A Live View example

Well today there was the perfect example (at least to my eyes) of how live view can be really handy as an eye saver.

Blinding Orange

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Great shot

depending on what time this was taken and how bright the sun was, i'd say you almost damaged your sensor exposing it like this....
but it's a damn nice pic tho!

Desertraptor,
Thanks

muscleflex,
Ahh... No, I have taken hundreds of similar sun photos, some with a 1200mm lens and none of my CMOS sensors ever suffered from it. Although I have almost burned out my eyes a few times but not anymore with live view

Nice shot John! Did you use the grid when you did this shot?

jdizzle,
Thanks, and no I didn't. In fact I haven't even tried the grid or magnification with it yet. Still learning all the new features

John_B wrote in post #3879953
muscleflex,
Ahh... No, I have taken hundreds of similar sun photos, some with a 1200mm lens and none of my CMOS sensors ever suffered from it. Although I have almost burned out my eyes a few times but not anymore with live view

Ummmm - but previously, the sensor would only have been exposed to the magnified sun only during the actual exposure, but with liveview, it's exposed the whole time, isn't it? The strain your eyes were taking is now falling on the sensor.

I could be wrong, but I think you need to investigate this and be careful.

P.S. Maybe the IR filter will prevent a lot of the heating though.

John_B wrote in post #3879976
jdizzle,
Thanks, and no I didn't. In fact I haven't even tried the grid or magnification with it yet. Still learning all the new features

The grid helps alot in composition.

xarqi wrote in post #3879997
Ummmm - but previously, the sensor would only have been exposed to the magnified sun only during the actual exposure, but with liveview, it's exposed the whole time, isn't it? The strain your eyes were taking is now falling on the sensor.

I could be wrong, but I think you need to investigate this and be careful.

P.S. Maybe the IR filter will prevent a lot of the heating though.

Iv exposed several A series cameras to similar treatment, usually pointing them at a setting sun for half an hour or more.
Never seen any sign of damage to sensor from it.
Iv also taken plenty of sunset photos with my 30D, and never had any problems, other than blinding myself because it doesn't have live view

The sensor is a lot tougher than the human eye

xarqi,
Well yes, if you have it pointed at the sun using live view (or even not using live view) for long periods, damage could happen. However I used it for a couple of seconds for subject placement, not as a video to watch the sun.
Besides the manual says:

I didn't see the high temperature icon displayed so it wasn't even long enough for the camera to warn me

Moppie wrote in post #3880025
Iv exposed several A series cameras to similar treatment, usually pointing them at a setting sun for half an hour or more.
Never seen any sign of damage to sensor from it.
Iv also taken plenty of sunset photos with my 30D, and never had any problems, other than blinding myself because it doesn't have live view

The sensor is a lot tougher than the human eye

You've taken half-hour exposures of the sun?

great pic and this is a perfect example of why the liveview is a nice feature despite what some of the old school people think

gooble wrote in post #3880043
You've taken half-hour exposures of the sun?

No, just pointed a camera, with live view, at the sun for half an hour or more and taken several photos during that time.

tekkie,
Thanks, and my eye agrees 100% with you

Cool - I thought it was better to speak up, just in case it was an issue.