's only when recording. Not sure why that is.

I just ordered a very small headphone amplifier that I'm hoping will give that extra amount of level I'm looking for.