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A200 - can i take pictures using the LCD?

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taylordonj
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January 2012
January 2012

A200 - can i take pictures using the LCD?

Hi

A200

can i take pictures using the LCD?

Would be very usefull when using Macro...

Have read and reread and even followed an instruction in Manual but to no avail...

cheers :slight_smile:

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Blencogo
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January 2012
January 2012

I don't think this is possible as the A200 does not have a "Live View" additional sensor fitted.

All conventional DSLRs have a mirror that deflects the incoming image to the viewfinder and completely blocks light to the sensor.  This means that with a DSLR the main sensor cannot send a preview image to the LCD as no light falls on it until you press the shutter and the mirror flips up out of the way and the shutter opens.

Some recent, high-end DSLRs have an additional sensor near the viewfinder that can give a preview image on the LCD.  This is the "Live View" additional sensor - this feature first appears on the Sony A300.

Sony have invented DSLT cameras with a translucent mirror which diverts a small amount of light to the viewfinder but allows most of the light to pass through and fall on the main sensor.  This allows still image preview images on the LCD screen as well as allowing you to view movies while they are being shot and allows continuous focusing.

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Blencogo
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January 2012
January 2012

I don't think this is possible as the A200 does not have a "Live View" additional sensor fitted.

All conventional DSLRs have a mirror that deflects the incoming image to the viewfinder and completely blocks light to the sensor.  This means that with a DSLR the main sensor cannot send a preview image to the LCD as no light falls on it until you press the shutter and the mirror flips up out of the way and the shutter opens.

Some recent, high-end DSLRs have an additional sensor near the viewfinder that can give a preview image on the LCD.  This is the "Live View" additional sensor - this feature first appears on the Sony A300.

Sony have invented DSLT cameras with a translucent mirror which diverts a small amount of light to the viewfinder but allows most of the light to pass through and fall on the main sensor.  This allows still image preview images on the LCD screen as well as allowing you to view movies while they are being shot and allows continuous focusing.

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gimp69
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January 2012
January 2012

No, the A200 (plus A100 and A700 ) is from the days when "live-view" was just starting to appear on dSLRs.  The other later A2xx series also lack live-view as they were positioned as budget cameras.

If buying second-hand look at the Sony A3xx series and A5xx series, in particular the A580 which has also been discontinued now but has the same Sony sensor found in the much more expensive Nikon D7000.

The Sony SLT cameras, A33 (discontinued) / A35 / A55 / A65 and A77 all have live-view too.

The one oddity is the A450.  This only has manual focus check live-view and is best avoided in favour of the A5xx series that have "proper" live-view.

Some models have the LCD fixed to the back, some have flip-out designs.  The flip-out is well worth getting for low down shots and over head shots.

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