I'm looking to experiment with using one of my older m43 cameras as a webcam replacement now we're stuck WFH in NZ for a few more weeks.
I have a generic USB3 capture card which takes HDMI-in and is plug 'n play - Windows 10 picks it up and recognises it immediately as a video source.
If I hook up my Oly E-M5 through a mini HDMI adapter into a standard HDMI cable into the USB capture card - nothing. The camera does know something is up but displays a generic 'Nothing Connected' orange icon on the E-M5 and a brief dialog about hooking up to a TV or something similar. This is in video mode (or any other mode on the camera).
If I hook up my Panasonic G3, I get nothing coming through on the capture-card or on the camera screen. This is on any mode.
On either camera, I can't find anything specific to say 'Pass video through HDMI when connected' or similar.
What am I missing ?
Annoyingly, if I hook up my ancient Pentax K-7 DSLR to the capture-card, I get the menu screen on the camera, and when I flick the LiveView switch, I get a live-view of the camera image. Go Pentax!
So I know the capture card works AOK. It just doesn't seem to play nice with my m43 cameras (I also have an E-PM2 & E-M1 I could try but I figured the E-M5 wouldn't be much different to either of those). Do they not like the little mini/micro HDMI adapter-plugs (the Pentax was fine with them) in the signal path? Are they trying to do some crazy HDMI magic my capture-card fails to understand (but my Pentax if ancient enough not to bother with)?
Any advice gratefully accepted.
I have a generic USB3 capture card which takes HDMI-in and is plug 'n play - Windows 10 picks it up and recognises it immediately as a video source.
If I hook up my Oly E-M5 through a mini HDMI adapter into a standard HDMI cable into the USB capture card - nothing. The camera does know something is up but displays a generic 'Nothing Connected' orange icon on the E-M5 and a brief dialog about hooking up to a TV or something similar. This is in video mode (or any other mode on the camera).
If I hook up my Panasonic G3, I get nothing coming through on the capture-card or on the camera screen. This is on any mode.
On either camera, I can't find anything specific to say 'Pass video through HDMI when connected' or similar.
What am I missing ?
Annoyingly, if I hook up my ancient Pentax K-7 DSLR to the capture-card, I get the menu screen on the camera, and when I flick the LiveView switch, I get a live-view of the camera image. Go Pentax!
So I know the capture card works AOK. It just doesn't seem to play nice with my m43 cameras (I also have an E-PM2 & E-M1 I could try but I figured the E-M5 wouldn't be much different to either of those). Do they not like the little mini/micro HDMI adapter-plugs (the Pentax was fine with them) in the signal path? Are they trying to do some crazy HDMI magic my capture-card fails to understand (but my Pentax if ancient enough not to bother with)?
Any advice gratefully accepted.