placing second monitor in housing

Hi folks,

I'm having trouble finding the right info on the net and was wondering if someone on this board could help me out.

What I'm trying to find is an external monitor (2.5 - 3 inch) to place inside my housing - since the back of the housing is flat glass - and thus be able to better control movement for certain shots. I have been gooogling this until my eyes got all red and bleary, but the only things I can find are either pro style 7 inch monitors (to big) or monitors that will fit in the back of a car head rest so your kids can watch movies .... and I don't have any kids and don't own no car

Another thing is power supply: I noticed that many monitors require 12V power but, of course, a battery that size won't fit in my housing. Ideally I would like to have something that runs on a sony camcorder battery. I have actually seen such a monitor once but the picture quality was terrible.

Something else I was wondering about is if somebody has ever tried (or even better: succeeded) to take a monitor from an old camcorder and wire it in a way so ti can be used as an extra monitor plugged into the A/V out ... and powered by a second camcorder battery. I'm pretty sure I once saw a post about that on some blog but can't seem to find it anymore.

If anybody has done something like this and/or could point me to the right resources I would be really grateful!

Using an older camcorder's monitor is nigh impossible due to the way it's wired up. Using a sony L or M series battery means it'll be 7.2v. Getting smaller monitors isn't out of the question. There are a few 3.5" monitors out there covering VGA res at 5-6v draw. Check out Purdy electronics for specs.

Using an older camcorder's monitor is nigh impossible due to the way it's wired up. Using a sony L or M series battery means it'll be 7.2v. Getting smaller monitors isn't out of the question. There are a few 3.5" monitors out there covering VGA res at 5-6v draw. Check out Purdy electronics for specs.

Hi Drew,

thanks for the link. I checked it out but it seems what they have is all 12V powered ... unfortunately I understand next to nothing when it comes to electrics/electronics, so I can't really figure out the specs on their PDF sheets.

thanks again for the help

Pustom makes a couple of models that I've seen others use in their housings. Like this one:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/underwate...cd-monitor.html

and another option:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/underwate...using-mods.html

I think Billy (Empty V) posts here so he may see this also.

and one more: http://www.lcdracks.com/panels/vlcd4p.html