Do you use Live View regularly?

wondering how many of you use live view, please opinions only from them that have it available. Do not want any "don't have it don't need it opinions, thanks.

Any time I'm shooting with the camera on a tripod and a subject that isn't moving, I use Live View. Landscapes, architecture, macro and product/still-life are all easier with macro.

Not the most comprehensive number of options.

I use it but only a very little. I find it useful for fine focusing in tricky light situations. Otherwise I am a veiwfinder guy 99% of the time.

Always when shooting video

Sometimes, shooting landscapes.

always to focus with the TSE 24mm

I use it a lot when shooting landscapes. Helps with focusing spot on.

erickboileau wrote in post #10921620
always to focus with the TSE 24mm

Same here. I can't imagine doing manual focus without Live View; the ability to zoom way in on a spot in Live View and dial in a perfect focus is a fantastic feature. I even like to go with manual focus on my AF-capable lenses using Live View, if I'm on a tripod.

yes zoom x 10 is the perfect tool

I have been using live view more and more. I have become better at using it hand held as well. Landscapes and tripod mounted shots of stationary objects are the obvious cases, but I have used it very successfully shooting at night, shooting family portraits or group shots, anything macro, and even wildlife. The ability to zoom in 10x and nail that focus is a huge advantage in focusing. The autofocus is good but never perfect.

Since I tore my ACL 3 weeks ago and have not been able to bend my knee, I've been using Live View much more especially when the tripod and camera is set low on the ground. Live View has been my savior these past several weeks.

Yep, use it for just about every landscape Ive taken with the 40D.

Ill set my hyperfocal distance via the focus window then zoom into 10x in liveview to fine tune the focus. I dont think I'd use live view off the tripod ever, but it really helps for critical focusing.

Its also nice for setting the meter - you can move the box around the screen with the joystick and it will meter for whatever part of the scene you have the box over. Makes exposing one image for the sky and one for the ground very simple.

I usually use it for Landscapes and macro (assuming I'm using a tripod). . .seldom for anything else.

erickboileau wrote in post #10921620
always to focus with the TSE 24mm

This

I love Live View and use it for macro work, when I need critical focussing on a subject, when shooting video or whenever I need to shoot in silent mode since in live view, the mirror locks up.


Y'all have a nice weekend now

I think you should have had an option for people who use it a lot because I know that I do. Shooting mostly landscapes, I use it to help fine tune compositions and, of course, for manual focusing. I move the focus frame to about 1/3 in, zoom to x10 and focus. I then move the focus frame to the bottom of the frame and x10 zoom again then hit the DOF button. I also take the shot from Live View as it's the same as using mirror lock up and I can time my shots better.