canon turn LCD screen on
Jun 16, 2012, 2:17 pm
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canon turn LCD screen on
we have a canon T1 and a D7. is there some way to use the lcd screen for focus for either of them? neither seem to go on other that to show what we missed, or wish to erase. there certainly is nothing we can find in the manual that has an instruction"turn lcd screen on by twisting this knob, or punching this button".
Jun 16, 2012, 5:19 pm
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My T2 has a button up by the viewfinder that has a camera icon on it and that's what switches it to the LCD view for me. Not sure if it's the same on the T1, but you may want to check...
Jun 17, 2012, 6:50 am
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Jun 17, 2012, 8:36 am
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Jun 17, 2012, 10:27 am
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you're right. if i put the camera in P OR AV, AND punch the button i get a live screen.
http://slawecki.com/Bluebirds/#single:P1070499.JPG
this is the little girl. she is a female promontory warbler. they are quite uncommon. this was taken with a panasonic dslr. hope to do better with one of the canons, if i can get them to focus.
http://slawecki.com/Bluebirds/#single:P1070499.JPG
this is the little girl. she is a female promontory warbler. they are quite uncommon. this was taken with a panasonic dslr. hope to do better with one of the canons, if i can get them to focus.
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Jun 17, 2012, 1:40 pm
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You're right. I was thinking of my old xti, which I gave to my daughter so I could upgrade to a t2i. The her camera was stolen, so we both have a t21. Now the new t4i has caught my eye. Maybe costco will have a deal together with the new lens next year.
Jun 18, 2012, 4:43 pm
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It has caught my eye too but I wanted to wait and see how well the live view focus is. If it does not work well I may still try to find a 60D at a good cost.
Jun 19, 2012, 5:20 pm
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live view focus on my t2i is terrible. but it is great for manual focus with macro shots. It has a 10x zoom, so you can really see how well you focused. I suspect your camera has the same feature. You zoom with the button in the upper right with the + below it.
