Icons on LCD

[reddace]

I have a Canon Vixia HF R400. I would like to know if there is anyway to remove the icons on the LCD screen during recording? In other words a blank recording screen with just the subject on it. Not the home menu, Photo, and other icons. Thank you in advance for any replies.

Michael

[Mykolas · Accepted solution]

Hi reddace!

Thanks for posting about the VIXIA HF R400.

The onscreen displays cannot be removed from the LCD while recording so that only the subject is being displayed.

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[ElectroT2]

Yeah I just posted an item as part of a larger post. I just saw this. That's quiet a GUI oversight. Not even to have that option. That's really a poor decision for an industry leader like Canon. If not for the Black Friday sale and price point and otherwise nice cam. It could've been a deal breaker. I wanted to keep to a budget. the Sony CX220 under performed in other areas. So I kept the R400. If you could pass that along to the designers and decision makers. Like I said in the other post, even the toy low-end Samsung lets you turn it off with a button. Thanx. Regards.

[ElectroT2]

P.S. I should add that my Dad who knows nothing about cams asked "Does that show up on the video?" I do like the different options for level and grid lines. When I found that control I was hoping that was going to turn most everything off. Alas it was not. fwiw.