Confusion about 6d mkii headphone jack

[oldguy]

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

[jrhoffman75]

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

[oldguy]

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. 

[Tim]

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. 

[oldguy]

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.

[kvbarkley]

They have a microphone jack.

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