MF and AF in LiveView mode

beansbaxter · 09-15-2008, 09:51 AM

Liveview has been around forever on point and shoot cameras, I undestand the point of it, but I dont understand why its getting popular on DSLR's when it's manual focus only.

I was messing around with the new D90 and its the first camera camera by Nikon that will AF in LiveView mode. There are Nikons and Canons that have LiveView but they are all manual focus mode.

If a camera has the LiveView feature, is it possible to see an AF feature added through a firmware upgrade? Or is there something extra in the D90 that others dont have?

And a MF LiveView - the use is not practical for me. Does anyone else use it?

Killermondodude · 09-15-2008, 06:55 PM

Live view comes it really handy for astral photography

09-15-2008, 09:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
beansbaxter Administrator Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 517 Blog Entries: 4 From: Seattle, WA My Camera: Nikon D300	MF and AF in LiveView mode Liveview has been around forever on point and shoot cameras, I undestand the point of it, but I dont understand why its getting popular on DSLR's when it's manual focus only. I was messing around with the new D90 and its the first camera camera by Nikon that will AF in LiveView mode. There are Nikons and Canons that have LiveView but they are all manual focus mode. If a camera has the LiveView feature, is it possible to see an AF feature added through a firmware upgrade? Or is there something extra in the D90 that others dont have? And a MF LiveView - the use is not practical for me. Does anyone else use it? __________________ “The camera’s only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.” -- Ken Rockwell beansbaxter.com is my blog.

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09-15-2008, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
Killermondodude Senior Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 301 Blog Entries: 1 From: Camano Island My Camera: Canon 20d	Live view comes it really handy for astral photography