A little thought will answer that qestion. The sensor is behind the mirror and no image gets to it until the mirror is raised for exposure.
Now, I guess someone could set up the camera so than the LCD works as a viewfinder with the mirror locked up, but then the auto-focus, etc. would not work. AFAIK none of the digital SLR have that capability. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:48 PM Subject: 2nd report from CeBIT > > On Monday, Mar 17, 2003, at 16:24 US/Pacific, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > - I have detected no possiblity to use the *ist D's monitor for the > > composition of the image, i.e. it does not seem to show any image > > before > > it is actually taken. > > > What are other DSLR's like in this regard? Myself, I feel that this is > pretty much a non-issue, as an optical viewfinder beats the pants so > completely off an LCD screen when it comes to composition (not to > mention focusing!). Or am I missing something obvious here? > > -- > David Barts > Portland, OR >
