Tagged with cable - Personal View Talks

HDMI and audio angled and coiled cables

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:00:36 +0000

Mini HDMI to hdmi coiled cable, can be quite useful and reduce the mess.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mini++hdmi+coiled

GH3 with dead LCD (flex cable issue)

EspenB — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:27:40 +0000

First of all I had the wobbly GH3 LCD hinge which was repaired under warranty a couple of years ago.

However, when I got it back after repair (in 2014?) the LCD did not turn on when it was extended away from the camera body. I shipped it in for repair again and as far as I recall the complete hinge assembly with cable was replaced. Now the LCD worked correctly again.

Summer of 2016 the LCD went dead again. However some light tapping/knock shock to the side of the body/hinge makes the LCD turn on again in some positions, but the colors are sometimes posterized or the image is darker than normal. There is no wobbly hinge, but it seems that the flex cable in the hinge has issues yet again.

Looking for parts on ebay I find both the flex cabel as a separate part and the flex cable allready attached to the hinge assembly.

Do anyone have experience replacing the complete hinge with flex cable?

Also, I'm kind of disappointed about the flex cable malfunctions. Is this a typical problem of cameras with rotating LCDs? Looking at the GH3 flex cable parts on ebay they seem to sell a lot...

Cable cams

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:48:41 +0000

See tutorial at http://www.highballblog.com/2013/05/diy-cable-cam.html

GH2 display cable repair

mk47 — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:53:49 +0000

Not sure where i should post this, but here goes:

The display on my GH2 is dying. The problem is most likely in the flat cable that goes through the rotating hinge. First the image wouldn't rotate when i flipped it all the way, now it just dies if i open the display too much.

Did anyone face similar problems? The camera was used quite a lot over the last 4 years, probably like 2-3 times a week for a few hours a day.

I was looking at the replacement parts, and the cable with the hinge costs around 60€ (ebay, ali) which i think is too much for a camera that is worth about 200-300€.

Is anyone aware of some other alternative? If someone owns a broken GH2 i would be willing to make a deal for that part, or the whole cam. :)

Thanks!

Angled HDMI cable for your monitor or recorder

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 07 May 2011 12:09:32 +0000

Very good, short, angled miniHDMI to HDMI cable.

About $8-10.

http://shop.ebay.com/just_for_survive/m.html?_nkw=mini+hdmi+angle&_sacat=0&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

Coiled audio cables

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:58:21 +0000

3.5mm to 3.5mm

Price: from $1 shipped

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=sop%3D15%26+osacat%3D0%26+nkw%3Dcoiled%2B3.5mm%2B%2B2.5mm%26+sacat%3D0&_osacat=0&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=coiled+3.5mm+2.5mm&_sacat=0

3.5mm to 2.5mm cables also exist

Can be useful for cheap wireless systems used with GH2.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=sop%3D15%26+osacat%3D0%26+nkw%3Dcoiled%2B3.5mm%2B%2B2.5mm%26+sacat%3D0&_osacat=0&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=coiled+3.5mm+2.5mm&_sacat=0

Aperture Blade Oil & how to clean it

fosterchen — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:35:24 +0000

So I've been looking at some old lenses on Ebay, and many state that the lens may have some oily aperture blades. Anybody know of how to clean aperture blades the proper way? I've search on PV, and I've only found to use an ultrasonic cleaner which I don't know what that is.
Is this something worth doing to bring back the glory of old vintage lenses? It's true they don't make them like they used to. And how bad is having oily aperture blades? Where does it come from and what does it look like?

HDMI cable over 3m length that works?

fatpig — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:52:47 +0000

Hello folks!

I now have a short HDMI cable which works nicely with my cheap 10" chinese monitor.

But both long cables i bought, one with 10m , one with 5m length show no reaction of GH2 whatsoever, I even can switch ex-tele-converter on while connected. It is not a cheap cable, it is quite thick and hdmi 1.3

Are there any details known as to specifications or maximum length of an HDMI cable for the GH2? Help would be very much appreciated.

New Lilliput 7" 669GL monitor with battery for sale!

JCVD — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:15:06 +0000

Hi guys!

I am selling this great new monitor with battery and all the accessories!

You can easily pull focus with this monitor, and have HDMI input also!

I am from Hungary, Europe.

I can receive money via Paypal.

If anybody is interested, please PM me!

Line to Mic 25dB and filter cable

soundgh2 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:41:44 +0000

http://www.pinknoise-systems.co.uk/pinknoise-25db-35mm-dslr-cable-p-459.html

Maybe handy for some of you guys recording into the camera from a line level source.

Mic adapter cable for GH2?

jimtreats — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:33:14 +0000

I am going to do a bit of a shoot tomorrow and was setting up my gear tonight. For the first time i was testing out my Zoom H1 for use with the GH2. Sadly my adapter cable, standard sized that worked with my Canon 550d doesn't fit the Panasonic GH2. I wondered what this port was. Is it just a standard 2.5mm cable instead? I'd like to find an adapter to let me connect it into the standard mic and line outs that are available.

Sadly I also discovered that my recorder hotshoe mount wont work well with my Zoom H1 as its cheap plastic tripod mount hole just stripped itself as i tried to screw it in, very frustrating!!

Cheers