Set AF mode to Live mode: Press Menu, navigate to Shooting Menu 4, highlight AF Mode, and then press Set. Use the Quick Control dial or press up or down with the multicontroller to highlight an AF mode, and then press Set again to lock in your choice. Press the Live View button. You see a white rectangle in the middle of the screen.
Just to confirm: Yes, Live view on external screen via HDMI does work. I just tried it with my 500D and HDMI monitor. Egidius wrote: I'm considering buying a Canon 550D, 600D or 60D and to use its live view (I mean the preview, not the playback) with an external screen for making selfportraits. I have a 500D, but I think this translates.View Statistics: Past 24 Hours: 11. Past 7 Days: 58. Past 30 Days: 225. All Time: 55,649. The Canon EOS 60D is a 18 MP DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera with an articulating LCD screen. The camera was released August 2010 and is identified Canon EOS 60D troubleshooting, repair, and service manuals.
The most accurate Live View autofocus method on the 60D is also the slowest, "Live Mode," That method takes several seconds of holding down the shutter button, and also requires close attention to the 60D display screen, watching and waiting for the focus confirmation indicator to turn green, at which point, the camera will start exposing frames.
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