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I just picked up a 20D and am rather impressed with it. However, trying
to look at the image on the tiny LCD seems rather a pain. I do some
sport shooting and trying to look at the images outdoors is rather
difficult. How do some of you handle it? Carry a lupe around with you?

My previous camera is a Fugi S602z which I used with an Olympus TCON17
lens. It was quite easy to review images in the viewfinder. Not so
with the 20D.

Just climbing the learning curve.

Thanks

eric

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 21:09:06 -0500, eric <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I just picked up a 20D and am rather impressed with it. However, trying
>to look at the image on the tiny LCD seems rather a pain. I do some
>sport shooting and trying to look at the images outdoors is rather
>difficult. How do some of you handle it? Carry a lupe around with you?

There should be a zoom in function on the camera, for the previews.
Personaly I only review to make sure the exposure is correct, then I
don't look at the preview again.

Julian Tan wrote:

> G'day...
>
> I think it's always going to be difficult with the little LCD screens.
> Just recently I took some (what looked to be) very beautiful night
> shots of Sydney Harbour Bridge, only to find that they were all out of
> focus on my PC!
>
> With a DSLR though, I would check sharpness etc via the optical
> viewfinder, and then check exposure with the LCD.
> Jules
> http://www.shuttertalk.com
>

Zooming in on the LCD would surely give you some indication of focus.

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"Julian Tan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> G'day...
>
> I think it's always going to be difficult with the little LCD screens.
> Just recently I took some (what looked to be) very beautiful night
> shots of Sydney Harbour Bridge, only to find that they were all out of
> focus on my PC!
>
> With a DSLR though, I would check sharpness etc via the optical
> viewfinder, and then check exposure with the LCD.
> Jules
> http://www.shuttertalk.com
>
So far, that has been my only problem with the 20D. When I review shots on
the LCD, they look great, but when I get them into the computer, they are
either too light, too dark, or out of focus. I also only see about 80-90
percent of the shot in the LCD. I have reached the point where I don't even
review my shots. I just take several at different settings to ensure that I
have a good one. That's the great thing about digital. I have had my
camera less than a week and have taken over 300 shots so far. If it were
film, I might have taken 50.

Don Dunlap

Don dunlap wrote:
> "Julian Tan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>
>
> So far, that has been my only problem with the 20D. When I review shots on
> the LCD, they look great, but when I get them into the computer, they are
> either too light, too dark, or out of focus. I also only see about 80-90
> percent of the shot in the LCD. I have reached the point where I don't even
> review my shots. I just take several at different settings to ensure that I
> have a good one. That's the great thing about digital. I have had my
> camera less than a week and have taken over 300 shots so far. If it were
> film, I might have taken 50.
>
> Don Dunlap
>
>

Don,

I don't have a laptop to carry with me. I do several weekend
tournaments each season and I need to cull through the images. The
little LCD is just not a very good way of going about it.

Hmm... I think I need a new laptop... That's the ticket... Is this
getting expensive, or what?

eric

"eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Don dunlap wrote:
>> "Julian Tan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>>
>>
>> So far, that has been my only problem with the 20D. When I review shots
>> on the LCD, they look great, but when I get them into the computer, they
>> are either too light, too dark, or out of focus. I also only see about
>> 80-90 percent of the shot in the LCD. I have reached the point where I
>> don't even review my shots. I just take several at different settings to
>> ensure that I have a good one. That's the great thing about digital. I
>> have had my camera less than a week and have taken over 300 shots so far.
>> If it were film, I might have taken 50.
>>
>> Don Dunlap
>
> Don,
>
> I don't have a laptop to carry with me. I do several weekend tournaments
> each season and I need to cull through the images. The little LCD is just
> not a very good way of going about it.
>
> Hmm... I think I need a new laptop... That's the ticket... Is this
> getting expensive, or what?
>
> eric

As my wife says, "you can't take it with you", or as I told my sone
recently, "I'm spending your inheritance". Go ahead and buy it, you only
live once.

Don Dunlap

Don dunlap wrote:


> As my wife says, "you can't take it with you", or as I told my sone
> recently, "I'm spending your inheritance". Go ahead and buy it, you only
> live once.
>

Two bumper stickers on the rear bumper of my parent's RV....

"Happiness is living long enough to be a problem to your kids."

"We're having fun spending our kids inheritance."


Both are true and I couldn't be happier for them.


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