Basic Operation Concept And Lcd Monitor; Lcd Monitor Viewing Angle Comparison - Canon EOS 5D Service Manual

1.7 Basic operation concept and LCD monitor

１）Basic operation concept
The basic operation for selecting and setting various functions with the Main Dial, Quick
Control Dial, multicontroller, and various operation buttons is the same as with the EOS
20D.
As with previous EOS Digital cameras, you can instantly return to shooting by pressing
the shutter button during any camera operation (except during direct printing).
２）LCD monitor
This is a 2.5-inch, polysilicon TFT
LCD color monitor with 230,000
pixels. It has a wide viewing angle, and
the display area is about double that of
the EOS 20D's 1.8-inch screen.
Previous LCD monitors had a
narrow, vertical viewing angle.
The screen would lose the picture
brightness if you looked at it from
even a slight vertical angle. However,
the EOS 5D's LCD monitor retains the
same picture and brightness from any viewing angle (Fig. 026, Fig. 027).
The backlight uses six LED modules that illuminate the large LCD monitor evenly. (The
1.8-inch monitor uses 3 LED modules.)
EOS 5D
Front and center
Horizontal viewing angle
85 °
Upward angle
Fig. 026 LCD monitor viewing angle comparison
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Technical Information
Vertical
viewing
angle
40 ° 40 ° 85 °
EOS 5D
EOS 20D
Fig. 025 Actual LCD monitor viewing angle
EOS 20D
Front and center
85 °
20 °
60 °
85 °
Upward angle