EOS 2000D Can not take picture with LCD on

[MylittleLyra]

When I have the LCD on it will show me what I am looking at but, when I try to take the picture it will not take the picture. The lens just moves back and forth.   There is 1 small box that I can move around the screen.  I also see all the other options on the screen and I can move threw those options.  I just can not take the picture.   How do I fix this?

[MylittleLyra]

It is not a focusing issue it.  When I use the LCD to take a picture it will not take a picture.  It will only take a picture if i'm looking threw the viewfinder.

[Waddizzle]

@MylittleLyra wrote:

I did use it in movie mode to see if that worked.  It did but still would not work when i took it off movie mode.  

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Are you able to take photos using the OVF, Optical ViewFinder?

[rs-eos]

You mentioned that the lens is moving back and forth.  That implies it's not able to achieve focus.

[MylittleLyra]

I have it figured out.  User error...LOL  I did not realize that I had to hold the button down until it was done trying to focus.  Then it would take the picture after it found the focus point.  Thank you for your help.  With every ones help I did figure out a few things along the way.  Thanks again.  

[normadel]

Study the manual for your camera......Chapter 5-Shooting with the LCD Monitor (Live View Shooting) tells a lot about differentAF  focus methods you can set. FlexiZone-Single ( the default) and Quick Mode use different processes and have different focus speeds. Quick Mode is faster. Focus points are selectable. This may be what you are seeing.