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8. Use the Direction pad to navigate to the shooting
method of your choice and press the > key to select it.
9. Press the shutter release all the way down, as if taking
a picture. This starts the Live View function. The
camera's mirror is raised and the color LCD now
displays a video-like stream of images from the main
imaging sensor. (To cancel Live View, press the
MENU button at any time during this and the
following steps.)
10. Frame your picture using the color LCD (the
viewfinder is now black due to the mirror raising).
a. At any time you see the image on the color
b. Likewise, you can press the Zoom out button
c. You can hold the Playback button (
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LCD you wish to look more closely at the
image, you may press the Zoom in button (h).
(h±) to get back to the full frame.
while using the
Direction pad to change LCD brightness.
and keys on the
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