Video Downlink

[Ziggy2711]

Can someone kindly recommend THE BEST miniature camera setup to use as a downlink?

Am I correct in saying that if I use a digital camera for a job, I would mount the downlink camera in the same plane and field of view as my lens?

Then for a video job (let's say an HC3) , am I correct in saying that I can bypass the miniature downlink camera altogether and just plug the video out from the HC3 into the video transmitter?

Thank you for your help and recommendation!

[AZ ChopperCam]

only DSLR's need to have a board camera mounted to the eyepiece for live video. point and shoot and pseudo-DSLR's will have live output that you can wire directly to the downlink TX.

A camcorder will work the same way.... direct to downlink TX.

[Ziggy2711]

Thanks DJ. Since I only have two Canon DSLRs for digital cameras, I will need to find a good downlink system. Any suggestions?

[tcgliderguy]

Ziggy,

If you go to my Gallery over on RunRyder ( I think you can do a search for TCGliderguy and find it.....) I have pix posted of my Nikon D-70 with the Panasonic viewfinder camera from Bill at BlackwidowAV.com ... and the GentLED IR trigger from James Gentles.

Hope this helps!

-Taylor

[DebianDog]

Thanks DJ. Since I only have two Canon DSLRs for digital cameras, I will need to find a good downlink system. Any suggestions?

You could try this one I here folks like it. http://www.skyeye.com/V-V-T.html

[WillJames]

This does ;ook pretty nice --> http://www.blackwidowav.com/bwav240200digiliveUFPbasic.html

[DebianDog]

Problem is Will that most DSLR cameras will only send video for a few seconds AFTER you take a picture. The one I sent above connect to the viewfinder for a constant video feed.

[Ziggy2711]

Thanks for all the advice! I guess a more cost effective option would be to consider what DebianDog posted, although I could not find a price to save my life. Debian, do you have any experience with that product? I'm curious to know about the image quality.

Thanks!