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Re: [OM] Live view operation, was: E-thingy body recommendation

Subject: Re: [OM] Live view operation, was: E-thingy body recommendation
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 08:17:20 -0500
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Chuck Norcutt
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So it appears the the Canyon 5D Mk II does not actuate the mirror when
> in live view mode combined with either manual focus or live view
> focusing mode as long as it's also in manual metering mode or the
> autoexposure metering timer has not run out.  But that's not 100% clear.

Since you've been churning all this up, I do wish that this is how Oly
LV worked.  It would be nice if Ling or one of our other resident
OM-5DmkII shooters would chime in to confirm or deny.

> One thing that was explicitly stated, however, is that (when in
> "exposure simulation" mode) the camera attempts to moderate the screen
> brightness in live view such that what you see is indicative of what the
> exposure would look like and that the screen brightness will also react
> to the exposure compensation dial when in an AE mode.

Oly effected "exposure simulation" on the E-3 (it's not on either of
my other LV cameras, 330 and 410).  It's the bee's knees.

Joel W.
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