How much do you use your live view on your 40D?

not even once.

once when I got caught in a crowd trying to view a performance and had to hold up above eye level to snap a few shots. it seems like it was a little slower than the conventional way..but was a convenient feature as I got the shots I wanted.

I found myself using it more than I thought I would, about 20-40% of the time. It has come in quite handy.

BlackMacLabs wrote in post #4179399
once when I got caught in a crowd trying to view a performance and had to hold up above eye level to snap a few shots. it seems like it was a little slower than the conventional way..but was a convenient feature as I got the shots I wanted.

Same here. Once only in same situation.

I find it usefull for fine tuning a level horizon with the grid.

I would have checked "less than 10%" were the option available, but I really dig the feature. It gives me options I wouldn't otherwise have. Last month or so I drove through downtown Houston and held the camera up through the sunroof to snap some POV pics of us driving. With Liveview, I didn't have to guess at the framing.

Never ... but maybe I will start to if I get used to it, or see a use for it. I never use lots of features on my gear so I'm not holding my breath with this one

If they get a swivel LCD that might swing me, because that's the one thing about Live View that is so unique. I have a point & shoot camera that I use occasionally and it irritates me that it doesn't have a viewfinder.

On the other hand, I have a little attachment that allows me t see my viewfinder from a right angle, so for macros close to the ground I do have a workaround for my DSLR.

Tony

wow judging by the voting- hardly anyone uses live view.

give it a couple of days.

I am never here. I do macro but still don't think its works well for that.

Given that 10% of the time is 1 in ten shots and the camera can shoot 6.5 frames a second in a burst, I'd vote for 0-10% if it was an option or even 0-1%. But when used it's just magic - for macro, landscapes and stills.

Tried it once, and I've never used it since...

Once, for shots of the moon. I would use it for macro and product photography, if the conditions were a struggle with the viewfinder alone, or I wanted pinpoint accurate focus with a narrow DOF. For regular walkabout photography I have never felt the need to use live view.

Used it for maybe 50 shots out of 3000+ - what's that as a percentage?

Az2Africa wrote in post #4178113
No need for it yet, but nice to know it's there if I do need it.

Agreed