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How to find live view on the r8

Thedisneygirl82
Apprentice

I'm new ro mirrorless cameras going from a DSLR Camera I happy I made the right choice but I love going from live view on my DSLR to the viewfinder with just one button. So I need to know how to do this on my r8 mirrorless I can't find everything to help me with so if I can have help please thank you 

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Mariahannphotog
Contributor

If you're talking about the screen and the viewfinder displays, go to the yellow wrench tab, 3, and screen/viewfinder display is the 2nd down. You want Auto 2.

pcs1
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

If you use the proximity sensor the camera changes between viewfinder and screen without even needing to touch a button. If you want a button you can program one of your choosing, see note:
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Another option is to only set two(one of them off) options for shooting information display and switch between them with the info button.
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Tintype_18
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Download the manual.

John
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