5
Shooting Pictures and Movies with Live View
In This Chapter
Exploring Live View menu options and photography
Shooting and focusing in Live View mode
Using the Quick Control menu
Recording and previewing movies
Getting some tips for movie shooting
Photographers who own point-and-shoot cameras use the LCD monitor to compose their pictures, which has some definite advantages. For instance, you can place the camera close to the ground and compose an image through the monitor, or hold the camera over your head to do the same. Digital SLR (single-lens reflex) owners didn’t have this option until the Live View mode began popping up on digital SLR cameras. And fortunately for you, your EOS 6D has this option. Live View mode has lots of benefits when creating images, including what you see is what you get. However, Live View mode has a few disadvantages as well. You hold the camera in ...
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