Leica M10 Hot Shoe Capability

[eraydinc]

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I am wondering M10 hot shoe’s capability. Because Visoflex EVF system using hot shoe and this product works like a video monitor. 

 

 

Do you know any product like a video monitor or video capture disk works via M10’s hot shoe?

 

Or…

 

 Can we produce (third part product) video capture system for M10 hot shoe?

 

Thanks a lot.

Edited June 23, 2018 by eraydinc

[adan]

It's probably not hard to get the video signal that feeds the EVF (Viso 020) to feed some other device. You'd just have to build a "shoe" that matches the pinouts of the Viso 020 hotshoe (16 contacts - not all are used for the image, some are for GPS going the other way, some for power from the camera's battery).

 

The camera, however, does not send a pure video signal directly from the sensor. It displays a processed "viewfinder" image, with digitally-overlaid shutter speeds, exposure "needle scale," metering area icon, battery remaining icon, pictures remaining ("film counter") and so on, that are a part of the video signal. Basically, what would show on the rear LCD using "live-view" - redirected to the Viso instead.

 

The amount of data being displayed can be changed/reduced, but I'm not sure you can get rid of all the extra data, or all the effects (such as automated zoom-in with manual movement of the lens focus ring, or "exposure simulation").

 

Using my M10 (just the LCD, I don't have the 020) - there is always a circle displayed in the middle of the picture, even when I can get rid of all the other data - that circle would show in a video made capturing the finder image. Additionally, the "no data" viewing image is not any current video format or shape (1080 or 720 or VGA) - it is the shape of a 35mm picture, 3:2 format, rather than 16:9 or 4:3. And may or may not have a "frame/refresh rate" that wouldn't confuse video-editing software.

Edited June 23, 2018 by adan