Record & Save DSLR/Mirrorless Camera Videos on Smartphone

[@Yorkygirl59]

I am trying to get into making KZbin videos. Would I use these cables, etc., for connecting my camera to a laptop? My camera doesn't have a swivel screen (Panasonic Lumix LX100-Mk2) so I would like to view what I am doing on the laptop, which is a new Windows Acer Aspire 3. The camera does have a small HDMI port, and my laptop has a large HDMI port.

[@DIYVideoStudio]

Yes, you could use the video capture card and an HDMI cable to go from the camera to the video capture card. Then connect the capture card to a USB port on your laptop. Forget the HDMI port on your laptop, that's for outputting a video signal from your laptop to an external monitor, TV, or projector. Good luck.

[@Yorkygirl59]

@@DIYVideoStudio Brilliant, thank you.

[@dev-panchal-25]

I have a Nikon mirrorless camera and it used snapbridge app via bluetooth to send video feed to phone. I think this is a much better way to view your video output in real-time without the delay. I still record on camera internally but can use phone as monitor now. Thanks!

[@DIYVideoStudio]

Thank you for your interesting comment. I agree that in most cases I would record to the camera's SD card (or other media) since the quality is likely to be much better. But there are times when recording to a phone is genuinely useful. But my main reason for using this setup is that it gives me a cheap external monitor that's easy to setup and doesn't require me to carry much other than a cable and small capture card, since I always have the phone on me.