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Using Live View
The Canon EOS 6D Mark II has a gorgeous 3.0-inch LCD that can be viewed under a variety of lighting conditions and from wide-ranging angles, so you don’t have to be exactly behind the display to see its live view image clearly while shooting stills or video. If you want to use automatic focus the Dual Pixel CMOS AF system provides the best live view autofocus Canon has offered. You still must avoid pointing your 6D Mark II at bright light sources (especially the sun) when using live view, but the real-time preview can be used for fairly long periods without frying the sensor. (Image quality can degrade, but the camera issues a warning when the sensor starts to overheat.)
You need to take some steps before using live view. ...
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