Comments on: 4 ways Live Preview can help you take photos

By: Alex Ermolin

Alex Ermolin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:06:17 +0000

I use it instead of mirror lock up feature – on 5D mk II it is buried too deep in menus, and I found it much quicker to push a designated LiveView button to lock up the mirror.

By: Denis Rouleau

Denis Rouleau — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:21:08 +0000

For indoor photography, you can scroll through the list of WB settings and instantly see the result on screen. Pretty useful.

By: G Dan Mitchell

G Dan Mitchell — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:24:42 +0000

Glad you found the article useful. I really love Live View on my 5D II, especially for landscape work and for photographing natural subjects such as wildflowers.

The irony is that when I purchased my 5D II using Live View was just about the last thing on my mind. I pretty much ignored the feature and went about my business making photos the same way I had with my 5D. Then one day I went back and read the manual about this feature. The first wake up call was when doing night photography, where getting good focus is notoriously difficult. It hit me that I should try Live View – and I discovered that I could manually focus in very, very low light.

Dan

By: Steve Berardi

Steve Berardi — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:40:25 +0000

@Zack – great addition! I know there’s those little devices that allow you to look through the viewfinder at any angle, but I hate carrying around extra stuff like that, so using LiveView for this, as you suggested, is a much better solution in my opinion

@Bob / @CPhillips – I’m not sure about this, but I doubt every camera supports this feature: zooming in on Live Preview.. would definitely come in handy though!

@G Dan Mitchell – thanks so much for sharing your article! plenty of more great uses for an underrated feature! I posted your article on our facebook page too

By: G Dan Mitchell

G Dan Mitchell — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:55:36 +0000

I have seven…

G Dan Mitchell

By: C. Phillips

C. Phillips — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:52 +0000

I also have a question on #4. On my bridge digital, when in manual focus, I could easily do this (zoom in to make sure of the focus). But on my new D90 I can find no way to do this, not in the manual nor on the web. Is this a technique that I’m not aware of? Or is it a function that my camera does not have?
Great article, btw!

By: Bob Herring

Bob Herring — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:20:38 +0000

A great article that puts “useful” into play for my D300. Would like to see more discussion on item 4 of the article! Thanks Steve for the information you share with us!

By: Neeraj Lall

Neeraj Lall — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:18:55 +0000

” when I first heard of Live Preview (aka LiveView) on digital SLRs, I thought it was totally stupid. Just another pointless feature that wastes a ton of battery life.”

I also thought so but hey now I know that LiveView can be put to good use too. Thanks for this useful information.

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By: Zack Jones

Zack Jones — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:55:34 +0000

#5 – It’s great for low level shots. Using Liveview you can compose a low level shot without having to lie down on the ground.