topic 80D Grid Lines When Recording in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

80D Grid Lines When Recording

santos133 — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 18:45:28 GMT

Hey all!

So I'm having a bit of an issue here and I can't find any information on it. I have enabled Grid Lines in the menu but when I start shooting video, the grid lines disapear. This makes it pretty hard to compose my shots the way I want, without seeing the grid lines when recording.

Does anyone have a resolution for this?

Thanks!

Re: 80D Grid Lines When Recording

RobertTheFat — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 19:55:37 GMT

Are you sure you turned them on in the right place? I believe that on some cameras grid lines on the LCD and grid lines in the viewfinder are two separate settings.

Re: 80D Grid Lines When Recording

santos133 — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 21:03:44 GMT

Hey Robert,

Thanks for the reply! Yea I have the gridlines on the LCD on. So basically when I'm framing my shot i have my 3x3 grid lines but as soon as I hit the record button they disappear. I'm hoping there is some way to keep them on when I am recording video.

Re: 80D Grid Lines When Recording

Waddizzle — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 00:04:44 GMT

@santos133 wrote:
Hey Robert,

Thanks for the reply! Yea I have the gridlines on the LCD on. So basically when I'm framing my shot i have my 3x3 grid lines but as soon as I hit the record button they disappear. I'm hoping there is some way to keep them on when I am recording video.

Of course, they turn off when you start recording. WYSIWYG. Well, almost. The 80D is not a video camera. Even if you had a video camera, you would use an external monitoring device to produce the grid lines.

Re: 80D Grid Lines When Recording

TTMartin — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:15:59 GMT

@santos133 wrote:
Hey Robert,

Thanks for the reply! Yea I have the gridlines on the LCD on. So basically when I'm framing my shot i have my 3x3 grid lines but as soon as I hit the record button they disappear. I'm hoping there is some way to keep them on when I am recording video.

Page 204 of the 80D manual.