topic Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Using headphones with Rebel t6i

Astramario — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 08:39:46 GMT

Hi everyone!

I’m scratching my head over how best to monitor sound on the rebel t6i. On 4 different occasions, my students have come back from in-field reporting using my Rebel t6i with an xlr mic attached to the aux mic jack. For completely unrelated reasons, the sound came back as static. We’ve since figured out what the problem came from, but having headphone monitoring could have avoided what ended up being a totally useless interview.

Any thoughts on how best to add headphones to the camera?

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

kvbarkley — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:43:46 GMT

Buy a new camera, there is no provision for headphones or other external monitors, In fact, the sound does not come out of the HDMI port - probably to prevent feedback.

How are you adapting the XLR to the camera?

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

Astramario — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:51:36 GMT

Using an XLR to aux adapter

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

kvbarkley — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:49:32 GMT

You can go into the microphone settings, there is an audio-level meter that shows up there that you can use to verify that the mic is plugged in properly.

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

Astramario — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:02:16 GMT

So what DSLR would you recommend that would include audio monitoring?

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

kvbarkley — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:56:06 GMT

I think the 80D is the lowest end model with a headphone jack.

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

John_SD — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:10:41 GMT

@Astramario wrote:
We’ve since figured out what the problem came from, but having headphone monitoring could have avoided what ended up being a totally useless interview.

Any thoughts on how best to add headphones to the camera?

Why are you using a DSLR? You should be looking into camcorders. Canon makes some nice ones.

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

macadoo — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:33:05 GMT

what is the solution? i also have a T6i

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

Astramario — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:04:56 GMT

Doesn't sound like there is one Macadoo. The only solution I'm reading is to get a camcorder. Speaking of which, can anybody recommend a descent camcorder here? One that includes a mic and headphone jack?

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

Astramario — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:32:06 GMT

Hey John. Could you recommend a descent camcorder for those of us who are on a budget?

Re: Using headphones with Rebel t6i

kvbarkley — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 03:31:55 GMT

You should ask in the camcorder forum a few doors down.