Live View Shooting VS View Finder?
Dec 14, 2012 12:29:57 #
Hi all, I was wondering how many of you use your view finder for shooting instead of Live View? I have found that shooting in live view,it takes longer between shots as did my older point and shoot Nikon Coolpix. Now, it doesn't take nearly as long with my Canon T4I ,yet still have to wait a bit. When shooting thru the viewfinder though, in manual mode,it is much faster.
Would like to be able to use Live View more,yet the wait time between shots is way too long for me. Also shooting thru the view finder, my huge nose gets in the way and leaves condensate on the camera back.
Any input on the subject would be helpful. I have camera set to save both raw and jpg images at highest resolution. Thanks , Tim
Would like to be able to use Live View more,yet the wait time between shots is way too long for me. Also shooting thru the view finder, my huge nose gets in the way and leaves condensate on the camera back.
Any input on the subject would be helpful. I have camera set to save both raw and jpg images at highest resolution. Thanks , Tim
Dec 14, 2012 13:04:55 #
tim57064 wrote:
Hi all, I was wondering how many of you use your v... (show quote)
I shoot through the viewfinder out of habit, because it is faster and I don't waste my battery as fast. I shoot through the LCD when I want to be dead on with the focus zooming in as far as I need to go before I shoot or when I shoot video.
Dec 14, 2012 16:33:22 #
I nearly always use the viewfinder...
Live View requires the image be allowed to get to the image sensor so the mirror is moved out of the way and you loose the Phase Detection focus system which is typically more accurate and faster the Contrast Detection system used for the image sensor.
Live View requires the image be allowed to get to the image sensor so the mirror is moved out of the way and you loose the Phase Detection focus system which is typically more accurate and faster the Contrast Detection system used for the image sensor.
Dec 14, 2012 16:43:19 #
I rarely use live view. I prefer using the viewfinder. I feel that I can hold the camera in a more stable manner. Holding the camera out to use the LCD gets very tiring with the heavy camera and lens. Then I tend to shake the camera just a little.
Dec 14, 2012 16:46:09 #
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Landscape - live view.
Follow action, candid portraits - viewfinder.
Anything else - either/or.
I find live view manual focus with the 5x/10x focus assist zoom more accurate than any - because you are looking directly at how the sensor will record it.
Too slow for anything except landscape or prefocusing though.
:Edit:
I mostly use a tripod so that influences how I do it.
If I am handholding it is 90% viewfinder.
Follow action, candid portraits - viewfinder.
Anything else - either/or.
I find live view manual focus with the 5x/10x focus assist zoom more accurate than any - because you are looking directly at how the sensor will record it.
Too slow for anything except landscape or prefocusing though.
:Edit:
I mostly use a tripod so that influences how I do it.
If I am handholding it is 90% viewfinder.
Dec 15, 2012 06:15:50 #
I find the live view is ok except in bright and low in the sky sunlight so I always use the viewfinder also to save battery power which one day will let you down at the best shot you have ever seen. For example I was in London a couple of months ago and I waited for the guards in full dress uniform to march down the Mall. It was perfect conditions Blue sky nice white clouds Red tunics Buttons gleaming and a flat battery just before they got to me! Got the back of them after fitting the spare battery. Spare camera (Fuji X10) bought with viewfinder so it won't happen again.
Dec 15, 2012 06:54:47 #
I use a Zacato eye piece and live view all the time. The focus is much more accurate than I can get through the viewfinder. The wait between shots depends on the camera. My 5d MkII allows me to adjust the preview length to nothing so the wait between shots is minimal.
However, for action shots the viewfinder is much faster and easier.
However, for action shots the viewfinder is much faster and easier.
Dec 15, 2012 07:17:29 #
I cannot stand live view for hand-held shooting. It is very hard to see in bright light and, as already mentioned, makes it much harder to hold the camera steady. Apart from this, focussing is so slow (and I think the Canon T2i and T3i are especially bad).
Dec 15, 2012 08:13:00 #
tim57064 wrote:
Hi all, I was wondering how many of you use your v... (show quote)
I tend to use live view more, particularly when street shooting. I have Hoodman devices for both - the one for live view particularly helpful in certain lighting conditions.
As I plan to get more involved in DSLR video, I would use live view with the LCD screen flipped out, as that helps with heat dissipation - heat build-up being problematic when shooting movies. Using two cameras, and alternating them, is another approach to the heat problem.
I would love to experiment with the Canon T4i because of its touch screen features.
Dec 15, 2012 08:13:58 #
For me, it's either or - whichever gives me the best look at what I want to shoot. With the Nikon D800, I can move the focus point any where in the view of the Live View screen; using the view finder I'm limited to the area programed which is maybe 1/2 of the total view thru the view finder. Alos, ambient light affects use of the Live View
Dec 15, 2012 08:29:41 #
I prefer the viewfinder for same reasons others have said - more stability, easier to see in the sunlight. However, I do really like having live view available. Sometimes I shoot at such an odd angle it's hard to keep my eye on the viewfinder.
Dec 15, 2012 10:23:25 #
I see that no one has stated that there may be a way to speed up the process of using live view.
So I take it there is no way to do so? I haven't tried it yet,but can you turn off preview on the T4I?
Will that speed up your ability to image faster thru live view?
Yes I know,you will say try it and see if it works.Just thought I would ask.
I like to get feedback from others.
It seems that if you are using live view to shoot and you have your camera set at a high ISO,it takes longer ,for some reason, to take multiple shots.
Yet when the camera is set at the same ISO and you are using the viewfinder , it is much faster. Why is that. Tim
So I take it there is no way to do so? I haven't tried it yet,but can you turn off preview on the T4I?
Will that speed up your ability to image faster thru live view?
Yes I know,you will say try it and see if it works.Just thought I would ask.
I like to get feedback from others.
It seems that if you are using live view to shoot and you have your camera set at a high ISO,it takes longer ,for some reason, to take multiple shots.
Yet when the camera is set at the same ISO and you are using the viewfinder , it is much faster. Why is that. Tim
Dec 15, 2012 11:37:34 #
tim57064 wrote:
Hi all, I was wondering how many of you use your v... (show quote)
I use the viewfinder 99% of the time, but most of what I shoot might move. The viewfinder is quicker and easier to track a moving target.
For stationary photos such as a landscape or other stationary shots liveview would be fine but that is all I use it for.
Jim D
Dec 15, 2012 11:50:10 #
Viewfinder unless it requires the zoomed in manual focusing of live view.
Dec 15, 2012 13:32:53 #
Many cameras have an 'image display' of the shot for a second or two after the shot is taken when using live view. Turn it off if you have it to speed things up.
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