EOS R5 Mark II - HDMI Output Photo-Mode

[ybn]

Hi all

In practice, I often shoot with clients who follow what I'm doing live on an external screen. This has proven to be incredibly useful - both in the studio and on location. With my old R5, this wasn't a problem either: I could easily transfer the live image of my shots directly to the external monitor via the HDMI connection, in photo mode.

Now I can no longer use my new Canon R5 MK2 via the HDMI connection in photo mode, the screen and EVF go black, the signal is transmitted perfectly to the external screen, but simply blocks the EVF! Why exactly? And why does this only work in video mode? Why hasn't Canon introduced this for stills as well? Technically it wouldn't be a problem...

Maybe you have a solution to this problem, or maybe Canon is addressing this issue

Best

Yves

[Waddizzle]

Hello!.  Welcome to the forum.

Just to be clear on what you are saying.  You can shoot and record video with either the R5 or R5ii and see the video capture on both an external monitor and the camera.

However, you could shoot stills on the R5 and monitor the captures on both the camera and an external monitor, but are unable to repeat this functionality with the R5II.  Is that correct?

[ybn]

Yes. EVF and screen goes black (in photo mode) as soon as I connect the HDMI cable, even if I have activated the dual output option in the HDMI output menu (which is currently only available for movie mode)

[ybn]

Any inputs from someone?