what is the difference between dslr cameras with a screen on top?
Question by anne: what is the difference between dslr cameras with a screen on top?
what is the difference between dslr cameras with a screen on top, like the 5D Mark II has a screen on top and the 500D/T1i has no screen on top and it’s much smaller? So pls. tell me the difference.
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Answer by Daniel B
Well, most people believe that having the screen on top, makes it easier for the photographer. If you are a photographer you would have notices that it is quite handy to have a screen on top of the camera. That all there is to it; its just easier to read from when controlling tha camera.
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The top-LCD screen is just one little item in a long list of things that make the more expensive models more user friendly. The top LCD screen shows important settings like the shutter speed, file size, metering mode, and ISO. The same stuff that you can see on the back screen of the 500D with just one button click. Except with a top-LCD, those settings remain visible all the time.
Other little perks include dedicated buttons to change a lot of those settings, vs. diving into the menu with the 500D.
And you get a better viewfinder. And a more durable shutter mechanism. Sometimes weather sealing and a metal body vs. plastic, a more advanced auto-focus system, and so forth.
Lots of little stuff that doesn’t have any effect whatsoever on the final image quality. It usually doesn’t even show up in the specs when you compare two cameras, but all of those extras do add up to make more expensive cameras better suited for advanced amateurs and professional photographers.
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BriaR, I considered that but it’s probably a wash – the top-LCD uses less power than the larger color screen but it’s always on. On my Nikon D200 it continues to display how many shots I can still take on the memory card, even when the camera is turned off.
Much bigger battery drains are
* chimping (reviewing every shot)
* using the pop-up flash
* IS / VR lenses
the 2 answers above cover most of it but there is 1 more thing that they have missed!
The LCD screen uses much less power than the colour screen because it is smaller and needs no backlight. By using this for the routine stuff you can leave the colour screen off and extend your battery life.
Though having said that, I have a 450D (no top screen) and the battery life is amazing compared to my old compact with the power zoom.
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