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Exploring Live View Photography and Movie Making

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In This Chapter

  • Getting acquainted with Live View mode
  • Customizing the Live View display
  • Exploring Live View and movie autofocusing options
  • Taking pictures in Live View mode
  • Recording, playing, and trimming movies
  • Saving a movie frame as a still image

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Live View enables you to use the monitor instead of the viewfinder to compose photos. Live View is also necessary for recording movies; using the viewfinder isn't possible.

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In many respects, Live View photography is the same as through-the-viewfinder photography although a few critical steps, including autofocusing, work very differently. The first part of this chapter explains everything you need to know about Live View focusing as well as other aspects of the Live View system. Following that, you can find details on taking photos in Live View mode and also shooting, viewing, and editing movies.

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