Tablet as a field monitor?

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Nikonfan

Jake!!! How you been man? Hey, i saw a youtube video once where a guy had his camera tethered to a portable DVD player. It runs on batteries, has a 7" screen and has a video input. I have been wanting to try this but can't find the charger to my portable DVD player! :0 Has anyone else tried this?

Hey David!
I've seen people do that, but I'm not sure how good the screen resolution is on those. My cable should be here tomorrow so I can't do some testing then. But what I like about the tablet idea is you can tweak your exposure and make changes right from the tablet, plus it's higher resolution than most of the cheaper field monitors.

[Nikonfan]

Awesome. Let us know how it works. I'm really curious.

[rfortson]

Originally Posted by KenJulio

I dont have a tablet, but I have an android phone and eye-fi card which I used in the Sony NEX5n and it works fine, I wouldnt expect any issues with it on a tablet. If I recall, it transfers the jpg and not the ARW(Sony's RAW)

Cool, thanks KenJulio! I need to try this.

I wonder if I shoot raw+jpeg, will the jpegs transfer. I'll have to see.

[brewercm]

Im using an Android app called camcap and it works good with my Toshiba Thrive. I have some issues with the auto focus but I'm just manually focusing using the tablet for live view. They don't have a trial version though so I paid the 9 bucks or so.

[Jake]

Originally Posted by brewercm

Im using an Android app called camcap and it works good with my Toshiba Thrive. I have some issues with the auto focus but I'm just manually focusing using the tablet for live view. They don't have a trial version though so I paid the 9 bucks or so.

Very cool, I hadn't heard of that app before. Can you change things like shutter, ISO, aperture, etc with it?

[brewercm]

Originally Posted by Jake

Very cool, I hadn't heard of that app before. Can you change things like shutter, ISO, aperture, etc with it?

Yes

[Kalrog]

Is there a similar app for Olympus or Nikon?

[brewercm]

This app works for most newer Canon and Nikon cameras. It has a complete listing but I don't remember it off the top of my head. I know it works with both my D7000 and D90.

[Jake]

Originally Posted by Kalrog

Is there a similar app for Olympus or Nikon?

The one Clifton is talking about above(camcap) looks to work with Nikon.

EDIT: I was too slow.

[Kalrog]

I missed the App switch. Thanks.

But no Olympus (doesn't surprise me).

[KenJulio]

If you're looking to transfer jpg, why not use the eye-fi card? Unless you're wanting to edit RAW files.

[brewercm]

I just use it for composition and to check focus for the most parts.

[smoothassilk]

Been following this thread.
Chifton I was unable to find the app (camcap) in the android market.

Mark

[brewercm]

It came up for me when I did a search for dslr tether, our camera tether.

I went and looked it up and it's listed as ”CamCap - DSLR Controller”

[Jake]

Here's the link to CamCap: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.xeqo.camcap

I played around with DSLR Controller for a few minutes on the Xoom and it's pretty darn cool...when it works. It's still in beta and it feels like it.
But having live view on the big screen is awesome. I'll try and post a better review once I try it out for real.