Comments on: First Impression Canon EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:11:29 +0000

Ok I just looked at my camera and you have to enable it

Menu -> 5th Icon over -> Live View function settings -> Live View shoot. Set it to Enable

Then you can use the ’set’ button on the back to turn on the Live View for the LCD screen.

By: Lori Cannon

Lori Cannon — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:52:46 +0000

Joe, Im also trying to access the live-view finder on my new canon rebel eos xsi, and pressing the “set” button isnt working. i have it on and on the point and shoot mode. what else should I check?

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:48:44 +0000

Joe when you have the camera turned on, press the ’set’ button on the back. That will enable Live-View for you. Live view though doesn’t show you the exact picture but it is pretty close.

By: joe

joe — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:43:04 +0000

how can I turn on the LCD monitor so that I can use that when I take pictures instead if looking into the view finder

By: Cam Tardi

Cam Tardi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:46:29 +0000

Umm…yeah…that’s the one I meant…wasn’t thinking about it when I wrote that.

I find it a bit awkward still…though I am getting more used to it. Still don’t like it for taking portrait oriented photos. My ELAN has a nice thumb wheel for f-stop, as does the 40d, which I hope to get some day. haha

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:43:19 +0000

There is a Av button you hold down near the screen that is within reach of the thumb while you turn the dial.

By: Cam Tardi

Cam Tardi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:19:52 +0000

Yeah…I find the f-stop very awkward on my Xti. Do you still have to hold the ‘zoom out’ button while turning the wheel to adjust it in full manual mode?

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:33:34 +0000

As for an updated opinion? I’m still loving the camera, I am getting used to switching between selecting various f/stops and shutter speeds as well as changing the ISO and all of it through the view finder. I am sure I could set up some custom function button but I haven’t gotten into it that far.

The 75-300mm lens is pretty much ‘You get what you pay for’ the lens retails for $199 or so but for a beginning telephoto I do like it.

I might look at doing a better follow up blog post on the camera though at a later time.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:31:07 +0000

There is no bug, just a design issue I haven’t looked into yet. Even though it says there are more comments, WordPress keeps tracks of trackbacks and associates them as comments.

By: Cam Tardi

Cam Tardi — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:22:28 +0000

(I think you may still have a little bit of a bug in your blog . . . It’s show up as ‘3 comments’ but only the previous one by me is visible. I have a screenshot on my usb key…give me a shout if you want to see it.