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I have a Sony Cybershot with one of the preview screens on the back. What I'd like to do is be able to use this for first-person-video.

Does anyone know a way to tap into the video signal of the camera? It has to be possible since it's already going to the preview screen. I think there is a video-out connection on the camera, but not sure if it will only work for playback. I haven't yet tried.

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I have a feeling this is off-topic. We are about electronic design not consumer electronics. So if you are wanting to chop off your current screen and are not afraid to do some splicing and fine soldering and understanding the signaling and protocols being used at a low level, then it would be on-topic. However, even if that is what you are wanting to do, this question would be overly broad and not a good fit for our Q&A format. – Kellenjb Jan 4 '12 at 2:01
You should try it. It works for my 7-year old Olympus P&S. – tyblu Jan 4 '12 at 18:55
@Kellenjb - How is this not related to electronic design? I'm sure there is some circuitry involved here, albeit in a top-down form as I've presented it. Pardon my tone but if I could solve this problem at Best Buy, I wouldn't be on this site. – Stevus Jan 5 '12 at 19:27
@Stevus Like I said in my previous comment, if you are willing to do everything I mentioned, it is still overly broad. In order to not be overly broad we will need you to specify some things like what protocol your new screen will be using, what IC is in the camera to drive the current LCD, etc. – Kellenjb Jan 5 '12 at 19:43

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I would definitely try the video out signal first. If that fails, what I would do is to grab one of these, set the camera to record video, and then sniff the data stream being sent to the SD card.

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Welcome to StackExchange! If you are interested in consumer electronics you might consider supporting this proposed stackexchange site: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/33064/… – Kellenjb Jan 4 '12 at 14:19

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