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[...] is a manual-focus only lens. If you don’t have pilot eyes, consider also renting a camera with Live View to help ensure that your shot is sharp. Full frame cameras with Live View include the 5D Mark [...]

By: Him Rekhi

Him Rekhi — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:14:22 +0000

Thank you very much for explaining in such easy & simple layman terms.

By: Bradley Dean Whyte

Bradley Dean Whyte — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:30:49 +0000

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Bradley Dean Whyte — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:28:32 +0000

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By: ùrobyn

ùrobyn — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:39:46 +0000

This was POORLY explained.
You need to mention that inside DSLRs there is a mirror which enables the photographer to use the optical viewfinder to LOOK THROUGH THE ACTUAL LENS and see what the lens actually sees!
LIVE VIEW simply takes this image and displays it on the large LCD screen at the back of the camera.
This is not rocket science and should have been done years and years ago in DSLRS!
LIVE VIEW has been available in compact cameras since they went digital and started having the LCD on their backs!
What you see on a compact camera's LCD is the "LIVE VIEW" of what the CCD sees through the lens.
Now is that what happens with a DSLR which has LIVE VIEW?
YOU DID NOT EXPLAIN THAT!
Does the mirror in a DSLR get out of the way of the sensor in order for the LIVE VIEW to be transmitted to the LCD?
You did not explain that!
If that is the case then the optical viewfinder in a DSLR is rendered useless when in LIVE VIEW mode.
You didn't explain that EITHER!

Now there' s all this hoopla about LIVE VIEW!
I mean listen if you REALLY want LIVE VIEW just throw cameras away and look at the world with your own eyes.
But even that is NOT really LIVE VIEW because the image has to be processed by your eyes and then reprocessed by your brain anyway!
So in reality there is NO real LIVE VIEW anywhere!

It's been DSLRs that have been lagging behind!
In any case DSLR are dinosaurs and they are dying a slow painful death.
All technology is moving AWAY from using moving parts, never mind still using a hinged mirror that is flipped up and down while taking pictures!

This mirror thing is an archaic concept that will have totally disappeared in ALL cameras before 2020.