What do you do with your audio dongle? (Leica AA-SCL4 audio adapter)

[sdw]

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hey folks, what is the solution y'all use to keep this thing from dangling all about the place? Pretty annoying...

 

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[BernardC]

I zip-tie it to my cage. In your case, you could zip-tie it to the bracket that is holding your light and microphone.

[trickness]

Boy, whoever created that adapter needs to be thrown off a bridge. I never looked under the door and I just assumed that there would be a typical audio input like every other pro DSLR I’ve owned. Is there a practical reason why they didn’t do it this way?

Edited September 2, 2018 by trickness

[sdw]

Boy, whoever created that adapter needs to be thrown off a bridge. I never looked under the door and I just assumed that there would be a typical audio input like every other pro DSLR I’ve owned. Is there a practical reason why they didn’t do it this way?

 

 

All the ports are a total puzzle. USB 3 with a giant connector? Full size HDMI? This dongle thing? I am guessing they figured if Apple can do it with laptops, they can do it with their cameras. 

[BernardC]

All the ports are a total puzzle.

 

One more thing: you can either use the wired remote, or audio, but not at the same time. They share the same port.

 

The S has the same connections, but uses different connectors for USB, audio and remote. That's a lot of $300 cables to keep track of if you use both systems!

 

The full-sized HDMI port is the one good decision of the bunch. Smaller HDMI ports are fiddly and unreliable.

 

Leica had the right idea with the M-240: put all the extra ports in the grip.