Pete_vxl
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getting a camera soon and just trying to understand the jargon, whats live view?
[Edited on 01-09-2008 by Pete_macari]
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Scotty_B
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Live View means you can use you DSLR just like a compact. i.e use the screen instead of the viewfinder. 
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Pete_vxl
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taaaa!
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R1CH
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the liveview is generally pretty gash
Until you have it on a computer screen with remote shooting, that way you can individually fine tune the focus in areas not usually seen!
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neil h
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You've gotta be careful with liveview as the are a few different systems. For example the canon one has 2 different autofocuses, a contrast based one that works in live view and another which uses the mirror (and deactivates liveview temporarily so you don't see what it focuses on).
I think at the moment Sony probably have the best liveview system on the Alpha series cameras. As it runs well and there is very little difference in the autofocus speed.
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