Benefit of Live View?
Dec 16, 2014 20:52:52 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
Whuff wrote:
Also, with a reticulating screen I suppose I could hold the camera up over a crowd and take a photo with my subject in the frame.
Walt
Walt
A couple of additional reasons. Many Live view screens allow the overlaying of a rule of thirds grid and a level, and many cameras with Live view can show a histogram of the exposure before the shot is taken!
Dec 16, 2014 23:35:21 #
mwsilvers wrote:
A couple of additional reasons. Many Live view screens allow the overlaying of a rule of thirds grid and a level, and many cameras with Live view can show a histogram of the exposure before the shot is taken!
Yup. I had forgotten about the grid.
Walt
Dec 17, 2014 05:51:49 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I use it often with my ultra-wide angle lens and articulating screen for low perspectives. Much easier on creaky knees that getting down on the ground :)
I will second that. My Canon 70D is a real friend in this way having the articulating screen. Getting up was an accomplishment after trying to shoot with the 50D.
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Dec 17, 2014 05:53:46 #
PCity wrote:
What is the benefit of a DSLR having a Live View feature IF the viewfinder is 100% and you are seeing what the lens sees?
Focusing accuracy, and the electronics to do tethered shooting, to mention a few. Contrast detect focus is always correct. Phase detect focus can have errors. It is also necessary for video.
Dec 17, 2014 06:16:54 #
PCity wrote:
What is the benefit of a DSLR having a Live View feature IF the viewfinder is 100% and you are seeing what the lens sees?
Ditto what everyone else said plus in my case I wear reading glasses and I find it a lot more comfortable to look at the live view with my glasses on than looking through the viewfinder. I don't have to take my glasses off to take the shot then put them back on to check it. I really appreciate the live view that way. ;)
Dec 17, 2014 06:37:37 #
Tom S. wrote:
Yes, the articulating screen works great for that.
Great avatar. They were no doubt attracted by your long lens. :D
Dec 17, 2014 06:38:34 #
Another benefit is that you can hold the camera at arm's length in front of you, like all the P&S people. :D
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Dec 17, 2014 07:38:17 #
Whuff wrote:
Live view is helpful for nighttime shooting on a tripod. With my camera (a Canon T3i) I can set it up for live view with manual focus, magnify the live view by either 5X or 10X, and manually focus perfectly. Now using a remote I can take the photo with crisp focus. I've done this in daylight too but it's tougher to see the screen in daylight.
Walt
Walt
I also use the same procedure when doing macro photography.
Dec 17, 2014 07:57:23 #
I use my live view a lot. Reasons: (1) I have trifocals and can't always line them up with the viewfinder. (2) I can see live view clearly and zoom in up to 10x to get a really sharp focus whether macro or landscape. (3) I have a Canon 60D and the live view screen rotation allows me to shoot stuff on the ground without getting down on the ground too. Getting down is ok, but the getting up...
I don't use it for action shots, only stills.
I don't use it for action shots, only stills.
PCity wrote:
What is the benefit of a DSLR having a Live View feature IF the viewfinder is 100% and you are seeing what the lens sees?
Dec 17, 2014 08:14:22 #
PCity wrote:
What is the benefit of a DSLR having a Live View feature IF the viewfinder is 100% and you are seeing what the lens sees?
I like Live View on the tripod (especially at night or when doing portraits). It gives you the ability to verify focus and see the image. At night, it is great for manual focus since the cameras typically use contrast to determine focus and can't or don't do it well in low light. However, live view uses lots of battery so make sure that you have spares if you are doing it. Live view shooting is (or seems to be) a slower process since you focus, trip the shutter, the camera shoots, then processes, then returns for the next shot. This may be because when I shoot live view, I am mainly shooting time exposures and there is a processing time after each anyway.
Dec 17, 2014 09:19:37 #
Also, with live view you can focus anywhere in the screen, at least with Nikon's, while the area of focus in the view finder is limited.
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Dec 17, 2014 09:20:26 #
PCity wrote:
What is the benefit of a DSLR having a Live View feature IF the viewfinder is 100% and you are seeing what the lens sees?
It is not uncommon for AF through the viewfinder to be be slightly inaccurate. Front-focus or Back-focus. The reason can be be in the body or the lens or both. The higher end DSLRs have a "focus fine tune" to correct this. The fact that the focus sensor is separate from the image sensor makes the inaccuracy possible.
I the focus sensor used in live view is part of the image sensor. This plus an iterative loping algorithm makes live view focusing more accurate. In fact I have never read of anyone with inaccurate live view focusing. A good rule is to use live view focusing whenever practical.
All Mirrorless cameras use what is essentially live view focus. Aside from weight and bulk it is the principal benefit.
Dec 17, 2014 09:39:08 #
PCity wrote:
What is the benefit of a DSLR having a Live View feature IF the viewfinder is 100% and you are seeing what the lens sees?
There are many uses for the LCD. Here are a few:
1. The viewfinder does not show you the exposure. The LCD is to check that you got what you intended before you leave the photo site. This is the most important use. (Also called "chimping")
2. The LCD enables setting the cameras many menu choices.
3. The LCD is necessary for video because the mirror is up full time making the viewfinder useless.
There are many more.
Dec 17, 2014 09:40:27 #
I use it to sharpen the focus when doing macro. You can really home in on the main focus point.
Dec 17, 2014 09:41:41 #
waegwan wrote:
Ditto what everyone else said plus in my case I wear reading glasses and I find it a lot more comfortable to look at the live view with my glasses on than looking through the viewfinder. I don't have to take my glasses off to take the shot then put them back on to check it. I really appreciate the live view that way. ;)
Another use: Using the info screen on the LCD enables reading button settings without reading glasses on these high end cameras that provide an unreadable little green screen for that purpose. The D800 has a menu setting that lets you program the on/off switch to turn on the LCD info screen instead of just the backlight.
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