For those who shoot video in 4K with the Sony A6000 and A7 series cameras and wish that there is a headphone jack in the camera, I have a few workarounds for you.
Option 1: you will need the following items:
Instruction can be found here.
Option 2: or you can get a camera monitor such as the one featured in the Youtube video below which will give you a headphone jack.
$200 4K Capable 7″ Camera Monitor
However, both of these options have one major flaw—it will disable the face detection feature which is essential to keep my subject’s face in focus during the shoot.
My Only Option
Connect an external microphone to a digital audio recorder such as the Zoom H1
and use a Y-splitter such as
this one
and a Stereo Audio Cable with 1/8″ TRS Connectors such as
this one
Feed the audio from the digital audio recorder to the camera’s audio input and you can plug in your headphone at the Y-splitter as well. This seems to be the only way to preserve the face detection feature and be able to monitor the audio during filming in 4K.
