Canon live view question 1212 Responses

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• vaxorcist

  wait... I re-read your post.... I may be completely wrong above....

  If you get better results from zooming in and focussing using live view than you do with the optical viewfinder, even on manual focus on both, then the optical viewfinder's diopter may be off(as said above), or the viewfinder/mirror alignment may be off...

  try this:
  - first, try focussing using live view, on a tripod on a sharp object, then look through viewfinder and move diopter till view in viewfinder is sharp without changing focus on lens.

  if that doesn't give you good results, or change anything, try:

  - tape a newspaper to the wall sideways, so text runs vertical
  - find a line in it and highlight it with yellow highlighter
  - place camera on tripod aimed at 45 degree angle to wall
  - focus on yellow line of type using viewfinder, shoot images at F1.8, F2.8, F4, F8, with corresponding shutter speeds,etc...
  - focus using live view/zoom, do the same aperture list
  - focus using AF, single point, do the same aperture list...
  -(use self-timer or radio trigger to be really anal about it)
  - write down the image numbers for each to correspond...
  - check images in computer, same RAW procedure for all....
  - see if you are consistently too close or too far with the viewfinder, i.e. the lines in front of the yellow highlighted line or behind it... etc...
  - if consistently off, then get your camera checked by Canon....

  

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