Chapter 6. Shooting in Live View and Tethered
Live View shooting enables you to view, compose, and focus using a real-time view of the scene on the camera's 3-inch LCD monitor. Alternately, you can shoot with the 7D connected (tethered) to the computer, and then control image settings ranging from focus and exposure to white balance and Picture Style on the computer by using the EOS Utility program from Canon. Live View and tethered shooting give you added flexibility in shooting scenarios that normal shooting doesn't provide.
Live View offers a view that can be magnified up to 10x to ensure tack-sharp automatic or Manual Focus as well as a face-detection focusing option. Live View also offers two Silent modes to reduce shutter noise. While Live View shooting is not the best choice for all shooting scenes, it is a good choice in controlled and close-up shooting scenarios such as macro and still-life shooting as well as in scenes where you cannot get the shot by looking through the viewfinder.
With tethered shooting, you have the advantage of using a large computer monitor to view and control the exposure and color of the image as you shoot. In addition, you can monitor the histogram to ensure that pixels aren't being clipped, or discarded, as you change the lighting. The Live View shooting function is also useful when shooting tethered or wirelessly in the studio.
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