Using an iPad as a Monitor on a shoot

[steveatesh]

Going to replace my old iPad 2 when the new Air 3 comes out and I am hoping there its a way to use it as a monitor when out with the camera?

I have a D5100 and obviously the iPad would be ideal if possible to do.

I don't want to spend a fortune on it so am hoping something like the Toshiba Airfare or Eye-Fi cards, or maybe a cable and App?

I don't want to do full tethering where I am controlling the camera from the iPad, just to take a photo and then look at it on the iPad to check for sharpness etc

Possible?

[Silent1]

Manfrotto do some hardware called digital director but as its around £400 I guess that's too much?
https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/shop-by/collections/di...

Eta. I should read posts properly...

Edited by Silent1 on Wednesday 20th January 15:50

[neilski]

I've got an Eye-Fi and iPad Mini and yes, perfectly possible.

Launch the Eye-Fi app then it takes a few seconds for the photos to appear on the iPad. I've only just got both so haven't used it other than to see how (if) it works so I'm no expert and I think you have to shoot in RAW + JPEG as it's the JPEGs that get transferred. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong though.

[rottie102]

Might work for you but I think it would be much faster to just quickly zoom in on a photo on your camera screen than wait for it be transferred, put the camera down, pick the ipad up, find a photo, zoom on it, then go back to the camera etc.

[sgrimshaw]

Apple doesn't make this sort of thing easy.

If you'd consider a (cheap) Android or Windows tablet there's a few more options.

[Simpo Two]

rottie102 said:

Might work for you but I think it would be much faster to just quickly zoom in on a photo on your camera screen than wait for it be transferred, put the camera down, pick the ipad up, find a photo, zoom on it, then go back to the camera etc.

That's what I do. Centre button press configured to 100% crop. Bosh, focus checked in 0.5 sec. Scroll from there if you need to.

[ian in lancs]

Silent1 said:

Manfrotto do some hardware called digital director but as its around £400 I guess that's too much?
https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/shop-by/collections/di...

Eta. I should read posts properly...

Edited by Silent1 on Wednesday 20th January 15:50

witnessed a return when wasting time at Calumet. The customer was clearly IT geek based on depth of problem description but couldn't get it to work reliably. Caveat emptor I think.

Other option Ive seen working well is eyefi card to wetriplite app on ipad. used it myself. Not a moitor as such just wifi transfer

[pidsy]

just taken delivery of a Cam-fi reciever from Europe (there are no UK distributers as yet)

ive used it with my ipad, iphone and MBP - its pretty cheaply made but the interface and app design are very very good!

it was a bargain for £105.

http://www.cam-fi.com/en/index.html

[markmullen]

Eye fi and Capture One Pro,works well.

[Baron Greenback]

I've just bought a Nvidia shield K1 for £150 at the moment and that has a 8inch screen at 1920×1200 res screen 283ppi (Apple’s iPad Air 2 with 264ppi) and link to my 1TB external hard drive using Nexus Media Importer app which can view images/movie direct from external source! It should be able to access your camera, cant see any reason why not, just need a OTG cable.

The Nvidia K1 can stream to tv via HDMI at 4K and has miniSD card capacity to up to 128GB storage. Best hardware cpu/gpu combo for price on the market at the moment! If you want a bigger screen Google Pixel C is a 10 inch screen and has a 308ppi but doesnt have a SD card.

[sgrimshaw]

Baron Greenback said:

I've just bought a Nvidia shield K1 for £150 at the moment and that has a 8inch screen at 1920×1200 res screen 283ppi (Apple’s iPad Air 2 with 264ppi) and link to my 1TB external hard drive using Nexus Media Importer app which can view images/movie direct from external source! It should be able to access your camera, cant see any reason why not, just need a OTG cable.

The Nvidia K1 can stream to tv via HDMI at 4K and has miniSD card capacity to up to 128GB storage. Best hardware cpu/gpu combo for price on the market at the moment! If you want a bigger screen Google Pixel C is a 10 inch screen and has a 308ppi but doesnt have a SD card.

If the OP had an Android tablet then he could use something like DslrDashboard:

http://dslrdashboard.info/

BTW - do you actually "need" the Nexus Media Importer app to access your external HDD? Pretty sure my Samsungs will play movies etc straight off the device attached with an OTG cable.

[Baron Greenback]

sgrimshaw said:

If the OP had an Android tablet then he could use something like DslrDashboard:

http://dslrdashboard.info/

BTW - do you actually "need" the Nexus Media Importer app to access your external HDD? Pretty sure my Samsungs will play movies etc straight off the device attached with an OTG cable.

To read and write I think so but just to read data DslrDashboard would work! I've no experience in the software.