From the course: DSLR Video Tips: Gadgets & Gear
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Using your HDMI port
Richard Harrington: So, when you're looking at DSLR cameras, they typically only have one way of actually monitoring the HD signal, and that is the HDMI Port. Tell us about it. Robbie Carman: Well HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface and it's common on almost every DLSR that I can think of, and it's usually just found on the same place that you find other ports on the camera, and HDMI of course is a very popular way of connecting devices, right? You can connect video and audio through one cable from your camera to say a monitor, but you probably also use this at home, maybe from a Blu-ray player to your HDTV. Richard Harrington: Yeah, or Apple TV devices, even computers sometimes will have HDMI ports to connect the computer monitor. The thing I think to remember is, one, people don't include cables in the box anymore, so you are going to need to buy a cable, probably a long enough cable so you don't put that port under pressure, and then you're going to need a…
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