Thanks. Glad I was able to figure it out from the user's manual
although it wasn't perfectly clear. I'm a bit surprised though that
this same method of operation goes back to the 40D. No 4/3 live view
for me.
Chuck Norcutt
C.H.Ling wrote:
> Both 40D and 5D II working in the same way:
>
> At liveview mode with manual focus, the mirror is always in the up position.
> When you press the shutter release the shutter operate, LCD black out, after
> exposure LCD screen return (the mirror do not move). Same sequence with CCD
> contrast AF. If my memory serve me well, in normal focus (fast) mode, when
> you press the shutter release the mirror down and AF sensor do the focus
> then mirror up again for exposure and it stay in up position ready for next
> shoot.
>
> The E-3 and E-520 I had need a mirror bounce even with manual focus lenses
> at liveview mode. When pressing the shutter release, the mirror will go down
> and up for exposure, the loud mirror sound and delay is very annoying.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Wilcox" <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> 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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