Live view now available on every dSLR

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I saw this on a blog called Free Photography Stuff and thought it was worth sharing.

 
Those clever Canon people, what will they think of next:)
 
next to instant zoom would be nice. I heard they were coming up with something like liquid glass that would somehow change the way think of lenses.

Either way, i couldnt care less about live view, i would only ever use it on a 5d for video... i dont think it adheres to dslr photography
 
Can you just imagine how much that will cost.:eek:
Just looked £239
 
as much as i just slated live view. that is pritty funky :D
 
Dom_Cabarete said:
i couldnt care less about live view, i would only ever use it on a 5d for video... i dont think it adheres to dslr photography
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It is VERY useful for macro work. If you get right on something and use manual focus you would be amazed how far out you were when you thought it was perfectly focused.
 
Janice said:
It is VERY useful for macro work. If you get right on something and use manual focus you would be amazed how far out you were when you thought it was perfectly focused.
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It's also great for photographing the moon and the sky. It's actually VERY hard to get critical focus using manual focus and the view finder.
People that complain about live view just aren't into one of the many applications for it i think.
 
As someone who wishes Liveview would crawl back into whatever foul orifice it emerged from, this made me chuckle :)
 
puddleduck said:
As someone who wishes Liveview would crawl back into whatever foul orifice it emerged from, this made me chuckle :)
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I really don't get that comment, fair enough if they had taken away the view finder and forced you to use live view but it's just an aditional feature that you can use should you want too. Personally can't see the point in getting upset about it, it's a bit like getting all het up because they added an extra picture style it's just not worth the energy.
 
Dom_Cabarete said:
Either way, i couldn't care less about live view, i would only ever use it on a 5d for video... i don't think it adheres to dslr photography
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As people have already pointed out, it is excellent for macro work, and I imagine moon shots (don't know yet, have been waiting for a clear enough night to try). Or are P&S users the only ones to do those types of photography? Plus I can tell you that it is also an excellent aid for disabled DSLR users like me. It helps me get shots I otherwise wouldn't be able to :).
 
thats cool just my personal 2pence
 
Werecow said:
It's also great for photographing the moon and the sky. It's actually VERY hard to get critical focus using manual focus and the view finder.
People that complain about live view just aren't into one of the many applications for it i think.
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There was a time before DSLRs when people did actually take pictures on film using those weird viewfinders...
 
bakedbeans said:
There was a time before DSLRs when people did actually take pictures on film using those weird viewfinders...
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Yes when the viewfinders were designed more for manual focus.

It's damned hard manually focussing on the moon, especially using 1000mm plus of reach when its hard to actually turn the barrel in small enough movements to get it right.

I still have to use the viewfinder but i'm looking forward to getting a camera with live view for that purpose.
 
Werecow said:
Yes when the viewfinders were designed more for manual focus.

It's damned hard manually focussing on the moon, especially using 1000mm plus of reach when its hard to actually turn the barrel in small enough movements to get it right.

I still have to use the viewfinder but i'm looking forward to getting a camera with live view for that purpose.
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How can a viewfinder be designed "more for manual focus"? I'm genuinely interested as I belief I cannot state a difference between my DSLRs and SLRs viewfinder.
 
Perhaps he's referring to the bigger viewfinders 35mm cameras would have compared to APS-C DSLRs? Dunno.

I can sort of see Puddleducks point, there are other things I would rather see the R&D budget spent on than live view.
 
bakedbeans said:
There was a time before DSLRs when people did actually take pictures on film using those weird viewfinders...
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There was also a time when people used pin hole cameras and before that they stood inside a box with a hole in the wall and painted the images that was produced. Just because something was once done a particular way doesn't mean it can't be done differently in the future or are you saying that the film SLRs of the 90's were the pinacle of the evolution of the camera and we should just stop trying to develop new features?
 
a1ex2001 said:
There was also a time when people used pin hole cameras and before that they stood inside a box with a hole in the wall and painted the images that was produced. Just because something was once done a particular way doesn't mean it can't be done differently in the future or are you saying that the film SLRs of the 90's were the pinacle of the evolution of the camera and we should just stop trying to develop new features?
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I was referring to manual focussing being better/more accurate on live view than view finder. Thanks for your input though.
 
bakedbeans said:
How can a viewfinder be designed "more for manual focus"? I'm genuinely interested as I belief I cannot state a difference between my DSLRs and SLRs viewfinder.
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split prisms on the focusing screen.

stronger matte affect (darker image but easier to see the focus)

pentaprism rather than pentamirror to get a brighter image (although only relevent to entry level DSLRs)

and of course the larger size of a full frame also makes it easier to see detail.

Several ways in which the viewfinder can be "tuned" more for manual focus, of course all can be acheived on a DSLR so long as you can replace the focusing screen and/or are willing to pay for a full frame DSLR.

if you cant afford that though, live-view can be damned useful.
 
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