For a few months, I have had a Canon R5. I use it for videography and portrait photography. I pair the R5 with a set of Profoto flashes. I place the camera on a tripod to make a portrait. I always used a DSLR.
Because the DSLR has an optical viewfinder, you could always see what the scene would look like through the camera without modelling lights or permanent lights.
But the R5 uses a screen. For documentary and reportage-style shooting, it Is a blessing. But shooting with flashes is a disaster, in my opinion.
Based on the camera settings, I have set the viewfinder to show me the scene. This means that when using natural light, the screen shows you the correct image in the camera.
But when I set the flashes and configure the camera to reflect my proposed image settings (often low ISO, Large aperture and 1/125th because of the flashes), the viewfinder is permanently dark. I can set the viewfinder to show me the screen all lightened up, but I only want that for my shots where I use flash.
How do you solve this?
Is there a setting that I can program into a button on the camera that can toggle between the two settings? Or temporarily turn it off during this particular shoot?
Because the DSLR has an optical viewfinder, you could always see what the scene would look like through the camera without modelling lights or permanent lights.
But the R5 uses a screen. For documentary and reportage-style shooting, it Is a blessing. But shooting with flashes is a disaster, in my opinion.
Based on the camera settings, I have set the viewfinder to show me the scene. This means that when using natural light, the screen shows you the correct image in the camera.
But when I set the flashes and configure the camera to reflect my proposed image settings (often low ISO, Large aperture and 1/125th because of the flashes), the viewfinder is permanently dark. I can set the viewfinder to show me the screen all lightened up, but I only want that for my shots where I use flash.
How do you solve this?
Is there a setting that I can program into a button on the camera that can toggle between the two settings? Or temporarily turn it off during this particular shoot?
