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EPL6 Live View in A and S modes not displaying actual final exposure.

Started Mar 31, 2016 | Discussions thread
Guy Parsons
Guy Parsons Forum Pro • Posts: 40,000
Re: EPL6 Live View in A and S modes not displaying actual final exposure.

jsaras wrote:

I have "Live Boost" turned off, but no matter how I set the overall exposure the screen will never display a completely dark screen although the final photo WILL have that appearance. Interestingly, in full Manual mode the screen will go completely dark when the shutter/ISO/aperture settings are set accordingly, i.e., there's no surprises after the fact.
What gives?

Without digging out a camera to check I seem to remember that the display "bottoms" or "tops out" if you adjust too far.

The purpose of the screen is to allow easy framing, not necessarily to see the final image. So framing would be a bit harder if you adjusted things so the screen was totally black or totally white (why?).

On an image quality note, it is always better to expose properly (more to the right) and then adjust the look or brightness in post process.

Regards....... Guy

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