Comments on: Live View Mode In Your DSLR Camera

By: Joanna

Joanna — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:19:57 +0000

Hi Amanda! Thanks for stopping by
And confirming my thoughts- I was hoping I am not the only one, that live view is not the most important for. All these great comments I am getting only confirm it!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:06:51 +0000

I don’t use live view very often- you are right it just slows things down! Occasionally I will use if I am taking at an unusual angle or trying something that I am not sure will work. Great Post!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:40:37 +0000

Natalie, I feel very similar- viewfinder seems to me more accurate etc.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on live view.

By: natalie.

natalie. — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:01:43 +0000

to be honest, i rarely use live view. if i do, it’s because i’m slightly too lazy to take the time to adjust the white balance and want to see it happen live on screen. but maybe i’m just old school, and still really love looking through a viewfinder. live view on a point-and-shoot is fine, but a dslr to me is just like an slr – minus loading the film i treat it much like shooting with an older manual camera.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:18:47 +0000

Rick, thanks for sharing! I have never tried it- but it definitely sounds like good way to use the live view mode. I may try it one time, when I will be shooting standing in the crowd (as I myself am not the tallest person- it probably help a lot with getting actually some photos!)

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:53:50 +0000

I use live view on my Nikon D90 fairly often for dynamic angles, especially to shoot above crowds at events. I’ve found that to improve the speed it helps to use live you for the general composition, then switch it off & shoot “blind” after that. It works about 80% of the time, but drastically improves the speed.