Home & Garden1 min ago
DSLR Camera question
13 Answers
Daft question I expect - with a digital SLR should I be able to see what I'm seeing on the LCD Monitor as well as through the viewfinder? Mine is black although I can take pics and see them on playback in the monitor? (It's new)
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by Prudie. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I'm only setting it up this morning Naz, it's a Canon EOS 1000D but I bought body only as understood my 2 Canon EF lenses from my old SLR would be compatible. Now I'm worried that they are the reason I can't see anything (although I have taken shots I can view on playback).
I'm looking through the manual and it suggests that one composes a shot in the monitor not the viewfinder.
I'm looking through the manual and it suggests that one composes a shot in the monitor not the viewfinder.
"I'm looking through the manual and it suggests that one composes a shot in the monitor not the viewfinder. "
Honestly, i'm surprised the manufacturer would give that advice.
"Set the shooting mode to a Creative Zone mode.
Live View shooting does not work in Basic Zone modes."
... according to the manual (page 96)
Honestly, i'm surprised the manufacturer would give that advice.
"Set the shooting mode to a Creative Zone mode.
Live View shooting does not work in Basic Zone modes."
... according to the manual (page 96)
I know that some DSLRs have live view but the majority do not . The lens gathers the light. It is reflected off the 45 degree mirror inside and up onto the pentaprism and then into the viewfinder.
MUCH better to use that than some vague jerky electronic representation of what you can actually see. IMHO.
MUCH better to use that than some vague jerky electronic representation of what you can actually see. IMHO.
"2.5" LCD with Live View mode
In Live View mode, use the bright 2.5” LCD to frame and take shots from awkward angles."
- see http://www.canon.co.u...igital_slr/EOS_1000D/
My camera (not a DSLR) has a switch that flicks between viewfinder and the screen on the back; are you sure you don't have one?
In Live View mode, use the bright 2.5” LCD to frame and take shots from awkward angles."
- see http://www.canon.co.u...igital_slr/EOS_1000D/
My camera (not a DSLR) has a switch that flicks between viewfinder and the screen on the back; are you sure you don't have one?