Do you use Live View or Viewfinder

**OldPentaxFan** · 10-12-2019, 10:46 AM

So far it's 100% viewfinder.

force of habit to begin with, shooting style a very close second, not been in a situation yet that would be helped using live view.

Not opposed to it, I use the ground glass focusing screen on my 4x5 so it isn't novel (although seeing everything right side up and properly oriented left to right would be some what novel).

Pentikonian · 10-12-2019, 01:27 PM

K1 - viewfinder almost all the time.

MILCs - whenever the rear LCD is more handy than the EVF.

**Kerrowdown** · 10-13-2019, 03:56 AM

Originally posted by Pentax Syntax

I use the viewfinder about 80% of the time handheld. On tripod it’s about 50:50. For macro it’s almost 100% LV.

Yep +1, pretty much like this myself.

I can't seem to master live view... for focus peaking hand held.

Bertrand3000 · 10-13-2019, 04:32 AM

Despite the fact that I wear glasses all the time, I use viewfinder at 100% when using hand held.

On tripod I use live view to avoid moving the camera body and avoid back pain.

Not a Number · 10-13-2019, 05:30 AM

My K10D doesn't have LiveView, so I only use the Optical Viewfinder.

gatorguy · 10-13-2019, 05:53 AM

Originally posted by Kerrowdown

Yep +1, pretty much like this myself.

I can't seem to master live view... for focus peaking hand held.

Another +1 except even less live-view usage. I don't find focus-peaking more accurate and certainly not easier. No doubt those who have used it more consistently and over a longer time will disagree.

Too much old school here. What ain't broke I guess.

DrawsACircle · 10-13-2019, 06:20 AM

Viewfinder unless it’s astrophotography.

ddharriman · 10-15-2019, 11:52 AM

Viewfinder.

**WillWeaverRVA** · 10-15-2019, 01:42 PM

I use the viewfinder about 98% of the time. However, there definitely are times where I'll use LV instead, such as if I'm shooting an event in a large room with a lot of people and I'm composing that sort of picture that requires you to hold the camera over your head (to give an idea of crowd size).

wstruth · 10-15-2019, 01:55 PM

I get better focusing with the viewfinder, and use that most of the time. However I'll use the LV when I am shooting low or high and often while on a tripod, especially when I have critical focusing because I can zoom in on the screen. I do this both with the K-1 and KP.

Aaron28 · 10-19-2019, 09:30 AM

sometimes don't use the VF and go preset fer some neat results sears 28mm @ f4 distance @ 3ft very useful shooting my sometime active puppers

K50_9133-ppx6-1080 | was looking for chipmunks but now anyth? | Flickr

ZombieArmy · 10-19-2019, 10:01 AM

If DSLR focusing screens were better I'd probably use the viewfinder a lot more, as it is though its probably like 60/40 with the viewfinder edging it out a bit.

**ffking** · 10-19-2019, 10:08 AM

I stil lfind it easier to compose through the viewfinder, even though it should be easier seein the flat image in live view and I used to whip the prism off the 6x7 to compose quite often - I suppose it's eye muscle memory or something

- but when I've got the composition right I go to live view to make adjustmnets if the camera is on a tripod. Handheld, I'm 95 % viewfinder, except hen camera is at waste level or low to the groud or above my head etc.

ben.p · 10-19-2019, 10:43 AM

Viewfinder (99%)
Liveview when on tripod

ChristianRock · 10-19-2019, 11:11 AM

Viewfinder 99% of the time. I only use the live view when I'm trying to take a picture of my kids by surprise... to make it look like I'm just fiddling with the camera

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10-12-2019, 10:46 AM	#61
OldPentaxFan Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Independence, MO via North Carolina Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 371	So far it's 100% viewfinder. force of habit to begin with, shooting style a very close second, not been in a situation yet that would be helped using live view. Not opposed to it, I use the ground glass focusing screen on my 4x5 so it isn't novel (although seeing everything right side up and properly oriented left to right would be some what novel).

10-12-2019, 01:27 PM	#62
Pentikonian Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 780	K1 - viewfinder almost all the time. MILCs - whenever the rear LCD is more handy than the EVF.

10-13-2019, 03:56 AM	#63
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,863	Originally posted by Pentax Syntax I use the viewfinder about 80% of the time handheld. On tripod it’s about 50:50. For macro it’s almost 100% LV. Yep +1, pretty much like this myself. I can't seem to master live view... for focus peaking hand held.

10-13-2019, 04:32 AM	#64
Bertrand3000 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 2,009	Despite the fact that I wear glasses all the time, I use viewfinder at 100% when using hand held. On tripod I use live view to avoid moving the camera body and avoid back pain.

10-13-2019, 05:30 AM	#65
Not a Number Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Venice, CA Posts: 10,526	My K10D doesn't have LiveView, so I only use the Optical Viewfinder.

10-13-2019, 05:53 AM	#66
gatorguy Moderator Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Florida Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,094	Originally posted by Kerrowdown Yep +1, pretty much like this myself. I can't seem to master live view... for focus peaking hand held. Another +1 except even less live-view usage. I don't find focus-peaking more accurate and certainly not easier. No doubt those who have used it more consistently and over a longer time will disagree. Too much old school here. What ain't broke I guess.

10-13-2019, 06:20 AM	#67
DrawsACircle Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Ulfborg, Denmark Photos: Albums Posts: 434	Viewfinder unless it’s astrophotography.

10-15-2019, 11:52 AM	#68
ddharriman Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 345	Viewfinder.

10-15-2019, 01:42 PM	#69
WillWeaverRVA Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Richmond, VA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,071	I use the viewfinder about 98% of the time. However, there definitely are times where I'll use LV instead, such as if I'm shooting an event in a large room with a lot of people and I'm composing that sort of picture that requires you to hold the camera over your head (to give an idea of crowd size).

10-15-2019, 01:55 PM	#70
wstruth Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: at my kitchen table Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,294	I get better focusing with the viewfinder, and use that most of the time. However I'll use the LV when I am shooting low or high and often while on a tripod, especially when I have critical focusing because I can zoom in on the screen. I do this both with the K-1 and KP.

10-19-2019, 09:30 AM	#71
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	sometimes don't use the VF and go preset fer some neat results sears 28mm @ f4 distance @ 3ft very useful shooting my sometime active puppers K50_9133-ppx6-1080 \| was looking for chipmunks but now anyth? \| Flickr

10-19-2019, 10:01 AM	#72
ZombieArmy Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Florida Posts: 3,210	If DSLR focusing screens were better I'd probably use the viewfinder a lot more, as it is though its probably like 60/40 with the viewfinder edging it out a bit.

10-19-2019, 10:08 AM	#73
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,039	I stil lfind it easier to compose through the viewfinder, even though it should be easier seein the flat image in live view and I used to whip the prism off the 6x7 to compose quite often - I suppose it's eye muscle memory or something - but when I've got the composition right I go to live view to make adjustmnets if the camera is on a tripod. Handheld, I'm 95 % viewfinder, except hen camera is at waste level or low to the groud or above my head etc.

10-19-2019, 10:43 AM	#74
ben.p Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 145	Viewfinder (99%) Liveview when on tripod

10-19-2019, 11:11 AM	#75
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	Viewfinder 99% of the time. I only use the live view when I'm trying to take a picture of my kids by surprise... to make it look like I'm just fiddling with the camera