Originally Posted by creampuff
zeek10d, I too have found Live View useful and have actually overcome my initial aversion to it. It is a nifty feature and I can't really understand why some are so negative about it.
I think the point isn't "negativity," it's that professionals and similar people-photographers (eg photojournalism/street-oriented) have no use for live view. It seems to me to be excessive, as are several of the "settings."
K20D isn't a "professional" camera, but it's nearly as good as D300 in most respects, better in a few (pancake lens collection)...it's more than sufficient for murals. Live view isn't nearly as important as laptop display and control which, I think (have not tried) K20D implements.
Frankly, several P&S digicams are better for macro-shooters (virtually all of them hobbiests) because the smaller sensor means inherently greater DOF...it's those cameras that NEED live view. Those folks rarely print or obtain large fine prints, I hear, so big sensors are irrelevant.