Live View and reading glasses

[nicks new passion]

Beginning to use the live view for macro shots, flowers, bugs...some stuff I really like.

Live view seems like a great option when doing this type of work.

Question is about focus....I have corrected the diopter for my vision and wonder how to use the live view....with or without glasses? If I wear my reading glasses won't the photo then be out of focus?
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Nick

 

[DugT]

I always use my reading glasses when I use live view because it makes it much easier to see when the focus is best. Your reading glasses help your eyes see more accurately, they don't improve an out of focus image on the LCD.

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dt

 

[Kiddpeat]

Didn't you notice that? With Live View, it's up to you and your eyes. Whatever is needed for you to see accurately at close distances.

 

[KariP]

I always use my reading glasses when I use live view because it makes
it much easier to see when the focus is best. Your reading glasses
help your eyes see more accurately, they don't improve an out of
focus image on the LCD.

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dt

Exactly

and with good reading glasses the liveview is really helpful when you take close ups or use tripod in lower light. You can get quite precise focusing !
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Kari
SLR photography for 40 years
60°15´N 24°03´ E

 

[Lenny L]

Question is about focus....I have corrected the diopter for my vision
and wonder how to use the live view....with or without glasses? If I
wear my reading glasses won't the photo then be out of focus?

Think of the LiveView LCD image as a 2D print. If you look at a print of an out of focus image, it won't be in focus no matter if you wear reading glasses or beer goggles. On the other hand, a print of an image in focus will look sharp when you're at the correct distance from the LCD.

 

[JimH]

When you're viewing through the camera's eyepiece, you're seeing a flat, projected image just as if you were viewing a movie projected on a screen. Adjusting the dioptric adjustment simply allows you to comfortably focus on that screen. It does NOT, in any way, affect camera focus point.

I like the analogy to watching a movie. If you need glasses to see something at the distance of the movie screen, then the dioptric adjustment in the camera's eyepiece behaves the same way your glasses would for you sitting there in the theater.

If the projectionist has the projector out of focus, even with your glasses on, the best you'll be able to do is clearly see the fuzzy image on that screen. If the projected image is out of focus, you cannot, with any kind of glasses, make the image on that screen appear sharp.

But you will, of course, be able to judge the focus of the projector much better if you're wearing your proper glasses, because you'll be able to see the screen more clearly.

The camera is just the same, whether it be using live-view or viewing through the eyepiece.

The dioptric adjustment is no different than changing the prescription of your glasses to help you see the screen better. But it cannot affect the actual camera focus or alter the focus point. It'll just allow you to more easily see the image on the focusing screen.

And the live-view image is not affected at all by the dioptric adjustment.

So if you use the dioptric adjustment to allow you to see the image in the viewfinder without your glasses, then you may still need to put them on to see the LCD on the back.

The image in the viewfinder has an apparent viewing distance of approximately one meter. But when you look at the camera controls or the LCDs, you'll be a lot closer than one meter. So if you're like me, you'll still need to have some correction to allow you to see close up.

I wear progressive lens glasses. I look through the center (the distance vision area) to see through the viewfinder and look through the lower parts of the lenses to look at the camera and its external displays. It's a bummer, dude!

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Jim H.