Previewing exposure settings 6d MII

[Skip70]

I suspect I am using a clumsy way of checking my exposure settings. I take a photo, select view and then look at the settings on the captured image, including the histogram. 

Isn't there a way to preview all of that without taking a picture first? I watched a video by Simon d'Entrement where he was dialing in various shutter speed and aperture values so he could ee the effect on his auto ISO settings and was seeing all that on his LCD.  Ideally, I would want to see the numbers of the settings, but also the histogram, even if that is a separate operation. 

I hope that is clear enough. Thanks for any help. 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

Three common ways to do this is by using exposure simulation, LIve View or the depth of field preview button to the right of the lens mount.  

It might be helpful to use the histogram in Live View mode.  This will allow you to change parameters and see their effects on real time before taking a shot.  

[Skip70]

I appreciate your reply (you're up early!) but don't see how any of those options allow what I am trying to describe. None of them preview the histogram and none of them show the effect of making shutter or aperture adjustments on the AUTO Iso setting. (In fact, when I press the depth of field preview button as one of your option my LCD screen does to the level indicator.)

[Waddizzle]

Unusual question.  The exposure settings are displayed in OP optical viewfinder.  The settings are also displayed on the rear screen during Live View Mode.

[stevet1]

Skip70,

Does your camera have a touch screen?

I have a T8i, so I'm not sure if your camera will work the same way, but, if I want to check the settings and see what affect various changes will look like before I shoot, I put my camera in Live View and hit the Info button.

If you tap on the Info button a couple of times, various pieces of information will appear, including your histogram. Your shutter speed, aperture, and ISO appear in a graph at the bottom. If you tap on one, like the shutter speed, as you press on your right or left arrow keys, your picture will lighten or darken. It works the same way for the aperture and ISO. Your histogram will move left or right as you make those changes.

If I hit the Q button, I can change various other settings like the White Balance, Picture Style, etc. and see what affect those changes will have.

If I half-press the shutter button, the shutter speed, aperture and ISO appear as a little graph at the bottom. If I have my camera in Auto ISO, as I spin the main control dial to change the shutter speed, the little graph at the bottom will show my shutter speed and ISO changing. The picture will get lighter or darker and you can see the little needle moving left or right of center and you can tell if your picture will be under or over exposed.

Steve Thomas

[Skip70]

YEs, but my question is how to see the settings on the back LCD dynamically based upon actual exposure. Again, if I have the ISO set to Auto, I want to know—in advance of the exposure—what the impact would be on the IS for any given change in shutter speed or aperture (when in Manual mode). I want to be able to dial in different exposure settings and know what the effect would be on the ISO at a given exposure.

[Waddizzle]

“ YEs, but my question is how to see the settings on the back LCD dynamically based upon actual exposure.

Again, if I have the ISO set to Auto, I want to know—in advance of the exposure—what the impact would be on the IS for any given change in shutter speed or aperture (when in Manual mode).

I want to be able to dial in different exposure settings and know what the effect would be on the ISO at a given exposure. “

”I want…”.

First  and foremost, your IS setting has no relation to the exposure setting.  Also, the camera cannot display the exposure settings when the metering system is idle.

If you want to see a real time display of your exposure settings, wait for the camera to go to sleep.  Once it does, press the [INFO] button until it displays a screen display similar to the [Q] menu screen.

Press the Shutter button to wake up the metering system.  

[Skip70]

My typo, obviously I meant ISO, not IS, since that was my topic. I know what IS is. 

I'm still not getting to what I thought worked with most Canons. To be as clear as I can be, I saw a video where a photographer had the ISO set to AUTO but (with metering active) then adjusted either his shutter speed or aperture and it showed the actual ISO that the camera would select for that given exposure. This was all on the regular Q LCD screen. What this obviously allows you to do is see in advance what your ISO would be at any given shutter speed or aperture when the camera is in Manual and metering your subject. When I try to do this, the ISO window still shows AUTO and not the actual camera-selected ISO.

Stevet1 on this thread explained how that can work in Live View, but my old eyes have a hard to reading that quickly. 

[Waddizzle]

“ My typo, obviously I meant ISO, not IS, since that was my topic. I know what IS is. “

“ I'm still not getting to what I thought worked with most Canons. “

“ This was all on the regular Q LCD screen. “

“I want” isn’t a typo. It’s not a question. It’s a direct order.  This is my final reply,

You have been given clear instructions on how to create a real time exposure display on the rear LCD display.  You have also been told that while it may look like a [Q] menu, it’s actually an INFO display screen.

No other camera brand is capable of this type of display in photo mode.  I am not familiar with this video you described.  So I suggest that you rewatch the video or contact the content creator;

[Skip70]

Thanks, I did get it to work. I use BBF, so was not holding that down as I should have to see the impact of setting adjustments on the ISO.