topic Re: Monitoring audio with T6i in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Monitoring audio with T6i

ljohnson — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:53:38 GMT

I just got a T6i at work and I have an external mic to go with it. I'm trying to figure out a way to monitor the audio when filming an interview. Does anyone know if the camera is compatible with a HDMI audio extractor? If not is there any other way I can hear the audio while recording?

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

kvbarkley — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:01:53 GMT

I don't even know if the HDMI has audio during video taking.

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

kvbarkley — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:31:15 GMT

I just checked and my T6S has no audio via HDMI either before or during recording a movie. (Probably to prevent feedback) It only has sound during playback. That is something you need a higher level camera for.

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

ebiggs1 — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:58:24 GMT

... like a real video camera. Not a stills camera that doubles at video.

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

kvbarkley — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 19:39:39 GMT

I think the cameras with headphone jacks let you monitor the audio

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

macadoo — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 13:30:43 GMT

Did you find an answer?

I was just going to get a 3.5 input jack splitter so one goes to the powered lava mic and the other to a pair of headphones.

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

ljohnson — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 14:43:37 GMT

I talked to Canon support. There isn't a way to monitor audio with the T6i. I bought a field recorder to use for interviews because I don't trust the Canon to record quality audio.

Re: Monitoring audio with T6i

farmerbrad — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:17:53 GMT

Getting this audio mixer did the trick (removed link as per Forum Guidelines)