I was out shooting in a formal garden area with a Canon 50D friend, both using tripods, and observed him using Live View to compose and focus with (i believe).
So lately, i've been playing with Live View on my K20. One advantage on the K20 is that for night focusing, i seem to be able to get a higher lit scene to manually focus with via Live View than the viewfinder. One frustration with the K20 is that pushing the AF button (or any button) will take one back to normal view. You can manually focus with Live View, but thats about it. One can't even adjust the ISO setting and see how that affects the view, its always at the same light intensity in Live View.
With practice, i was able to manually focus using live view, but i much prefer my K20 viewfinder, esp with my Katz Eye installed.
For two popular Pentax cameras, i put up a poll to see if MF with Live View is a new trend. Wasn't sure if K7 allows AF while in Live View so added that into poll in case it allows it. Sorry about new Kx owners, as poll options are limited to 4.
PS 1: This is not a complaint against the K20, as i knew when i bought it that it wasn't famed for its Live View.
PS 2: The K20 and Canon 50D have roughly the same pixel count. As far as IQ, i'm happy to report that in the rainy cloudy conditions we had, IMO, the K20 with a DA 50-135 was producing as good as, or better IQ than what i saw later online from his camera. Oh yeah, he felt the need to use an umbrella while I didn't :-) The Canon 50D does have gaskets around the battery and card doors, i read later. I thought the K20 did excellent for an 18 mo. older design :-) I would mention that the long hood on the DA lens eliminated any need for me to wipe rain drops off the lens, a very big help. Yeah i know its no formal test :-)
Last edited by philbaum; 10-25-2009 at 11:48 AM.