How to capture great looking camera LCD screenshots

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understand what the specific camera settings are and how they should be set. A key tool in
helping this explanation is clear LCD screenshots of the camera menus.
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Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme
with another camera.
Over the time I have been running this blog I
have tried several methods of making LCD
screenshots, including photographing the LCD
It’s helpful if both the camera being photographed and the capturing camera are mounted on
the same tripod. I use Manfrotto Cross Arm, Double End and Double Head Support (131DD)
with two tripod heads on it.
More recently I have moved over to using a device that captures the screen displays using the
camera HDMI connection. The device I use is the Blackmagic Design Intensity Extreme. With
the Intensity Extreme plugged in to a Thunderbolt port on the Mac I can capture stills but also
movies of the camera menus at 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution.
EOS 7D LCD screenshot captured with Intensity Extreme
LCD Screenshots and capture frame rate
In my initial trials I found there to be one major hurdle to overcome – finding the correct frame
rate for each camera. The Intensity Extreme needs to be set to the same frame resolution and
frame rate as the camera outputs. Well different cameras have different outputs.
Perhaps the most obvious is the EOS 5D Mark III, it actually has a menu option to set the
HDMI frame rate. If your camera is set to PAL video standard then there are three options 50i,
24p and AUTO. Among the other cameras I had to hand there was no such menu to set the
HDMI frame rate.
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Choice of HDMI frame rates on the EOS 5D Mark III (set to PAL)
So if you want to capture from the EOS 5D Mark III you need to match the frame rates as
shown in the table below. For good measure I also tried with the camera set to NTSC video
mode, and the displays show AUTO, 24p and 60i.
PAL video mode
24p – 23.98p
50i – 50i
AUTO – either of the above two options
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NTSC video mode
24p – 23.98p
60i – 59.94i
AUTO – either of the above two options
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Setting frames rates to capture LCD screenshots for other cameras
The Intensity Extreme offers a wide range of settings for frame rate and so with some trial and
error it is possible to work out the settings for each camera. So far it certainly seems that the
odd one out is the EOS 5D Mark III.
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Other cameras I have tried including the EOS 7D, EOS 70D and EOS 650D all work the same,
and even in PAL video mode the Intensity Extreme needs to be set to capture at use 59.94i or
you get nothing.
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3 Responses to How to capture great looking camera LCD screenshots
Syl Arena
16 July, 2014
Brian! So helpful. I’m pushing through revisions for the second edition of the
Speedliter’s Handbook. Thanks for the tips.
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Brian Worley
17 July, 2014
You are welcome – the frame rate thing caught me out as I expected other
cameras to follow the 5D3 rather than the 5D3 be the odd one out.
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Herb Keeler
24 October, 2018
Brian,
Having issues getting my canon 80d. I cannot get anything to
capture on with the Black Magic Intensity USB 3.0. I need to
instruct new Crime Scene Investigators and need want to have
cleen screen shots of the menus and record a short video of the
menus.
Can you please assist..
Thanks
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