EOS 400D no live view

[nyartist]

I've been trying to take photos of my paintings with not such great success. I think I can do better but what I can't figure out is why I don't ever see the painting I want to shoot in the LCD screen. I have to look through the viewfinder. I have it set to AF.. and looked at every possible setting but can't get it!

[jrhoffman75]

The 400D doesn't have LiveView.

[nyartist]

oh.. ok. so that means no way of seeing the image I'm shooting on the screen, right?

[jrhoffman75]

If you have a Mac or iPad this might be something that would work for you.

[jrhoffman75]

Correct. But you could tether the camera using the free EOS Utility.

EOS 400D - Support - Download drivers, software and manuals - Canon Europe (canon-europe.com)

[nyartist]

I looked at the available software and didn't see anything that would do what you suggest