Some advice for a new photographer? - General

Hello there! I got an FZ45 Camera for Christmas... Just like I asked Santa. And I have since been wondering wether I can use my HP laptop as a moniter for my Camera. I have a HDMI>MiniHDMI converter and an HDMI lead. It is not as simple as plugging them in, as it does not work. Thanks in advance -Jack [editline]7th January 2012[/editline] Okay, I also have a 19" HDTV I would like to use, HDMI doesn't work )': Unless I'm doing something wrong

[QUOTE=Jakk325;34093513]Hello there! I got an FZ45 Camera for Christmas... Just like I asked Santa. And I have since been wondering wether I can use my HP laptop as a moniter for my Camera. I have a HDMI>MiniHDMI converter and an HDMI lead. It is not as simple as plugging them in, as it does not work. Thanks in advance -Jack [editline]7th January 2012[/editline] Okay, I also have a 19" HDTV I would like to use, HDMI doesn't work )': Unless I'm doing something wrong[/QUOTE] Friendly tips for this forum, don't sign posts. People around here find it quite annoying. Other than that, welcome to the photography game man! What exactly do you mean by a 'moniter' though? i'm confused

[QUOTE=Him1411;34093750]Friendly tips for this forum, don't sign posts. People around here find it quite annoying. Other than that, welcome to the photography game man! What exactly do you mean by a 'moniter' though? i'm confused[/QUOTE] A monitor* I should say, I would like to hookup my TV or HP laptop to my camera and use either as a real-time altenate screen for my camera. I can only view playback on my TV and I would like to use it as a screen so I can see what I am filming whilst I am filming; on the TV or my Laptop.

[QUOTE=Jakk325;34108717]A monitor* I should say, I would like to hookup my TV or HP laptop to my camera and use either as a real-time altenate screen for my camera. I can only view playback on my TV and I would like to use it as a screen so I can see what I am filming whilst I am filming; on the TV or my Laptop.[/QUOTE] Surely for playback you could just put you memory card into your laptop? And doesn't your camera have a viewfinder or something? cant you just look at the screen whilst you film? I'm probably not the person to ask to help you set this sort of stuff up as i never really use it.

[QUOTE=Him1411;34108975]Surely for playback you could just put you memory card into your laptop? And doesn't your camera have a viewfinder or something? cant you just look at the screen whilst you film? I'm probably not the person to ask to help you set this sort of stuff up as i never really use it.[/QUOTE] It has, and of-course I can plug the SD card for playback. But I don't want to use the standard 3.5" Camera screen or Viewfinder because details are easily missed whilst looking at such a small screen

[QUOTE=Jakk325;34109459]It has, and of-course I can plug the SD card for playback. But I don't want to use the standard 3.5" Camera screen or Viewfinder because details are easily missed whilst looking at such a small screen[/QUOTE] Ahh fair point, try googling for advice? someone else on the forum may be able to help but i am not your guy, sorry.