https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/How-to-focus-with-mirrorless-cameras-while-using-flash/m-p/331034#M77179 <DIV class="_3xX726aBn29LDbsDtzr_6E _1Ap4F5maDtT1E1YuCiaO0r D3IL3FD0RFy_mkKLPwL4"><DIV class="_292iotee39Lmt0MkQZ2hPV RichTextJSON-root"><P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Okay this might be a stupid question maybe and I’m just having a brain fart or something but how do you focus on your subject while using off camera flash that has no modelling light? It’s not that the ambience is completely dark. With an optical viewfinder on the DSLR’s no matter what the exposure was set for, you could see through the viewfinder and focus. But with an electronic viewfinder in mirrorless cameras and my background exposure underexposed and while using flash for the subject, how do you focus?</P></DIV></DIV><DIV class="_1hwEKkB_38tIoal6fcdrt9"><DIV class="_3-miAEojrCvx_4FQ8x3P-s">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:19:44 GMT JorgeDamien 2021-01-12T09:19:44Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/How-to-focus-with-mirrorless-cameras-while-using-flash/m-p/331034#M77179 <DIV class="_3xX726aBn29LDbsDtzr_6E _1Ap4F5maDtT1E1YuCiaO0r D3IL3FD0RFy_mkKLPwL4"><DIV class="_292iotee39Lmt0MkQZ2hPV RichTextJSON-root"><P class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Okay this might be a stupid question maybe and I’m just having a brain fart or something but how do you focus on your subject while using off camera flash that has no modelling light? It’s not that the ambience is completely dark. With an optical viewfinder on the DSLR’s no matter what the exposure was set for, you could see through the viewfinder and focus. But with an electronic viewfinder in mirrorless cameras and my background exposure underexposed and while using flash for the subject, how do you focus?</P></DIV></DIV><DIV class="_1hwEKkB_38tIoal6fcdrt9"><DIV class="_3-miAEojrCvx_4FQ8x3P-s">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:19:44 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/How-to-focus-with-mirrorless-cameras-while-using-flash/m-p/331034#M77179 JorgeDamien 2021-01-12T09:19:44Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/How-to-focus-with-mirrorless-cameras-while-using-flash/m-p/331063#M77180 <P>Go into the menu system and turn off exposure simulation.&nbsp; The viewfinder or rear LCD screen wil be displayed at full brightness, and you will be able to see everything clearly.&nbsp;</P> Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:44:28 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/EOS-DSLR-Mirrorless-Cameras/How-to-focus-with-mirrorless-cameras-while-using-flash/m-p/331063#M77180 MikeSowsun 2021-01-12T15:44:28Z