The 40D Live View Mystery -=READ THIS=- Before posting re Live view

There has been WAY to many 40D Live View threads and not enough searches and manual reading. This had lead to me reading WAY to many threads with false info in them.

First Off......You can auto focus in Live View Mode as well as have shooting info on the screen.

The index of your manual (Chapter 6 pgs. 107-114) will show where to find this info as well. (sorry for you overseas chaps as Canon seems to think you don't need to have manuals included with your purchases)

1. How to turn on LV (pg. 107) - shows how to turn on LV and start/stop it.

2. C.Fn III-6 - Enable (pg. 160) - shows how to Auto Focus with LV on. (ps...push AF-ON button & One Shot must be set, mirror will lock up and focus on center point (beep) and then drop to show LV in forcus)

3. C.Fn IV-7 - LV Exposure Simulation (pg. 163) - show real time brightness with LV on.


BONUS - Info on LV screen - (pg. 112) - Press INFO button while LV is on 1 push gives you shooting info. 2 Pushes gives you all of 1 push + style mode and battery life. RGB Histogram is also possible with C.Fn IV-7 enabled.

BONUS - (pg. 110-111) With LV on, you can zoom in 5X and 10X by hitting the magnifying glass button once or twice. This is very useful for manual focusing on an object.

BONUS - With LV on, the joy stick will allow you to set focus box off center (thanks CyberPet) Center Box will also show exposure as it moves (thanks BogongBreeze)

BONUS - With LV on, DOF button works in LV. This is great is you have C.Fn IV-7 disabled. (thanks BogongBreeze)

BONUS - (pg. 114) With LV on, AE Lock and FE Lock button works

BONUS - (pg. 107) LV can be use "live" via a computer connection with supplied Canon Software.

BONUS - LV works with TC-80N3 / RS-80N3 / 60 T3 cable switches

BONUS - SILENT MODE - (pg. 106 & 113) Discusses the 3 Silent modes (flash and fps) for LV. This is important for non-Canon off shoe flash firing.

BONUS - LV will automatically turn off with what ever setting you have set for Auto Power Off (pg. 42)


I would also suggest you turn Lens IS off when using tripod mounted shots with LV.

I would also suggest you cover the viewfinder to get proper metering when tripod mounted.

-Hope this clears up the 40D LV mystery and the manual reading problems (again Chapter 6 pgs. 107-114).


Is LV useful? For me YES. I use it for tripod mounted landscape shots, odd angle shots, tripod mounted product shots, and tripod mounted macro shots

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Don't forget that you with the little 4-way button can also move that enlarged focus area, if you want to set the focus somewhere off center.

CyberPet wrote in post #4594451
Don't forget that you with the little 4-way button can also move that enlarged focus area, if you want to set the focus somewhere off center.

Good Catch..forgot about this one.

And I think when you move the white box, the metering changes to wherever the white box is placed. Good for exposing in manual mode when looking at the histogram in live view, or fixing exposure.

And don't forget using the dof button in live view.

BogongBreeze wrote in post #4594780
And I think when you move the white box, the metering changes to wherever the white box is placed. Good for exposing in manual mode when looking at the histogram in live view, or fixing exposure.

And don't forget using the dof button in live view.

Another Good Catch....

This needs to be sticked and made required reading before posting in this forum.

AdamLewis wrote in post #4596517
This needs to be sticked and made required reading before posting in this forum.

Darn, beat me to it!
Sticky second'd.

Playing around I just found out that with LV on, the FE Lock work as well.

Updated the list of features.


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Awesome S2000 man ... I never read manuals as I somehow seem to believe that I am genetically predisposed to instant understanding of all forms of extremely complex gadgetry One impact of this was two profoundly OOF shots of a great little scene after using Liveview for the first time

did canon include a manual or did you have to download the .pdf

And just to give an example of where LV is advantageous, check out this thread of Romy's at dpreview, w/a 1/2sec exposure no less!! You are not going to believe it: http://forums.dpreview​.com …19&thread=26219​382&page=1

Excellent thread, thanks!!!

I'm copying and pasting onto my folder now. Thanks. I have looked through the manual, though. I always do. Like the quick reference, though.

S2000 why to you suggest turning off the Lens IS if using a tripod?

IS isn't designed for tripod use and can actually make images less sharp. It's standard practice whether using Live View or not.