Live View Display blackout after shot? 70D

[cesjr]

Hi,

The 70D is my first DSLR with live view. There is a significant period when the LCD is black after a shot, even if I turn off image preview. The same thing happens when shooting video and then you fire off some stills. What is up with that?

My Fuji X100S does not do that. I usually keep the image preview on for that camera, but if you turn it off, there is no significant blackout period after a shot on the LCD or the EVF.

Am I doing something wrong with the 70D? I tried using JPEG rather than RAW and that made no difference. You will probably say just use the optical viewfinder, don't use live view. But that is not an answer for when I want to shoot stills while shooting video. Plus I bought a magnifying eyepiece viewfinder for the LCD screen (to shoot video outside) and that works really well, but then you can't use the optical viewfinder and must shoot live view stills.

I am kinda disappointed with the live view performance of the 70D. Seems like something for flower shots or landscape but not action (which is basically my reason for owning the 70D other than video)

 

[Claudelec]

Hi,

What type of SD card did you use? it could be a question of writing speed on the card...

 

[scaptic]

Are you using the Quick AF mode? That would explain the blackout. Switching to Live AF Mode would resolve that issue.

http://www.cameratips.com/60d/canon-60d-af-modes-for-live-view

 

[lw]

The 70D and X100S are quite different designs of camera of course.
The 70D is a DSLR, which whilst offering an improved 'live view' experience compared to most DSLRs is still optimized around the use of the OVF - particularly for action shots.

I don't think there is anything 'wrong' in what you or the camera are doing - It is just the way Canon DSLRs work and I guess it just doesn't conform to the experience you were expecting coming from a mirrorless camera.