Jim Levitt
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 p.1 #2 · R5- rear screen for review ONLY, viewfinder to shoot? | |
I've had the exact same problem, also when photographing live music and other situations where the rear screen cannot be illuminated without bothering the audience. There really isn't a quick way to make the camera behave like... well, like all the dSLR's that came before. Why Canon makes this so difficult baffles me.
First, you must take the viewfinder off autoswitching. Go to page 3 in the yellow "wrench"menu, screen/viewfinder display. Set it to "screen."
Then, map a button to switch between viewfinder and screen. I use the depth of field button.
While photographing, you'll be using the viewfinder.
To review photos, press the button you've mapped (in my case, the DOF button.)
That turns off the viewfinder, and turns on the rear screen. Then you have to press yet another button (whatever you have set up as "review.")
And then... when you want to go back to photographing, you have to press the toggle switch yet again (in my case, the DOF button) to reactivate the viewfinder and shut off the rear screen.
Set up an item in "My Menu" for screen/viewfinder display, so if you suddenly find yourself in a situation where you want the viewfinder and screen to autoswitch, you can make that parameter change without rummaging through the larger setup menu.
This is a pain in the butt. Canon, why must the rear screen be on, for anything other than review? The capability is there to switch it off entirely. And, even when the rear screen is live, pressing "menu" kills the live view, and brings up the menus. So THAT capability is already there. Everything we want (make the rear screen act the same way it did on the 5D series, the 20D, 30D, etc): use viewfinder for working, have review pop up on the rear screen with ONE button press. A light tap on the shutter button and review shuts off, rear screen goes dark again. Easy to do a quick review of some photos without requiring a multitude of button presses. Anyone working in dark environments, or where minimal disturbance is required, needs that rear screen OFF, except for the occasions (photo review, or using the flip screen overhead to compose, for example.) As far as I can tell, everything necessary to permit the camera to be set up this way is already present in the hardware. It's just not offered in a convenient button setup, when for many photographers it would be the default arrangement.
If anyone has another workaround, one that requires fewer button presses, and less mapping of buttons, please share!
In the meantime, we can only hope Canon implements something that mimics the review functionality of the the dSLRs, and permits users to otherwise turn off live view on the rear screen. Seems like it could be done in a firmware update.
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