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Monday, May 12, 2008
Live View digital
One of the new developments in digital SLR cameras is the Live View function on the LCD screen. This is a big plus for those who want to use an SLR camera for digiscoping. On DSLRs without a Live View LCD screen, you have to step and look through the viewfinder to frame and focus, just like the old days when we used film SLR cameras on spotting scopes - definitely not comfortable and not fast. It's one of the reasons digiscoping with small digital point and shoots has always been more popular as a camera for digiscoping. Now with Liveview, as found on the Canon 40D, Xts and Pentax 20D, you get the convenience of using the LCD screen for framing and focusing, just like on a digital point and shoot. Ain't technology grand?
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