I would think you would lose stability if shooting offhand at a wedding. I've meant to play with live view on a tripod for macro but haven't gotten around to it.
Yah, That's what amazes me with the wedding photographers that I know Using Live view all the Way,with their bare hands and no tripods. Stability would be the point here
PeeWee29 wrote:
Yah, That's what amazes me with the wedding photographers that I know Using Live view all the Way,with their bare hands and no tripods. Stability would be the point here
Honestly, I just cant believe that a professional wedding photographer would use live view for an entire wedding. Even on Canon, the autofocus is not nearly as fast as the normal AF system, and at least with Nikon, the extra delay when taking the shot is not worth it. What's the point? Even with manual focus lenses, you're not going to be as fast with live view as through the viewfinder. Unless of course, you're talking about a 'professional' that is only equipped with a point and shoot camera, and has no choice.
I find live view invaluable for the very few times I need it- checking white balance, critical focus for a macro shot, or shooting long focal lengths or landscapes from a tripod. For fast moving subjects or most other day to day shooting, it really has no place.
No... I wouldn't use live view for something like shooting a wedding. I shot a wedding two weekends ago ... and never used liveview. I use liveview for things like getting shots off the floor where I don't want to physically get down on the floor to see into the view finder, or where I have to hold the camera over a tall fence. Stuff like that. I have also used it for framing on a tripod in situations where I was into a tight corner. Those are the applications where live view works well for me.
1. You're arms are too far away from your body.
2. It takes longer to take a single shot in live view than through the viewfinder.
3. Frames per seconds slows down so quickly bracketing a shot is far less handy.
It can be useful in some circumstances. You can get into some more interesting angles. But anyone who shoots it beginning to end in a wedding strikes me as being amateurish. I would clip the photographer over the ear if I saw that.
Thanks Guys, I think most of you prefer the live view with still subjects...I haven't ask them yet "why shoot the wedding with live view".
But honestly, It makes me feel want to try too,That's why I'm curios and want to know if someone here in FM use that Live view technique or whatever..
Well then, Take a look at this works and believe it was shot with live view all the way, because I've seen them in personal using live view, and questioned myself. "What the heck are they doing with the Camera" >>>>> http://mangored.com/2009/
