EOS R6 Mark III How to turn off LCD/EVF for night photography/time-lapse

[ClaudiaD72]

Hi all, I am new to the world of mirrorless cameras after recently upgrading from my trusty 5D Mark IV to the R6 Mark III and have a question about shooting nighttime timelapse / startrail images, where I'd be taking images over several hours (2+ hours).

I've shot these images with my dSLR in the past and was planning on using the same camera settings and set up with the R6 (Bulb mode, remote trigger set to take longish exposures with a 1 sec gap between shots) with the R6, but can't figure out how turn off the LCD screen and EVF once set up. With my current settings the LCD screen stays on displaying the countdown during the exposures. With the LCD lid closed, the EVF stays on displaying the countdown... 

[jrhoffman75]

---

@ClaudiaD72 wrote:

Hi all, I am new to the world of mirrorless cameras after recently upgrading from my trusty 5D Mark IV to the R6 Mark III and have a question about shooting nighttime timelapse / startrail images, where I'd be taking images over several hours (2+ hours).

I've shot these images with my dSLR in the past and was planning on using the same camera settings and set up with the R6 (Bulb mode, remote trigger set to take longish exposures with a 1 sec gap between shots) with the R6, but can't figure out how turn off the LCD screen and EVF once set up. With my current settings the LCD screen stays on displaying the countdown during the exposures. With the LCD lid closed, the EVF stays on displaying the countdown... 

---

Try turning off image review for both LCD and EVF.

[ClaudiaD72]

Thanks for the suggestion John. Image review is turned off.

I tried a few more settings such as changing the screen/viewfinder display to "screen" instead of "auto". If I have the LCD open the EVF remains off, but as soon as I close the LCD it switches to EVF.