Originally posted by wolfier it can use the top LCD. how important it is to see the AF setting when the camera is turned OFF anyway?
I often do manual focus when the metering is not active. Manual focus can be done anytime on a dSLR as long as the lens cap is open.
For my style, anyway, its pretty important for me to confirm visually that I'm in MF mode before I proceed. On a DA-lens with Quick-Shift focus, you have no other way of knowing its set to AF if the metering is off.
Pressing on the shutter only to find that I'm in AF mode would spoil everything I had set up beforehand.