Some question about XSi.

First time im turn on the camera it ask me to input date and time I did that. After that it show up a white screen say ISO AUTO and Full Auto on the bottom left it show battery and on the middle it say L for large i guess and on the right it displace the number of shot I have left.

Does XSi have an option that like Snap Shot camera where they alway displace life view of current opject that it detected and show it on LCD? If yes how can I make it like that?

I try to press the Zoom in and Zoom out but there is a message say: This fuction is not selectable in the current Shooting Mode. How can I zoom? I read the manual but it soo many.

Edit: Also how can I adjust to Center Focus etc...

ok so I think you want to use the live view on the lcd, instead of using the viewfinder, and don't know how to turn it on?
Sorry I don't know how to, but maybe I can at least translate enough so that somebody that does can answer...

actually a quick google search gave me this

1. Be sure you’re shooting in P, Tv, Av, M, or the A-DEP exposure modes
The camera is designed so that Live View is intentionally disabled in the full-auto modes, such as the Green Zone, Portrait mode, Landscape mode, and so on. If you want to have the convenience of totally automatic exposure along with Live View, use the P (Program) mode — it sets shutter speeds and apertures totally automatically, like the Green Zone mode, but now allows access to all menu settings, including Live View.


2. Enable Live View in the camera’s Menu
Go to the 2nd (of three) Set-up Menu screens, and navigate to “Live View function settings”. Press the SET button (on rear of camera) to enter this choice, and move up or down as needed to highlight “Live View shoot.”. If it doesn’t already display the word “Enable”, press the rear SET button again to display its choices. Highlight “Enable”, and then press the SET button one more time to enable it.
Now, Live View is possible during shooting, any time you press the SET button (no further need to go into the Menu, once it’s been enabled, unless you want to prevent access to Live View).

Edit: and the whole article explaining it http://www.usa.canon.c​om …uctID=190&artic​leTypeID=5
I would imagine this is also in the manual, not the article, but the instructions.

unixsac wrote in post #6873207
First time im turn on the camera it ask me to input date and time I did that. After that it show up a white screen say ISO AUTO and Full Auto on the bottom left it show battery and on the middle it say L for large i guess and on the right it displace the number of shot I have left.

Does XSi have an option that like Snap Shot camera where they alway displace life view of current opject that it detected and show it on LCD? If yes how can I make it like that?

I try to press the Zoom in and Zoom out but there is a message say: This fuction is not selectable in the current Shooting Mode. How can I zoom? I read the manual but it soo many.

Edit: Also how can I adjust to Center Focus etc...

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1) you can't displace life, it's either alive or dead
2) yes, the manual has at least 3 languages, you should find the version that services you
3) you only want one type of focus at a time, not all

Ok, now that that's out of my system:
1) Live View on the XSi has three modes, MF, mirror down AF, and contrast detect AF. Read the Live View section of the manual.
2) Zooming only works for review, if you mean changing focal lengths, it's a ring on the lens, not the camera. Read the manual for more information.
3) You can change the focus point by pressing the focus select button, it's next to the star button. Read the manual for more information.

4) I don't want to sound rude, but you need to sell the camera/return it and just get yourself a good point and shoot. From your post, it seems you really only want the point and shoot functionality, at a much higher price.

ahahaa, I had to started at some place. Well 190 manual book is not fun to read, after all im from point and shoot camera to the first DSLR. =D and ty for information also you not soo rude.

live view let me down. no zooming. if you try fuzzy.

IMO unless you have a real need to use live view such as mounted in a tripod learn to use the viewfinder. Live view drastically shortens your battery life per charge.

I've stated it before in this forum, but Live View is somewhat a gimmick. I'm just glad they don't have commercials showing people shooting handheld with it, because it's useless for that.

It has its uses, but it's not like point-and-shoot functionality, where the LCD is basically the viewfinder. You really don't want to hold something as heavy as a DSLR at arm's length anyway...try it and you'll see there's a lot more camera shake than when in a proper elbows-tucked position.

Part of making the jump to DSLRs is learning to use a viewfinder (again).

Brett Michael wrote in post #6877540
I've stated it before in this forum, but Live View is somewhat a gimmick. I'm just glad they don't have commercials showing people shooting handheld with it, because it's useless for that.

It has its uses, but it's not like point-and-shoot functionality, where the LCD is basically the viewfinder. You really don't want to hold something as heavy as a DSLR at arm's length anyway...try it and you'll see there's a lot more camera shake than when in a proper elbows-tucked position.

Part of making the jump to DSLRs is learning to use a viewfinder (again).

good point Brett,

i just thought it was a bonus when buying one.

now i see Nikon offers high def video in their new camera.


it seems to me now canon pushing so many different models. ie 50d, 40d, 5d, xs, xti, xsi and more.

Xs is just a rehash of XTI.

5d mark II vs 1Ds Mark III.

pretty soon the cameras will have so reale value.

Sorry about my long $.02.:p

You MUST read the manual and have the camera in hand as you do. I find I'm reading the same chapter several times just to fully undersatand it. Coming from a point & shoot after several years, there is a steep learning curve when jumping up to DSLR.

ckort wrote in post #6878021
You MUST read the manual and have the camera in hand as you do. I find I'm reading the same chapter several times just to fully undersatand it. Coming from a point & shoot after several years, there is a steep learning curve when jumping up to DSLR.

The manual is in my camera case always, and I know my camera back-to-front. These are complicated little machines, and to learn to get them to do your bidding is a challenge. Ever wonder why there's so many photography courses you can enroll in? It's because this craft isn't easy. The cameras are complicated unless you stay in green-box mode, which wasn't why I wanted yet another SLR.

Read your manual. Read everything you have time to read online and wherever else you can find it. It will be worth it, and your images will thank you.

Yep, and those silly "Art of Photography" books aren't any fun either. I just want to wake up one day and know everything about my camera and photography

unixsac wrote in post #6873465
Well 190 manual book is not fun to read

LiveView is really only good for tripod-mounted static scenes, either in a studio (still-life/objects) or landscapes. The autofocus is S-L-O-W, as in five seconds slow, it's actually slower than my old A510.