Andy, I believe you'll find that the mirror automatically lifts in live view. At least it does on my Canon 50D. I can't see how else it would get the image to the LCD. Roger Sent from my iPad On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Did that and Herschel you are right too ... but to see the screen on the camera attached to the Questar "tripod" which was designed to be used on a table or something and with a 90 degree view scope I had to get he contraption high and the roof of the SUV seemed a good place. Found out that my camera will indeed do a mirror up exposure but I did not read far enough to learn if it will do it in live view mode. I suspect not. This is where a mirrorless camera would be useful! > > On Jun 7, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Roger Eichhorn wrote: > >> Beautiful! >> >> It's best to turn the engine off if you're going to put the camera on the roof -- and get out of the car! >> >> Roger >