topic Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

oldguy — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:43:14 GMT

I'm confused about something I just read on the CanonUSA website.

I'm planning on buying the new 6d mkii, but I've been bummed about the lack of a headphone jack, since I also shoot video. I was just reading some info on the Canon website, and it referred to a "headphone terminal." What the heck? What is a headphone terminal? Is a headhphone terminal the same as a headphone jack?

Maybe someone from Canon can clear this up for me.

Thanks,

Ross

aka @oldguywithacamera

Re: Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

jrhoffman75 — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:23:39 GMT

http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/3/0300027473/01/eos6d-mk2-bim-en.pdf

Re: Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

oldguy — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:01:27 GMT

Thanks for the page from the manual. I'm guessing that by "headphone terminal" they're referring either to the USB port or the HDMI port. I'm planning on mounting a small LED monitor in the camera's hotshoe, and then taking a headphone feed off of there. Maybe there is a way of getting audio off that usb port.

Re: Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

Tim — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:44:55 GMT

Hello OldGuy,

The EOS 6D Mark II doesn't feature a headphone output through the terminals. The methods I've seen for monitoring are to use a third party device, such as a microphone recorder or like you mentioned, an HDMI monitor with a headphone out. I think the idea being that if the audio is crucial enough to monitor with a headphone then you're probably using a more advanced audio setup with a seperate recorder and microphone/s which would make monitoring via headphone easy.

Re: Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

oldguy — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:38:36 GMT

Thanks for your comment. I think that may be the "idea," but it was a really bad idea. Microphone jacks aren't high tech. They should have put one in. They cost about ten cents.

Re: Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

kvbarkley — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:47:15 GMT

They have a microphone jack.

The cost (and space!) is in the amplifier, not the jack.